Games were played at three different locations concurrently to enable 12 teams to compete for the Championship! Click on the picture to see more…

Seems like Tootie is having a good year, being inducted into the CSA Hall of Fame and winning the Tournament of Champions. Congratulations Tootie!

Click on the picture to see more…

District 5’s 45^th Tournament of Champions has concluded with 47 men and 28 women competing for 3 days for the coveted bronze eagle trophies. The end-of-the-season tournament was hosted by the Desert Crest Shuffleboard Club in Desert Hot Springs. To be invited to this tournament, District 5 shufflers need to place In the top 4 in either the Championship or Consolation Divisions of the Men’s or Women’s Singles Tournament in December, the Gene Eager Memorial Any Singles Tournament in January, or the Any Doubles Tournament the end of January. In addition to those 3 District 5 tournaments, the CSA tournaments in District 7 count toward qualification for District 5 shufflers.

The fight for 3rd and 4th places became a family matter!

Click on the picture to see the outcome.

Click on the picture to see all the fun!

The Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club in Cathedral City hosted the annual District 5 Doubles Tournament again this season. The first two days had warm, above average temperatures. The 3^rd day’s storm brought plenty of rain to the Coachella Valley as a result of an atmospheric river-driven storm. The Royal Palms board crew did an excellent job of keeping the tournament running and on schedule even though there were times the puddles had to be sopped up by towels. Kudos to the shufflers, board crew, referees, scorekeepers and the kitchen crew who all weathered the storm.

Twenty-eight rookies, representing 7 of the 9 shuffleboard clubs in District 5, competed under sunny skies at Ramon Park in Palm Springs on January 15 & 16. The weather was ideal and the shuffling was superb. The Ramon Shuffleboard club members did an outstanding job of introducing the rookie shufflers into tournament play.

This year’s Desert Challenge between District 5 & District 7 took place at the Lakes of Hemet West on January 13th, 2023. District 7 took back the trophy plaque with a score of 24 to 16 wins.

Thanks to the Tournament Directors, Shirley Eager (left, D5) and Jeannie Gregory (right, D7) for putting this on.

The 2^nd Annual Gene Eager Memorial Singles Tournament has concluded. District 5 Past President Gary Adams can be thanked for recommending, during his presidency, that Gene be honored and remembered by District 5 by hosting a tournament in his name.

The first District 5 tournament of the 2023 – 2024 season was hosted by the TriPalm Shuffleboard Club at the TriPalm Estates and Country Club in Thousand Palms. Forty-four men and 34 women competed during the 3-day tournament under sunny skies. Since the District 5 tournaments are held during what’s known as “snowbird season” (November – March), many of the tournaments require the wearing of jackets and heavy, warm clothes. That wasn’t the case during this tournament. The weather was warm and ideal for playing on the 9 outdoor courts.