The Coronado/Mainland Shuffler

On October 22nd and 23rd the Northern District “Any Doubles Tournament” was held at the Coronado/Main Shuffleboard Club. Mike Baker/Tim Moore from Pressure Clean-USA sponsored this tournament. There were 28 enthusiastic teams who showed up to battle for bragging rights and winnings. Twenty-Four of the players were from the CM Shuffleboard Club. We had many volunteers show up early to prepare the courts, buffer the discs and put together other preparations to make the participants feel welcome. We had a quick sprinkle on Thursday and a smaller drizzle on Friday. Otherwise, the weather was very sunny with a slight breeze on both days. CONGRATULATIONS! The Final Standings are:

Main Event Finalists:  First Place – Rex Galusha and Wayne Lockwood; Second Place –  Edna Triplett and Tom Andrick; Third Place – Darrell Harmon and Mike Baker; Fourth Place – Don and Pat King.

Consolation:  First Place –  Stan Williamson and Bob Robinson;  Second Place –  Walt Vilk and Pete Peterson; Third Place – Sharon Upson and Doris Hanke: Fourth Place – Gary Deso and Arnie Fischback.

Rex Galusha and Wayne Lockwood, First Place Main Event

More Pictures from the Any Doubles Northern District Tournament

On Tuesday morning we Cleaned, Washed and Waxed our courts with the help of 14 of our club volunteers. We would like to especially thank them for all their hard work. John Fortini, Wayne Lockwood, Dave Helverson, Tim Pergrem, Darrell Harmon, Joan and Allen Best, Mary and Arden McConnell, Charlie Jones, Dennis Buelk, Joe Shebester and Ron Raymond. The courts are all shiny and ready for the first Northern District Tournament to be held on our courts on Thursday, October 22nd and October 23rd.

Randy and I along with 12 other members of the CM Shuffleboard Club participated in the Tavares “No Two Pros Tournament”. It was held on Thursday and Friday, October 15th and 16th. There were 60 competitors divided up into 30 teams. Our club was well represented and the following deserving players ended up with high placements eligible for Points and Winnings:

FINALISTS: Second Place – Randy Radke and Pete Peterson; Fourth Place – Dennis Buelk and Jan Dally (Orange City).

CONSOLATION: Second Place – Tim Pergrem and Darrel Harmon.

More pictures from the Tavares No Two Pros Northern District Tournament

Our next Pot Luck Dinner will be October 16th. The sign up sheet is in the club house. Starts at 5:30 PM. Don’t forget your dish to share, your plates, cups and silverware as well as a drink. Lemonade or Ice Tea as well as soft drinks will be supplied. Dinner will be followed by a rousing game of Bunko. See you there!

October 22 will be the first Northern District Tournament for Any Doubles will be held at our courts. We will be needing people to volunteer to help prep the courts and support the players. Players need to be there at 8:30 AM and Volunteers will need to be available all day Thursday and Friday.  Please let Allen Best (302-841-0251) know if you will be available to help out.

October 31 will be our Fun Day. Costumes are optional. This is a day where no experience is necessary, just a lot of fun with games of skill and challenges.  Please come on down at 11:30 AM so we can get started at Noon.  See you there.

Tuesday, October 13th is a work day starting at 8 AM. We will be cleaning, washing and scrubbing the courts and then applying a coat of wax. We need volunteers to come help out. Men and Women are both welcome. If you do not want to scrub the courts we can use help cleaning the score boards and sweeping up the club house. Time to prepare for all the Fall Events.  Check out all of the pictures and fun we had at the last work day.  https://cmshuffleboard.org/2015/05/20/cms-work-day-51915/

Thursday afternoon, October 8th, we attended the Senior Games Victory Celebration Dinner  (a very nice spread) at the Women’s Club on Magnolia Street. Kudos go out to Ms. Liz Yancey, NSB Recreation and Special Event Director (cutting cake) and her staff for putting on a delightful Victory Celebration for all those who participated in the Senior Games. In the Shuffleboard Event, the Medalists pictured below from Left to Right are John and Barb Fortini, Bob Tager, Connie Bousquet, Randy Radke, Candy Kordeleski, Bonnie Radke, Allen Best and Debbie Evans. Mike Baker, Alfred Schroth and Tim Pergrem also received medals but were unavailable to have their pictures taken.  Participants in First place received Gold, Second place Silver and Third place Bronze. Congratulations, you did it! Way to go!

More Pictures from the Victory Celebration Dinner

The 26th Annual New Smyrna Beach Senior Games were held this past week.  One of the events was the shuffleboard competition held on Tuesday at the CMS Shuffleboard Club courts. At 8am the participants, the majority being members of the club, began to show up. Some members volunteered to come early to sweep the courts, make coffee and prepare for competitive play.  The NSB City supplied us with an ample supply of Dunkin Donuts. Joe Shebester with his assistant Barb Nephew, organized and set up the Tournament Bracket Sheet and team pairing assignments. Allen Best gave a brief lesson on how to score the game for the benefit of those participants who were new to the sport. After receiving their partner assignments, players headed out to the courts. We just had time to play two games when the rain came.  We had coffee and waited until the rain stopped before we cleaned off the courts again to resume play. It rained again, so we took a lunch break, ate some of Bob and Carol Finta’s delicious homebaked cookies before prepping the courts again (for the third time) after the weather cleared up. As you can imagine, the inclement weather made it a very long day for everyone involved. Shuffleboard medal winners will be announced this Thursday afternoon at the Senior Games Victory Celebration Dinner to be held in the Woman’s Club on Magnolia St. Thanks for everyones support, patience and consideration in completing this challenging day of Shuffleboard.

More pictures of the Senior Games Shuffleboard match.

Friday, 9/25/15, we celebrated our beginning Fall season with a Pot Luck Dinner. Everyone brought something to eat and 29 CMS Club members and quests exchanged pleasantries  and chowed down on some good food. After dinner, 23 of us stayed to roll the dice in a friendly game of Bunko. While waiting for Al to divvy up the $ prizes   for the winners, Joan Best gave us guidelines on how to count up points for Cribbage. Allen Best (CMS President) gave out Bunco $ prizes to George Karras and John Fortini who tied for the most wins (13) and to George’s lady friend, Teresa, who had the most loses (14).  Guy Godman serendipitously obtained the most Buncos (4) and offered to give a tutorial on his method in acquiring more Buncos. Other participants received raffle $ prizes. Thanks to everyone for chipping in to help and sharing in an evening of fun.

More Photos from the Pot Luck Dinner.