As noted at the AGM held Wednesday Sept. 4th  and updated to show the Coldwater event as CNSA Doubles.

OSA Sanctioned Tournaments for 2014
Coldwater…CNSA Doubles…..Tuesday……May 27,28,29.
Elora*………OSA Doubles…….Tuesday…….June 10,11,12.
Goderich….OSA Doubles…….Tuesday…….June 24,25,26.
Nobel……….OSA Doubles……Tuesday…….July 15,16,17.
Amateurs first day experts 2nd.day
Try to be there before 8:30 a.m.
More details about these events will be posted.
* Elora is the location of the Centre Wellington Shuffleboard Club.

Some early shots from Nobel.

Please note this tournament is scheduled WEDNESDAY-to-FRIDAY.

Wednesday Sept. 4th: Amateur Tournament starts. Please register by 8:30 AM. OSA membership is required and available for anyone not signed up.  The OSA Annual General Meeting will be held at 5:00 PM, and all OSA members are urged to attend.

Thursday Sept. 5th: Those Amateurs surviving the first day will play in the final Amateur rounds on the second day, September 5th, usually starting 8:30 AM.  The Open event (Experts +) starts September 5th – register by 08:30. Amateurs may also play in the Open, as long as they are not still playing in the final rounds of the Amateur tournament.  Final rounds of the Open will complete on Friday Sept. 6th.

Please see AGM Agenda and Driving instructions, previously posted.
Also see About OSA Tournaments.

See You there!

We have had to change the date of the available  Dinner Cruise from Sept. 4th  to
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5th.   For further details on this cruise, please reference the earlier (and now updated) post -> here.

Please plan to attend the OSA AGM on September 4th, about 5PM.

The OSA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will be held 
Sept. 4th, 2013, at 5 PM (Following shuffleboard games)
at the McDougall Recreation Centre, 148 Hammel Avenue in Nobel, Ont.

Click 2013-09-04 Agenda AGM for Agenda details.

Directions (according to Google Maps) to the McDougall 
Recreation Centre, 148 Hammel Road: 
From Parry Sound, go north on Hwy-400, 
and take Take exit 236 to merge onto 
Avro Arrow Rd toward Nobel. 
After 2.2 km you come to Nobel Road
where there is a stop sign. 
Turn left (south-east) onto Nobel Road.
Go 0.5 km then turn left (north) onto Parkway Ave (Google
 instructions say this is Hammel Ave., but this appears on
 their map as an extension of Parkway Ave.). 
Go 150 m. (north) to Hammel Ave. 
The McDougall Recreation Centre will across Hammel Road  
(north side) at 148 Hammel Ave.

Ontario teams did very well at the 2013 Inter-provincial Shuffleboard Tournament held in Dieppe NS July 22 – 26. The Ontario Shuffleboard Association entered four teams: Two teams of women (called Women’s Yellow and Women’s Green) and two teams of men (also differentiated using Yellow and Green in the team names).

The Ontario men took the top two places in the Men’s Division:
Men’s Gold: Ontario Green Team – John Jefferson; Jim Corbeil; Bob Nobels and Max Tate (team captain).
Men’s Silver: Tied between Ontario Yellow Team and Newfoundland/Labrador – Ont.: Carl Rogerson; Don Raymont; George Admiral, Bill Bryan (team captain).

Ontario women were also well represented in the Women’s Division:
Women’s Silver: Ontario Ladies Green Team –  Marlene Corbeil; Barbara Howard; Linda McRae and Ruth Tate (team captain).
Women’s Bronze was won by the President’s Select Team and is mentioned here because three of the four members were from Ontario: Myrna Bilton, Marjorie Taylor and Lois McCormack (team captain).

Every participant played 12 singles games (6 frames played on each colour), one game against a member of each of the other 12  teams (with separate divisions for men and women).  Results were accumulated to the teams’ total scores.

Congratulations to the winners!  Also, many many thanks to all the volunteers who made this event possible!

