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We Wait ‘Til Last to Put On The Best  by Dean Grattidge, District 7 Reporter   From Dec. 28th to Dec. 31st, 2015, 74 players put their skills on the line in the CSA Hall of Fame Shuffleboard Tournament. Golden Village Palms Resort is the centerpiece of, and Hall of Fame museum setting for the  …

Originally posted on Your Source for Shuffleboard News: Newspaper article above has been added by Stan to provide some additional information with regard to the activity of Ian and Marj.  Article is from an Australian Newspaper in 2008.   Ian speaks in 2016: The only shuffleboard courts available to the public in Australia are six located…

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,400 times in 2015. If it were a cable car, it would take about 57 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the…

Originally posted on Your Source for Shuffleboard News: The Board of directors of the German Shuffleboard Association E.V. wishes all members and friends a merry Christmas and a happy new year and a happy, healthy and happy year 2016. ?

The Bylaws have been updated. Check them out and let me know what you think. The formatting is spotty because the program won’t always let me do what I want.

Saturday, Dec. 5th, at the Hemet West Shuffleboard Courts: CSA District 13 President, Mike Walker had let me know that he would be passing through Hemet on his way back from the tournaments he sponsors every Thanksgiving, in Arizona, and would like a chance to try out the fast Hemet boards. So, together with Tootie…

Check out these tips to improve your game and therefore your whole shuffleboard experience. Shirley Bilderback, along with her husband Paul, are long time Arizona shufflers. Together they have taught, held office, captained teams, run tournaments and virtually done it all in our great game. SHUFFLEBOARD SURVIVAL TIPS Unfortunately, shuffleboard does not burn a lot…

Doubles Partners Revel in Modern Venue      by Dean Grattidge,  District 7 Reporter Question: Is there a compelling argument for shuffleboard players to polish their array of skills? Answer will be shown below. Applying their talents, in all, 40 pairs of competitors brought their enthusiasm to the courts of Hemet West in an unusual time…

Marolyn and I have had the pleasure of meeting and playing on teams with both Wilma and Red. An outstanding yet unassuming couple. Click on this link to see what Wilma has made of our sport. http://theshuffler.net/2015/09/08/wilma-rudolph-player-extraordinaire-the-first-lady-of-the-us-nationals/

DEAN GRATTIDGE, District 7 reporter. Picture by Bridget Gerber From August 24-26, a solid blend of shufflers at SDSE consisted of new players and veterans. With that, you have the formula for a fine Maxine Trachsel Memorial tournament. Good numbers of competitors took to the boards as 64 players unleashed their strategies in a CSA…

by Dean Grattidge   District 7 Reporter First off, congratulations to Jay and Marolyn for your impressive successes at the National  Seniors Games in Minneapolis Minnesota.  – And now to the Singles tournament at SDSE. The courts are flanked by 40-ft. long idyllic murals, creating a transition from city living to a rustic ambience.We’ve enjoyed these for…

By Mike Garrett I had the privilege of playing in Hemet Municipal’s Bonspiel Tournament, Hemet,CA the brainchild of Marty Boyajian.  It is an invitational tournament restricted to 64 players in the District 7 area, therefore it is not a CSA sanctioned tournament, but, boy, its a lot of fun and everyone had a rollicking great…

The 20th Annual Bonspiel Shuffleboard Tournament was held on July 13th, through July 15th, at Hemet Municipal Shuffleboard Courts. Atm’s in Charge of the scheduling and recording the results of each game were District 7 Tournament Director Sharyn DiChiro and her assistant Lynda Goggin. They did an outstanding job keeping the games running smoothly and…

ROAD TRIP In June, 2014, Marolyn and I, along with several friends, went to Pasadena to play in the California Senior games Shuffleboard tournament, Hosted by John and Barbara Irogoyen. John is also a CSA District President. As is usual with shuffleboard, we met new people, renewed friendships and generally had a fine time, both…

