Ontario Shuffleboard News and Information

Thames Horizon Shuffle Club Completed the summer shuffle season with a full house of players on Sept 28/17 { a day filled with a lot of fun}
With a barbeque for members and spouses. we had hamburgers hot dogs many salads end desserts.
We played 18 league play days and 4 Mingles/Singles all very well attended.
We had a very good season again most players are pleased with the set up league play before lunch
Hoss Collar after lunch.
Again thanks to all the players and all the people that made this season a success.
Looking forward to next spring so we can do it all over again.
Greetings to all shufflers.
Hubert

From: Ron Ferguson

Here are the results from our 4th Annual Apple Tournament, held in St. Marys – Monday -Sept. 18th – 2017:

A great turnout for this event, saw 64 Shufflers participate. Came from Woodstock, Ingersoll, Fergus, Listowel, Seaforth, London, Stratford, St. Marys and area.

Results from Tournament Director Marlene Corbeil:

MEN WOMEN

1st Jim Corbeil 1st Ann Birley

2nd Murray Burnett 2nd Myrna Bilton

3rd Fred Muehlebach 3rd Linda O’Conner

4th Vantychem “Red” Fernand 4th Ruth Tate

5th Evan Engell 5th Suzanne Sharp

SUBMITTED BY:

RON FERGUSON

ST. MARYS CURLING CLUB

NOTE: Pics from tournament to follow soon

New President Marren Bryan sends this along to us. Congratulations to the new Centre Wellington leadership, and many thanks to the previous.

PAST PRES. RENDALL BILTON

PRES. MAUREEN BRYAN

1ST VICE PRES.- RAY BERNIER-519-846-1767-ray.bernier

SEC. LOIS DOBBIE-519-843-2595-bob.dobbie

TREAS. BETTY MERCER-519-843-1241-NO EMAIL.

Ron Ferguson sends us the attached info for the St Marys Apple Tournament…

Kindly sent in by Maureen Bryan.

Elora Shuffleboard Club will come to the end of the season of 2017, on Sept. 14th.

We have had a very enjoyable year, and we will close with a pizza party and our annual meeting.
We have an amazing club, full of energy and laughter, and a group of members that work very hard to make our club a success. We wish everyone a safe and healthy winter season, blessings from Elora, ( Centre Wellington ). Rendall Bilton-Pres. and Maureen Bryan-Vice.
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Sent from my iPad

Thanks Hubert!

Thames Horizon Shuffle Club Mingles/Singles Tournament
results for Aug 31/17 The last tournament for this season.
Everything went very well a good turn out again.
Looking forward to next season.

17 Amateurs

1 Rick Wehring
2 Quenneville
3 Tony Vander Hoven
4 Herman Guilbeault
5 Davis Bryans
6 Gene Brenders

17 Pro’s

1 Glen Peltier
2 Katie Starzacher
3 Henry Armstrong
4 Tony DeLuca
5 Pat Akinson
6 Bill LeMay

Tournament Director Mary Button

Sent in by Hubert Van Eerd

OSA Keepr Of Records (KOR), Shirley Bryan, provides us with the yearly update to the player points, attached. Questions may be referred directly to Shirley – bryancands@live.ca

Explanation of the Amateur and expert point systems may be seen by clicking on the Main (Black-Bar) menu item "Player Points" or click -> here.

OSA Amateur Points 2017.pdf

OSA Expert Points 2017.pdf

The Ingersoll Shuffleboard Club held is last MingleSingles Tournament for the year Aug. 21 2017. looking forward to next year.

Experts 18 players

1st Larry Allison
2nd Ruth Stewart
3rd Ruth Tate
4th Maureen Bryan
5th Max Tate
6th Dotty Keort

Amateurs 19 players

1st Ron Ferguson
2nd Ron Carradine
3rd Ann Engell
4th Suzanne Sharp
5th Dianne Carradine
6th Terry Martin

Submitted by Marlene Corbeil Tournament Director

Pictures attache Larry Allison absent from Experts

Names and pictures of Blenheim winners now line up.

As promised, here are the results and pictures of all the winning teams. Thanks Roger Kellam.

Amateur Aug 8, 2017 22 Teams
Main

1st Gary Sorko, Ruth Stewart

2nd Gerdien Dykman, Gerrit Dykman

3rd Murray Little, Allan Little

4th Bev Fowler, Linda O’Connor

Amateur Consolation

1st Wendy and Luke Hansmann

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 2nd Mary Ellen and Ted Vercouteren

3rd Howie Dodman, Judy Brooking

4th Gord Kirk, Bill Stephen

        OPEN   Aug 9, 2017   14 Teams
Main

1st Carl Rogerson, George Admiral

2nd Maureen Bryan, Bill Oostdyk  

3rd Glen Peltier and Jim Corbeil

4th Rip Van Ginkel, William LeMay

                  .

OPEN Consolation

1st Charles and Shirley Bryant

2nd Henry Strong, Linda McRae

3rd Moe and Jill DeBruyne

4th Barbara and Jim Howard

OSA President Rendall Bilton

On behalf of the OSA, I want to thank the Golden Acres Shuffleboard Club, President Joe Lessard and secretary Roger Kellam for hosting the OSA Doubles Tournament that took place on Aug 8 th – 9 th , 2017.

This club is located in the beautiful town of Blenheim in a lovely new curling club building. Thanks for the delicious lunches and warm hospitality.
Special thanks to Marlene Corbeil for being a dedicated tournament director and to Muriel Burnett and Bill Boyes for their picture and write-up coverage of all the OSA tournaments. I appreciate the hours they spend on these events.

Congratulations to George Admiral for achieving his 35 points to be inducted into the OSA Hall of Fame.

Sincere thanks to OSA secretary Maureen Bryan, the OSA Board Members and committees for making my job easy. I appreciate their support and dedication to shuffleboard.

I want to thank all the shufflers that took part and supported the OSA Tournaments. We had good attendance at the tournaments this summer. I look forward to seeing everyone next year.

Sincerely,
Rendall Bilton
OSA President

Blenheim Aug 8, 2017 Amateur 22 Teams 44 Players

Main

1st Gary Sorko, Ruth Stewart

2nd Gerdien Dykman, Gerrit Dykman

3rd Murray Little, Allan Little

4th Bev Fowler, Linda O’Connor

Consolation

1st Wendy Hansmann, Luke Hansmann

2nd Mary Ellen Vercouteren, Ted Vercouteren

3rd Howie Dodman, Judy Brooking

4th Gord Kirk, Bill Stephen

Open Aug 9, 2017 14 Teams 28 Players

Main

1st Carl Rogerson, George Admiral

2nd Maureen Bryan, Bill Oostdyk

3rd Jim Corbeil, Glen Peltier

4th Rip Van Ginkel, William LeMay

Consolation

1st Shirley Bryan, Charles Bryan

2nd Henry Strong, Linda McRae

3rd Jill DeBruyne Moe DeBruyne

4th Jim Howard, Barbara Howard

Tournament Director Marlene Corbeil

Pictures to follow.

