The CSA District 5 44th Annual Tournament of Champions was hosted by the Desert Crest Shuffleboard Club in Desert Hot Springs March 6 – 8, 2023. This single elimination tournament is an invitational Men’s & Ladies Singles Tournament. Invitations are extended to District 5 players who have placed in the championship or consolation divisions of sanctioned District 5, District 7 or CSA Tournaments from 2017 to 2023. The Champion in the Men’s & Ladies divisions earn a lifetime invitation to this prestigious tournament.
Linda Nielsen from the Desert Crest Club organized this event for the forty-one men and 28 ladies who competed to take home one of the bronze eagle trophies which have become a treasured and highly desired mainstay of this tournament. The champion in each division also were awarded a pin designed by Dick Seburn and will have their names engraved on the Tournament of Champions traveling plaques.
District 5 comprises 9 shuffleboard clubs and 7 of those clubs were represented in the finals.
Congratulations to all, but a special shout out to Val McDougall, Desert Crest, who is the only lady to have won this tournament 3 times. Also, proving shuffleboard has no age barriers, 96 year old Coley Aldrich, TriPalm, won a 3rd place eagle in the men’s division.
2023 MEN’S WINNERS:
1. Mick Guyette, Canyon
2. Elvin Unger, Indian Wells
3. Coley Aldrich, TriPalm
4. Blaine Clarke, Safari
2023 LADIES WINNERS:
1. Val McDougall, Desert Crest
2. Yvonne Moore, TriPalm
3. Lois Krell, Tramview
4. Diane Johns, Royal Palms
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