Thanks for the news of your tournament, Hubert. – Bill
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The Chatham Thames Horizon Mingles/Singles Tournament Results

Aug 1/13 30 Players
Amateurs
1 Jim Carder
2 Ed Coyne
3 Sandy Price
4 Ron Raymont
5 Eric Brown
6 Joe Evers

Pro’s
1 Henry Armstrong
2 Gloria McLaughlin
3 Fred Muehlebach
4 Harold Comeau
5 Hubert Van Eerd
6 Bill LeMay

Tournament Director Mary Button
Sent in by Hubert Van Eerd

From Dick/Sonia Lubbelinkhof:

I have looked into hotels in Parry Sound … for accommodations when people come for the Provincial Tournament in September.  The two hotels that we would recommend are:

1.       Microtel Inn & Suites 705-746-2700

Cost is $ 139.00 per night less 10% for September 3 and 4, 2013.  They have reserved a block of 40 rooms for the Provincial Shuffleboard Tournament.  Deadline for this rate is August 4, 2013.

2.       Canada’s Best Value Inn & Suites
705-746-1500
Cost is $ 79.99 per night per couple for September 3 and 4, 2013.  They have reserved a block of 30 rooms and deadline for this rate is August 15, 2013.

Also, we have contacted a local cruise line that offers dinner cruises on Georgian Bay.  We have asked them about having a dinner cruise – CHANGED TO THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2013.  It is a 2.5 hour cruise.  The cost is $ 60.00 per person plus HST, bar and gratuities.  There is only room for 42 people on the dinner cruise.    Please advertise on the website that if they wish to purchase tickets for this cruise, they can contact the cruise company with a credit card number to reserve their seat.  There must be minimum of 20 tickets purchased in order for the dinner cruise to proceed.  The dinner will be Georgian Bay Whitefish.  You can learn more about the cruise on their website.  www.spiritofthesound.ca  .  Deadline for purchasing tickets is August 25, 2013.

Regarding the tournament, there will be lunch available.  Fifth wheel trailers and motor homes will be permitted onsite.  There is no hydro hookup available.  Washrooms for men and women are open 24 hours a day.  There are no shower facilities onsite.  It is in a quiet, residential neighbourhood.

The McDougall Recreation Centre is located north of Parry Sound, off Hwy 400 at Avro Arrow Road.  Once they have exited Hwy 400, turn left (west) to Nobel Road.  At the stop sign, turn left and the next road to the left is (or leads to) Hammel Avenue.  The McDougall Recreation Centre is on the next corner at 148 Hammel Avenue (North side). (These last few details were modified August 8, 2013. An additional post shows a map – click here.)

For any further information, please contact Dick Lubbelinkhof at 705-746-2682 or sonnylu2002@hotmail.com

Thanks to Jessie Fledderus for sending in these pictures from the amateur event of the Kincardine tournament in June. The following people are shown in order of appearance in the attached PDF (click to view) – (1) Bill Godfrey & Eric Brown  (?) Main 1st place; (2) George O’Reily & Bev Fowler Consolation 2nd place; (3) (3) Clara Vandermeer & Jessie Fledderus Consolation 1st place.

201307 Kincardine-6-am-winners.PDF

Sent in by Marlene Corbeil

The Thedford Shuffleboard Club would like to invite all shufflers to come out Sept 23, 2013 for their annual Big Apple Shuffleboard Tournament.

Location: The Legacy Recreation Centre, 16 Allen Street, Thedford.

This will be a Mixed Draw Doubles Tournament

And a good time was had bay all! Thanks Al Wilson for excellent organization and a fun tournament!
– – – – – – – – – – – – – — –Hi Folks: Here are the final results. I will have the summary sheets and the slips that were filled out by the players on Wednesday if anyone would like to check my figures.

Players who started at the foot. Nobody was able to win 4 games but six people won three games. Margin of victory points are then used to determine the order of finish.
1. Ann Balson +185
2. Bob Davies +138
3. John Heron +105
4. Nancy Bryans +66

5. Jack Rathwell +39
6. Adele McNamara +36

Players who started play at the head. Two people managed to win all four games and three others were able to win three of their games.
Margin of victory points were again used to determine order of finish.
1. Larry Spires +115
2. Ron Middleton + 88
3. Neil McLeod + 84 (three wins)
4. Barb Wilson + 74 (three wins)

5. Jim LeMoal + 55 (three wins)

Congratulation to all who participated in this tournament and thanks for signing up, showing up on time and for the cooperation during the tournament. Al Wilson

From Marlene Corbeil:

