Players will compete in Ham Shoot
The Shuffleboard Club will sponsor its fun-filled “Ham Shoot”— a game of luck where each lane is assigned an obstacle and each player shoots the lane only once before moving to the next lane. A series of three turns around the six courts leads to a cumulative score. The Ham Shoot will be open to club members and guests on April 4, at 5 p.m. at the Courts Building behind Clubhouse 1. For more information, call or text Kay Mount at 775-527-0426.
The March newcomer training sessions led to four new players for the Shuffleboard Club: Tom Gerrity and Mark Scott have already joined the spring league with Peggy Lynch and Barbara Gardner looking for the next available slots for additional club opportunities.
The Tuesday evening league played its first spring league, even with all the rain during the day and night, on March 21. Barb Ponegalek and Elizabeth Martinez are playing in their first league competition even though both joined the Shuffleboard Club last summer.
The 12 games were evenly split by the two competing teams: the Night Shufflers, captained by Karen Mendon, and the Hot Shots, captained by Jack O’Brien.
Both teams had two all-game winners: Karen Mendon and Helene Neun earned the honors for the Night Shufflers while Roger Bennett and Patty Peterson won the honors for the Hot Shots.
The Friday morning league played on March 24, with the Smashers, captained by Millie Larsen, and the Hot Rods, with substitute captain John Mount, evenly splitting the games with each team winning six.
The all-game winner for the Smashers was Dolores Cook and the all-game winner for the Hot Rods was John Mount.
In the second competition, the Bumpers, captained by Sally Fowler, topped the Shooters, captained by Carol Johnson, winning eight of 12 games. All-game winners for the Bumpers were Mick O’Connell, Loretta Brown and new member Tom Gerrity. Jack O’Brien was the All-Game Winner for the Shooters.
—Kay Mount
The O'Connell's, Mick and Annette of Mutual 2, along with Jack O'Brien, hosted the Shuffleboard Club's St. Patty's Celebration in fine Irish style on March 16.
