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Upcoming Walk-In
Sports Physical Clinics
Oaklawn Medical Group will be holding
walk-in sports physical clinics at the following
Express Care locations.July 25th & August 1st, 4:00 - 8:00pm
All 3 Express Care Locations
302 N. Monroe St., Suite B, Albion
5352 Beckley Road, Suite B, Battle Creek
1174 W. Michigan Ave., Suite B, MarshallThe cost is $30 cash (no billing insurance).WILL KOWALSKI
Sports Editor/Asst. Editor
The two-person team of Larry Roan
and Stu Hendricks were the main
event winners at the Farley-Estes
Draw Any Doubles shuffleboard tour-
nament that was hosted by the Battle
Creek Shuffleboard Club on Monday,
July 8 on the courts located near the
front entrance to B.C.’s Bailey Park.
Roan and Hendricks are both mem-
bers of the B.C. Shuffleboard Club –
a club that’s set to host the Michigan
Shuffleboard Association State
Tournament for the 10th straight year
this coming July 29-Aug. 2.
All interested players are welcome
to compete in the state tourney, no
matter one’s skill level.
The B.C. Shuffleboard Club
also hosts free drop-in play every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
starting at 10 a.m.; it welcomes expe-
rienced and novice participants (with
those new to the sport being able to
check shuffleboard out with provided
equipment at any time while getting
free instruction); it plays in home and
away regular-season tourneys; and its
club dues are $10 per season.
Those with questions should contact
Roan at (269) 986-5385 or send him
an email at larryroan5004@gmail.
com; or contact Ed Stemaly at (269)
986-6197 or [email protected].
With the Farley-Estes tourney hav-
ing been played July 8, also on the
B.C. Shuffleboard Club’s schedule
prior to the state tourney were a
Belding Draw Any Doubles event
this past Monday (July 15), and
then an upcoming Caro Draw Any
Doubles events on July 24.
Aside from the annual member-
ship fee of $10, the cost to play in
all other tourneys (including the state
tourney) is an additional $10 per
event.
Following immediately is the
BCSC’s overall schedule for the
remainder of July and through the
end of August. Note that drop-in play
will continue into September and
October as weather permits.Then, top results from recent tour-
ney action will appear.
CALENDAR- July 15-16: Belding Draw Any
Doubles, 8 a.m. - July 24-25: Caro Draw Any
Doubles, 8 a.m. - July 29-30: MSA State
Tournament, Amateur M/L Singles,
8 a.m. Note: The second date listed is
for if-necessary rain date purposes. - July 30-31: MSA State
Tournament, Amateur M/L Doubles,
8 a.m. - July 31-Aug. 1: MSA State
Tournament, State Unrestricted (ama-
teur and/or professional) M/L Singles,
8 a.m. - July 31: Annual MSA state meet-
ing, 9 a.m. - Aug. 1-2: MSA State Tournament,
Unrestricted (amateur and/or pro)
M/L Doubles, 8 a.m. - Aug. 10: Davison Draw Any
Doubles, 10 a.m. - Aug. 15-16: Albion Draw Any
Doubles, 8 a.m.
Roan-Hendricks duo places first in shuffleboard tourney
The tandem of Larry Roan (left) and
Stu Hendricks were the main event
winners in the Farley-Estes Draw Any
Doubles shuffleboard tournament
that took place July 8 in Battle Creek.
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