2nd Annual Jack N Jill Mixed Doubles
February 11, 2006
The Post, Cedar Park, Texas
Submitted By: Ronnie McMellon

2nd Annual Jack and Jill Tournament

The Post

Cedar Park, Texas

Overview:  The annual Jack and Jill Bring Partner Mixed Doubles tournament was held on Saturday, February 11, 2006 at The Post in Cedar Park, Texas to celebrate Valentine's Day 2006 with some shuffleboard fun and competition.  There were 20 players/10 teams that participated and there would have been more teams, but we had a shortage of women players to fill all the slots of the additional men who wanted to participate.  We also had several of the frequent The Post women players out-of-town on business and visiting relatives out-of-state. 

All of the ladies received a long-stemmed red rose and all enjoyed a snack of chocolate covered strawberries (both compliments of The Post).  We wish to thank Robert Hurst Jr & Dezi Brooks for bringing in the food (fajitas, pizza, etc.) which all players thoroughly enjoyed. 

Thanks to all volunteers for their help with getting the boards ready to play (esp. to Rick McFarland) and to Tom & Lynda French for taking the monies and running the brackets and to all the players that attended and helped and supported this year's tournament.  We were especially glad to see some of the out-of-town players showing up and to first time visitors of  The Post, Eugene & Carol Peach from Bastrop, Texas (we hope to see them more often).

Teams participating were:

1. Dezi Brooks (3) & Robert Hurst Jr (1) (Georgetown team - add to 4)

2. Wanda Knox (2) & Guy Smarr (3) (Cedar Park team - add to 5)

3. Connie Culver & Doug Morgan (Austin & Cedar Park - add to 5)

4. Connie & Gary Kosmas (Austin/Houston husband/wife team - add to 5)

5. Carol & Eugene Peach (Bastrop husband/wife team - Add to 4 - owners of www.shuffleboard.net website)

6. Connie Farr (3) & Fred Sitton (3) - (Leander team - Add to 6)

7. Lynda French (2) & Tom French (1) - (Austin husband/wife team - Add to 3)

8. Linda Anthony (3) & Clifford Visel (2) (Austin & Pflugerville team - Add to 5)

9. Dee Queroz (3) & Ronnie McMellon (2) (Cedar Park team - Add to 5)

10. Dianna Milligan (3) & Rick McFarland (2) (Hutto & New Braunfels team - Add to 5)

There were 10 teams that joined the competition.  The tournament started at 6pm on Saturday and finished about 1am.  The format was single game/double elimination and play was on four boards with a max. 4 point negative handicap to level the playing field.   Two places were paid (we were one team short of paying out 3 places which could have gone to Connie Culver & Doug Morgan).  Winners were: