The Coronado/Mainland Shuffler

Happy New Year everyone. I want to bring you up to date
on the plans for our next month of Friday games
beginning this coming Friday. The next four Fridays will
be devoted to qualifying for the Club Championship in
February. We will be playing three regular games each
day with handicaps. No five off games, etc. $1 entry fee.
Over the four week period you will get one throw out
week. So, we will count your best three weeks scores
towards qualifying. The money payouts will also be
decided this way.
We have not set the start date for the Championship.
The top eight qualifiers in the tournament group will play
single elimination for the Club Championship without
handicaps. #1 will play #8, etc. Each group will have three
days to complete their match.
We will have two other qualifying groups. In the
tournament group numbers 9-16 will play a similar
format but with handicaps. Group name to be
determined.
The top eight recreational players will also play this
format with handicaps. Please urge all of our recreational
players to come and play on Fridays in order to qualify.
See you all on Friday!    Zak

My granddaughter, Bella, took a really nice picture of our shuffleboard courts that I wanted to share.

Mark Engel was the Northern District’s First VP and many of our club’s tournament players know him well.

Rod Lewis reports to us that Mark has tested positive for covid, and has been in the hospital for the past three weeks. He is in the ICU and needs our prayers.
Rod says he I will update us as he hears more.

Tom Carbonell, Tom Grubb and Janelle Roberts got together for a  Thursday Night Shuffleboard game, but as Tom C put it, ” It was too cool for school”. Maybe next time.

Tom, Janelle and Tom

I was very sorry to hear from Edna, that Allen Bessette had passed away yesterday. He was a Life Member of the CMS Shuffleboard club and a Northern District Pro and ND Hall of Famer who had been with our club since approximately 2004. I only had the privilege of knowing Allen and Dorine for a short time, but he was always helpful and willing to give shuffleboard tips. He was active for a long time in our Intercity Tournaments and he will be sorely missed.
I do not know any more information at this time. Cards can be sent to Dorine Bessette at 1703 Magnolia Avenue, Lot A14, South Daytona, FL 32119. He is to be cremated and his ashes taken up North to his family.

Here are the Qualifications for a Life Member

Allen Bessette

Here are the results from the November month long tournament. Congratulations to everyone.

PROS:  First Place,  Dennis Buelk with 10.75, Second Place, Zak Wonson with 10.50 and Third Place, Randy Radke with 8.00 points.

AMATEURS:  First Place,  Barb Hale with 6.5, Second Place, Jack Kopelman with 4.75 and Third Place, Dick Woods with 4.25 points.

Zak and Randy (Dennis is missing)

Barb, Jack and Dick

Barb, Zak and Edna

Here are the names from the contest:

Court 1 – Bikini Bliss (Zak Wonson)
Court 2 – Sexy Sally (Edna Triplett)
Honorable Mention Court 8 – Help Me, Help Me, Help Me (Barbara Fortini)
Congratulations everyone.

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

We have had very good turnouts for our Friday game days.
Thank you all for your support of this event. We will continue to try to make it interesting. The game wins for the Friday game in January will start counting towards seeding for the Club Championship which will be held in February.

Christmas falls on a Friday this year so we will make the next event only three
weeks long. There will be no organized play on Christmas day.

We will play the next three weeks like we have been playing
except we will play with handicaps. If you cannot play in one of
the weeks you are still required to pay a dollar to play with the
gang. We have had several members add a few dollars as a
donation to raise the pot and it is greatly appreciated. Of
course, we are happy to set someone up with a court if they
don’t want to participate. See you’ll next Friday!
Zak

Orange City Shuffleboard Club is a memory.

We have lost the Orange City Shuffleboard club. I will not delve into the reasons here, but suffice to say it will be missed by members and visitors alike, especially those of us who played in the several District tournaments they put on for use each year. It was a wonderful location and we shall all miss it very much, especially the rocking chairs on the front porch of the clubhouse!

The Northern District has sent a letter of thanks to club president Alice Vandervender, recognizing the ” hard work and dedication while performing your duties as President of
the Orange City Shuffleboard Club. … Your club was always welcoming and hospitable.”

From the Northern District Website.

Orange City

We would like to welcome H2 Health as our new club sponsor. Sarah Osman came to our club and taught us how to use the temperature gauge we purchased to check the players temperature. They will be helping to keep us all healthy.