The Coronado/Mainland Shuffler

Congratulations to Mary Ann Pabst for a fine finish and enough “move-up” points to reach the status of State Amateur.

Dorine Bessette – 200 pts as of P01B in Tavares Oct 3-5 2011

I think I missed this previously – Doreen gained her 200 PRO points and so is now eligible for the FSA Hall of Fame.  Congratulations!

Bill Boyes and Darryl Harman won a much deserved Main event 4th place, having travelled 1.5 hours each way on Thursday and Friday from NSB to Hawthorne at Leesburg. Bill and Penny and guest Sharon were a bit late getting to the Pot-Luck dinner on Friday as Bill’s last match did not finish until 4 PM.

After a 12-day service outage, coronado-shuffleboard-club.org is back online and available. We were at the mercy of the clumsy hands of our service provider. I guess we get what we pay for – $1 per month and a $15 per year registration fee. We are paid up for the rest of 2012, so it is too late to cancel. I remember something similar happened last year, but not as bad.

Now, dare I ask them to change the name of our domain to coronado-mainland-shuffleboard.org?

On the other hand, this news site (aka “BLOG”), hosting coronadomainlandshuffleboard.wordpress.org  is free, suits our purposes, and works very well (No problems so far – also  see theshufflersnews.wordpress.com.). The search and archiving facilities are great, and a full menu for separate pages can be set up (is already) – almost like a full website. Kinda makes me think that when December 2012 rolls around, I should simply not renew the problematic website at Web Hosting World and just swing everything over to this BLOG.

Now, I hope everything stays FIXED! Your comments are most welcome.

Web Hosting World have again turned off our website, www.coronado-shuffleboard-club.org. As I said before, it seems their billing systems do not communicate well with the rest of their organization. I paid WHW for both the hosting and domain registration during the afternoon of December 31st. As of today (Jan 1) 9 PM we could again no longer access our web-page. I previously sent an email, and like magic, our website was back on the air. Then on Jan 7  it was reported to me that again our website was unavailable.  January 9, I had an online chat session with one of the WHW agents who said to “try again in 2 hours”. I let the Sales department know how dissatisfied I was. That’s all I can do for now.

Shuffleboard Has Evolved at St Petersburg.pdf

Here they are – (Holiday Travel Resort is just outside Leesburg). Congrats to Joe shebester, Edna Triplett, Al Wilkinson, Mary Ann Pabst, John Holder Jr.

ND 12 Jan Dec 19-21, 2011 -- Holiday Trv Rst -- Dist Am Dbls
Main 25 Teams
1. Wayne Major - DeForest Chalker Holiday Trv Rst
2. Ken Smith - Allen Dronsfield Leesburg/Tavares
3. Gary Deso - Joe Shebester Quail Hollow/Coronado/Mainland
4. Doug Coon - Len Johnson Holiday Trv Rst
Consolation
1. Bill Badger - Sal Profeta Holiday Trv Rst
2. Carol Helfer - Barbara Tulip Leesburg
3. George Synder - Tom Allen Clermont
4. Paul Gauthier - Sylvia Gauthier Hawthorne

Tournament Director:Gale Lynch
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ND 13 Jan 5-7, 2012 -- Leesburg -- Pro Only Draw/Any Am Only Draw
Pro Only Draw
Main 25 Teams
1. Mike Boskovich - Dennis Abbenante .. Parkwood Oaks/Hawthorne
2. Charlie Adams - Ann Mazzola .. Hawthorne/Deland
3. Dave Wenger - Robert Robinson Leesburg/Hawthorne
4. Sue Insinga - Jane Moore Hawthorne/Holiday Trv Rst
Consolation
1. Edna Triplett-Al Willkinson Coronado/Mainland/Hacienda Del Rio
2. Paul E Wilson - Sue McLaughlin Hawthorne
3. Rudy Senia - Lewis Kagan Hawthorne/The Villages
4. Bill Mynchenberg - Dee Metz Hawthorne/Deland
Any Am Draw
Main 19 Teams
1. Mary Ann Pabst - Richard Enright Coronado/Mainland/Tavares
2. Len Johnson - Duane Lammers Holiday Trv Rst/Leesburg
3. Carol Helfer - Peter Eichler Leesburg/Hawthorne
4. Cheryl Cole - George Bradbury Parkwood Oaks/Hawthorne
Consolation
1. Barbara Tulip - Bob Metz Hawthorne/Deland
2. Edna Richmond - Jane Sackmann Leesburg/Hawthorne
3. John Holder Jr. - Roger Peter Coronado/Mainland/Leesburg
4. Art Fisher - Eli Garza Holiday Trv Rst/Leesburg
Tournament Director:Jack Wooten

Nine hardy souls  braved the cold today to play in our regular Singles-Mingles day-tournament. The outside temperature in the morning was 48 deg. F. By 3 PM it may have been as high as 55 deg. Wind was 15 mph from the north and west. But  when I got to the courts at 8:05 AM, there were five people already there preping the courts (moving around to try to stay warm). By 8:30 there were eight, and soon there were 9 (4 pros and 5 ams). Enough to have fun with an entry fee of $1.00 each!
We play our singles-mingles as 6 games of 16 frames, changing color after 8 frames, drawing for court, partner and opponents for each game. Only winners of each game record their scores, and the tournament winners are the ones with the highest number of wins, using total score for a tiebreaker if needed. Winners were Sigrid Reichert ($4), Bob Tager($3), Paul Fortier($2).

The Nine Hardy Boyes and Girls

L-to-R Back – Bob Tager, Bud Barker,
Paul Fortier,
Pat Zern.
Front – Jack Hazen,
John Holder,
Marguerite Fortier,
Sigrid Reichert,
Bill Boyes.

New Years News – Web Hosting World have turned off our website, www.coronado-shuffleboard-club.org because it seems their billing systems do not communicate well with the rest of their organization. I paid WHW for both the hosting and domain registration during the afternoon of December 31st. As of today (Jan 1) 9 PM we could no longer access our web-page. I sent an email, and like magic, our website was back on the air. I guess it pays to complain!
  
-Bill Boyes

YES WE WILL SHUFFLE NEW YEARS EVE.

7:00 PM.  FIREWORKS AFTERWARDS.
WE WILL LIGHT UP FLAGLER!

New Smyrna Beach – corner of Flagler and Pine St.