How A Shuffleboard Tournament With Good Numbers Runs so Smoothly

For several years now, the Sun City Shuffleboard Club has hosted the annual California Shuffleboard Association’s Any Singles tournament. The venue is owned by the Sun City  Civic Association Early last year they started an upgrade to the shuffleboard facility by having the middle 8 boards resurfaced and doing away with boards 1 and 10. After some rough patches and considerable time, the boards were finished and very enjoyable to play. Following that, the whole inside was painted, carpeted, and reorganized with an eating area and a viewing area. It looks brand new and is a very nice venue for the tournament.

by Dean Grattidge   District 7 Reporter

May 2-4, 2016, a CSA  Any Singles tournament was held at Sun City. There were 64 entries which made pairing up the players a more or less trouble-free operation. Liz Backus put together the line-ups and charts as Dick Massey came on board as second ATM. Sallie Hamilton ensured that all scoreboards were correct then collected all winners’ scores.

Games were 12 frame in this money tournament.

It would have been tough to pass up the lunches which were high-lighted with Chili Dogs, “Sloppy Joes”, 3 kinds of homemade salads, chips, homemade cookies, sodas, water, and strawberry shortcake with whipped cream. Bridget Gerber supervised the kitchen detail

which prepared these lunches.

Special thanks to Bill Strange who scoured the neighborhood bringing in many prizes and gift certificates. Those merchants included: Subway of Sun City, Texas Roadhouse Restaurant, Carl’s Jr., Sun City Hardware,  Myrna’s Bar and Grill (2), Prevecho, I-Hop Sun City, Mary’s Strawberry Stand and Stater Brothers -Sun City.

Topping off the list was The Bank of Hemet making their usual generous contribution.

The revamped courts at Sun City seemed to lend themselves well to solid shuffleboard play. They were serviced by Dick Massey and Jim Northcutt.

The winners were as follows –

Championship: front row l-r

First place, Robert Brooks (who prevailed in Championship round and took home the handsome plaque for his

efforts), Jeannie Gregory pushed him to the limit for the top spot. She came in second, This was Robert’s second

consecutive championship. Third place, Loren Nelson, and fourth, George Hayes.

Consolation round: back row l-r

First  place, Janice Flaherty, second, Del Ferris, third, Elaine Graf and fourth, Suzanne Shapiro.

Thanks to all who contributed so unselfishly to make this event such a success.

ATM’s Liz Backus and Dick Massey flank Consolation winner, Janice Flaherty

Dick and Liz with returning champ. Robert Brooks