Category: Tournaments

The 20 District 5 Rookies battled fierce Santa Ana winds as they competed in the District’s annual tournament at Ramon Park in Palm Springs January 23 & 24. The tournament had been rescheduled since the committee had checked the weather forecast for the original January 16 & 17 dates and they were right – it…

All of the 9 clubs in CSA District 5 participated in the annual District 5 vs 7 Challenge that was hosted Saturday, January 14, 2023, by District 5 at Royal Palms Shuffleboard Courts in Cathedral City. Forty players from District 5 played against District 7 players. Unfortunately some of the 40 scheduled players from District…

Sixty-eight shufflers competed in the inaugural Gene Eager Memorial Mixed Singles Tournament on January 6 – 8, 2023, at Tramview in Cathedral City. Gene & Shirley’s daughters, Kim Whitcomb and Tina Reed, were present throughout the tournament and set up a display table with Gene’s picture and some of his major accomplishments. Gene started shuffling…

The Lakes of Hemet West was the site of 9 teams competing in this round robin tournament. Click on the picture to see the results!

District 5 held its first shuffleboard tournament of the season December 6 – 8 in Thousand Palms. The Tri Palms Shuffleboard Club members did an outstanding job of hosting the Men’s & Women’s Singles. There were 40 men and 22 women competing from 8 of the 9 clubs in District 5. The weather was great…

The Valley-Wide Oldlympics for shuffleboard was held at Hemet Muni. Click on the image to see the results!

Two tournaments in one! Read all about it by clicking in the picture below.

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Thirty two teams competed in the doubles tournament at the Lakes at Hemet West. Click on the picture to check it out…

Winning with the most points was the objective, and it led to some high scoring games! Click on the image below to check it out…

The competition was fierce, but Linda Nielson persevered. Click on the image to see more…

All CSA members are able to participate in any national tournament. Here is a listing of upcoming tournaments, as well as a flier for a tournament in Chicago.

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The National any Doubles Tournament was held at The Lakes at Hemet West April 4-7. Click on the image below to see the action and meet the winners…

It’s nice to be out and playing shuffleboard again – it’s been 3 years since our last one! Click on the picture to see the action…

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What every shuffler in District 5 looks forward to is being qualified for the prestigious Tournament of Champions and winning an eagle. Not only do you earn an eagle in golf, if you place in the top 4 in the Men’s or Women’s divisions of the TOC, you earn an eagle. To be eligible to…

-Shirley Eager 2/6/22 Even though the number of entries was less than when last held in 2020, the enthusiasm and superior play from the 72 shufflers who competed in the Any Doubles Tournament was outstanding. When a decision was made that the annual host of this tournament was not able to hold the tournament at…

Twenty rookies were entered in the annual District 5 Rookie Tournament held at Ramon Park in Palm Springs on January 17 & 18, 2022. A last-minute cancellation fielded a group of 19 players competing to be named the Champion. This year the traveling plaque was donated by Shirley Eager in memory of her husband Gene…

The Hall of Fame tournament was held at The Lakes at Hemet West December 27-30. The details and the two new inductees into the Hall of Fame can be found by clicking the image below:

DESPITE THE WEATHER, DISTRICT 5 SHUFFLERS COMPETE IN THEIR FIRST 2021 TOURNAMENT (Submitted by Shirley Eager, Secretary/Treasurer District 5) District 5 shufflers were anxious to get back to shuffling after not having any organized competitions the past season due to the pandemic, so it was with great anticipation the 40 men and 24 women assembled in…

The CSA District 7 Marie Patterson Memorial Tournament was held at Hemet Municipal August 16-18. -Harlan Mathews, Webmaster

The Annual Emmet Allen tournament was held at 7-Hills in Hemet ,CA. Both masked and unmasked, 76 players took part in our first “re-opening” tournament July 26-29.

Tuesday, February 4 – Friday, February 7, the District 5 Any Doubles Shuffleboard Tournament was hosted by the Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club at their location in Cathedral City. Seventy-six doubles entries shuffled during this 4-day event. A special thank you to Cathy Conran-Smith for filling in for ATMs Marlene Oslie and Shirley Eager who both…

This year’s rookie tournament was held at Sierra Dawn SE on February 8th and 9th. Special thanks to the ATM’s Lynda Goggin and Robert Brooks, head referee George Hayner, head scorekeeper Carol Blassingame, and the board crew. The Winners Left to right, 4th place Colleen Fitzpatrick (TL@HW), 3rd place Roger Kroger (SDSE), 2nd place DeDe…

This non-sanctioned tournament created by George Hayner was restricted to only the winners from last year.  It was a single elimination weekend event on January 25-26, 2020.  The first place finisher received a plaque to keep for a year, and all winners received a commemorative pin and a cash award.

Every year District 5 & 7 compete with each other in the Desert Challenge. This year it was held at The Lakes at Hemet West in Hemet on January18, 2020. It was good fun playing 16 frame games, with Alice Beers (right) being awarded the plaque for the most wins (21-19) from the tournament director…

Thirty-six rookie shufflers competed in the CSA District 5’s annual Rookie Tournament at Ramon Park in Palm Springs on February 20 & 21. This is the most Rookie shufflers in the tournament since 2016. It’s encouraging to see that many new shufflers. District 5’s definition of a rookie is a player who has not been…

The Indian Wells Shuffleboard Club hosted the 2020 Cash Bonspielon their 4 inside courts at their Resort in Indio, CA on January 10 – 13. The first day the 56 entrants played 2 games which determined which of the 4 divisions they would be playing in the remainder of the Bonspiel. The next 2 days…

Helen Bell, president of GVP, was the director of this annual event.  Many volunteers helped facilitate this event including the board crew of Ray Ackenhausen & Kerry Selway, head scorekeeper Carol Blasingame, and ATM’s Lynda Goggin, Cheryl Dewberry & Robert Brooks.