Thanks Hubert!

Thames Horizon Shuffle Club Mingles/Singles Tournament Results For Aug 3/17

19 Amateurs

1 Ed Coyne
2 Tony Vanden Hoven
3 Carol Brosseau
4 Gary Sorko
5 Rick Wehring
6 Moe Rooms

19 Pro’s

1 Glen Peltier
2 Bill LeMay
3 Linda De Vries
4 Elliot Arnold
5 Hubert Van Eerd
6 Katie Starzacher

Tournament Director Mary Button
Sent in by Hubert Van Eerd

Thank you COLDWATER Shuffleboard Club.
On behalf of the OSA, we would like to thank the COLDWATER Shuffleboard Club for hosting a very successful CNSA shuffleboard tournament July 18-20th, 2017. Pres George O’Reilly and his organizers put on a first class tournament and a banquet dinner enjoyed by all who attended. Special thanks to all the sponsors for this occasion.
Thanks again for Marlene Corbeil for directing the tournament and congratulations to all who played , win or lose, we all have taken away with us special moments of laughter and fun.
Looking forward to seeing everyone at the next and last tournament of the season in Blenheim, Ont. Aug. 8-10th, 2017.
Sincerely,
Rendall Bilton,
OSA Pres.

Requested by Maureen Bryan, OSA Secretary:

ALL ONT. CLUBS ARE TO SEND IN THEIR LIST OF MEMBERS TO THE CNSA SECRETARY BY SEPT. 1 YEARLY.  THIS IS A REMINDER TO HAVE THIS SENT IN.  IT IS TO GO TO NORM LINDSAY  (SEC. CNSA )  AT normanli@uoguelph.ca., OR  THIS LIST CAN BE MAILED TO  HIS ADDRESS AT, RR # 5, BELWOOD. N0B1J0.

Thanks in advance.
MAUREEN BRYAN, SEC. OSA.

Responding to a very valid request by Al Wilson (Scugog Shuffleboard Club) —

Number of Entries – Amateur 28
Open      28

We are looking at our posted tournament results and how to most easily include the home club for each finalist.

An interesting article recently published about the Coldwater Shuffleboard Club –
http://www.orilliapacket.com/2017/07/19/coldwater-is-shuffleboard-central

Congratulations to All appearing here! (And your webmaster, Shuffleboard Bill, is justifiably delighted! AND with this tournament result, George Admiral now has his points to enter the OSA Hall Of Fame, Player Category!)

EXPERT TOURNAMENT RESULTS

MAIN EVENT

Main 1st George Admiral, Bill Boyes

Main 2nd Jim Corbeil, Roy Babcock

Main 3rd Bill LeMay, Rip Van Ginkel

Main 4th Donna Blom, Bill Oostdyk

CONSOLATIONS

Consolation 1st George Steven, Maureen Bryan

Consolation 2nd Muriel and Murray Burnett

Consolation 3rd Joanne and George Clark

Consolation 4th Barb Howard, Heather Morgan

Coldwater Shuffleboard Club has once again hosted a great OSA tournament! Congratulations to the following Amateur winners:

MAIN
AM Main 1st Dave and Betty Granter

Main 2nd Robert Graves and June Stewart

Main 3rd Bill Kinnear and George Archer Main 4th Henry Gerrits and Linda O’Connnor

CONSOLATIONS

Consolation 1st Gary Pipher, Iris Beach

Consolation 2nd Earnest Thomas, Grant Barrett

Consolation 3rd Deborah and Ernest Lane

Consolation 4th Mike Lynham, John Lynham

On behalf of the Ontario Shuffleboard Association I send Congratulations to our Ontario girls..Marlene Corbeil, Barb Howard, Lenore Holder and Marge Gardner for placing 3rd in the 5th Interprovincial held at Moose Jaw, Sask.
Congratulations to all who placed and to all who participated in this tournament.

Sincerely
Rendall Bilton
OSA President

From Roger Kellam – Please note that Blenheim will cancel their Mingles/Singles scheduled for Sept 5.

Ingersoll District Shuffleboard Club

The results of our mingle/single tournament of July 17, 2017 are as follows

Expert’s 12 players
1st Don Hutchison
2nd Elaine Foster
3rd Dotty Koert
4th John Mickle
5th Don Jeffery
6th Ross Kirkpatrick

Amateur’s 16 players
1st Ron Ferguson
2nd Sheila Brown
3rd Ron Carradine
4th Schel Dykstra
5th Debbie Cadeau
6th Ann Engell

A donation was from Ingersoll/Woodstock/Tillsonburg Memorials

Submitted by Ruth Stewart

As we post this, play 2017 is nearing an end, with only July  25 and August 1st remaining. (The last opportunities for  for 2017 fun!)

The following is the 2018 schedule and other information:

Contact info originally left out …

Wayne Shannon –  wjshannon@hotmail.com

From Wayne Shannon – wjshannon@hotmail.com

We are a retirement community and looking in to put in shuffle courts in Port Perry Ontario does anybody know the cost of building 6 out door courts .I have to present this to our board of directors so I could really use your help.

Does youth rub off on us too Myrna?

From: “Myrna Bilton

You might find this interesting….. I’m trying to promote shuffleboard in our community.

Bring your grandchildren…..
“Who says shuffleboard is for older people?”
We were delighted to have two lovely young ladies out to shuffle at our daily play at Centre Wellington Shuffleboard Club on Monday.

Cheers
Myrna

 

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From: “Maureen Bryan”

INGERSOL -CNSA DOUBLES
AMATEUR- MAY 29-30, 2018
OPEN- MAY. 30-31, 2018
INGERSOL ARENA, 97 MUTUAL N. INGERSOL ONT.

CENTRE WELLINGTON-OSA DOUBLES

AMATEUR- JUNE 12-13, 2018
OPEN- JUNE 13-14, 2018
LOCATION: 29 DAVID ST. W., ELORA ONT.( curling club)
LUNCH AVAILABLE (homemade-yummy)
CONTACT: RENDALL BILTON ( myrnabilton4- 519-787-0131)
MAUREEN BRYAN (m.bryan9282-519-787-9988)
OSA GENERAL MEETING WILL BE- JUNE 12th, 2018 (Tuesday) following play.

