Toronto Crokinole Tournament

The Toronto Crokinole Club hosted the first-ever Toronto Crokinole Tournament on Saturday, May 23rd. Twenty players took part in the one-day event, including crokinole enthusiasts from Belleville, Hamilton, London, and Peterborough. After competing in a random rotation, the top-scoring players advanced to Pool A and the bottom-scoring players advanced to Pool B. The top three players in each pool advanced to the finals, where they competed in a round-robin format to determine the winner.

The results:

POOL A:

(RANK - NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

1 - Brian Cook - 65 - 103

2 - Joe Fulop - 61 - 82

3 - Marlin Lichti - 50 - 91

4 - Fred Slater - 45 - 98

5 - Kent Robinson - 44 - 85

6 - Justin Slater - 41 - 102

7 - Jason Hogan - 38 - 71

8 - Jake Ruggi - 37 - 75

9 - Paul Crowley - 36 - 65

10 -Dave Brown - 36 - 60

POOL A FINAL:

(RANK - NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

1- Brian Cook - 12 - 18

2 - Marlin Lichti - 6 - 16

3 - Joe Fulop - 6 - 13

POOL B:

(RANK - NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

1 - Eric Miltenburg - 54 - 75

2 - Jason Carter - 52 - 62

3 - Brian Miltenburg - 51 - 82

4 - George Cook - 48 - 52

5 - Clare Kuepfer - 47 - 63

6 - Louis Gauthier - 46 - 66

7 - Matt Brown - 38 - 72

8 - Greg Matthison - 38 - 48

9 - Tom Doucette - 37 - 41

10 - Chris Gorsline - 29 - 49

POOL B FINAL:

(RANK - NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

1 - Brian Miltenburg - 11 - 27

2 - Jason Carter - 8 - 16

3 - Eric Miltenburg - 5 - 12

Congratulations to all of our winners! And thanks to everybody who came out and participated in a great afternoon of crokinole. Cheers!

Final Rankings

After 12 matches, we've reached the end of the 2008/2009 season. Congratulations to Brian Cook, Fred Slater, and Eric Miltenburg for taking the top three spots on the leaderboard.

FINAL RANKINGS:

1 - Brian Cook

2 - Fred Slater

3 - Eric Miltenburg

4 - Derek Hale

5 - Justin Slater

6 - George Cook

7 - Warren Dowhaniuk

8 - Ted Nunan

9 - Rob Hale

10 - Stephanie Banks

11 - Tom Doucette

12 - Paul Crowley

Thanks to everybody who came out to support our new club and participate in some great games of crokinole. Keep reading this blog for news about our upcoming 2009/2010 season starting in the fall.

May points

Our final match of the 2008/2009 season took place on Tuesday, May 12th at the Ferret and Firkin. The race for second place came down to a three-point difference between Eric Miltenburg and Fred Slater.

The results:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Fred Slater - 38 - 80

Eric Miltenburg - 35 - 82

Brian Cook - 34 - 107

Justin Slater - 31 - 77

Derek Hale - 26 - 80

George Cook - 26 - 60

Tom Doucette - 19 - 63

Stephanie Banks - 15 - 64

This marks the end of our regular season. We'll be posting the club rankings in the near future. Check back to see where you finished!

April points

Thanks to everybody who skipped the first day of patio season to attend our April 25th match at the Ferret and Firkin. The race for second place is heating up (no pun intended) as we near the end of the season.

The results:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Eric Miltenburg - 38 - 61

Brian Cook - 36 - 73

Justin Slater - 35 - 56

Fred Slater - 30 - 60

Derek Hale - 29 - 55

Ted Nunan - 23 - 43

Tom Doucette - 21 - 44

George Cook - 14 - 50

Our last match of the season takes place on Tuesday, May 12th, at the Ferret and Firkin. Hope to see you there!

Happy Easter!

Thanks to everybody who came out to our April 14th match at the Ferret and Firkin. The results:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Brian Cook - 39 - 81

Eric Miltenburg - 37 - 77

Warren Dowhaniuk - 29 - 69

Joe Fulop - 26 - 37

Paul Crowley - 24 - 63

Fred Slater - 23 - 58

George Cook - 22 - 62

Tom Doucette - 18 - 52

Congratulations!