Memorial Venue Hosts Acclaimed Tournament by Dean Grattidge  District 7 Reporter For the third year the Seven Hills Resort proved to be a venue for the much-anticipated Emmett Allen Memorial Shuffleboard Tournament. This event took place from June 29th to July 2nd, 2015, with 72 players on deck. We were privileged to have The Bank…

Originally posted on Your Source for Shuffleboard News: League Play 2014: Team members from Cycle Brewing dress up during last year’s league play. Costumes are a common site during the Wednesday night match-ups. (Photo: Christine Page, Executive Director of the St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Club) It’s filled with history, romance and good old-fashioned cutthroat competition and…

Good Pairings at Sierra Dawn South Tournament by Dean Grattidge    District 7 Reporter A Shuffleboard event Honoring a former Bank of Hemet management director, an icon in the Valley’s financial system, John McDonaugh kicked off with an excellent number of entries, 64! It was held from June 15th to 17th, 20i5. Jan Stephens, club president,…

Marolyn and I, along with Rocky and Gigi Briggs, went up to Mountain View Villas, in Apple Valley yesterday. We were invited by Glenna Williams to try their reconditioned courts and give some instruction to the residents. About 24 showed up to listen to Gigi explain how to play the game and try their hand…

  Villa Del Monte Hosts Exciting Shuffleboard Action –      by Dean Grattidge    District 7 Reporter As 52 players took to the courts in the annual CSA Lee Christmas Memorial Tournament, the outcome of several contests was not determined until the last frame in many of the games. This was an Any Singles tournament. Personnel…

Hemet, May 18-19, 2015 by Dean Grattidge,    District 7 Reporter An impressive array of 68 players, drawn from every level of experience, vied for honors in the annual  District 7 summer team tournament. I like to acknowledge competitors, who, for lack of a better title, are the “Titans of The Tournament”.  These are the players…

A small but energetic group of 32 hopefuls turned out to challenge the difficult Sun City boards last Monday. The boards have recently been “diamond ground” and don’t play as well as expected. I understand that this is a work in progress so time will tell. Due to to small number of entries, the games…

Originally posted on Your Source for Shuffleboard News: Jim Allen Speaks:  Hello Stan:  Here is the link to the local TV coverage of the Norwich Open Shuffleboard Tournament.   The local station is called Mustard TV, which has new meaning for the travelers as on our boat ride we learned that one of the major industries in…

by Dean Grattidge   District 7 Reporter Good numbers for this event! There were 36 men and 36 ladies. This took place from April 20 to April 22. District rules applied. The two ATM’s who supervised the games and created and maintained the charts were Lynda Goggin and Sharyn DiChiro. Good job!   George Hayner was head…

When we stopped to see Rob while we were in Mesa, he wasn’t in his room. We found him in the therapy room working his new knees. He already has 120 degrees with the first one and 119 with the second. And as you can see, he has remarkably little swelling. All this adds up…

Originally posted on Your Source for Shuffleboard News: Mesa, AZ. Luckily Marolyn and I (far left) were able to dodge all the severe weather in Texarkana for four days and have a great visit with her best friend Glenda in nearby Winthrop, Ark. First day on the way home took us to Amarillo Texas. Nice…

Sponsors:   SOSOBA FOUNDATION——THE BANK OF HEMET Tournament Director – Helen Bell, Pres. GVP Head Referee – George Hayner  (his first tournament as District 7 Head Referee) Head Scorekeeper – Karla Winget and Nelda Lichtwald Board Crew   George Hayes, Kerry Selway, Ray Ackenhausen Total of 56 couples entered (112 players) 4 couples from Arizona  and…

Originally posted on Your Source for Shuffleboard News: That’s Why They Call It A Classic! by Dean Grattidge – District Reporter Hosted by District Seven Shuffleboard Association, five Hemet venues were on hand to showcase the 15th annual CSA Soboba Classic Open Tournament. Over 320 players; 20 teams of 16 people each put their skills…