It is with a very heavy heart that I inform all of you that we have lost a very close friend and long time member of Deland and Orange City Shuffleboard Club, Roger Vandevender. Roger passed away October 13th in Elkins, WV.
Roger was a dear friend to many of us – past and present. His witty remarks, heartwarming laughter and love of the game brought us joy and will forever remind us why we, like him, love this game.
The club will be making a donation to plant 3 trees, in his memory, and as such will symbolize Roger’s impact on us all: past, present and future.
We believe Alice and her sister Pat will be spending the winter in Florida, however, no details as yet.
Leesburg is packing all of our shuffleboard equipment and belongings on Saturday, Nov. 1stbeginning at 8am. Any shuffler who would like to help with this process is very welcome. The city is providing a storage area along with their Christmas decorations. We just need to move everything there until we determine what will happen in the future.
The Leesburg Shuffleboard Club hosted the ND04 Ladies/Mens Doubles Tournament on 10/23/25. Rick Enright was the Director and the sponsor was Suter Air Conditioning. Congratulations to all the shufflers.
Leesburg Shuffleboard Club hosted the State Tournament P03b on Oct 20, 2025. I already posted congratulations to Earl Ball. Here are the results from the tournament. Congratulations to all the shufflers. Please follow the link to the ND Website.
Northern District President Joe Inga congratulates Earl Ball on getting his 1400 career points making him the all-time leader in the shuffleboard community. Earl Ball achieved this accomplishment attending and placing in 1st place men’s main in the State FSA open tournament held in Leesburg, Florida. Al Dronsfield was his partner. Congratulations Earl
I apologize, I just realized I did not report the first State Tournament of the season in the Northern District. It was held in Hawthorne on Oct. 13th. Congratulations to all the players.
FLORIDA SHUFFLEBOARD ASSOCIATION
P02A Open Any Doubles – Hawthorne SBC – 10/14/2025 Sponsor: DCO Main (21)Teams 1. Michael Seyfer * – Dean Myklejord * . . . . . . Zephyrhills/Lakeland 2. George Snyder – Ralph Lyon . . . . .. . . . . . . . .Hawthorne/Leesburg 3. Larry Charbonneau – Randy Vigmostad . . . . Zephyrhills/Deer Creek 4. Anita Desmarais – St . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . Betmar Consolation 1. Pauline Murphy * – Nancy Myklejord * .. . . .Zephyrhills/Lakeland 2. Rae Schneider – Frank Pogel III . . . . . . . . . .Zephyrhills 3. Gail Howell – Cathy Claud . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .Leesburg/Deer Creek 4. Arthur Jordan – Walt Bartels . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clermont/Leesburg Tournament Director(s): Robert Robinson
Mid Florida Lakes hosted the ND03 No Two Pros Tournament on 10/16/25. Steve Clark was the Director and their sponsors were Steve Clark, Jamie & Patti Menendez and Stan Craig. They had lunch available around the pool. Congratulations to all the shufflers.
ND03 – No Two Pros –Mid Florida Lakes – 10/16/25 – – 25 teams MAIN: 1.Diana Vincent & Randy Barker – Mid Florida Lakes 2. Zak Wonson & Tony Angelo – Coronado-Mainland 3. Gail Howell & Steve Helmer – Leesburg/Mid Florida Lakes 4. Cindy Wonson & Debi Clark – Coronado-Mainland/Leesburg
CONSOLATION: 1. Roger Brown & Tony Kurth – Leesburg/Mid Florida Lakes 2. Suzanne DeRocchi & Lisa Hayward – Hawthorne 3. Rod Lewis & Al Wisman – Tavares/Holiday RV Village 4. John Giumarra & John Cole – Deland
Coronado-Mainland Shuffleboard club hosted the ND02 Doubles tournament on Oct 09. The weather was on and off rain but we had 15 teams show up for the challenge so we continued on
Mike Beall, Cindy & Zak Wonson, Jerry Jabaut, Joyce Tivy, Gail Kadar, Dennis Buelk and several others helped clean the courts and restart the games three times during the day
We stopped early due to heavier rain and prepared to come back on Friday morning to finish up. Sadly the rain did not let up and we finally had to delay the games until Saturday morning. Hopefully, we will be able to finish up on Saturday. Thanks to all our sponsors Berlin & Denys Insurance, Davis Bros HVAC, Hall Machine Works, NSB Physical Therapy, Springhill Suites by Marriot, State Farm Insurance, Stellar Foot & Ankle and Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 4250 as well as our club members, Gail Kadar, Joyce Tivy, Arlene & Jerry Jabaut and Cindy & Zak Wonson.
Arlene Jabaut was our director with Rick Tallman, the ND KOR assisting with the new electronic registrations. See continued report below.
We all came back on October 10 and rain stopped the play once again. We had to sadly delay until Saturday morning. When we arrived on Saturday, the weather looked good, but play was interrupted several times during the day by more rain. Thanks again to Mike Beall and others who patiently volunteered to squeegee and rebead the courts. Here are the final results from ND02.
ND02 – Any Doubles – Coronado-Mainland – 10/9/25 – – 15 teams MAIN: 1. Chris Inga & Rick Tallman – Deland/Leesburg 2. Zak Wonson & Stan Williamson – Coronado-Mainland 3. Tom Grubb & Janet Shira – Coronado-Mainland 4. Vaughn Long & Charlie Jones – Coronado-Mainland
CONSOLATION: 1. Bonnie & Randy Radke – Coronado-Mainland 2. Christine & John Giumarra – Deland 3. Joe Inga & Lee Packer – Deland 4. Dennis Buelk & Barb Wade – Coronado-Mainland
The Coronado/Mainland Shuffler 