Congratulations to TCC members Fred Slater and Eric Miltenburg for winning top prizes at the London Crokinole Tournament! Fred won second place in the A division and Eric won first place in the B division. In total, six players from the TCC made the trip to London for the all-day flick-fest. Many people commented on the quality of players from our first-year club, giving us a strong start to the WCL season.

The full results can be viewed on the WCL website: http://www.worldcrokinoleleague.com/ranking.php

Our next regular club match takes place on April 14th at the Ferret and Firkin. Hope to See you there!

World Crokinole League

The World Crokinole League Tour will run from March to June and include existing and new tournaments. Points will be awarded based on tournament performance, with a league champion crowned at the end of the season.

To qualify for a year-end ranking, players will have to participate in at least three tournaments. Players who participate in more than three tournaments may select their top three scores towards their overall ranking.

Tournaments are considered Regular or Major events on the tour. The points awarded at a Major event will be worth more than the points awarded at a Regular event, to reflect the difficulty level of each tournament.

REGULAR TOURNAMENTS:

LONDON - MARCH 28

WATERLOO - APRIL 18

EXETER - MAY 2

TORONTO - MAY 23

MAJOR TOURNAMENTS:

WORLD CROKINOLE CHAMPIONSHIP - JUNE 6

WORLD CROKINOLE LEAGUE FINALS - JUNE 20

Toronto Crokinole Club members can register for WCL tournaments at any of our regular club events. Also, the TCC will be hosting a WCL tournament at the Global Village English School on May 23rd.

March Madness!

Thanks to everybody who came out to our March 10th match at the Ferret and Firkin. We used a new 12-player rotation schedule that allowed players to play with every other member once as a partner and twice as an opponent. This schedule (courtesy of Fred Slater) worked better than previous rotation schedules by removing multiple partnerships and repetitive opponent draws.

Brian Cook is still pulling away from the pack, but several people are now in the hunt for second place.

The results:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Brian Cook - 71 - 133

Derek Hale - 59 - 91

Fred Slater - 58 - 109

Justin Slater - 51 - 110

George Cook - 39 - 92

Eric Miltenburg - 36 - 87

Stephanie Banks - 33 - 80

Tom Doucette - 33 - 68

Warren Dowhaniuk - 32 - 94

Paco - 24 - 75

Please note that our March 28th match at the Global Village English School has been cancelled due to a scheduling conflict with the London Crokinole Tournament. Our next match will take place on April 14th at the Ferret and Firkin. Good luck to all of our players attending the London tournament!

February points

Thanks to everybody who came out to our February match at the Global Village English School.

The results:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Brian Cook - 42 - 70

Tom Doucette - 37 - 51

Fred Slater - 36 - 56

Eric Miltenburg - 34 - 65

Justin Slater - 31 - 64

Warren Dowhaniuk - 31 - 39

Rob Hale - 30 - 40

Derek Hale - 27 - 56

Stephanie Banks - 26 - 47

Ted Nunan - 25 - 32

Paco - 18 - 45

Our next match takes place Tuesday night, 7 pm, at the Ferret and Firkin Pub. Please arrive a little early, if possible, so that we can finish the match in good time. Feel free to bring a friend (or two!).

Club Rankings

We've reached the mid-point of our season - with six matches behind us and six more to come. We've divided the club rankings into two catergories: full members and guests. Guests can compete in the full member category by upgrading to a full membership at any time.

CLUB RANKINGS:

(FULL MEMBERS)

1 - Brian Cook

2 - Eric Miltenburg

3 - Fred Slater

4 - Derek Hale

5 - George Cook

6 - Justin Slater

7 - Greg Deschamps

8 - David Taylor

9 - Ted Nunan

10 - Stephanie Banks

11 - Kevin Hedley

12 - Rob Hale

13 - Tom Doucette

(GUEST MEMBERS)

1 - Paul Crowley

2 - Warren Dowhaniuk

3 - Dan Taylor

4 - Mike Anderson

5 - Lorne Giacomelli

6 - Adam Brotherwood

7 - Kalle Oanapou

8 - Jean Weese

There are still six matches between now and the World Crokinole Championship in June- plenty of time to climb up the leaderboard!

Ferret and February

Thanks to everybody who came out to our Tuesday night match at the Ferret and Firkin. After consulting with various club members, we decided to combine the A and B groups into one large group playing on three tables. This gave everybody in the club a chance to play both with and against every other member. The new format seems to be popular and will probably continue at future matches.

