The Coronado/Mainland Shuffler

Hi Everyone, Due to the bad weather we will be expecting for the next two days we are going to POST PONE FUN DAY UNTIL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23RD.   If you have signed up in the club house and you cannot make it on Wednesday, please cross your name off.  If you can make it on the 23rd, please add your name to the list.   Thanks for your attention to this matter.  

Monday Zak announced the winners of the February Monday Tournaments. The top eight from each category will go on to compete in the club Championship.

The Winners in the Tournament Division for February
1st Place:   Randy Radke with 7.75 points
2nd Place:   Zak Wonson with 6.75 points
3rd Place was a tie:  Bonnie Radke & Dennis Buelk with 6.25 points

The Winners in the Amateur Division for February
1st Place was a tie:  Pat Llodra & Bill VanLare with 7 points
3rd Place was a 3-way tie:  Anne Ferguson, Jack Soccio and Marilyn VanLare all with 6 points:

We had three levels of qualifications for the Championship.  There will be Division I, Division II and Division III.  If you look at the chart you will see that the #1 person plays #8 person and the winner goes on to the week one matches.  #2 person plays #7 person and so on.  Please see chart below.

Congratulations to all the qualifiers for the Championship and those who won for the month.

Zak, Bonnie, Randy & Dennis

Anne, Marilyn, Bill and Jack (Pat was missing)

Chart for Championship

This year the Deland Shuffleboard Club hosted the Northern District Tournament of Champions competition on March 3rd and 4th. The competitors had to have qualified to play in this tournament by placing in one of the yearly tournaments. The weather was beautiful both Thursday and Friday and the courts were in great condition. We had four categories, Pro Men, Pro Women, Amateur Men and Amateur Women. Congratulations to all the players especially those who declare for the Coronado Mainland Shuffleboard Club (CMS).  The results were as follows:

ND 30 Pro Men, with 18 players
MAIN:
1st Place: David Nitchie …….Lake Point
2nd Place: John Giumarra…..Deland
3rd Place: Stan Williamson……CMS
4th Place: Richie Burrell……Deland

CONSOLATION:
1st Place: Randy Radke…….CMS
2nd Place: Rex Galusha…….CMS
3rd Place: Rod Lewis…….MFL
4th Place: Joe Inga……….Deland

ND31 Pro Women, with 10 players
MAIN:
1st Place: Carol Helfer…..Leesburg
2nd Place: Bonnie Radke…….CMS
3rd Place: Carolyn Burrell……Deland
4th Place: Chris Inga…..Deland

CONSOLATION:
1st Place: Alice Vandevende….Deland
2nd Place: Donna Lewis……MFL
3rd Place: Christine Giumarra….Deland
4th Place: Gail Howell…..Leesburg

ND32 Amateur Men, with 10 players
MAIN:
1st Place: Scotty Scott……Deland
2nd Place: Larry Mills……Hawthorne
3rd Place: Darryl Kenyon…..Leesburg
4th Place: Carl Collins…..MFL

CONSOLATION:
1st Place: Keith Wheeler……Deland
2nd Place: Ron Theriault……MFL
3rd Place: Tom Brown…..Leesburg
4th Place: Dewayne Toomey….Clermont

ND33 Amateur Women, with 9 players
MAIN:
1st Place: Barb Allen……Deland
2nd Place: Debbie Evans……CMS
3rd Place: Diane Vincent…..MFL
4th Place: Cindy Wonson…..CMS

CONSOLATION:
1st Place: Sheila Taylor……Clermont
2nd Place: Sharon Schulzek….Holiday RV Village
3rd Place: Marilyn Mills……Hawthorne
4th Place: Deb Collins…….MFL

The directors were, Rick Enright and Bonnie Radke

This morning, Dennis had the courts all set up for the Singles Mingles Challenge.  We had Twelve Amateurs and Eight Pro/State Ams come to play.  The next Singles Mingles is Wednesday March 16th at 11:30 am. There is a $2 entry fee which comes back as prize money.   Thanks to Dennis for all the hard work.

