ACC Internet Cribbage

Van Dyke and Rodgers top another record month

March 2005 wrap-up:
Mark Van Dyke (loosespokes1135) first landed atop the monthly standings back in October 2004. He spent a few months holding a scrappy 10 or 20 IRPs lead over chasers Charles Rodgers (KALEKAI) of Honolulu, HI and John Schafer (netview85) of Battle Creek, MI, then started to break out in February, extending his lead to 68 IRPs. That set the stage for a remarkable 195 IRP showing in March, including one Cribbage Cup and two Single Elimination victories, which propelled Mark to his biggest lead of the season. Although Mark is approaching his annual quota, his will be a tough mark to beat as the season runs its course. Amazingly, March 2005 is not even Mark's personal best. He amassed 198 IRPs back in June 2004, which bumped him from middle-of-the-pack to an eventual All Internet finish.

Despite all this, our March 2005 player of the month is...Charles Rodgers, who returned from a four-week absence to notch 204 IRPs, including two Single Elimination victories, as well as one Second and one Third Place finish. That's enough to give him a slight edge over Battle Creek, MI's John Schafer (netview85), who racked up almost 100 IRPs himself this month. Schafer has consistently been in the top three all season. Although both these players will need a dramatic finish to catch Van Dyke in their last dozen sanctioned tournaments, they've both demonstrated that they're capable of it! Next in line is Donald Olney (olney_1147) of Carievale, SA, who seems to have the Canadian division wrapped up, and could still make a run at Second or even First place if he stays hot down the stretch. Donald still has 24 tournaments left to go this season.

Quotas aren't the end of the world:
Although you can no longer earn IRPs for the 2004–5 season after your 100th tournament, you are certainly welcome to continue playing. If you win an event, you will still be acknowledged here and in Cribbage World for your accomplishment!

More attendance records:
Internet Statistician Don Ellis (+_LoneStar__) reports that our open Single Elimination events set another ACC record for average tournament participation with 89.15 players per event. That's 1,159 total players! Of these ACC members accounted for 609, or 52.55% of the overall participation. For individual tournaments, we set not one, but two attendance records. Saturday, March 19th saw 105 players in a tournament hosted by Don himself — despite missing a number of regulars that were at a live tournament — beating our old sanctioned record of 102. Then, on the last day of the month, Annie Poppe (+Clas_syLady) beat that with 107 players. Looks like there is a friendly "war" brewing in San Antonio between Annie and Don!

Firsttimers:
Congratulations to newcomers Lyle Beiswenger (luckylyle98) of Grand Forks, ND and Tony Ayriss (fatheadbrennan0) of St. Paul, MN for their first ACC Internet Cribbage victories. Lyle registered his Zone.com screen name on in December 2004, while Tony joined us in late February 2005.

Cribbage Cup winners:

• Tuesday, March 8
  Mark Van Dyke (loosespokes1135) Grand Haven, MI
   
• Tuesday, March 22
  John R. Anderson (_HIGHPOINT_) Battle Creek, MI

Pegging Pals single elimination winners:

• Thursday, March 3
  Ronald Ralston (rdr1231) Hartford, IA
   
• Monday, March 7
  Dennis Allen (DeadHoleDennis) Everett, MA
   
• Thursday, March 10
  Charles Rodgers (KALEKAI) Honolulu, HI
   
• Monday, March 14
  David Hardy (bluenoser1313) Spring, TX
   
• Thursday, March 17
  Mark Van Dyke (loosespokes1135) Grand Haven, MI
   
• Saturday, March 19
  Marie Harrington (ma_lobs) Ipswich, MA
   
• Monday,  March 21
  Ronald Ralston (rdr1231) Hartford, IA
   
• Thursday, March 24
  Lyle Beiswenger (luckylyle98) Grand Forks, ND
   
• Saturday, March 26
  Charles Rodgers (KALEKAI) Honolulu, HI
   
• Monday, March 28
  Mark Van Dyke (loosespokes1135) Grand Haven, MI
   
• Thursday, March 31
  Tony Ayriss (fatheadbrennan0) St. Paul, MN

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