GODERICH- OSA DOUBLES
AMATEUR- JUNE 26-27, 2018
OPEN- JUNE 27-28, 2018
LOCATION: MEMORIAL ARENA, 180 McDONALD ST., GODERICH ONT.
LUNCH AVAILABLE
CAMP PARKING: 6 SPACES AVAILABLE ON SITE
CONTACTS:

AL WEEKS (aweeks55-519-524-1632
JIM HOWARD (jimbodaisy-519-524-5038)

COLDWATER – CNSA DOUBLES- not confirmed

BLENHEIM- OSA DOUBLES
AMATEURS- AUG. 7-8, 2018
OPEN- AUG. 8-9, 2018
LOCATION: GOLDEN ACRES CURLING CLUB, 430 CATHERINE ST., BLENHEIM, ONT.
LUNCH AVAILABLE
NO ONSITE OVERNIGHT CAMPERS.
SUGGEST-WILSON CONSERVATION AREA (8km)
RONDEAU PROV. PARK, OR WILDWOOD PARK(18 km)
SMALL TRAILER PARK IN ERIEAU(10km)
CONTACT: JOE LESSARD-(suelessard-519-676-0599)
ROGER KELLAM-(crk@kellam.ca 519-676-3989)

From: "Hubert Van Eerd"

Thames Horizon Shuffle Club Mingles/Singles Results for July 6/17

Amateurs 18 Players
1 Dirk De Vries
2 Roger Quenneville
3 Martin Van Eerd
4 Gary Sorko
5 Gene Brenders
6 Rick Wehring

Pro’s 17 Players
1 John Shewburg
2 Jim Carder
3 Elliot Arnold
4 Don Hoorelbeck
5 Glen Peltier
6 Bill Van Eerd

Tournament Director Mary Button
Sent in by Hubert Van Eerd

From: "Hubert Van Eerd
2017 Mingles /Singles schedule

Thurs July 6 @ 9 Am
Thurs Aug 3 @ 9 Am
Thurs Aug 31 @ 9 Am

From Rendall Bilton:

On behalf of the OSA, I want to thank the Goderich Shuffleboard Club for hosting the OSA Doubles Tournament that took place June 27 th – 29 th , 2017. The Goderich shuffleboard members sure made us feel welcome.

Thank you to the lunch committee that served us delicious lunches. We also appreciate being able to park our campers close to the arena – how handy!

Special thanks to Marlene Corbeil for being the Tournament Director, and her faithful helper husband Jim.

Thanks to all the people who attended and helped to make the Goderich Shuffleboard Club Tournament a huge success.

I look forward to seeing everyone in Coldwater on July 18 th – 20 th , 2017 for the CNSA tournament.

Sincerely
Rendall Bilton
OSA President

Here are the results of the OSA 2017 Open Tournament held in Goderich June 28, 29  –

Tournament: Goderich 2017-06-27,  OPEN Doubles
Entries: 21
Director: Marlene Corbeil

OPEN MAIN 1st    Fred Muehlenbach, John Mickle

OPEN MAIN 2nd   Roy Babcock,  William LeMay

OPEN MAIN 3rd    Herman Lansink, John Jefferson

OPEN MAIN 4th    George  Admiral, Carl Rogerson

OPEN Consolation 1st Karen and Ross Quanz

OPEN Consolation 2nd  Bill Bryan Maureen Bryan

OPEN Consolation 3rd   Marjorie Taylor Art Scott

OPEN Consolation 4th   Frank Reynen Tony Van de Hoven

Here are the results of the OSA 2017 Goderich Amateur Tournament –

Tournament: Goderich 2017-06-27,  Amateur Doubles
Entries: 16
Director: Marlene Corbeil

Congratulations to our Amateur Winners:
Main

AM Main 1st Gerdien and Gerrit Dykman

AM Main 2nd Don Jeffery and Marv Crow

AM Main 3rd Don Rose and Darlene Bard

AM Main 4th Roger Kellam and Frank Namink

Consolations

AM Consolation 1st Marie and Barrie Leibold

AM Consolation 2nd Betty Keating and Linda O’Connor

AM Consolation 3rd Evan and Ann Engell

AM Consolation 4th Norm and Bernice Lindsay

From Ron Ferguson –
Attached is the advertising flyer for this years (2017) "BIG APPLE
TOURNAMENT". I realize it is a little way off, but I would appreciate everyone reserving a spot on their calendars for it.
I have also sent info about a new format for this upcoming event!

Ron Ferguson.
St. Marys Shuffleboard Club

Apple Tournament 2017.pdf

APPLE TOURNAMENT Format.pdf

Sent in By Ron Ferguson –

A small blurb on our Apple Tournament for all to read. Thanks!

RONs

After 25 plus years of having the APPLE TOURNAMENT.docx

The Ingersoll Shuffleboard Club held a Mingle/Single Tournament June 19th, 2017

Amateurs 14

1st Leo Turner

2nd Sheila Brown

3rd Schel Dykstra

4th Helena Turner

5th Marv Crow

Experts 12

1st Herman Lansink

2nd John Mickle

3rd Evan Engell

4th Tony Pechinger

5th Dotty Koert

Tournament Director Marlene Corbeil

Submitted by Marlene Corbeil

The London Shuffleboard Club has canceled the Mingle/Single for Tuesday, July 11, 2017.

This post requested by Marlene Corbeil

The London Shuffleboard Club held a Mingle/Single Tournament July 20th.

8 Amateurs

1st Debbie Cadeau

2nd Tony Van de Hoven

3rd Pat Phair

4th Dennis Smith

5th Gord Overbaugh

8 Experts

1st Ross Kirkpatrick

2nd Fred Muehlebach

3rd Sheila Brown

4th James Corbeil

5th John Mickle

Tournament Director Marlene Corbeil

Submitted by Marlene Corbeil

The posting of the minutes has been corrected, changing Blenheim Club address. Full address is GOLDEN ACRES CURLING CLUB, 430 CATHERINE ST. W, BLENHEIM, ONT.

Dear reader: Please remember that Minutes and other documents can always be found by resting your cursor on our Black-Bar menu item About Us, then move down to Documents Reports and Awards (as shown below) and click your mouse button. If you have any questions about this then please leave a comment below and I will get back to you.

Submitted by Maureen. A lot of work to get things ready, take minutes, and get them out to us.A BIG THANKS to YOU MAUREEN.

Minutes – 2017 Annual General Meeting

Eight of us went to dinner. Only one decided to have dessert. A butterscotch sundae. Thanks Bev! "Seven spoons please waitress." said George. (Really? Seven? We would have to work something out). The sundae with spoons arriived. An extra big sundae. Spoons were passed around the table as far as they went. Poor Ella. Bev pushed the sundae to George. One spoonful gone. Then to Bill Bryan. Another gone, but no noticable dent in the amount left. Then Maureen goes after the overflowing butterscotch sauce. Then Bill Boyes has a go at it. Rip is next, enjoying it immensely. Then Carl, watched by Ella. Then Ella, sans spoon, is fed a mouthful by Bev. Lots still left. Bev wipes the spoon and takes some of HER sundae, then pushed it to George again. And so it went around again, with everyone having a second helping, and then a third, with much laughter and comment around the table. Present: Bev Fowler, George O’Reilly, Bill & Maureen Bryan, Bill Boyes, Rip Van Ginkle, Carl and Ella Rogerson.