Pros/State Ams
First Place:  Dennis Buelk with 217 points (4 games)
Second Place: Randy Radke with 211 points (3 games)
Third Place:  Zak Wonson with 195 points (3 games) 

Amateurs
First Place: Tom Grubb with 359 points (5 games)
Second Place: Jan Sweet with 238 points (4 games)
Third Place:   Marilyn VanLare with 210 points (3 games)

Hope to see all of you for our next Singles Mingles.  Let’s see if we can’t get some more shufflers to come for the challenge.  This is really good practice for the Northern District Tournaments.  This past ND tournament here at CMS, we had seven of our brand new amateurs place, and I believe they had good practice during Singles Mingles.  See you on the courts.

Zak, Dennis and Randy

Tom, Marilyn and Jan

Hi Everyone:

Guess what’s coming to our shuffleboard courts:   FUN DAY   

It’s been two years since we have had this event.  Mark your calendars for

                                                    Saturday, MARCH 12.                   

The Sign up sheet is in the cue house.  Arrive at 9:45 a.m. Play begins 10:00 a.m.

We are keeping the entry fee at $1.00.  There will be prize money and a 50/50 game.  Hot Dogs, Chips, and soda or water will be provided.  Due to Covid we will be outside for this event.  Bring your own chairs if you choose.

This event will require a lot of help, but with your help it will be successful.      

                                           LET’S HAVE SOME FUN.    

Barb and John Fortini and Tom Grubb

For people who are not familiar with Fun Day:  Teams of 4 are drawn which includes a captain.  A starting court will be assigned.  Each court has a different challenge to complete.   The attached shows the different challenges.

Coronado Mainland Shuffleboard Club (CMS) hosted the Northern District N28 Pro Only Tournament and N29 Amateurs Only Tournament on Feb 24th and 25th. I know I will forget someone, but thanks to Zak & Cindy Wonson, Mike Beall, Jerry & Arlene Jabaut, John & Barb Fortini, Dennis Buelk, and Debbie Evans who got the courts and the food and the decorations set up early. We are blessed to have eight wonderful sponsors, H2Health, Springhill suites, Keller Williams, Bishops Body Shop, Anders and Anders, State Farm, Davis Bros HVAC, G&W Roofing and the Coronado Mainland Shuffleboard Club. We had 14 Pro Teams and 13 Amateur Teams sign up for the challenge. It was a very busy two days, but the tournament went well and the weather could not have been better.  Thanks to all those that volunteered during this tournament, Lorretta Cantalupo, Marguerite Fortier, Ann Johnson, Betty Weese and many others who helped with the discs and the courts.  Congratulations to all the players and winners, especially those who declare for the Coronado/Mainland Shuffleboard Club.   Bonnie Radke was the director.

PRO MAIN:
1st Place:   Paul Hodges and Dave Dean……….Leesburg
2nd Place:   Charlie Jones and Rex Galusha…..Coronado Mainland
3rd Place:   Dennis Buelk and Tom Rimmer…….Coronado Mainland
4th Place:   Gail Howell and Carol Helfer……..Leesburg 

PRO CONSOLATION :
1st Place:   Stan Williamson and Robert Robinson….CMS and Hawthorne
2nd Place:   Christine & John Giumarra……….. Deland
3rd Place:    Phil Wade and Bill Boyes..……Coronado Mainland
4th Place:    Alice & Roger Vandevende………….Deland

AMATEUR MAIN:
1st Place:  John Fortini and Bob Tager…………Coronado Mainland
2nd Place:   Tim Pergrem and Marty Salanger……….Coronado Mainland
3rd Place:    Bob Augusto and Bill VanLare………..Coronado Mainland
4th Place:  Jack Koppelman and Joan Sanford……. Coronado Mainland  

AMATEUR CONSOLATION:
1st Place:   Cindy Wonson and Debbie Evans…..Coronado Mainland
2nd Place:   Dick Wood and Dave Hall.………Coronado Mainland
3rd Place:   Becky & John Cole……………….Deland
4th Place:    Ron Theriault and Max Collin…….. Mid Florida Lakes

Bonnie Radke was our director.

Dave, Paul, Charlie and Rex, Pros

Dennis, Tom, Carol and Gail. Pros

Robert, Stan, Christine and John. Pros

Bill, Phil, Alice and Roger, Pros

Bob, John, Tim and Marty, Ams.

Bill, Bob, Joan and Jack, Ams.

