Shuffleboarding

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Old postcard sent by May Goodstein

Following is a note I received from Gus Bondi, an international shuffleboarder. He is President of the USA National Shuffleboard Association.

We have played National tournaments at places with 24 courts.

You have courts already in existence? They aren't being used now? I can have our Regional Director contact you if you would like that and give you what ever information that you might want.

Shuffleboard is not dying. It is flourishing and growing world wide. Last year I went with a group to introduce shuffleboard to Russia and they are now forming an International team........Norway and Germany have teams that are very competitive in the short time they have been in existence.....Australia.....Japan......Brazil and Canada are other country's that have very competitive shuffleboard and compete in International tournaments. I am going to Lithuania in July to introduce shuffleboard to the world at a world federation gathering where there will be 20,000 athlete's there. National tournaments are held all over the USA at different times of the year.

Gus Bondi

President

USANSA

Although there are some who believe or have been told that shuffleboarding is a dying sport, it isn't. Although some have the belief that only white haired old ladies play the game, that is farther from the truth.

"While our Founding Fathers were busy putting together the makings of this great country, there were big shuffleboard matches being conducted throughout the colonies. Shuffleboard was popular among the English soldiers as well as the colonists." It has been around forever and Lake Worth can once again be known for competitive shuffleboarding and preserve our history.

We can get a piece of this pie. We can get the tournaments here in Lake Worth. With a little vision, a small investment, we can be the recreation destination of the east coast of the United States.

Remember,

THINK BIG!