Hi Peggers,

        Well,my word, the last night proved to bean exciting one for many of our members. First we had 10 of 12 active members on the boards and that was our best turn out for some time.

        Then an old friend we had not seen before came to call.  Old Mr 28 hand.  Yep, Curt Batey was delighted when he was dealt 4, 5's and had the King of Diamonds appear as the cut card.  Was a fine hand and a better reward!!  This now makes 3 sanctioned 28 hands we have had this season.  For one of the smaller clubs that is a pretty good showing.

The score board for 5-28-10

Last 24 Ron Gustafson
Raggedy Ron -  Ron Gustafson

1. Ron Gustafson                 15, 07,107
2. Dave Rice                      15, 06, 124
3. Larry Lindberg                13, 06, 52
4, Rick Shadforth                10, 05, 49
5. Curt Batey                     10, 05, -02
6. Sharon Hamilton               09, 04, -04
7. Brian Paulsen                 08, 04, 17
8. Lisa Duff                      08, 04, -56
9. Jim Duff                       08, 04, -57
10. Fran Sales           00, 00, -224

        Ron "Da Champ" Gustafson was on a roll tonight!  He tore the place apart taking the Raggedy Ron Pool (a 3 week carryover), the Last 24  Hand Pool and first place.Ron set the bar high after this season finishing just shy of 300 points with a final total of 297 GR Points.  Congrats "Champ"!  Tonight he started by squeaking past Sharon "GG" Hamilton by 2.  "The most feared Cribbage Player west of the Elwah River" Larry Lindberg then bested Ron by4. The winds started coming taking Curt "Tall Guy" Batey by 25, then totally destroying Jim "Teacher" Duff by 39.  "Feisty" Frannie Sales was beaten by 20 and Lethal Lisa Duff fell by 17. Dave Rice was able to stave off "Da Champ" in his rush to the finish line by 10.  Then it was lights out as Rick "Pearl Buster" Shadforth fell by 6 and Brian "Board Maker" Paulsen was beaten by 12.

        Dave Rice has certainly become a very strong player in his short tenure with the club finishing in the money 3 out of the 4 times he has played.  Look out for Dave next season.  Tonight he was out the blocks in a rush laying a skunk on "Lethal" Lisa Duff by 44 then taking out Curt "Tall Guy" Batey by 27.  There appeared a dip in the score card as Dave dropped the next two, to Rick "Pearl Buster" Shadforth by 27 and Brian "Board maker" Paulsen by 09. Sharon "GG" Hamilton got the wrong end of a Skunking by 32. "The Most Feared" Larry Lindberg beat Dave by 13.  Dave burned out the last three games by besting Ron "Da Champ" Gustafson by 10, Jim "Teacher" Duff by 22 and Skunking "Feisty" Frannie Sales by 34.

         "The most feared cribbage player west of the Elwah River" Larry Lindberg came in  a strong 3rd place tonight.  Larry amassed his 6 wins over Curt Batey by 5,  Ron Gustafson by 4, Fran Sales by 20, Lisa Duff by 40, Dave Rice by 14 and Brian Paulsen by 1.  His 3 losses came at the hands of Jim Duff by 19, Rick Shadforth by 7 and Sharon Hamilton by 6.

        Well folks we have had a fine year, we are of course looking forward to next season.  Let's try and make the club grow as bets we can, bring in relatives, friends, or whom ever you can to make the active roster blossom.

Aloha for now,

Jim & Lisa Duff

Hi Peggers,

        Yes, we have done 29 events this year so our last hurrah is next Friday for #30.  We awarded 2 things this week as well as presenting each PA Pegger with a new deck of Bicycle cards just cause we could.  The first award was to Frannie Sales as she has suffered through a really tough season and has been skunked 34 times making her the winner of the Most Skunks Received and she was awarded salt and pepper shakers in the shape of Pepe and Patricia Le Pew ( for those unfamiliar Pepe is a skunk in love with Patricia a black cat in Looney Tunes Cartoons).

         Ron Gustafson has run away with the PA Peggers Club Championship.  Ron has amassed 282 points this season and could break 300 if he can score big next week,  Ron was presented a very beautiful handcrafted (by Chris Christensen) trophy cribbage board and a certificate from the club to commemorate his achievement.  The ACC GR certificate will come much later.

Tale of the tape:

1. Lisa Duff             14, 07, 49
2. Ron Gustafson         10, 05, 52
3. Jim Duff              10, 05, 28
4. Larry Lindberg       10, 05, -21
5. Dave Rice             09, 04, 39
6. Frannie Sales        08, 04, 04
7. Sharon Hamilton      07, 03, -28
8. Curt Batey            06, 03, -79

Last 24  Jim Duff
Raggedy Ron NO ONE  Next week it'll be worth 4 weeks roll overs !!

        " Lethal" Lisa Duff had her game face on tonight and was living up to her nick name.  She took the first 3 games from Curt "Tall Guy" Batey by 20, Feisty Frannie Sales by 3 and Ron "Da Champ" Gustafson by 10.  Then there came a bit of a stumble and she dropped the next two games to, Dave Rice bested her by 24 and then Sharon "GG" Hamilton laid the big hurt on her by 49. Lethal ran the table in the next four games  by beating, "Most Feared" Larry Lindberg by 9, her hubby Jim by 14, Curt Batey by 20 and Frannie Sales by 6.  Great card and the best of the best for the day.

        Ron "Da Champ" Gustafson fresh off being presented his trophy board was whipping quite a few of us on the club boards.  Ron started with a win in game one from "Feisty" Frannie Sales by 21.  He then dropped the next 2 to,  "Most Feared" Larry Lindberg by 20 and "Lethal" Lisa Duff by 10.  He bested Jim "Teacher" Duff by 16, but was bested by Dave Rice by 7.  Game 6 saw Curt "Tall Guy" Batey fall by 12. Sharon "GG" Hamilton squeaked out a 1 point win.  Ron took the final 2 games from Frannie Sales by 18 and Larry Lindberg by 23.

        Jim "Teacher" Duff was trying hard to get some points and 12 is no easy number some days I tell you!!  But was not to be this night as a 10 point card is the best he could muster.  Got him third place and a little slice of the pie but nary point 1.  Only claim to fame was the last 24 hand and several valid shots at a Raggedy Ron but no cut!!  Oh well next week!!

        Remember peggers next week Friday is it for the season.  Now that doesn't mean we won't be around and you know we will need your help for the Clallam County Fair to populate (oh so PC!!) the booth.  I will be calling with requests for dates and times when you can sit in our booth and play all comers.  We will be handing out Cribbage World magazines, a certificate to those lucky enough to win a game against one of our members, a pen, a deck of cards, and a drawing will be held from amongst the winners for a hard wood cribbage board. It's a lot of fun and we get to meet a lot of PA, Sequim, and Clallam County residents.  It puts a local face on the club and hopefully we can recruit more folks to join.

        Watch the Peninsula Daily News as we sent a short story and a picture of Ron getting his board with Jim.  So maybe we might be able to get some members from additional publicity.

Aloha for now,

Jim & Lisa Duff