Debbie, Cindy, Dick and Dave, Ams.

Becky, John, Ron and Max, Ams

So yesterday we had a great turnout for practice. Mike was busy clearing all the leaves for tomorrow and we had all 8 courts on the lower level full. 32 players for regular daily play.

As the Record Keeper for CMS Membership, I just thought the club would be interested to know how large we have become at a time when other clubs may be having a hard time keeping members. Through the hard work of Dennis Buelk giving the beginning lessons to new members and Zak and Jerry giving weekly “improving play lessons”, they  have helped to make our amateurs feel more comfortable playing.

We now have 244 shuffleboard members and 18 social Mahjong members who have been enjoying playing weekly with Debbie Evans. Mike Beall, our court manager, has been doing a great job keeping our courts in shape while Zak has kept our daily play discs running well. Jack Koppelman, Tom Grubb and Joan Sanford are keeping Tuesday and Thursday evenings busy with nighttime play.

Just wanted to recognize those who are helping our club grow.  We currently have 11 teams of Amateurs and 12 teams of Pros signed up for our upcoming Northern District Tournament this Thursday.  Hopefully the ones who are not playing will come to volunteer as well as cheer us all on.  Tournament registration closes as 8:45 am (you need to register even though you signed up on the website)  Official play begins at 9:00 am on Thursday morning.  The final placement competition begins at 8:30 am on Friday.   Come enjoy the fun!

We had not seen Rich Kordeleski for awhile and after asking how he and Connie were, I asked about Gerry and Connie Bousquet.  I knew there had been health problems, but I guess I had not remembered that Connie had died in August.  Now Rich told me that Gerry had also passed away.  As they were both long time very active members of the club, I wanted to include this information for others.  They will be truly missed.  Our condolences to Candy and Rich.

Connie Bousquet, 73.

Connie (Spellman) Bousquet, 73, of New Smyrna Beach, passed away peacefully on August 28, 2021 with family at her bedside. She was born in Newark, Ohio on February 14, 1948 to the late Robert and Frances (Swain) Spellman. She was the loving wife of Gerard Bousquet with whom she shared 55 beautiful years of marriage.
A special thanks to her sister, Candy Kordeleski, brother in-law, Richard Kordeleski and sister in-law, Claire Saladay for dedicating their love and patience to the whole family during her illness.    To read the full obituary, please click here.

Gerard Raymond Bousquet, 73

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Gerard Raymond Bousquet of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, who passed away on December 24, 2021, at the age of 73, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Gerard Raymond Bousquet to show
support.  To read the full obituary, please click here.

Connie Bousquet

Gerry Bousquet

Deland Shuffleboard Club hosted the Northern District N27 M/L Non Walking Tournament on Feb 17 and 18. Rick Enright was the Director and the Deland Shuffleboard Club was the sponsor. We had 16 ladies and 24 men sign up for the challenge. The tournament started with the ladies against the ladies and the men against the men. We played on the first day till we were down to Four Ladies in the Main and Four in Consolation and Four Men in the Main and Four in Consolation. Today the men and ladies were paired together and we played teams to see who would win.   Congratulations to all the players and winners, especially those who declare for Coronado/Mainland Shuffleboard Club.  Thanks to all those that helped during this tournament.

MAIN:
1st Place: Debbie Evans and David Nitchie…….Coronado/Mainland and North Point
2nd Place:   John Giumarra and Marilyn Mills…..Deland and Hawthorne
3rd Place:   Janet Shira and Stan Williamson…….Coronado/Mainland
4th Place:   Gail Howell and Jeff Geesey…..Leesburg and Holiday RV Village

CONSOLATION:
lst Place:   Alice Vandevender and Paul Hodges…….Deland and Leesburg
2nd Place:   Sheila Taylor and Walt Bartels…..Clermont and Deland
3rd Place:    Carol Helfer and Joe Inga……Leesburg and Deland
4th Place:    Bonnie Radke and Jerry Jabaut …….Coronado/Mainland

1st, Debbie & Dave

2nd, John & Marilyn

3rd, Janet & Stan

4th, Gail & Jeff

1st Con, Alice & Paul

2nd Con, Sheila & Walt

3rd Con, Carol & Joe

4th Con, Bonnie & Jerry