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A Tradition Unlike Any Other

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Following the approval by the board of trustees of the Triple Crown of Shuffleboard, I am proud to announce the new home of the Masters Shuffleboard Tournament.  This great event will take place at the _________ residence on April 13^th, 2013. 

 

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

Ø  The tournament will take place in Medford, NJ.

Ø  Doors will open at 12:00PM with the first game to begin at 1:00PM.  This should give teams time to get a feel for the board and a few drinks in your system.

Ø  Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to your scheduled game time. In the event one of our games finish early or if we experience a no-show we can move on with the tournament.

Ø  Format is 10 teams with “Prestige Worldwide” and “Ashley Shafer BMW” to receive first round byes.

Ø  Double Elimination Format – All games will be played to a final score of 18.  First team to get to 18 points wins.

Ø  Random Seeding. Live drawing of 1st Round Game Times and Matchups occurs at the "Par 3 Practice" ceremonies on Thursday, April 11 at 8PM.

Ø  House Rules Apply - Rules will be posted and made available to all teams prior to start of games

Ø  $60 Team Entry Fee ($10 donations will be excepted)

Ø  Fee includes all you can eat/all you can drink/all day long

Ø  TV’s will be carrying all of the days action of the Master’s Tournament as well as all of the other sports action of the day.

Ø  Shootarounds and practice sessions will be offered in the weeks leading up to the tourney to allow teams to get a feel for the board.  Please feel free to contact me to set up practice sessions.

Ø  Those who do not wish to field a team are welcome to attend and enjoy all the tournament festivities.  It’s a great guys day out.

Ø  For those playing in the tournament, team shirts and/or costumes are encouraged.

Ø  There will be a limit of 10 teams (20 players) in the tournament. Demand is likely to exceed space available.  Register your team before April 8^th to secure your spot.

Prizes are as follows:

Champion: $400.00 + Team Name engraved on an official Masters Tournament Golf Ball to be displayed for years to come.

2nd Place: $150.00

Masters Tournament Announced

(Medford, NJ) - The Masters lives! Despite losing its venue, The 2013 Masters has been announced and will take place at another location in Medford. The news is just breaking. Details to follow.

Finally Tally

(Lumberton, NJ) - final recap: a sixth Quate Kings title, the first "Royal Bounty", a 2 time All-Pro linebacker playing shuffleboard, record beer consumption, trading cards, possibly going too far with some things, trading cards, live-blogging the finals, big checks, going well past midnight to decide the title, giving Trot a gift bag.

BEST EVER

KINGS WIN!

Final Score 17-5

Coming from loser bracket.

Kings Close to Clinching

Now lead 13-5

Kings Take Game 1 16-10

One final match will determine the champs.

REMATCH!

(Lumberton, NJ) - Son of Chupas vs. Quate Kings in the Championships.

Video From This Afternoon. Trot Shoots Quates at Pop's Pub

Quate Kings In Loser Finals

(Lumberton, NJ) - It's Diamond Club and the Quate Kings to decide who faces Son of Chupas for the championship.

Son of Chupas Knock Quate Kings Into Loser Bracket; Collect "Royal Bounty"

(Lumberton, NJ) - Son of Chupas shocked the crowd ( and the shuffleboard world) with a 15-8 victory of the Quate Kings. Odds are Quate Kings will see their way through the loser bracket and meet Son of Chupas once again in finals.

Here's hoping they put the bounty check to good use.

Quate Kings and Son of Chupas In Winner's Finals

Quate Kings Send Diamond Club To Loser Bracket

The kings threatened a shutout,  but in the end won 15-9 to secure their spot in thw semifinals. The other semifinal will feature Ten Point Favorites vs. Son of Chupas. Still alive in loser bracket: Dead Rabbits,  PM Lights Out, Gold Gloves, and Sweet Sombreros.

Axeman Can Play Shuffleboard

He is leading in an exhibition game.

Trotter Shooting Quates

Trotter is Here

Axeman at Pops Pob

Final Delayed Prelim Underway.

HOF Industries and PM Lights Out face off in final Preliminary.

Quate Kings Move On

Our Heroes moved on by defeating Sweet Sombrero.

Ten Point Favorites Advance to Semifinals

Ten Point Favorites came from behind and used an 8 point bomb to defeat Dead Rabbits 16-8.

Free Money, Secret Sombreros, Dead Rabbits Advance

Are We There Yet?

Getting close. A little over an hour away.

And The Mystery Guest Will Be....