We had 45 players turn out for the Mingles Singles in London. The London club added $50.00 to the purse. Here is the list of the winners.
Am’s
1st      Ruth Stewart
2nd     Lois Dobbie
3rd      Betty Keating
4th      Larry Allison
5th      Debbie Cadeau
6th      Sheila Brown

Experts
1st     Martine Vermeire
2nd     Wilf Cowan
3rd      John Mickle
4th      Frank Reynen
5th      Gord Overbaugh
6th      Ross Kirkpatrick

   Thanks to all the London Shufflers for a great Day. Marlene Corbeil

I would like to thank Linda & Grant McRae for hosting the Kincardine OSA Tournament on Jun 25^th – 27^th 2013. Thanks to their helpers who over the weeks got ready for this tournament.

I also want to thank Lorraine Pollock for being the tournament director for Kincardine’s first tournament. Her leadership and dedication to shuffleboard is much appreciation.

Thanks to Gary Pipher for storing the OSA trailer at his place.

It’s people like this that make a successful tournament and we look forward to seeing everyone at Nobel on Sept 4^th-6^th 2013.

The OSA AGM will be held at Nobel.

Sincerely

Rendall Bilton

OSA President

It’s great to see these results come in! Congratulations on a good turnout. Thanks Hubert.

Thames Horizon Mingles/singles tournament results July 4/13, 32 Players.

Sent in by Hubert Van Eerd

OSA President’s message to fellow shufflers in Alberta –

Date: Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 9:31 AM
Subject: Prayers for you all
To: Ken Wardley
Cc: Myrna & Rendall Bilton , Maureen Bryan

Dear Ken & Verena. We are so very sorry for all the destruction all of you are having. Can’t imagine what you will face in the days ahead, but we send our prayers that things will straighten out quickly. Water damage such as you have had is so devastating, one wonders where do you turn next. Take each day at a time is all one can do, and know you have friends all over the country praying for you. We will sure miss you in Dieppe, but you need to look after family and home first of course.

Bless all in the terrible situation.

Regards from OSA, President Rendall Bilton, Ontario.

Submitted by Lorraine Pollock

Kincardine  –   Amateurs   June 25 -26/13

Main Event – 15 Teams

1^st     Bill Godfrey    &         Eric Brown
2^nd      Ross Quanz    &         Karen Quanz
3^rd    Bill Kinnear    &         Marie Kinnear
4^th    Ria Wilson      &         John Wilson

Consolation

1^st        Jessie Fledderus        &    Clara VanDerMeer
2^nd        Beverly Fowler         &    George O’Reilly
3^rd        Dick Lubbelinkhof   &    Barb    Pipher
4^th        Mike Taylor               &    Diane   Taylor

Expert  –  Open

Main Event –  16 Teams

1^st        Erika Berg               &     Peter Berg
2^nd        George Admiral    &     Jack Thorne
3^rd        Linda McRae         &     Roy Babcock
4^th        Al Weeks                &      Art Scott

Consolation

1^st        Marjorie Taylor     &  Bill LeMay
2^nd       Nancy MacLean   &  Doris Bumstead
3^rd        Jim Corbeil           &   Marlene Corbeil
4^th        Glenn Knetchel    &   Janet Knechtel

OSA President Rendall Bilton has requested this to be posted:

I want to Thank the Picton Shuffleboard Club for hosting the Ontario Shuffleboard Association Singles Tournament on June 11^th – 13^th 2013.

Thanks to Durelle Kowacz for doing a great job as Tournament Director.

It was a successful tournament with everyone having fun.

Hope it will be possible next year.

Sincerely

Rendall Bilton

OSA President

From Maureen Bryan. Thanks Maureen. It looks like you all had a great time!
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:16:19 -0400
To: bill.boyes@bell.net

Hi Bill, 17 of the Fergus group attended the London single mingles tournament today. included are some photos.

1. Group photo of Fergus players with separate photo of Chas Bryan who was in the loo at picture time.
2. Photo of Lois Dobbie, amateur, who won all her 6 games with different partners.
3. Photo with our winners from the club:

Amateurs
– John Holder- 6th place.
– Linda O’Conner- 5th place.
– Liz. Oostdyk- 2nd place.
– Lois Dobbie- 1st place.

