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lagging 4s FREE The ezine of table shuffleboard WEDNESDAY SEPT. 29, 2004 © 2004 Steffensens honored at Tacoma tourney TACOMA, Wash. — There was hardly a dry eye Saturday as Jack and Linda Steffensen were inducted into the Evergreen Shuffleboard Association/Pacific Northwest Table Shuffleboard Hall of Fame during the Jack Steffensen Memorial Tournament at Nifty Fifty’s. Jack Steffensen died two years ago after a stellar career as a league and tournament player. Friends remembered him as some- one who liked seeing people smile and who enjoyed a good time whether it was fishing with friends, playing a game of shuffle- board or hanging out with family and friends. There was as much laughter as tears as people recalled Jack in funny situations. Rob Heidel recalled the time he talked Jack into painting a car. They drank a few beers and mixed up all of the paint in Jack’s Justin Kasa lags enroute to Division II Doubles championship with garage. When Rob took the car home it was a tourquoise color that partner Ted Ausbun in the Jack Steffensen Memorial tournament came too close to matching the color of his house. last weekend in Tacoma. See Page 5 California champs to be determined HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Finally, after much talk - a is a tasty new low carbohydrate beef jerky product of Long Beach beginning to what is hoped will be an annual state championship based Jammin’ Foods LLC. for shuffleboard players in California is scheduled for the Hunting- Sponsor sales for both the add-to-three doubles and add-to- ton Beach Moose Lodge on the first weekend in October. five doubles is scheduled for that evening beginning at 7 p.m. Tournament organizers, sponsors and Moose officials have two Play in the add-to-five doubles will begin immediately following amateur doubles events on tap beginning Friday, Oct. 1. the team sales with the add-to-three doubles scheduled for Satur- The event is sponsored by Jammin’ Jerky who will contribute day, October 2, at a time to be determined. Both events are two $100 of added money for each championship event. Jammin’ Jerky out of three double elimination tournaments in both the winners and losers brackets. The format is subject to change based on the number of entries. Organizers plan on having six shuffleboards available and a $20 registration fee is necessary to help defray costs of the boards THISWEEK and championship plaques. The add-to-three doubles has a $100 OCT. 1-3: California State Championships, Hunting- entry fee per team, while the add-to-five doubles is $50 per team. ton Beach, Ca., Moose Lodge. Open to 1s and above. The tournament is open to California players rated one and above See Page 14 email address: [email protected] lagging 4s email address: [email protected] TOURNAMENT/EVENT PLANNER House,Titusville, Fla. 321-264-1390. OCTOBER 1-3: California State Championships, Huntington Beach, Ca., 25-28: Oskar”s Bar & Grill, Bellflower, Calif. Multiple events. Moose Lodge. Open to 1s and above. 26-28: BZ’s Sports Bar & Grill, SeaTac, Wash. ABC draw. 8-10: Blue Goose Tavern, Port Orchard, Wash. ABC draw. DECEMBER 15-16: Third Annual Eric Postlethwaite Memorial Tournament, 10-12: Balloon Inn, Arvada, Colo. 15th Annual Santa Classic. Sydney Social Club, Rear York St Sydney Nova Scotia, Canada 902-567-3331 17-18: Journey’s End, Bourbon Ind. Mixed Doubles. 15-17: Bavarian “B” House,Titusville, Fla 321-264-1390. 30-Jan. 1: Tim’s Timber Tavern, Kelso, Wash. Mixed doubles. 15-16: Journey’s End, Bourbon, Ind. Mixed Doubles. FEBRUARY 2005 11-13: 27th annual Sweethearts Tournament. Mixed Doulbles. Blue 15-17: Balloon Inn, Arvada, Colo. Round Robin. Mystery Format. Goose Tavern, Port Orchard. 15-17: Guy Rathbun American Legion Post #25. Play Your Way to 18-19: Journey’s End Bar & Grill, Bourbon, Ind. Singles. Reno Open Doubles. Win five nights hotel accomodations at the NASC at the Sands/Regency Hotel. 18-21: Northern California 14th Annaul President’s Day Shuffle- board Tournament at T’s Cocktails, 710 N. 9th, Modesto, Calif. A- OCT 30-NOV. 7: 15th annual North American Shuffleboard Cham- B-C Draw, Add to 3 doubles, open doubles and singles. Email pionship, multiple events, Sands Regency Hotel/Casino, Reno, Nev. See Page 14 NOVEMBER 12-14: Fir Cone Tavern, Shelton, Wash. Mixed doubles. 