(Lumberton, NJ) - Well, it's not:

1. Whitney Houston
2. Big Boss Man
3. Pat Combs
4. John Popper
5. Rich Kotite
6. Marvis Frazier

Any intelligent shuffleboard player should know the answer by now.

If This Turkey Tastes Half As Good As It Looks...

(Lumberton, NJ) - The long wait is nearly over. Can March Madness X possibly live up to its sky-high expectations? There are many reasons to expect March Madness X to be the best ever:

• "Royal Bounty"
• Mystery celebrity appearance
• The return of "Fired and Ice"
• Rumors of new Quate Kings memorabilia
• "Bigger" payouts to winners

High expectations can lead to disappointment...such as dry, overcooked turkeys.

You Won't Get to "Meet Marvis Frazier"

(Philadelphia, PA) - Early this morning, one time heavyweight contender Marvis Fraizer announced he would not be the mystery guest at March Madness . Marvis' announcement left fans crestfallen, as many had long dreamed to experience what is promised at www.meetmarvisfrazier.com .

Marvis regrets he will not make it to March Madness X.

Marvis longs to attend the tournament. Alas, his schedule is too full. Marvis' memoir goes to print Monday and he and his team will be at work all weekend conducting final proofing and making last minute changes.

The organizers of March Madness X presented by Pop's Pub are now scrambling to secure someone of Marvis' stature to attend their event. We at www.TripleCrownOfShuffleboard.com , are praying for their success.

Click Play below to watch Marvis' entire fight against "Iron" Mike Tyson. Most boxing pundits agree if Marvis had escaped the first 30 seconds, he had a great chance to win.

You Can Count Rich Kotite Out

(Lumberton, NJ) - As we continue to identify those who will not be Saturday's mystery guest, we regret to inform the masses that former Eagle and Jet HC Rich Kotite will not be the mystery guest.

May fans remember Kotite's famous "Hey, eight and eight is great." quote. He is also noteworthy for replacing fired Pete Carroll as Jets Head Coach. 

Using today's information, you may already be able to guess Saturday's mystery guest.

He's Not Blues Traveling To Pops' Pub

(Lumberton, NJ) - It's Wednesday and time for our fourth celebrity who will not be the mystery guest this Saturday. John Popper, lead singer and world class harmonica player from the band "Blue Traveler", will not be attending March Madness.

John Graduated from Princeton High School in New Jersey and later lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Today, he spends much of his time in Washington State.

John Popper,  master musician, will not attend March Madness.

Mobile App? Not Now, Not Ever!

(Riverton, NJ) -For the last time, there is no TCoS mobile app! It is completely unnecessary as the page is designed for easy viewing in any mobile browser. See mobile phone screen shot below.

With our mobile-friendly site, you can read the latest posts while driving to work anytime!

March Madness Mystery Guest No List

(Lumberton, NJ) - So far, we know the mystery guest won't be named "Whitney Houston" or "Big Boss Man". We can now inform you the mystery guest will not be former Phillie Pat Combs.

Pat was born in Rhode Island and moved to Texas early in life. He attended Rice University before joining the Phillies organization. Combs enjoyed limited success in four seasons as a Phillie. Now retired from the game, Pat lives in Texas and works as a financial adviser at Morgan Stanley.

Pat Combs, though currently living, will not be our mystery guest.

TCoS - Bulletin: No Funds in Cypriot Banks

(Nicosia, Cyprus) - With the ongoing bank bailout in Cyprus including the partial seizure of some accounts, TCoS wishes to inform our fans of the financial impact this will have on our organization: There should be no impact as our cash reserves are held in US banks, and not in Cypriot banks.

 

We know much better places to "offshore" our assets than Cyprus.

Mystery Guest Clue: Who Won't Be The Mystery Guest

(Lumberton, NJ) - Today we introduce a new feature which will run all week. As you may have read on this page or another shuffleboard site, there are rumors of a mystery guest attending March Madness X.

Contractual obligations prevent us from revealing the mystery guest's identity. Instead, each day this week, we will profile one person who is not the mystery guest. Once you have ruled out these six people, guessing the mystery guest should be quite easy.

Today's confirmed non-guest is The Big Boss Man.

The Big Boss Man, a prison guard character. Wrestling as a heel, Boss Man's post-match routine often included handcuffing his defeated opponents (mainly jobbers) to the ring rope and beating them with a nightstick or ball and chain.

Born Ray Traylor, Bossman sandwiched two stints in the WWF/WWE (1988-1993 and 1998-2003) around time with All-Japan Wrestling and WCW.