Pros

Sent in by Marlene Corbeil

Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:34:15 -0400
To: bill.boyes@bell.net

Hi; Bill, I just wanted to let you know that we had 53 players turn out for the Single Mingles in London today. The London club really appreciated everyone coming. Here is the list of the winners.

Ams
Lois Dobbie 1st
Liz Oostdyk 2nd
Gene Brender 3rd
Debbie Cadeau 4th
Linda O’Connor 5th
John Holder 6th

Experts
Bill Lemay 1st
Maureen Bryan 2nd
Jim Corbeil 3rd
Eric Brown 4th
Hubert VanEerd 5th
Frank Reynen 6th

Hope to see everyone again July the 9th. Marlene Corbeil
Jim & Marlene Corbeil
jandmcorbeil@gmail.com

519-290-4400

Goderich Shuffleboard Club president Al Weeks shown playing at the Picton Singles tournament 2013/06.

The president of the Goderich club, Al weeks, has provided an update to the Goderich club’s information. Goderich2013

Thames Horizon Mingles/Singles Tournament Results June 6/13, 37 Players

Amateurs
1 Jim Carder
2 Joe Evers
3 Marion Reynen
4 Bill Van Eerd
5 Eric Brown
6 Elliot Arnold

Pro’s
1 Fred Muehlebach
2 Hubert Van Eerd
3 Della Sutton
4 Don Hutchison
5 John Sutton
6 Evelyn Lecky

Tournament Director Mary Button

Very Pleased with the attendance
Sent in by Hubert Van Eerd

Sent in by Murray and Muriel Burnett – thanks folks …

The above picture shows OSA Amateur Tournament winners in the Main in Picton this week.
Ross Quanz, 4th
Rendall Bilton 3rd
John Jefferson 2nd
Murray Burnett 1st.

Many thanks to the Prince Edward County (Picton) Shuffleboard Club and the hard work by the Tournament Director Durelle Kowacz, and “Worker Bee” Bish Kowacz. A great tournament!. (Pictures to follow.)

From Durelle:
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Following are the results of the singles tournament held at Prince Edward County Shuffleboard Club on June 11,12, 13, 2013.

AMATEURS – 36 ENTRIES

 MAIN EVENT

1ST PLACE MURRAY BURNETT
2ND PLACE JOHN JEFFERSON
3RD PLACE RENDALL BILTON
4TH PLACE ROSS QUANZ

CONSOLATION

1ST PLACE GEORGE O’REILLY
2ND PLACE RIA WILSON
3RD PLACE MEL HERNS
4TH PLACE SHIRLEY BOOTSMA

EXPERT – 36 ENTRIES

MAIN EVENT

1ST PLACE SHIRLEY BRYANSS
2ND PLACE MYRNA BILTON
3RD PLACE AL WEEKS
4TH PLACE ANN DIRKSE

 CONSOLATION

 1ST PLACE BILL BRYAN
2ND PLACE JIM HOWARD
3RD PLACE RON MORAN
4TH PLACE SIGGY GUDZUS

DIRECTOR – DURELLE KOWACZ

Here are some things you should keep in mind if you play in a tournament sponsored by the OSA (Ontario Shuffleboard Association):

1. There are separate tournament divisions for players ranked as “Expert” and “Amateur”. “Experts” may play only in the Open Division of a Tournament.
2. Experts include any player who has gained 5 OSA Amateur points in Ontario, or is a Florida “State-Amateur” or Florida “Pro”.
   All others are ranked as Amateurs, and may play in either Amateur or Open divisions (or both if not still playing in the Amateur on day-two).
3. OSA Membership is required to compete in any OSA-sanctioned tournament. Fee (for individuals) is $ 5.00 and is good for the playing year (beginning October 1st). Pay at the first tournament entered.
4. OSA Tournament Player Entry Fee: $10.00. Pay at each tournament entered. CNSA tournaments differ slightly.
5. OSA Tournament Rules of play are the same as the CNSA (Canadian National Shuffleboard Association).  Click here to see the CNSA Rules.
6. NOTE for 2023: Amateurs may be scheduled to play a Round Robin style tournament to complete the first day. The Amateur division will start on the 1^st  day scheduled. If a two-day tournament is scheduled Amateurs will usually complete three rounds on day-1, and complete the final two to three rounds on the 2^nd day. The Open division will start on the 2^nd  day, finishing on the 3^rd.  Any exceptions will be noted in the tournament schedule.
7. Plan to arrive at the tournament on the correct day by 08:30 AM at the latest to give time to get an OSA membership if needed, and Register for the tournament. Both partners must be present in order to get a registration form (and pay the entry fees).

