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Page 4 The Board Talk February 1989Shuffleboard Family Meets(continued from page I)this sport all started -- with the amateurs. That's where thepros started. There's a place for both. There's isn't a one of theamateurs who wouldn't have loved watching the showcaseperformance of Bill Melton and John McDermott in thesingles finals. But few of us had that opportunity because wewere playing."Amateur Kathy Morgan of Michigan, a member of thecrowd favorite "Eighties' Ladies" team made up of playersfrom Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, put it all into perspective:"Even though we got beat, we're going home winnersbecause of all Ihe wonderful people we've met from all overthe country. They were so friendly and gave us so muchsupport. We just had a great time. Winning is nice but youcan't put a price tag on all the friendships you make at anevent like this! "in Las Vegasand Jim Allis of Washington shared fifth and sixth placehonors.STAR OF THE SHOW -- Lisa Taylorpresents open singleswinner Bill Melton of Oklahoma his first place plaque. Thefinals were a crowd-pleasing "showcase" of professional play.And the winners were ..... the Rainbows of Oregon whofound that pot of gold at the end of it -- over $600 per playerfrom the entry fees and auction. Members of the No. 1 amateurteam were: Jolene and Roy Lembke, Bruce Wechter, TedWhite, Georjean Monnarez, Gar Malde, Marv Calhoun, DickFreer, Don and Judy Campbell.Taking second place honors was the Corporate Image ofTexas, with the Corner Tavern of Washington in third spot andAmato's of California in fourth. The Southern CaliforniaAlley Cats and the Las Vegas 15 took fifth and sixth places.MeIton Wins SinglesA lively crowd of bidders, and those who wished theyhad the bucks to get in on the action, made for an excitingsingles auction. There was a field of winners in this competition.With the exception of the ailing Darrol Nelson ofOregon, they were all there to collect their ShuffleboardFederation top 10 monies and plaques for the 1988 pro tour. Infact, 20 of the singles' 32 entries were on the Federation'syear-end top 25 in the final point standings, sending theauction pot soaring to over $27,000.The exciting down-to-the-last-puck finals of this evefit,as Peggy Richards so aptly described, was a "showcase" ofprofessional play with Bill Melton of Oklahoma prevailingover John McDermott of Michigan.Another Oklahoma great, Sam Summers, finished thirdwith Ted Zariphes (owner of Ted Z's Best Little Wherehouse)of California in fourth. Hal Perry of CaliforniaDanke Takes Women's TitleSHARING TOP BILL-ING in the "showcase"was John McDermott ofMichigan, who doesn'tlook too unhappy as heaccepts his second-placeplaque from the lovelyLisa.The PCSA wins the "crown" for attracting the mostwomen for that gender's singles event, at least since we'vebeen in business. Twenty-four entries, with more standing onthe sidelines waiting for someone to drop out, participated inthis exciting event and brought a healthy $6,600 into theauction pot. 9The formidable Chris Danke of ~alifornia, whofearlessly spans the gender gap by participating in open eventswhere a large majority of participants are male, ended upwinner. She beat the tough but tired Cheryl Collins ofMichigan, who also was a member of the "Eighties' Ladies"amateur team. Chris and Diana Hagen of Texas were the onlywomen not allowed to enter the amateurs.Taking third place honors was Deb Somers (also an"Eighties Lady) of Indiana. Fourth place was earned byBrenda Moore of Texas. Peggy Richards of Arizona and GailCrane (another "Eighties Lady) of Michigan finished fifth andsixth.
February 1989 ,The Board Talk Page 5ONE TOUGH LADY --Chris Danke of Californiaproved her prowess on theboards by beating thetenacious Cheryl Collinsof Michigan for first placein the women's singles.unbeatable combination against such toughies as JohnMcDermott and Sam Summers, Donny Cox and GlenDavidson, Dave Williams and Bill Melton. Chuck Norris --well-known in the Great Northwest, but not a regular contenderin nationals. A.Z. Turnbo, great in his day, but wasn'tthat yester-day?It took the full three games for the "Big Bs" to beat theunranked Nonis and "has-been" Turnbo. And the real winnerswere the people who stayed to watch this great match.Bobby and Billy Team Wins DoublesIf professional means playing and winning under themost challenging conditions, that means the finalists in theopen doubles event really earned their titles. As the undefeatedteam of Billy Chiles of California and Bobby Voorhis ofIndiana struggled to take two of three from challengers A.Z.Turnbo of California and Chuck Norris of Oregon, the galleryof nearly 500 had dwindled to less than 50. All around them,walls were being torn down, boards dismantled and loaded,vacuum sweepers whirring, workers clearing the area andsetting up for the next paying customers, and Showboatrepresentatives hovered over the action, hesitant to disrupt thebig event, but aware of their upcoming commitment onlyhours away.Despite these negatives, the show put on by the finalfour made those who stayed behind glad they did. The fourwere not the favorites of bidders in the auction. Bobby andBilly were recognized as tough contenders, but not as anDON'T WORRY, BY HAPPY -- Seldom will you see theserious Billy Chiles of California smile this broadly. But whenyou're paired up with a Hoosier like Bobby Voorhis, who canplay as hard as he parties, why not laugh all the way to thebank?LETS WORRY 'EM -- Giving the undefeated ChilesiVoorhisteam some moments of worry were the tough combo of ChuckNorris, Oregon, and A.Z. Turnbo, California. They game thesmall audience that remained on Monday a real bonus.Other winners were Eric Waldrnan of Montana and A1Pease of Washington in third; John McDermott of Michiganand Sam Summers of Oklahoma in fourth; Leroy Ledford andFred Thumann of California, Howard Mouton of Texas andHal Perry of California in fifth and sixth places.An "Old-Timer's" ViewpointAmong the huge gathering of spectators at the PSCAShuffleboardExtravaganza was an "old-timer" who viewedthe action a little differently than a player participating inhisher first big-time tourney. PeeWee Ramos of California isauthor of the "Ramos Rules" that many establishments stillfollow in tournament play. His rules were one of the firstefforts to establish uniformity in shuffleboard play.PeeWee, who started playing over 40 years ago, gave thetourney high marks for bringing new people into competition.On the constructive criticism side, he said more officials areneeded for a tournament of this size. No player, he said,should ever wax their own board or even mark up their scores."That's an official's job," he said. "Everyone should go inequal and come out equal."Over those 40 years, PeeWee has seen the sport ofshuffleboard die twice. Why? He believes it was becauseplayers, board owners, manufacturers and suppliers wereinterested only in dollars. They all took from the game anddidn't give anything back to make it live. He hopes thatdoesn't happen again.We asked PeeWee about the possibility of an "Old-Timers' Tourney." He gave it a lot of thought before heanswered.(continued on page 6)
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