5/6/2025 – What a lousy spring. Way too much rain with lower than normal temperatures. But we had to make a go of it regardless. The forecast originally called for the rain to stop in the late afternoon or early evening but it just kept coming. Finally, about 8:30 pm it stopped and we were able to wipe everything down and start the tournament. The new artificial turf was awesome because it drains well and does not hold water, so the bags stayed much drier and the playability was still good. That turf is a game changer.

We had 6 teams ready to compete. Muff and George went all the way to the final bracket undefeated. The Wallinator and Dan O came up from the losers’ bracket and won the first round in a nail biter, 20-21. But Muff and George buckled down and beat them easily in the second round to win the tournament.

Unfortunately Donovan claimed that due to new phone issues he didn’t know he had to bring the prize, so there was only 1 bottle for the winners to share. He might be morphing into a Miller. Fortunately, Susan bought Mark a really nice bottle of Angels Envy so that made it better. Susan, thanks for taking care of Mark!

The capper of the night was the after tournament fun play when Mark and Donovan got Shicked. There is a known risk to playing the last game of the night.

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Up next in June, our 17 year Anniversary Tournament of Champions.

We have way too much fun on Thursdays.

1/17/25 – After way too much snow and freezing weather, we ended up with a balmy 28 degree Thursday evening for our first annual Freezer Bowl: Tournament of Fools. Our amazing facilities manager spent many hours shoveling to clear the snow and ice, but it was well worth the effort. We had seven teams of very hardy men ready to compete in the frigid Midwest weather. One of the best players was off his game (name withheld, probably exhausted from shoveling) which allowed Mark and Donovan to prevail and win the tournament. Great job guys! So glad Susan bundled you up properly Mark. The best part of the evening was seeing Bill back in perfect form and playing as average as he always has. So great to have you back Bill! Really made the night special.

Sour note: Steve Miller did not show up and did not arrange for someone else to deliver his half of the prize, so the winners had to share one bottle of very familiar-looking bourbon (check the Christmas post). This is very bad form, Steve.

Everyone had such a great time this will have to be an annual tradition; cold, lousy weather permitting.

Thanks to Mike, Dan, Dirc and Wally for contributing tanks and heaters.

We have way too much fun on Thursdays.

12/19/24 – Once again we had our annual Christmas Spectacular and Beer Exchange at the JLC Corndome. We had 19 people show up and 16 of them competed in the tournament. The tournament was won by Dan Orem and Steve Miller. Dan and Steve beat George and Muff in the first round. But George and Muff easily defeated all the teams in the losers bracket and came back to challenge Dan and Steve. George and Muff won the first game but Dan and Steve came back hard and won the last game and the tournament. Notice I didn’t say anything bad about Muff. And BTW I was playing with debilitating hiccups from drinking a cranberry sparkling at Jeff Ruby’s

Great competition and lots of fun. So now Dan Orem has the Shick can and the holdiay trophy! Go figure.

We had way too much food and lots of fun beer to try.

Although he didn’t play, we were very happy to see Bill on his feet and looking good. That’s the best Christmas present ever!

Thanks to JLC for hosting!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!