Originally posted on the Coronado/Mainland Shuffleboard Club web site by their web-master, Bonnie

Allen Bessette passed away yesterday. He was a Life Member of the CMS Shuffleboard club and a Northern District Pro who had been with our club since approximately 2004. I only had the privilege of knowing Allen and Dorine for a short time, but he was always helpful and willing to give shuffleboard tips. He was active for a long time in our Intercity Tournaments and he will be sorely missed.
I do not know any more information at this time. Cards can be sent to Dorine Bessette at 1703 Magnolia Avenue, Lot A14, South Daytona, FL 32119. He is to be cremated and his ashes taken up North to his family.

An update for the previous post: I left out the @gmail.com for Bonnie’s email, so it becomes

Bonnie Goetzinger. mbgoet@gmail.com. The original post has also been corrected.

Northern District welcomes our new Treasurer, Bonnie Goetzinger. Bonnie can be reached at 137 Hibiscus Way, Leesburg Florida 43738
email: mbgoet@gmail.com
Phone: 507 429 2820

We have lost the Orange City Shuffleboard club. I will not delve into the reasons here, but suffice to say it will be missed by members and visitors alike, especially those of us who played in the several District tournaments they put on for use each year. It was a wonderful location and we shall all miss it very much, especially the rocking chairs on the front porch of the clubhouse!

The Northern District has sent a letter of thanks to club president Alice Vandervender, recognizing the ” hard work and dedication while performing your duties as President of
the Orange City Shuffleboard Club. … Your club was always welcoming and hospitable.”

This rekport from Rod Lewis last week ….

Paul Hodges and I went to Avon Park this past Monday for a State tournament. Playing days were to be Monday and Tuesday for the men and Tuesday ,Wednesday for the women. There were 17 mens teams but I never saw the number for the women . The wearing of the masks proved to be the hardest of the protocols as we were indoors with no fans operating. I had a hard time with my glasses fogging up until I discovered that spraying some hand sanitizer onto my glasses eliminated the fogging. No issues noted and separate seating on the courts worked out well. We didn’t have to use our own chairs as suggested but that might change at other sites.

We played for the first day only and did not have to make the return trip. Of special note is the heat dehydrated both of us and others so I went thru my water quickly but they DID provide a chestful of bottled water at no cost. Only two matches were played the first day for the men . That might be different for the women as last week at P01 there were only 8 teams playing.

We plan on going to the P05b at St Cloud Nov 2nd.

I hope everyone is enjoying home court play. Stay safe and healthy.

We have been in communication with many of our clubs as well as the FSA to gather consensus about desirability of holding tournaments. We are now in a position to announce,that the Northern District of Shuffleboard in Florida, will NOT be hosting any State or Northern District tournaments for the balance of calendar year 2020.  We will be looking forward to a more positive change in the Covid19 situation, in the future, to then consider our position on hosting from Jan 1/2021 and forward. We will stay in touch with the State board on future considerations of tournament play.

All tournament players please note the attached documents as posted on the FSA website.

The following was sent out by the FSA to all districts concerning these documents:
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Attached are two (2) documents:
1. Cover letter from President Kudro
2. Pandemic Protocols 

It is very IMPORTANT that you study these two documents. … It is necessary to determine what, if any, tournaments can be played following these protocols and to keep our players safe. These documents will be posted on the FSA website on August 3, 2020. The president of your club may have already sent the Pandemic Protocols you. If you have not read this before please do so now. If you have any comments or ideas about the proposed protocols, please ge through you club president ASAP.

*Responses will be compiled and forwarded to the FSA by each District. In the Northern District, Individual members of ND clubs may be contacted by their club executive. Each ND club should respond as already requested by the Northern District.

FSA – Pandemic Cover Letter

FSA – Pandemic Protocols