CNSA DOUBLES results have been posted on the CNSA website here.

Below are examples of top shuffleboarding form as seen at the finals of the CNSA Doubles, expert division, in Coldwater May 23rd.
Shown are Carl Rogerson and a sequence of Jim Howard’s form. More to come!

		Top Form from the CNSA Doubles VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL This album has 5 photos and will be available on SkyDrive until 8/22/2013.

Come and have fun !!!

• Location – the Elora Curling Club, 60 David Street, Elora, Ontario,  N0B 1S0
  The name of our club is Centre Wellington (because Fergus,Elora and surrounding communities amalgamated together).
• Time – Monday Afternoon 1pm & Thursday Night 7pm
• Date – May to Mid. Sept.
• Cost – Nominal fee per day – NO Membership Required (30 – 40 attend
• Equipment – All equip. necessary for 15 roll out courts.
• Fellowship and Fun – The Best!
• Refreshments after play (Donations)
• Contacts – John Holder, Pesident, – 519 787 2312, johnlenore@yahoo.ca.

Rendall Bilton has notified us that the Wellington Centre Shuffleboard Club has changed location from the Fergus Curling Club to the Elora Curling Club. now. They moved their equipment in
last Thurs so this has been a busy time for the club executive involved.

The new address for shuffleboard is:

Wellington Centre Shuffleboard Club
60 David St
Elora, Ontario N0B 1S0

The Kincardine tournament has been changed from Singles to DOUBLES. If planning to go, you will need to arrange for a partner.

JUNE 25-26-27 2013 ——- KINCARDINE —— OSA DOUBLES
Tournament address-Davidson Center, 601 Durham Street, Kincardine, Ont.
Club info here. Lunch available. Hotel info here.
Contact Linda McRae  mcraelg@hotmail.com  tel#: 519-396-4088

As sent in by Durelle and Bish Kowacz re the OSA Singles Tournaments – Amateurs June 11-12, Experts June 12-13.

The following affects the OSA Doubles (NO-2-PRO) and AGM_July 16-18, 2013

Ontario Shuffleboard Association President, Rendall Bilton, has asked that this be posted on our website:

The St Marys Tournament that is scheduled for August is cancelled. Bill Rovers called me and had to cancel this event.

From Hubert VanEerd –

All Tournaments start at 9 am at the Mackness farm 9622 Longwoods Rd Chatham Ont -N7M-5J1
Games will be 16 frames 8 on yellow carry the score 8 on black is one match.
Entree fee $ 5.00 it all goes for prize money 6 prizes for amateurs 6 for pro’s.
Amateur will play with a pro [if possible]
Contact: Hubert van Eerd – hcveerd@yahoo.com

This is a reminder of the Doubles tournament to be held in Coldwater May 21 – 23, 2013. Get yourself a partner and we’ll see you there! Don’t forget to plan for the CNSA AGM and the banquet! See all the details on the CNSA website – theshufflersnews. Note the new time for the AGM.

From Linda McRae, information for the Kincardine OSA singles tournament June 25 – 27, 2013.

Shufflers park on the east side of the Davidson Centre, 601 Durhams St., for easiest access to arena.
RV and 5th wheel parking is available at the Davidson Centre, near the water tower, on the gravel or on the paved back parking lot, NOT ON THE GRASS
Knight’s Inn – $60, 1 queen or 2 double beds, no breakfast. Quote SHUFFLEBOARD. Call 519-396-5454. People can eat breakfast across the road at Jean’s Restaurant.
Howard Johnson – $99, any room, includes breakfast. Quote SHUFFLEBOARD. A basic room can be booked cheaper on the Internet.
Toll free 1-800-265-3045. Free long distance calling in North America from the lobby.
Best Western Plus, Governor’s Inn – $129.99, includes breakfast. Quote SHUFFLEBOARD. Toll free 1-800-463-1836. They are holding this price until a month before our tournament.
Holdiday Inn Express – $136.99, 1 king or 2 queen beds, includes breakfast. $149.99 for suites. Quote ILCORSFL. Toll free # 1-877-878-2345. New hotel, includes Internet (wired and wireless), only indoor pool and hot tub in Kincardine.
Tuesday, June 25 I have made arrangements for dinner at the Erie Belle Restaurant. Seniors get a 10% discount. Sign up Tuesday morning for exact number of people wanting to go.