The results:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Brian Cook - 60 - 80

Justin Slater - 47 - 68

Eric Miltenburg - 43 - 75

Fred Slater - 42 - 53

Tom Doucette - 40 - 51

Marco - 37 - 61

Stephanie Banks - 36 - 59

George Cook - 36 - 64

Warren Dowhaniuk - 36 - 44

Derek Hale - 31 - 49

Paco - 25 - 40

Our next match takes place on Saturday, February 28th at the Global Village English School. We've reached the mid-point of the season and will be posting overall club rankings before the next match. We'll also be posting information on the first annual Toronto Crokinole Tournament taking place on Saturday, May 23rd. (This tournament will be open to both members and non-members - start practicing!)

TCC at the Ferret & Firkin, Tuesday February 10 7:00

2nd Tuesday of a cold, hard February -- Booooo!
TCC Crokinole Night at the Ferret! --Yipeeeeee!

The second Tuesday of February is just a few days off and that means another TCC Flickfest is slated for the Ferret and Firkin starting at 7:00.
You are all welcome to come earlier and get your warm up shots in. Someone will be there by 6:30 setting things up. I have some fresh international prospects coming in to beef up the B group. They had their own intramural match recently and are keen to see how they'll measure up against Real Canadian Crokinolers.
There are only 4 short months to go until Tavistock so don't miss this chance to nail down those double takeouts and in-off 20's under match pressure conditions.
... and remember, "The pegs are your friends."

Ferret & Firkin address: 720 Spadina Ave (west side just south of Bloor)

There will also be the latest news on upcoming WCLTournaments.

Looking forward to seeing you Tuesday.

Eric

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January points

Thanks to everybody who came out to our second match of 2009. Brian Cook continues to dominate the scoreboard, but Eric, Fred, and George are slowly catching up. The Hale brothers, on the other hand, seem to be slipping.

The results:

GROUP A:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Brian Cook - 40 - 74

Eric Miltenburg - 34 - 67

Fred Slater - 33 - 56

George Cook - 30 - 47

Justin Slater - 25 - 34

Derek Hale - 23 - 46

Ted Nunan - 23 - 40

Tom Doucette - 16 - 41

GROUP B:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Paul Crowley - 42 - 39

Stephanie Banks - 24 - 36

Marco - 24 - 30

Rob Hale - 22 - 34

Our next match takes place on Tuesday, February 10th at the Ferret and Firkin. Hope to see you there!

New year, new points

Thanks to everybody who braved the freezing cold on Tuesday to attend our first match of the new year! There were a number of tight races this time around, as reflected on the score board. The results:

GROUP A:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Brian Cook - 43 - 64

Derek Hale - 43 - 52

Justin Slater - 28 - 45

George Cook - 27 - 42

Eric Miltenburg - 27 - 41

Tom Doucette - 20 - 42

Fred Slater - 18 - 35

David Taylor - 18 - 29

GROUP B:

(NAME - POINTS - TWENTIES)

Mike Anderson - 24 - 16

Warren Dowhaniuk - 24 - 13

Adam Brotherwood - 19 - 9

Jean Weese - 0 - 3

Our next match will take place on Saturday, January 31st, at the Global Village English School. For anybody who has missed a match, please remember that we keep track of your statistics and will be able to easily fit you back into the lineup. Also, feel free to bring your crokinole-curious friends: our B group still needs more players!

Happy New Year!

The 2009 sessions of the TCC are starting up again next Tuesday night at the Ferret and Firkin. For your convenience, we're posting the dates of our remaining 2008/09 matches below. This schedule takes us up to the main event - The World Crokinole Championship!

To accomodate the needs of members with varying work schedules, we will be meeting on the second Tuesday and the last Saturday of every month. The Tuesday night matches will be at the Ferret and Firkin, at 7:00 pm, and the Saturday afternoon matches will be at the Global Village English School, at 1:00 pm.

TUESDAY NIGHTS (FERRET AND FIRKIN):

January 13

February 10

March 10

April 14

May 12

SATURDAY AFTERNOONS (GLOBAL VILLAGE ENGLISH SCHOOL):

January 31

February 28

March 28

April 25

May 23

WORLD CROKINOLE CHAMPIONSHIP (TAVISTOCK):

June 6

We look forward to seeing everybody at our first match next week! Please try to arrive a little early, if possible, so that we can start the match at 7:00 pm.