ACC Internet Cribbage

Van Dyke and Partain become repeat winners

February 11, 2004:
ACC Internet Cribbage has its first repeat winner! It's Mark Van Dyke (loosespokes1135) of Grand Haven, MI, who won the ACC Pegging Pals single elimination tournament on Saturday, January 31. Van Dyke had previously won the December 15, 2003 Cribbage Cup.

Second Place went to Richard L. Pierce Jr. (J555529) of Springfield, OR. This was Pierce's highest finish in an ACC Internet event. Third Place was shared by Mike Fetchel (mfetchCT425) of Middlefield, CT and Marie Harrington (ma_lobs) of Ipswich, MA, both veterans of ACC Internet Cribbage.

Filling out the top eight were Dorothy Westerlund (ACC1139L2) of Sherwood, OR, Robert H. Campbell (SUNANBOB1) of Marlborough, MA, John F. Reed (eagle_7374) of Milton Freewater, OR and former winner Michael D'Elena (RI971) of Providence, RI.

Karen Peake (+Lady_Amber) directed the event, which consisted of four-stake single elimination playoff matches. No byes were necessary, as exactly 64 players signed up. Note that only 35 of them were ACC members, despite that all eight of the top spots were claimed by ACC'ers. Good going, gang!

If it's late in the season, and you need to win your next playoff match to wrap up the Internet Cribbage Championship, one nickname you don't want to see across the table from you is cheeky_parrot1, which belongs to Linda A. Partain of Haverhill, MA. Partain followed up Van Dyke's accomplishment by taking the February 2 Cribbage Cup event, thus becoming our second repeat winner. She had previously won the December 20, 2003 ACC Pegging Pals single elimination tournament.

Partain prevailed over Jon Taylor (AZ389) of Gilbert, AZ in the best-of-three Finals. Third Place went to John F. Reed (eagle_7374) of Milton Freewater, OR and Mark Niemerow (WhyteLotus1) of Calabasas, CA. Finishing in the Fifth Place bracket were Billy Barnes (Billy_CA5177) of Red Bluff, CA, John Alig (JohnAZ) of Mesa, AZ and Kerry O'Connell (aussiekekka) from Australia by way of Ventura, CA.

The qualifying round was topped by Niemerow and Dick Combie (truescot7) of San Jose, CA, who both compiled a perfect 5-0 record. Karen Peake (+Lady_Amber) directed the 31-player event.

Now let's see who'll be the first to notch a hat trick!

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