Springfield, MO Spring Tournament May 5th-6th,2006

Spring Tournament Queen City F.O.E. # 3934
Springfield, MO May 5th-6th, 2006

Pictures by Charley Riley Story by Keitha Ellison


This tournament is held annually the first weekend in May - even the Kentucky Derby could not stop a serious shuffleboard thoroughbred from jockeying up to the table! 21 teams with 2 divisions, (breaking at 2.5) were racing for the finish to claim their winnings. Rallying in the home stretch were: Division A: Win (1) Jim French, Tulsa, OK & Harvey Walden, Memphis TN Place (2) Mark Gray & Glen Tubbs, both of Kansas City, MO Show (3) Craig Bendickson, Stockton, MO & Gary Hagerty, Kansas City, MO Division B: Win (1) Carol Tyler, Springfield, MO & Gary Ferrou, Kansas City, MO Place (2) Mayoma Townly & Carol Longwell, both of Houston, MO Show (3) Steve Hinkle & Keitha Ellison, both of Springfield, MO We wish to thank the Springfield Auxiliary team for the delicious food served to keep us all in the running. Also, the talented singing couple, Jim & Kathleen provided great musical entertainment starting after the tournament. All of this is possible because we have facilities & people who back shuffleboard by providing a place to play, & people who love this game. We appreciate Queen City F.O.E. #3934 & the ladies auxiliary ritual team for their support, as well as the players and friends that travel to our tournaments to play.
Division A	Division B
1st Place Harvey Walden & Jim French with sponsor Charlie Riley center	1st Place Carol Tyler, & Gary Ferrou with sponsor Terry Gregory center

2nd Place Glen Tubbs & Mark Gray with sponsor Harvey Walden center	2nd Place Mayoma Townsley & Carol Longwell with sponsor Jim French center

3rd Place Gary Hagarty & Craig (Doc) Bendickson with sponsor Neal Stumbo center	3rd Place Keitha Ellison & Steve Hinkle with sponsor Manny Lane center