The Coronado/Mainland Shuffler

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

Yesterday when we arrived at the courts it was still raining We waited a bit and then Dennis, Randy and Bonnie dried and readied the courts for the Singles Mingles Challenge.

We had Nine Amateurs and Six Pro/State Ams come to play.  The next Singles Mingles is Wednesday March 2nd at 11:30 am. Thanks to Dennis for all the hard work.

Pros/State Ams
First Place:  Bonnie Radke with 304 points (5 games)
Second Place: Dennis Buelk with 119 points (4 games)
Third Place:  Bob Tager with 197 points (3 games) 

Amateurs
First Place: Jack Koppelman with 324 points (5 games)
Second Place: Marilyn VanLare with 221 points (4 games)
Third Place:   Dennis Schaefer with 209 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 Tournament Here on our courts on February 24th.  Our Tournament is for Amateurs only and Pros Only so we need to get our Amateurs paired up with other Amateurs.  See you on the courts.

Dennis and Bonnie (Bob Tager is missing)

Jack, Marilyn and Dennis Schaefer

Monday was the awards day for our January month long Monday tournaments. Zak read off the names of the winners. We began February’s month long tournament with the top players from this month qualifying for our final tournament in March. Come on down to the courts and lets see how many of you can qualify. Good exercise, good companionship and all round good time.

Amateur:
First Place: Dave Hall with 8.75 points
Second Place: Sue Comeau with 8 points
Third Place: Jack Koppelman with 7.75 points

Tournament Players:
First Place: Randy Radke with 7.5 points
Second Place: Stan Williamson with 6.25 points
Third Place: Zak Wonson with 5.75 points

Sue Ann and Dave, Jack was missing

Randy, Stan and Zak

Deland was the host for the Northern District N25 Any Doubles Tournament on Feb 3rd/4th.  The weather was beautiful with intermittent sun.

There were 20 teams and the sponsors were Walt Bartels and the Deland Shuffleboard Club.  Congratulations to all the players especially those who declare for the Coronado Mainland Shuffleboard Club.

MAIN:

1.    Paul Hodges – Frank Cherill ………………… Leesburg
2.   Ralph Lyon – George Snyder …………. Leesburg – Clermont
3.   Zak Wonson – Rex Galusha………… Coronado/Mainland
4.   Dave Dean – Tom Brown ………………… Leesburg

CONSOLATION: 

1.   Stan Williamson – Walt Bartels………. Coronado/Mainland – Deland
2.   Val and Brad Simons ………………… Deland
3.   Charlie Jones – Dave Hall ………………Coronado/Mainland
4.   Joe and Christine Inga……………………. Deland

Tournament Directors: Gail Howell

Today Dennis set up the courts for the Singles Mingles Challenge.  We had Ten Amateurs and Eight Pro/State Ams come to play.  The next Singles Mingles is Wednesday February 16th at 11:30 am. Thanks to Dennis for all the hard work.

Pros/State Ams
First Place:  Rex Galusha with 360 points (5 games)
Second Place: Randy Radke with 237 points (4 games)
Third Place:  Dennis Buelk with 187 points (3 games) 

Amateurs
First Place: Jack Koppelman with 347 points (5 games)
Second Place: Anne Ferguson with 303 points (4 games)
Third Place:   Janet Shira with 190 points (4 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 Deland tournament tomorrow and our tournament on February 24th.  Our Tournament is for Amateurs only and Pros Only so we need to get our Amateurs paired up with other Amateurs.  See you on the courts.

Rex, Randy and Dennis

Anne, Jack and Janet

On Monday, Cindy, Zak, Arlene, Jerry, Stan and Marty Bystrom all joined together to help train a group of 27 new members to our shuffleboard club from the New Smyrna Yacht Club. They had a great time and really enjoyed learning a new “sport”. Welcome to our club! See you on the courts.

27 Brand new Members

Today we set up the courts for the Singles Mingles Challenge.  We had Thirteen Amateurs and once again only Five Pro/State Ams come to play.  I believe that this way of playing will help our amateurs become more comfortable with the game but we need to get more Pro qualified people participating to help them learn.   The next Singles Mingles is Wednesday February 2nd at 11:30 am. Thanks to Dennis for all the hard work.

Pros/State Ams
First Place:  Debbie Evans with 240 points (4 games)
Second Place: Dennis Buelk with 227 points (4 games)
Third Place:  Bonnie Radke with 171 points (3 games) 

Amateurs
First Place: Bob Augusto with 347 points (5 games)
Second Place: Jack Koppelman with 319 points (4 games)
Third Place:   Judy Menard with 193 points (3 games)

Hope to see all of you for our next Singles Mingles.  Let’s see if we can’t get some more Pros to show up.  This is really good practice for our tournament on January 27th.  This is a No Two Pros Tournament so we need to get our Amateurs paired up with our Pros.   Ann Ferguson still needs a Pro for a partner. See you on the courts.

Debbie Evans

Bonnie and Dennis

Jack, Judy and Bob