ACC Grass Roots Cribbage Club Tournament #29 Summary

Sanctioned by the American Cribbage Congress (ACC, www.cribbage.org), the Grass Roots Program (www.cribbage.org/grassroots) is the hometown component of the ACC. Over 200 clubs in N. America competes weekly, bi-weekly or monthly in 6-game or 9-game tournaments. The ACC Grass Roots Cribbage Club #43 meets every Wednesday at Stanley’s Sports Bar in Sharks Ice Fremont on Old Warm Springs Blvd for a 9-game, round-robin tournament. Check in is by 5:45 p.m. so play can begin by 6:00 p.m. Players earn 2 points for a win, 3 points for a skunk (win by more than 30 pegs) and 0 points for a loss. Total points of 12 or more after the tournament earns Grass Roots Points (GRPs) for season and lifetime accumulation. Tournament scorecards are reported as Game Points/Games Won/Net Spread and sorted by Game Points, then Games Won,then Net Spread.

There were 10 players this week, decreasing the players per tournament average to 11.86 (-0.07). Five players out of ten earned GRPs this week, practically unheard of with ten players. Getting closer to his Bronze award, Craig Rothbach took first place with a 14/6 scorecard. Wayne Morris edged out Rich Hammock by 14 pegs to take second place with 13/6 scorecards. Jim Perry found fourth place with a 12/6 scorecard. Too bad he lost his last game in the stink hole to Carol Witt. Extending his Club GRP lead again, Loren Lookabill lost his first two games, won the next five and lost the final two games to slide into fifth place with a 12/5 scorecard. So far in this young fourth quarter, he has earned 27 GRPs (13.5 GRPs/tournament) while winning 66.7% of his games.

Wayne Morris started things off with a 20-point hand in game 1, which was quickly eclipsed by a 21-point hand held by Theo Mattingly, also in game 1. Rich Hammock increased the pressure with a 22-point hand in game 2. It was Rich and Wayne finishing the night with 24-point hands.