On behalf of the OSA, I want to thank the Centre Wellington Shuffleboard Club for hosting the OSA Doubles Tournament that took place June 13th – 15^th,2017.  The club members did a tremendous job – the lunch committee kept our tummies filled with homemade soup and pies, and the guys kept the courts ready for play.

Thanks for doing the extra set up for the OSA, Annual General Meeting. Sincere thanks to the OSA Board and a special thanks to Secretary Maureen Bryan for her dedicated work.

Many thanks to Marlene Corbeil for being the Tournament Director and her helper, husband Jim.

Thanks to all the people who attended, to make the Centre Wellington Shuffleboard Club Tournament a success.

Congratulations to Roy Babcock and Myrna Bilton for their induction into the OSA Hall of Fame.

I look forward to seeing everyone at Goderich on Jun 27^th – 29^th, 2017  for the next OSA sanctioned tournament.

Sincerely

Rendall Bilton

OSA President

Here are the Winners of the 2017 OSA Amateur Doubles held in Elora, June 13 and 14, 2017. – Results of Elora OSA Amateur Doubles

Submitted by Muriel Burnett – Thanks Muriel

Open Main 1st – Myrna Bilton and Roy Babcock

1st. Main Myrna Bilton HOF, Roy Babcock HOF

2nd Main William Oostdyk, Maureen Bryan

3rd Main Charles Bryan, Shirley Bryan

4th Main Linda McRae, Grant McRae

1st Consolation John Jefferson, George Steven

2nd Consolation Jill DeBruyne , Mo DeBruyne

3rd Consolation George Admiral, Carl Rogerson

4th Consolation Murray Burnett, Moe Vermeulen

Congratulations to all winners.

A big thank you to all our generous sponsors.

Muriel Burnett

Rendall Bilton, Myrna Bilton and Muriel Burnett

Myrna Bilton was indicted into the Ontario Shuffleboard Association Hall Of Fame – P;ayer Category, in a ceremony held at the site of the OSA Doubles Tournament in Elora, June 14, 2017. Muriel Burnett did the presentation as follows:

Today, it is my honour and privilege to present Myrna Bilton for the Induction into the Ontario Shuffleboard Hall of Fame, Player’s Category Award.

We are extremely privileged, because standing before you is the International Shuffleboard Association, President. Myrna is the greatest promoter of shuffleboard you will ever meet.  In fact most of us here, myself included took up this wonderful game, at Myrna’s encouragement.

Myrna was introduced to shuffleboard by her father in the 1970s. I can honestly say Myrna, “Clifford is proud of you today”.  From 2001-2017, Myrna has supported and participated the park league of Lazy Days in North Fort Myers. She has taught new shufflers, and helped start a second park league, when there were too many players for our league.  A problem, most parks can only dream of.

Her competitive shuffleboard started in 2007 when she visited the ISA Tournament taking place in Midland.  She met Lorraine Pollock, and learned how to be chosen to participate, and, she brought a ton of friends with her. Myrna and Rendall went to the ISA tournament in Australia in 2008.  As an amazing ambassador of Canada, she received the Sports Merit Award  –  on her first ISA tournament!  2008 she got her first OSA point with her husband Rendall, playing in Coldwater.

She was a co-founder of the Centre Wellington Club which opened in 2009. This busy woman is still actively emailing reminders to members, and sending promotions to the local paper.  That’s Myrna first and foremost – promoting shuffleboard.

In 2009, she also played in the ISA Singles in Betmar Florida.  2009-2016 she served as a director of Lee County Shuffleboard Club in Florida.  Again, she taught new players to play the game.  2009 she played on Team Ontario at the Inter Provincial in Coldwater, Ontario.

2010 Myrna was captain of the ISA Ladies Team Canada in Germany.  They placed first.  That year, she took on the responsibility of CNSA secretary.

2011 Myrna played in the ISA Singles in Dieppe NB, and was part of a delegation that travelled to Russia.

2012-2014 Myrna served as CNSA President.  2012 she was Captain of the Ladies Team who placed first in the ISA Seattle tournament.

2012-2016 Myrna served as First Vice President of the ISA

2013 Myrna played at the St. Pete’s ISA singles and was part of the delegation that went to Norway.  She was on the Planning Committee for the 33^rd International World Championship in Midland, Ontario, and was the playing Captain of the Canadian Ladies Team.

2015 Myrna was part of a delegation that went to Norwich, England and represented Canada at the ISA Championship at Clearwater.

2014-2016 served as CNSA Past President.  She also was Captain for the Ladies Team Canada at the ISA in St. Cloud.

2016 became the ISA President, and achieved her 35 points with Partner Roy Babcock.  Myrna says Coldwater will always be special, she got her first and 35^th point there.  Coldwater is always special because of the great meals, camping camaraderie of the event –  and the Biltons are a big part of the love and laughter shared by all OSA players.

It gives me great pleasure to present the newest, very deserving, OSA HOF Recepient, my friend, and your friend, Myrna Bilton.

A reminder of the upcoming OSA-sanctioned* tournaments in Ontario
*  JUNE 27 – 29 – GODERICH – OSA DOUBLES
*  JULY 18 – 20 – COLDWATER – CNSA DOUBLES
*  AUGUST 8-10 – BLENHEIM – OSA DOUBLES  

NOTE: 2 minor changes to previously published information for Blenhiem:
1- the club address s/b “430 Catherine St W”,  not ‘43’
2- contact tel # for Roger Kellam should read  519-676-3989

Myrna Bilton, Roy Babcock, Rendall Bilton

Roy Babcock was indicted into the Ontario Shuffleboard Association Hall Of Fame – P;ayer Category, in a ceremony held at the site of the OSA Doubles Tournament in Elora, June 14, 2017. Myrna Bilton,presentation follows:

Roy Babcock’s Shuffleboard Journey

In 1998 Roy and Lynda decided to spend their winters in Florida. Lynda being a nurse got a job at the Bradenton Hospital. Roy wondered what to do with himself. He found out about shuffleboard and decided to go to the courts and watch the “Pro Big Boys”. Roy has always been involved with sports so it didn’t take him long to want to play shuffleboard….he was hooked!!

Today it gives me great pleasure to honour Roy Babcock for his induction into the Ontario Shuffleboard Association, Hall of Fame Player Category.

Roy played his first Ontario singles shuffleboard tournament in 1999 at Newmarket.  Wherever there is a shuffleboard tournament you will see Roy. You would say……Roy is just a little bit competitive!!!