12-14: Guy Rathbun Post 25, Kelso, Wash. 3rd Annual 50 and Older BIG STICK Mfg. Draw Doubles. New Modern Big Boards 25-28: Florida State Championship at the Bavarian “B” Hardwood Shuffleboards SHUFFLEBOARD 18 thru 24-Foot lengths with Steel Legs Built to last 100 yrs NEWS SERVED FRESH WEEKLY lagging 4s The ezine of table shuffleboard email address: 610-377-5100 [email protected] email: [email protected] lagging 4s email address: [email protected] First shot at result-based ratings Several months ago, I wrote a column about the need for an then we’d be back to a subjective system again. objective rating system to replace the subjective one that is cur- The answer to that problem is relatively simple. rently in place. The column didn’t of- Each tournament would rank itself by the field of participants. fer a solution other than something that Let’s say there were 16 players at Jim’s House of Shuffleboard isn’t subjective. ranging from -.97 to 3.50. The average rating in the field would be In recent weeks, the gauntlet has 1.42. Multiply that by the placing in the field would give the rating HANG 4 been thrown down challenging me to for that tournament. The champs would be rated 1.42, second place provide something far more specific. 2.84 and so on. BY So, after a doctor’s appointment on A player’s overall rating would be determined by adding all of Monday to see if they can figure out a the tournament ratings together and dividing by the number of tour- JIM cure for this damned sinus infection that naments played. makes me sound like I’m talking out The ratings, of course, wouldn’t look anything like the -1 to 5 MANDERS of bubbles, I sat down at the computer that is currently in place. to mull the answer. It would take a someone with computer program writing expe- Pretty soon mulling was interspersed rience to put it together, but California’s Eddie Brayman may have with napping as the bright fall sun re- done at least some of that work with his “Shuffleboard Peas” soft- flected off the bay and through the window next to the computer. ware that generates pairings, teams in draw events, and brackets. Mull. The software, according to Brayman, has a repository feature that Nap. would allow storage of tournament results. Mull. I haven’t talked with Eddie about whether his software — which Nap. drew rave reviews from Steve Fisher during the Winston, Ore., Nap tournament — could be modified to accomodate the rating sys- Thankfully Bob Davidson from Pacific Coast Shuffleboard News tem. in California called to see if I’d received an email from him. Too Using a computerized system would mean a players’ rating could bad Bob couldn’t understand me very well either. Sorry Bob. change from week-to-week. Players who weren’t competing would Computers are the answer to a performance-based rating sys- essentially “freeze” their rating. tem. At least the one that mulled through my mind while I wasn’t So there it is. napping. Or maybe it was the other way around. One idea about how an objective rating system might be set-up. When I first started thinking about performance-based ratings, It isn’t perfect, or even close. the dilemma was how to rank each tournament. Winning an A/B I welcome your thoughts about an objective rating system or bring partner at Jim’s House of Shuffleboard Tavern couldn’t carry staying with the current system. as much weight as winning the A/B at the North American Shuffle- Meanwhile, I’ll be mulling or napping board Championships in Reno. If people ranked the tournaments, Letters to the editor New sponsor helps push California state tournament Fast growing Jammin’ Jerky, a beef jerky product of Long Beach Lagging4s ezine newsletter on the Internet at based Jammin’ Foods LLC, which is beginning to shake up the [email protected]. competitive low carbohydrate jerky business in the Southern Cali- To subscribe to the new magazine simply E-Mail them at the fornia area with its new great tasting product, has decided to come above web address and request that your address be included on on board as a tournament sponsor for the California State Amateur their mailing list - it’s free! Lagging4s Publisher Jim Manders also Doubles Championship scheduled for the Huntington Beach Moose has a new website for shuffleboard at Lagging4s.com. Lodge on the weekend of October 1 - 3. Hope to see you in Huntington Beach (Surf City) for the state The Long Beach jerky company has decided to get in on the championships! ground floor and help support this year’s first state tournament in Richard Warren its initial run at the Moose Lodge. The sponsorship agreement adds Robert Davidson $100 to each of the state tournament’s two amateur events. For more Tournament Directors information on this year’s first-ever event please see next week’s TOURNAMENT PLAYERS: Remind tournament directors to send results from weekend tournament to lagging 4s as soon as possible and they’ll be published in the next edition of lagging 4s.