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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…

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 on the line from March 23 to March…

Originally posted on Your Source for Shuffleboard News: As many of our readers know, Clearwater hosted an “Amateur Invitational Tournament”. The event was held on Sat, yesterday, March 28, and I have already received enthusiastic positive reports. Stan 2015 03 29. WCD State Delegate Frank Niziolek had this to say: “Our Amateur Invitational Tournament was…

Last Saturday’s rookie tournament, held at Hemet West, started bright and early with 39 of District 7’s, new this year, players. Due to time constraints, it was a single elimination tournament. Lose one and you’re done. At the end of the day, these four ruled the boards. Sundays Championship game had these results:Right to left: …

February 6th, Friday afternoon, 1:00pm, the final game, everything on the line. As you can see, there was no lack of spectators. The games were hosted by The Royal Palms Club with the red-shirted members rooting on their players. 188 players started. 94 teams of hopefuls. In order to finish the games in 4 days,…

Obviously the Desert Challenge Trophy is a 10! District 5 and District 7 are the 2 biggest districts in California.District 7 is often called the hub of California shuffleboard because it is the largest with just over 500 members. Most all of these players are full time residents of Hemet and Sun City. District 7…

Originally posted on Your Source for Shuffleboard News: If you have in mind that shuffleboard is just for laid back retirees you may need to update your ideas. Only in the United States is shuffleboard a game of leisure. Stan Speaks: I present this 2006 article by Wally Seabach at this time, 2015 01 31,…

The East-West challenge has been around a while. An annual event, it pitted a 30 player Eastern team against a 30 player Western team. Though it hasn’t been played lately due to waning interest, it will be played this year in San Benito, Texas, in April. If you are interested in traveling to South Texas…

THE TROPHY IS OBVIOUSLY A “10″

Originally posted on Your Source for Shuffleboard News: Shufflers: That is Ivanka Trump at, where else, THE ROYAL PALMS!!  Ivanka is the daughter of  Donald Trump!!  The entrepreneur shared a couple of images from their evening out on the town, one of which shows her looking incredibly focused on the game in hand – while…

December. 29, 2014 – 4:00 p.m. – Golden Village Palms Resort, Hemet, CA President, Jay Davidson, called the meeting to order at 4:40 p.m. All participated in flag salute. Moment of Silence: Remembered all deceased shufflers Total Attendance: 29 ROLL CALL – Secretary, Rocky Raver – Present Board Members: Jay Davidson, Sharron Brown, Nelda Lichtwald,…

HELEN BELL and her birthday CUPCAKE CSA PRESIDENT, JAY DAVIDSON and HELEN BELL WINNERS: L-R CHAMP. CHUCK DAVIS, JOE JACKSON, CHARLES MORLEY and champ, DAVID COZAD CONS. champ, JAY DAVIDSON, RETHA WALKER, AL ELIAS, BILL RINDONE The year 2014 came to a close with the robust playing of the Hall of Fame Tournament in Golden…

Christmas Tradition of the Runge family from Germany. I borrow Sebastian’s “Selfie”, His First. Posted on 2014-12-17 by stanistheman Christmas surely is the holiest holiday for nearly all Germans. So it is for our family. On Christmas Eve around 4 p.m. the whole family (from grandparents to grandchild) meet in the dining-room of my parents’ house.…

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! The annual CSA meeting will take place at Golden Village Palms RV Resort, on December 29th, 2014. Located in Hemet, Ca. at 3600 W Florida Ave, in the shuffleboard facility, 3:30-4:00. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

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Originally posted on Your Source for Shuffleboard News: First place and the overall winner of the tournament in the black division was B.C. One, Captained by Paul Bilderback.  Top pic; Paul on extreme right. First place in the red division was the Alberta Grizzlies, Captained by Jack Sell, extreme left. The Grizzlies took overall second place…

Originally posted on Your Source for Shuffleboard News: The results of the third day of the Western Tournament are:  The B.C. One team, captained by Paul Bilderback, remains the leader in the black division.  The Arizona Scorpions,  captained by Gene Denny, are in second place, and the Arizona Rattlers,  captained by the Western Shuffleboard Association President, Scott…

Originally posted on Your Source for Shuffleboard News: The 2014 Western National Open Team Shuffleboard Tournament will be held in Mesa, AZ, with teams competing against each other from November 3rd through 8th. This is the largest shuffleboard tournament in the world!  (We hope to provide coverage!) The tournament consists of 24 teams (each team consists of 16 to 18 shufflers) from…

The District 7 annual season kick-off was held on the Valley Wide grounds. Re-named the Ray Patterson Annual Picnic to honor its long time organizer. He accepted the plaque from Don Berry on behalf of District 7. The many hours of hard work by President Lois Depesynski and Sharyn DiChiro were evident by the smoothness…

Annual Maxine Trachsel Any Doubles Tournament Held at Sierra Dawn South East.    by Dean Grattidge , District 7 Reporter. On Sept. 8-10, 40 pairs of doubles players lined up or 3 days of robust shuffling. Key personnel were George Hayes, head referee, Karla Winget, head scorekeeper, facilitator, Sharyn DiChiro and Helen Noeltner, supervising the…

Posted on September 11, 2014 by hwshuffle SDSE hosted the Maxine Trashel Any Doubles this week, Sept. 8-10. It was well attended with 40 teams of 2 for a total of 80 confident and hopeful players. The boards were cleaned and dressed, the coffee and doughnuts were served, the Pledge was said, and at 8:00am…

Originally posted on Your Source for Shuffleboard News: Ladies and Gentlemen, Shufflers All; The Courts Went Down To-day!!  The “Roll Outs” look good, very good!!  International Shufflers will remember the very good, and very similar, situation we had in Seattle for the 31st.  One significant difference;  in Midland we are located in the same arena; in fact,…