Roy has represented Canada in 5 International Tournaments…twice in Midland, Ont, Dieppe, NB, St Petersburg, FL and Clearwater, FL.  In 2014 he was a member of Team Canada that won gold in the ISA Championship in Midland, Ont. Roy brought pride to Canada in 2013 when he placed 3^rd  at the St Petersburg Singles ISA Championship.

Roy was presented with the USA National pin for placing 1^st at the National Singles in 2012 at Bradenton, Florida.

In 2014, Roy achieved his 35 points to enter the Florida Southern District HOF. Roy’s name is on a brick in the Hall of Fame walkway at the Lee County Shuffleboard Club in North Fort Myers, FL.  Roy has qualitied to play in the Florida Southern District Masters for 10 consecutive years.

For the many shuffleboard accomplishments Roy has achieved, he gladly gives back to shuffleboard by serving on the CNSA Board as 2^nd Vice President for four years.

Thanks to Roy for teaching many of us the skills of shuffleboard. He may “take you to the shed!!” or give you a list on how to make you a better shuffler……..one being “half a hide is better than no hide!!” The list is long……..Doesn’t matter how long the list is Roy, we love you. Its friends like Roy that we meet along the way that helps us appreciate life’s journey.

This is truly a special day for both of us Roy, with our achievement of 35 Expert points that is required for us to be inducted into the OSA Hall of Fame.

Thank you, Roy for being a partner to Rendall and me in many shuffleboard tournaments .

You have enriched our lives with your friendship and love.

It is truly a privilege and honour to present our friend Roy Babcock into the OSA Hall of Fame in the Player Category Award.

Sincerely

Rendall & Myrna Bilton                        June 14, 2017                               Elora, Ontario

On behalf of the OSA, I want to thank CNSA President Jim Corbeil and his helpers for hosting the CNSA tournament that was held  on May 29^th – June 1^st, 2017 at Woodstock, Ontario.

Many thanks to Henry Gerrits for delivering the OSA trailer to Woodstock.

Thank you to Marlene Corbeil for being the tournament director. Again, she did an outstanding job. Jim and Marlene did an excellent job of getting sponsors for the tournament. We appreciate their commitment to shuffleboard.

Congratulations to all who took part in this event.

I look forward to seeing everyone at Elora on Jun 13^th – 15^th for the OSA tournament. Centre Wellington Shuffleboard Club members will welcome you.

Sincerely

Rendall Bilton

OSA President

Into their 2^nd full season of operation, the Golden Acres Shuffle Club, located in Blenheim, Ontario, now has a membership of 86 members. This total already exceeds their total 2016 registration numbers. Their league programs run Monday mornings and Wednesday evenings in jitney format until the end of September in the local curling club and played on 16 courts. In addition, Glen Peltier gives strategy lessons the first Tuesday of each month. The  club continues to welcome new members and guests. They will also host an OSA Doubles tournament August 8-10. Further information can be obtained from Roger Kellam @ 519-676-3989 or Joe Lessard @ 519-676-0599.

Maureen Bryan,  OSA Secretary has asked me to tell you that we (the Ontario Shuffleboard Association) have a generous offer from Dom Sports in exchange for OUR ideas on how to promote our beloved sport.

To promote shuffleboard – WHAT do we want to do? GET MORE PEOPLE PLAYING SHUFFLEBOARD! The big question is HOW? Dear Reader, we need YOUR ideas on HOW.

EVERYONE is requested to send in their ideas – to either this webmaster – shuffleboardbill@gmail.com or Maureen Bryan – m.bryan9282@gmail.com.

Marc Petrocelli, President of Dom Sports has asked “Can you do more community outreach?  Get more players to join?  Do additional mailings?  More emailings? … Please brainstorm and see what you come up with.  If Dom Sports can help you grow the game of Shuffleboard in Canada’s 150^th then we all win.  :)”

Hubert has responded with “all” about their club:

The Thames Horizon shuffle club is located on the Mackness farm at
9622 Longwoods Rd,
Chatham Ont.,  N7M 5J1.

We have 8 regular courts indoors.

We play our league play every Thursday. @ 9 Am we play 3- 24 frame  games before lunch {12 frames on yellow change colour 12 frames again = one match}   .

Guests are welcome. We will make room for them to play.

After lunch we play Hoss-Collar for all who want to stay to play.

For Mingles/Singles: Registration from 8—9 AM.  EVERYONE WELCOME!
Mingles/Singles Dates are; June 8—July 6— Aug 3—Aug 31– End of season Sept 28

For further information, please contact: Hubert van Eerd
hcveerd@cogeco.ca

  Thames Horizon Shuffle Club Got A good but a COLD start for the 2017 season.

  33 members attended opening day May 4^th 2017.

  45 members sighed up for the 2017 season.

  The schedule is the same as last year again play league in the morning,  Hoss Collar in the afternoon.

  Also the same as last year, we will have 4 Mingles/Singles for 2017.

  Mingles/Single schedule = June 8-July 6- Aug 3 -Aug 31– All games start @ 9 AM.

  Again we will have a mid season and a end of season barbeque for all members and spouses.

   Hoping for another good season which will end on Sept 29th

   Hubert

2017 Thames-Horizon Opening

Some have been asking – St. Marys Shuffleboard Club  plays at the curling rink,
 425 Water Street South  (across from the Tennis courts,- beside the swimming quarry)   in beautiful ST. MARYS, Ontario.

The WHAT A SURPRISE posting was and unauthorized attempt to get you to click on one of the links it included. If you did, please immediately run your anti-virus software “scan” to be on the safe side. I do not know if clicking on the posting or the email about it you may have received would give you a computer virus, but the “scan” is a good precaution.

Again our apologies for all this.

Our apologies for the inconvenience, but the OSA website was recently the recipient of an unauthorized posting. We were not hacked, just someone found out our posting password – now changed so we hope no more bogus posting.

Apologies that the previous post had missing details.

Centre Wellington Shuffleboard Club starting up May 15th at 1:00 pm at the Elora Curling Club, 60 David St, Elora, ON. N0B 1S0

We meet Monday’s at 1:00 pm and Thursdays at 7:00 pm.

Lots of camaraderie……

Contact #s.
519-787-9988 &
519-787-0131

As well as being posted on the OSA website, the “WHAT A SURPRISE” post was emailed to everyone who is “Following” the OSA website postings. We are sorry about that, but that is the way “Follow” is supposed to work. We do hope you were suspicious (and not curious), and that you DID NOT CLICK on the link supplied in the WHAT A SURPRISE email. If you did click on anything in that email, you may have sent the “WHAT A SURPRISE” email to everyone in your own address book.

We do not know if there are any other effects from this, but if you clicked on the email, you should immediately use your anti-virus software to run a complete “scan” of your computer. 

Again, our apologies.