Due to his death from a heart attack in 2004 at 41 years old, Ray "Big Boss Man" Traylor will not be the mystery guest at March Madness X.

TCoS and NASCAR - Surprising Similarities

(Daytona Beach, FL) - At first glance, most spectators would say the other major sports league which TCoS most resembles is the NFL. It's true these leagues have some commonality. However, the truth is that TCoS and NASCAR have more in common than any other sports sanctioning bodies.

The most noteworthy characteristic shared by TCoS and the NASCAR is how the season opens with the biggest event. While the World Series and Super Bowl end baseball and football season, respectively. The Daytona 500 and March Madness are both the first and most significant event of their sport's season. Like racing, top shuffleboard players spend their winters preparing for their sport's premier event. Once the first event's results are in the books, the season continues, but the remaining events do not match the importance of the premier.

Another common characteristic is the elite talent at March Madness, as well as the Daytona 500. Racer Jimmy Johnson commented "There have been other tracks that have separated the men from the boys. This is the track that will separate the brave from the weak after the boys are gone. If you replace "track" with "tournament", you have a perfect description of talent level and intensity at Pop's Pub for March Madness.

We are getting closer to that special Saturday. It's like Christmas in March!

NASCAR-style jackets...No coincidence here.

"Bands" vs. "Weigh Money"

(Riverton, NJ) - Despite Rick already announcing the 2013 tournament cash prizes, we are hearing rumors of bigger payouts to the victors of March Madness X. Frankly, we don't know what to make of it. Our best guess is that Rick has secured some prime sponsorships leading to bigger payouts. We've learned over the years, however, that Rick is an unpredictable rogue. When we try to guess his next move, we are typically wrong.

More suspense as the tournament season creeps closer...

Money.Sponsorships...Kind of makes me long for the good 'ole days of amateur shuffleboard.

Rumors Swirl Regarding Mystery Guest

(Lumberton, NJ) - Typically, traffic to this website jumps in the weeks leading up to March Madness. The magnitude of traffic this year is especially impressive, though. Shuffleboard pundits are attributing the 2013 web traffic jump to rumors surrounding this year's mystery guest.

Of course, we don't know who this year's mystery guest will be. Actually, we know - we just won't tell you. Another reason to make it to Pop's Pub this Saturday. More later this week...

One things certain: The Mystery Guest won't be Whitney Houston.

Play 3 - Get Recognized

(Riverton, NJ) - The Triple Crown of Shuffleboard reminds all active players this year's series will again feature our recognition program. It's simple: play in all 3 tournaments, and TCoS will recognize your commitment with a nice piece of Triple Crown Apparel. Will this year's recognition piece be a golf shirt? sweatshirt? jacket? We are still deciding. However, we guarantee it will be more useful than something like this:

Everything You Need To Know About Dayton

(Dayton, OH) - Hello and welcome to Dayton, "The Gem City". Founded in 1796, Dayton has a population of 141,000 within city limits while over 3/4 of a million Ohioans call the metro area home. Dayton is the county seat of Montgomery County.

The first people to call what is now Dayton home were Native Americans who found the land next to a small bend in the Great Miami River a welcoming place.  Jonathan Dayton, for whom the city is named, was a signer of the US Constitution. National Cash Register company was founded in Dayton in 1884 and was a large employer in the Dayton area until leaving in 2010. The Wright Brothers traveled to North Carolina from their Dayton home when making their historic flights.

Today, with heavy manufacturing in decline, healthcare and defense are Dayton's main industries. Fifth Third Field, home of the Dayton Dragons minor league baseball team, is considered the crown jewel of minor league parks. The facility, developed as part of an ongoing urban revitalization, helped the Dragons attain the longest sellout streak in all of professional sports.

A Bounty on The Quate Kings

(Lumberton, NJ) - The "Royal Bounty" is an interesting wrinkle in the recently announced March Madness X. Competitors will have extra motivation to take down the five time champion Quate Kings. Any victory over the Kings will net $100 to the winning team, courtesy of Triple Crown of Shuffleboard.

Upon hearing the bounty announced, Grand Champion Rick commented "We've been so dominant over the years, anyone who beats us in a single game deserves to be recognized." Equally great champion Matt added "It's truly an honor for the other players who get to share a table with the legendary Quate Kings."

Only one team will emerge as champions March 23rd. What is certain, however, is the "Royal Bounty" will help make March Madness X the most exciting edition yet.

 

 This guy knows a thing or two about collecting bounties....the long offseason nears its end.