The Coronado/Mainland Shuffler

Pictures of our current President Tom Carbonell hard at work prepping the courts for tomorrow’s waxing. He definitely was a good choice to follow our last hard working President Allen Best.

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We would like some volunteers to come at 9:00 am on Monday to help wax the lower courts. So, NO SHUFFLEBOARD ON LOWER COURTS TILL AFTER MONDAY.. We will be able to play on the lower courts starting on Tuesday. Regular play on the upper courts will continue on Monday at 10:00 am. This will be the final step and we will be done until this Fall just before the tournaments begin.   Thanks to Tom Carbonell for all his hard work during this process. Thanks for your patience during the refinishing job. See you on the courts. Ciao!

We want to thank the city of New Smyrna Beach for refinishing our shuffleboard courts. The last time the courts were refinished was in 2005.  Tom Carbonell has moved the No Skateboarding Signs to more noticeable spots.

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Thursday Morning Four-Play had fewer shufflers than normal. Twelve (12) enthusiastic players showed up for this July summer morning challenge on our newly renovated courts.  Congratulations to Edna Triplett for winning all four of her matches.  Thanks to Tom Carbonell for sending in this picture.  Hope more of our players are back next week.  See you there.  Ciao!

Edna Triplett

Tim Pergrem has been busy making Cue Holders out of scrap pegs and fence boards to replace some of our worn-out and/or corroded cue holders. So if you notice or use these convenient holders around the courts, thank Tim for his skill in putting them together in support of the CMS Club.

New Cue Holders

Tim Pergrem

At 8:45 am this morning some of our volunteers showed up to wipe off the renovated courts with damp towels before waxing. Then as the other volunteers arrived, we started spreading and rolling on the wax. Because Tom had cleaned the courts the evening before, we were able to finish the waxing job in approximately 50 minutes. Many thanks to volunteers; Allen Best, Bob Stock, Dennis Buelk, Dave Helverson, Rich Kordeleski, Cindy Wonson, Rod Lewis, Tom Carbonell, Randy and Bonnie Radke for their help and support. We were able to finish-up quickly and thereby proceeded to play three matches of shuffleboard on the unfinished courts 18 & 19. The upper courts will be open for shuffling starting tomorrow. Ciao!

More pictures from Court Waxing

Friday night we held our July Pot Luck Dinner.  Thirteen (13)  members showed up.  Rich, Candy, Connie and Gerry gave us a pleasant surprise by their attendance.  It was a small party so we changed the positioning of the tables to face each other.  Pres. Tom Carbonell  reported on the expected progress of the Nidy court renovations. He explained that we needed to seal the completed courts with wax before playing on them.

Joan Best said a dinner prayer before we lined up to chow down.  The food was tasty and filling. Tom brought his wonderful pork loin while Jim brought his famous deviled eggs. There was ham, chicken, baked beans, broccoli casserole and desserts. We socialized for a time during and after dinner before everyone helped to clean up.  We did not have enough members to play Bunco, so we all said goodbye till we meet again.

Tom Carbonell stayed after the dinner to squeegee off the upper courts so they would be clean and dry for waxing on Saturday morning.

More pictures from the Pot Luck Dinner

We have our Pot Luck Dinner at 5:00 PM on Friday July 20th.

Tonight CMS Club members can play on the lower courts for our usual Thursday Evening 6:30 PM Play.

The Nidy Construction Company will start work on the Lower Courts tomorrow morning so THERE WILL BE NO FRIDAY MORNING SHUFFLEBOARD.  DO NOT PLAY ON THE UPPER COURTS UNTIL WE CAN WAX THEM.

We would like some volunteers to come at 9:00 am on Saturday to help wax the upper courts. So, NO SHUFFLEBOARD ON SATURDAY. We will be able to play on the upper courts starting on Sunday. Regular play on the upper courts will begin on Monday at 10:00 am.  Thanks for your patience during the refinishing job.

Nidy has been working hard to finish our upper courts. They have completed two coats of the green paint and touched up the court edges. Today they were finishing the stencil work on the newly painted courts. They use metal forms to keep the lines and numbers straight. The courts will need a day or two to cure before we wax them to seal in the paint. It looks great!

The usual morning clean up crew arrived early to prep the courts for our Thursday Morning Four-Play Challenge. We played on the lower courts because Nidy was still working on the upper courts. Twenty (20) enthusiastic players came for the TMFP Challenge. Shufflers each played four matches. Congratulations to Bob Tager and Rod Lewis for winning all four of their matches. Next week we should be playing on our newly refinished courts. Hope to see you then. Ciao!

Bob Tager and Rod Lewis