OSA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AGENDA

ELORA, ONT. JUNE 14-2017 (WED. )

1. MEETING CALL TO ORDER-PRES. RENDALL BILTON
2. INVOCATION
3. ROLL CALL OF BOARD MEMBERS; G. O’REILLY, R. BILTON, C. ROGERSON, J. HOWARD,M. BRYAN,R. HAMMOND, M.CORBEIL, B.FOWLER, G. ADMIRAL, B.BOYES
4. MINUTES FROM 2016 June 14 * (ALSO ON THE INTERNET) CAN BE READ IF NEEDED.

MOTION TO ACCEPT- SECOND BY-

5.TREASURERS REPORT.

MOTION TO ACCEPT SECOND BY-

6.COMMITTEE REPORTS (IF ANY)

BEV. FOWLER (membership)

BILL BOYES (webmaster)

MURIEL (web assistant)

SHIRLEY BRYAN (KOR)

MARLENE CORBEIL(tournament director) will discuss having someone taught to be tournament

director, this area needs help- please consider position)

7.OLD BUSINESS:

Recognise new clubs, Ancaster and Blenheim

June 29-2016: Goderich meeting(motion carried to divide tourn. fees different)

July 2016:($175.00 for OSA ad in ISA booklet in St. Cloud.)

Henry Gerrits-storage

Jim Howard(looking after trailer ins.

8.NEW BUSINESS.

AUDITORS- appt. needed

discuss singles tournaments and pro-am tournaments

scheduelle for 2018 tournaments- confirm???

WOODSTOCK(CNSA) ELORA-

COLDWATER(CNSA) GODERICH-

NOBEL-

BLENHEIM-

REGARDS;

RENDALL BILTON-PRES.

MAUREEN BRYAN-OSA SEC.

* See 2016-06-14-osa-agm attachment

2016-06-14-osa-agm.pdf

An addition to the previous post is that the St Marys Club gets possession of the courts- Tues. May 2nd to setup courts, score boards, chairs etc.

As previously posted:

St. Marys Shufflleboard are planning on a start- up date of Thursday, May 4th, 2017:

As per last season, shuffleboard play is on Mondays and Thursdays at 1:00 PM: And, -Wednesdays at 6:30 PM:

Virus-free. www.avast.com

St. Marys Shuffleboard Club, are going to start our 2017 season, Thursday, May 4th.

As in past years, we shuffle MONDAYS and THURSDAYS starting at 1:00 PM.

ALSO,. . . . . we play WEDNESDAY evenings at 6:30 PM.

Thks. Ron Ferguson

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The Ingersoll Shuffleboard Club welcomes shufflers to come out and shuffle on Mondays and Wednesdays. Shuffle starts at 1:00 pm .
Ingersoll Arena, 97 Mutual N. Ingersoll On. Play and pay $3:00

We have 16 courts as well equipment for shufflers that do not have their own. We welcome new players.

Also, every 3rd Monday we will be holding a Mingle/Single tournament. The First Mingle/Single will be May 15, 2017. There will be 6 placings of amateurs and 6 placing of Experts. 3 games in the morning and 3 games after lunch. Please bring your lunch. Registration is at 8:30.AM. Games start at 9;00 AM

Cost $8:00

Looking forward to a great season.

The Ingersoll Shuffleboard Club,

Ruth Stewart rdstewart17

Jim Corbeil jcmccorbeil

Gary Pipher sends in the attached announcement for COLDWATER SHUFFLEBOARD OPENING DAY MAY 2nd.

COLDWATER SHUFFLEBOARD OPENING DAY SUMMER 2017.doc

Same Document as a PDF

The OSA Secretary reminds us that Shuffleboard in Ontario starts soon ..

Maureen Bryan
is making up the Agenda for the Ontario Shuffleboard Association Annual General Meeting (AGM). She says of the AGM ".. WHICH WILL BE HELD AT ELORA, SECOND DAY OF TOURNAMENT. "
That is at the Elora Curling Club, June 14, approximately 4:30 PM, following play.

We echo Maureen’s closing comment "HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GOOD WINTER, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THE SPRING.

REGARDS MAUREEN BRYAN. ( SEC. OSA )"

Our first Ontario event is MAY 29 – JUNE 1 – WOODSTOCK – CNSA DOUBLES – Amateur May 29 – 30. Open May 31 – June 1.

The complete 2017 schedule is posted on our website at https://shuffleon.org/events/2017-events-and-results/

Here’s a note requesting information about shuffleboard locations in Mississauga. I have told Bill about our OSA website.
From Bill Merlin ..

Hello:. I have played shuffleboard in Arizona for the past few years however I cannot find a place to play here in Mississauga. I do see torments most are doubles. Any information would be greatly approached. I love to play .

Bill Merlin

> Dear Bill
>
> On behalf of the OSA, we send our condolences to you and your family. > We are deeply saddened by the news of Penny’s passing.
> We keep you in our thoughts and prayers.
>
> With Caring Thoughts from your Shuffleboard Friends
> Rendall Bilton
> OSA President
>
>
>

Bill and Penny Boyes have returned home to Canada on January 12th as Penny is not well. Penny is in Toronto Western Hospital.
May God touch Penny with his healing hand and give her peace and strength.

We keep Bill and Penny in our thoughts and prayers.
Love and Prayers
Rendall and Myrna Bilton.

Please note this summers’s Ontario tournaments on your calendars:

• MAY 29 – JUNE 1 – WOODSTOCK – CNSA DOUBLES
• JUNE 13 – 15. – CENTRE WELLINGTON – OSA DOUBLES
  
• JUNE 27 – 29 – GODERICH – OSA DOUBLES
  
• JULY 18 – 20 – COLDWATER – CNSA DOUBLES
  
• AUGUST 8-10 – BLENHEIM – OSA DOUBLES

The previously announced tournament for Nobel will not take place. All who have played there will miss travelling this summer to the beautiful Parry Sound area to play shuffleboard at their unique facility.

Further tournament information is posted under 2017-Events-And-Results. (Or move your cursor over the Black-Bar menu above to Events and Results, then in the resulting drop-down-menu, click on 2017-Events-And-Results.)

Note that the above CNSA (Canadian National Shuffleboard Association) tournaments are OSA-sanctioned (Ontario Shuffleboard Association) so OSA Player Points will be awarded to the members of the top 4 winning teams, both main and consolation rounds.

From: Gary Pipher

Decked Out For Christmas.  The Elf on the Left is Bev Fowler

Coldwater Shuffleboard continues to play every Tue during these snowy winter months , in the auditorium of the Coldwater Municipal Arena and today they had their annual Christmas dinner. The day of Shuffleboard began at 9:00 am with three games of shuffleboard before stopping for turkey dinner with all the trimmings. President George O’Reilley welcomed everyone and thanked all the hard working ladies who cooked the turkeys and to everyone for bringing the salads the veggies and the deserts.
Beverly Fowler gave the blessing and her well chosen words had a special meaning to everyone during this festive season. President George thanked Beverly and congratulated her on winning a silver medal and for her outstanding performance at the recent International Shuffleboard Tournament in Florida.