Thanks, Linda McRae 519-396-4088

GREATER NAPANEE SHUFFLEBOARD CLUB

Come and have FUN!

• Our club plays almost every Wednesday from 1:00 PM to about 3:30-4:00 PM.
• Daily play fee is  $3.00.
• Winter play (October through end April, except December) is at the Strathcona Paper Centre, 6 McPherson Dr. Napanee, where there are 10 courts. On the first Wednesday in December we have a banquet and combine our annual meeting with elections if required
• Summer play(May 1st to Sept. 21st) is at the Napanee Curling Club at 180 York St. where there will be 16 courts.
  As we play at the Napanee Clurling Club, we will miss two weeks during the CIVIC HOLIDAY Aug 1st WEEKEND, to accommodate the Napanee fair, one for the fair day and one for cleanup. At that time we hold our annual picnic by the river. The club provides the hamburgers, wieners buns, drinks and condiments. Members bring a salad or desert.
• The membership costs are $20.00 annually and $3.00 each day played. We also have a 50/50 draw weekly.
• Contacts
  (click here)

Scugog club members will be interested as Nancy responds to a query about the club start-up date –

From: Nancy Bryans
Subject: Re: Scugog Shuffleboard start-up date
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:26:11 -0400

Set up date is May 8 and first daily play is May 15!!  See you then.  Nancy

Come to Scarborough Shuffleboard Club – Fun with friends!  We’d love to see you, and our club membership is only $15 per year! Play in a relaxed atmosphere on Tuesday mornings, September to June.

Our club plays at the Commander Park Community Centre, 140 Commander Blvd. (MAP), in Scarborough (Toronto) Ontario. We have eight courts on the second floor (there is a new elevator) of the Centre and have lots of cues available for members and any guests who wish to join us. We shuffle from 9:00 AM to about noon on Tuesdays, playing  2 games of singles, break for free coffee, tea and cookies and then 2 games with partners. Members vary from experts to newbies and about 12 to 25 of us show up to shuffle each week. We have a 50-50 draw weekly – 50 cents per ticket to support our otherwise free coffee, tea and cookies. Membership is only $15 annually for our September to June playing season. We always have a lunch “Banquet” at the end of June (and if the budget permits it, at no extra cost to members!)

President is Linda Thon

Latest posting – 

The secretary of the Tri-Town club tells us that the Tri-Town information posted on the Clubs page is A-OK! Take a look (click on Clubs on the above black-bar menu) and if you are ever in the Haileybury area this summer, plan to drop in to see them. See information about Tri-Town Shuffleboard Club on our Clubs page, or just click here.

OSA president Rendall Bilton has asked us to update our calendars for the OSA Annual General Meeting. Previously announced for St Marys July 16, it will now be held in Nobel on Wednesday September 4th at 5:00 PM. All OSA members are invited to attend, especially those playing in the Nobel tournament September 4 – 5 -6.

OSA President Rendall Bilton notifies us of the following change in the 2013 tournament schedule:

The St Mary’s Tournament that was scheduled for July 16-17-18 2013 has now been changed to
Aug 13-14-15 2013. This change was made to allow many of our players that will be going to play
at Dieppe NB (July 22 -26). This is the 3rd Interprovincial Tournament Canada has hosted.

Ontario Shuffleboard Association President, Rendall Bilton, reminds us of the upcoming 3rd IP Tournament to be held at Dieppe NB, July 22nd – 26th, 2013. See the original post (click here) for details and the OSA application form. Applications must be sent in to the OSA by February 15th.

More tournament details are on the CNSA website, The Shufflers News/events.

The CNSA website has a post requesting responses from anyone who got a shuffleboard related Christmas present –See this: http://theshufflersnews.wordpress.com/2012/12/25/did-you-get-a-shuffleboard-present-for-christmas/

Earl Ball ranks with the very best shufflers in the world right now. We are lucky that we have the opportunity to see him play in some of our Ontario tournaments, especially the CNSA Doubles in Coldwater in May. (Check the Events page on this website for more details about the 2013 CNSA Doubles).

