The Coronado/Mainland Shuffler

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.

I found out why Darrel did not join us last night for our Pot Luck Dinner. I got this email this morning….”I got word that my sister Pamela passed away yesterday from complications of ALS at the age of 68. She would have been 69 on the 30th. Could you put a posting on the website to ask for prayers for the family?
Thanks!    Regards, Darrel”

We had so many wonderful pictures from the Last Thursday Morning Four-Play that I thought I would attach them separately. Enjoy all the wonderful pictures.

Pictures from the Thursday Morning Four-Play

Today was our last Thursday Morning Four Play of the season. We had 30 ardent players. Today only Tom Andrick (right) and Rex Galusha won all four of their games. A big shout out and thanks go to Ron Raymond for overseeing this competition along with his seasonal set-up-helpers Tom Rimmer, Dennis Buelk and Charlie Jones.  Summarizing this season’s Thursday Morning Four-Play’s (since April 23rd) winners are: 4 time winners Dennis Buelk, Tom Rimmer and Rex Galusha;  3 time winners Tom Andrick, Bonnie Radke, Charlie Jones and Walt (Deland);  2 time winners Stan Williamson, Mary Ann Pabst, Wayne Lockwood, Jan Dally, Phil Wade and Bob Tager;  1 time winners Bud Barker, Guy Godman, Edna Triplett, Pat Zern, Alan Bessette, Pete Peterson and Alice. Everyone has enjoyed the Summer season play and we are now all looking forward to our Fall and Winter tournament seasonal play. Thanks for a wonderful and fun 2015 season of Four Play.

Tuesday morning the CM Shuffleboard Club participated in the “Games People Play” event which was set up to help the public learn about some of the contests they may want to participate in for the NSB Senior Games.  CMS Club members helped set up a Shuffleboard court next to the Pickleball court in the Center’s expansive gym. Allen Best(CMS President), Rich Kordeleski and Bonnie Radke gave shuffleboard instructions while other CMS Club members provided support and advice to those interested in playing Shuffleboard.  Ms. Liz Yancey, NSB Recreation and Special Event Director, provided first-rate supervision and a very helpful Staff from the Babe James Community Center. They helped to support the instructors giving lessons to interested individuals (some of them CMS Club members) also wanting to learn to play Pickleball. Joan Best also instructed individuals on how to play Cribbage in an adjoining room at the BJC Center.  Approximately 38 people registered at the desk as participants and helpers. Everyone appeared to have fun learning about “Games People Play” .

More photos from the Games People Play Event.

FREE “HOW TO” CLASS COME JOIN US AND LEARN THE RULES AND HOW TO PLAY PICKLEBALL, SHUFFLEBOARD AND CRIBBAGE. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2015 AT 8:30AM AT THE BABE JAMES COMMUNITY CENTER, 201 N. MYRTLE AVE, NEW SMYRNA BEACH.  ALLEN BEST WILL BE BRINGING THE NECESSARY TOOLS TO PLAY SHUFFLEBOARD AND WOULD WELCOME THE HELP OF ANY C/M SHUFFLEBOARD CLUB MEMBERS WHO CAN COME LEND A HAND.

Please note that October is when our CMS Club”ANNUAL $20.00 DUES” are required to be paid. Make your payment to either Allen Best or Betty Buccini. Please note that those members who joined in the second part of 2015 are covered through 2016. Please check dates on your membership card if you are unsure or contact either Allen Best or Betty Buccini.  Thanks for your attention to this essential matter.

Today’s Four-Play took place on a refreshing overcast morning. Fifteen devoted players showed up to participate, even under the threat of rain. All participants were CMS Club members, except for Walt, who drove all the way from Deland to join the fun. Dennis (who was so happy) was the only one winning all four of his games for the fourth time this season. Next week will be our last Thursday Morning Four-Play event in 2015 (weather willing), so we hope you can make it in order to have an end of season big turnout.