Friendship Table

Many of the players wore their Christmas togs as can be seen in the photo and the long friendship table was set and ready for the meal.
The Coldwater Shuffleboard club wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas and hope to see you at the CNSA Tournament they will be hosting this coming summer .

Rendall and Myrna Bilton – Christmas Greetings

CHRISTMAS is a time to remember with fondness our friends from around the world, who have touched our lives in so many special ways……

May the Christmas season fill your home with JOY, your heart with LOVE and your life with LAUGHTER.

May health, happiness and peace greet you each day of the New Year.

Merry Christmas,
Frohliche Weihnachten,
Merii Kurisumasu,  God Jul, Feliz Natal,
Joyeux Noel,  Pozdrevlyayu s prazdhikom Rozhdestva,  Prettige Kerstdagen

Wherever you live or whatever language you speak, may our LOVE find its way to your heart this holiday season.

Rendall and Myrna

From Rendall Bilton –
Attached you will find the Player Application form for the Moose Jaw IP (Inter-Provincial Tournament). It should be a blast! Anyone interested in playing should apply to Ontario Shuffleboard President as instructed in the attached application – two identical copies: (a) a “doc” file to update and attach to an email, or (b) a PDF file to print, complete by hand, and mail..

OSA IP 2017 Application Form.doc

OSA IP 2017 Application Form.pdf

From: Hubert Van Eerd

Thames Horizon Shuffle Club completed its shuffle season on Sept 29 2016 with a barbeque again for members and spouses.

We played 18 league plays days and 4 Mingles/Singles all well attended again.

Players are happy with the league play before lunch and hoss collar in the afternoon.

We have 56 members for 2016.

All in all a good season again looking forward to the next season.

Greetings to all shufflers.

Hubert Van Eerd 2016 09 29

The Scarborough Club held it bi-annual elections September 14th, electing

President: Linda Thon   2thons@gmail.com

Vice President Ellen Duga  greenellen@rogers.com

Secretary-Treasurer: Ramesh Babbar   rbabbar6@gmail.com

Everyone is invited to play with us Tuesday mornings 9:00, from September to June, at the Commander Park Arena* (upstairs, elevator available), All equipment is supplied by the club.  No partner is required. We play two games of draw singles, have coffee and cookies, and then play two games of draw doubles. Good courts and lighting help us enjoy our games and have fun.  We finish about noon each week. Membership is $15.00 per year. Members also pay  50 cents per week – half for for the coffee fund and half for the 50-50 draw each week.

* Address is 140 Commander Blvd., Scarborough (W. of Midland and S. of Huntingwood)

Map – Click HERE

From: Rip Van Ginkel

The Scugog Shuffleboard Club held its Year-End Banquet and Awards Pot-Luck Dinner on Wednesday September 21st.

SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES

Annual Award Winners
Left to Right. Neil McLeod, Pat Antaya, Marilyn Henhoeffler , Terry McNamara, & Barb Wilson

Mingle Single Winners

A Division                   B. Division
1. Bill Boyes                  1. John Heron
2.Larry Spires              2. Pat Antaya
3. Al Leslie                    3. Pam Carr
4. Will Capeling           4. Ann Davie

Pictured L to R: Pat Antaya, Pam Carr,
Larry Spires, Ann Davies, John Heron.

Scugog Shuffleboard Club 2016 Year End Banquet

Some of the members at our end of year get together.. Thanks to one and all for another excellent year. Hope everyone has a great winter, and looking forward seeing everyone next year.

Winners pictures sent in by Ron Ferguson –

Winners from our Apple Tournament from Monday Sept. 19th.
From the many compliments received, the Apple Tournament was a huge success and will continue next year in its "NEW" format of a Mingle Singles event, replacing the old Mixed Draw Double.

– Ron Ferguson:

Sent in by Jim and Marlene

> St. Mary’s held their annual Apple Tournament.There were 52 players Sept 19th, 2016
> Women
> 1st Barb Howard
> 2nd Helena Turner
> 3rd Elaine Foster
> 4th Pat Bailey
> 5th Maureen Bryan
>
> Men
> 1st Tony Vanden Hoven
> 2nd Ron Ferguson
> 3rd Frank Reynen
> 4th Don Chalmers
> 5th Gary Keating
>
> Thanks to all shufflers for making it a great day. Tournament Director Marlene Corbeil

Thursday, September 15th was the final evening for the Centre Wellington Shuffleboard Club. Approximately 45 members attended. The evening began with a club photo taken by Chris Burnett, followed by two free games of shuffle. Then everyone pitched in to roll up the mats, and put them away in storage for the winter. The club owns a trailer to transport and store the mats. Everyone appreciated the assistance of Sean and Kyle Bryan, who pitched in to help the club with the heavier work.
Delicious hot pizza and wine was served, followed by cake. Laughter and hugs filled the clubhouse as members departed for the winter season.

Muriel Burnett

Winner of Dom Sports Titan Disc Giveaway Contest
is
Kevin MacKinnon!

Many, many thanks to DOM Sports for this contest and
DOM Sports’ support of the Ontario Shuffleboard Association.

CONGRATULATIONS to our WINNER Kevin MacKinnon from Town of East Gwillimbury Ontario! Winner of a set of Titan Discs Value: $69.95 Looks and feels like "traditional" discs. A specialized polymer was formulated to create the strongest disc we’ve ever made.** This polymer is more elastic than other discs, so it has more "give" and consequently may play somewhat slower than other traditional discs. Titan is ideal for recreational conditions, especially at Camp, Resorts, Schools and Cruise Ships. ** when used for the sport of shuffleboard these discs will last longer than any other disc on the market today.

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ShuffleON, the OSA website, provides shuffleboard club information under the website Main-Menu item "Clubs". Sent in by Myrna Bilton for Centre Wellington Shuffleboard Club, the following will now be updated:

Centre Wellington Shuffleboard Club held their Meeting last week and elected a new Executive.

President. Rendall Bilton myrnabilton4 519-787-0131
Vice President. Maureen Bryan m.bryan9282 519-787-9988
Secretary. Lois Dobbie
Treasurer. Betty Mercer
Assistant Treasurer. Judy Killinger

The Thames Horizon Mingles/Singles Tournament results for Sept 1/2016
The last tournament for this season.