With tournament and cost information now available on the CNSA website, the OSA is posting the attached Player Application for the Ontario team.
To see an application form that you can print then complete by hand and mail to the OSA – CLICK on the attached PDF. Mailing instructions are on the form.
To see a Microsoft-Word file that you can open and complete on your computer – CLICK on the attached DOC. Then save it on your computer and email it as an attachment per instructions on the form.

All applications must be received by the OSA by February 15, 2013.

2013-IP-APPLICATION.doc

2013-IP-APPLICATION.pdf

Rendall Bilton responds to our queries –

From Rendall Bilton
I do not have the final cost of the package from Dieppe yet.
It should be soon
I will let you know as soon as I have all the data

Rendall

A message from our sponsor, Dom Sports

Myrna Bilton, CNSA President reports the following:

The Dieppe committee are finalizing their package for the 2013 IP, so it will soon be ready to post
on the web site.
 
Enjoy the Christmas Season
Myrna

Hi Rendall – Thanks for your update that the OSA will soon post the application to play for the Ontario Team in the 2013 Inter-provincial Tournament July 22 -26 in Dieppe New Brunswick. (See the Events and Results page)

Fun every Tuesday AM 9:30 – noon. two games of 8-frame singles, Coffee break, 2 games of 8-rounds of doubles.

Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 10:58 AM    Subject: Glass Beads in Carpet

 

Good day, Marc;

 

I was recently in your store and warehouse to purchase some wax and other supplies for the rubber/vinyl indoor shuffleboard we use at our condo. Your own knowledge and that of your staff was very helpful.

 

I raised the subject of our issue with the plastic beads possibly getting into the carpet – I believe you had an earlier e-mail from one of our condo contacts, Donna Brock, on the matter.

 

You and I discussed alternatives and kicked around the use of alternative courts that did not require beads, plastic sheeting under and around the court to keep the beads off the carpet, a collection border of some type around the sheet, or, perhaps, a DYSON vacuum might do a better job.

 

Is it possible that you might post the problem into a forum somewhere and see if your one of your many contacts have a similar problem, and, even better, a viable solution?           Thanks, Marc,     Doug Maze

We just added Partners, a new page for the Shuffle ON website(shuffleon.org). This page is to provide a list of Shufflers needing a Partner for any upcoming tournament. Look for Partners on the black-bar menu above, right next to Events and Results. If you want to “go online” and advertize for a partner, just email shuffleboardbill@gmail.com and let him know the tournament and whether you are an Amateur or an Expert. etc. There is more information about this on the Partners page – https://shuffleon.org/partner/

For those of you who like an early start on these things, Rendall Bilton, Ontario Shuffleboard Association President, informs me that applications to play for the Ontario team in the 2013 Interprovincial wil be posted on this website in November 2012.

The 2013 Interprovincial tournament will take place in Dieppe New Brunswick July 21 – 25, and is shown with Ontario tournaments on your updated OSA website Events page – shuffleon.org/events/.

Cheers, Bill B.

Congratulations to all of the following, especially Ontarians highlighted below.

Floor Shuffleboard Final Results55+ Group
Gold, NS, Rose Irwin / Joanne Gallivan
Silver, ON, Henry Armstrong / Gerald Wylie
Bronze, ON, Nancy Reid / Don Waldie
70+ Group
Gold, NB, Paul Belliveau / Don Breau
Silver, ON, Al Leslie / Terry McConomy
Bronze, NB, Bernice Belliveau / Bernie Breau

For more information go to http://canada55plusgames2012.com/

Bob Weber has passed this on to ShuffleON – as it appeared in The Wellington Advisor. They all look GOOD, dont’ they?

wellington.pdf

Click -> Container comes to Coldwater to see the story from Gary Pipher about how the Coldwater club rebounded from damage to their storage shed.

Thanks for sending this in, Gary!

We try not to duplicate the posts of The Shufflers News, so this is just a notice that the Canada East Team wone first place at the Seattle ISA Team Tournament this past week. More details onTheShufflersNews – theshufflersnews.wordpress.com, or 100 Years of Shuffleboard – theshuffler.net.

Here are the members of the Canada East Team, and all except Don Breau are from Ontario!