20 Amateurs

1 Don Chalmers

2 Jane Chalmers
3 John Martin
4 Elliot Arnold
5 Moe Campeau
6 Linda De Vries

19 Pro’s
1 Henry Armstromg
2 Tony DeLuca
3 Eric Brown
4 Hubert Van Eerd
5 Frank Reynen
6 Ross Kirkpatrick

Tournament Director Mary Button
Sent in by Hubert Van Eerd

We had a very good turn out again.
Everything went well Look forward to next season.

HI Ron – Done!Cheers,
Bill

On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 7:48 PM, Bill Boyes <shuffleboardbill> wrote:

From: Ron Ferguson

Our Apple Tournament is just 2 weeks from this coming Monday.

RON FERGUSON:

From: Ron Ferguson

Our Apple Tournament is just 2 weeks from this coming Monday.

RON FERGUSON:

2016 aPPLE TOURNAMENT.pdf

From: Gary Pipher

When the Ontario Shuffleboard Association President Rendal Bilton declared Coldwater to be the Shuffleboard Capital of Ontario he was never more correct in his declaration.
Coldwater has been a hot bed of activity for shuffleboard since the Club began several years ago and each and every year Coldwater attracts players to there tournaments from several locations in the USA and all across Canada.
Coldwater have a great place for parking motor homes / fifth wheel trailers and RV’s of all sizes.
The parking is free and you are always invited to come early and stay late. The Township of Severn and the village of Coldwater want you to feel welcome during your stay.
There are several great attractions in the immediate area such as the marine railway located at the Big Chute , or the old historic mill in the village, and of course this year there will be a banquet at the CNSA tournament, so reserve your spot early.
The Coldwater Club players who assembled for this group photo were taking part in the annual fun day and BBQ hosted by the Club. Games of Hoss Collar were played and generous cash prizes awarded at the end of the day.
Many of the players in the photo were already making plans for their up coming winter in the south .
Some will be going to Panama City while others will be in places such as Zephyrhills ,Clearwater , Frostproof, Dunedin, Bradenton , Lakeland , and where ever it is that great shufflers gather . So if you should happen to run across one of these fine people tell them George said Hi.
Coldwater is probably one of the very few, if not the only Club to have a shuffleboard program for the Special needs players. This year there were close to twenty special needs players taking part every Tue am.
The Club held a pizza party on their final day of the season and President George gave each and every player a large trophy with their name engraved on it.

Submitted by Carolea Fox

Members of the Scugog Shuffleboard Club were honoured by the presence of Granville Anderson, MPP Durham, who visited the club August 17.

Sent in by Gary Pipher

> Each year the executive of the Coldwater Shuffleboard club select an individual or a couple to be chosen for the Ken Polkinghorne memorial award. The award is presented to individuals who who show outstanding support for the club and this year the recipients were Linda and Jim Corum.
> Linda is manager of the Curling Arena and both her and husband Jim are always available and can be seen working around the Shuffleboard Club.
> President George O’Reilly is shown presenting the award at the year end banquet .
> The Coldwater Club wrapped up the summer season on Thursday with the AGM and a banquet catered by everyone’s favorite Larry Lalonde of ELM catering. Coldwater will once again be hosting a CNSA Tournament in 2017 and a banquet caterd by Larry will be part of the three day event. Looking forward to seeing everyone in Coldwater next year.
> Information sent along by George O’Reilly.
> Winter shuffleboard in Coldwater will begin on Oct 11 in the municipal arena and the first games begin at 9:00 am.

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The Blackstock Shuffleboard Club is a recent recipient of a Trillium Fund Grant. On Wednesday Aug 17th we had a visit from Grenville Anderson MPP representing Durham. He showed a great interest in both our Club and Shuffleboard wishing us success and promising continued support.

Thanks to Rip Van Ginkel for submitting the following article.

Jim Corbeil requests —-
any male player interested in playing for Canada in the ISA Tournament in. St.Cloud Florida in October 23-28th 2016.
We are in need of 2 or 3 men to help fill our teams.
We have had a number of players having to withdraw because of health and personal reasons.
Anyone interested contact Jim Corbeil Pres. CNSA jcmccorbeil

2017 OSA SANCTIONED TOURNAMENTS

WOODSTOCK – CNSA DOUBLES – MAY 29 – JUN. 1
Amateur May 29 – 30. Open May 31 – June 1.
Location: Cowan Park, 895 Ridgewood Dr., Woodstock ON, N4T 0A6.
There is a long, wide driveway at this address, running north directly into Cowan Park.
We play in the (big) building).
No Camper Parking Overnight. Parking available at the Pittstock Conservation Area.
Lunch: Available
Contact: Jim Corbeil – jcmccorbeil@gmail.com.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – OSA DOUBLES – JUNE 13 – 15.
Amateur June 13, 14. Open June 14, 15.
Location: 29 David St. W, Elora ON (Elora Curluibg Club)
Lunch Available (And most items are home-made! YUM!)
Contact: John Holder – jnoholder@gmail.com – 519-307-2312
* The OSA AGM will be held here on Wednesday June 14th (approx 4:30 PM, following play ) *

GODERICH – OSA DO0UBLES – JUNE 27 – 29
Amateur June 27, 28. Open June 28, 29.
Location: Memorial Arena, 180 McDonald St., Goderich ON N7A 1N7
Lunch Available
Camper Parking: 6 spaces available on site.
Contact: Al Weeks – aweeks55@hotmail.com – 519-524-1632
or    Jim Howard – jimbodaisy@juno.com – 519-524-5038

COLDWATER – CNSA DOUBLES – JULY 18 – 20
Location: Coldwater Curling Club, 9 Michael Anne Dr., Coldwater ON L0K 1E0
Lunch Available ( home-made items!)
Camper Parking: Available on the Curling Club lot. (Join the party!)
Comtact: George O’Reilly – cadiman@rogers.com – 705-325-3429

NOBEL – OSA DOUBLES – JULY 25 – 27 HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Contact: Dick Lubebelinkhoff – phone calls preferred 705-746-2682 – sonnylu2002@hotmail.com

BLENHEIM – OSA DOUBLES – AUGUST 8 – 10
– – – Welcome a new club! – – –
Location: Golden Acres Curling Club, 430 Catherine St., Blenheim ON N0P 1A0
Lunch Available
No On-Site Overnight Camper Parking Available. Suggestions:
– Wilson Conservation Area (8 km),
– Rondeau Prov. Park, or Wildwood Park (18 km),
– a small trailer park in Erieau (10 km).
Contact: Joe Lessard – suelessard@yahoo.ca – 519-676-0599
or   Roger Kellam – crk@kellam.ca – 519-676-3989

Thanks GaryCheers,
Bill

On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Bill Boyes <shuffleboardbill> wrote:

Thanks Gary Pipher for forwarding this article about Coldwater Shuffleboard Club members who recently travelled to Nobel –

http://www.orilliapacket.com/2016/08/12/coldwaters-winning-ways#.V67zh8-EfZ4.gmail