ACC Internet Cribbage

The usual suspects

	The Top Ten	IRPs	Ts
1.	Mark Van Dyke	746	82
2.	John Schafer	678	75
3.	Donald Olney	663	66
4.	Charles Rodgers	594	75
5.	Mike Fetchel	474	75
6.	Scott Buhrow	473	52
7.	Kelly Ann Burgar	460	78
8.	Tom Lewis	459	61
9.	Jerry Hardy	440	45
10.	Rick LaValle	390	59

February 2005 wrap-up:
Mark Van Dyke (loosespokes1135) continues to lead in both IRPs and tournaments played, notching yet another victory on February 5, his sixth of the year. The Grand Haven, MI pegger still has 18 official tournaments to add to his tally before the season ends in July.

John Schafer (netview85) of Battle Creek, MI, who notched 102 IRPs in January, swept both Cribbage Cup events in February to improve from Third to Second Place. Cribbage Cups are among the toughest Internet events to win. Despite the relatively low number of participants, those that do play are all ACC members, and the standard of competition is high. The round robin qualifying round tends to even out the luck factor more than in playoff-only events, so it's harder to simply ride streak of hot cards to victory.

Donald Olney (olney_1147) of Carievale, SA continues to represent his province well, hanging on to Third Place only 15 IRPs behind Schafer, but with nine extra tournaments available to play. Aloha pegger Charles Rodgers (KALEKAI) won two events in five days (his first victories since August 9) to move up from Sixth to Fourth Place. Next comes a tight bunch of 400 IRP'ers, consisting of 2004 Internet Champion Mike Fetchel (mfetchCT425), three 2004 All-Internet players: Scott Buhrow (MrB_IA218) of Louisville, KY, Kelly Ann Burgar (lil_thummper) of Edmonton, AB and Tom Lewis (pegfast) of Albuquerque, NM, and finally Jerry Hardy (ovaeeezy) of Phillips, ME. That leaves us with Rick LaVallee of Orlando, FL, with his Frank Herbert-derived nickname of KwizatzHaderach. Rick won on the final day of the month to crack the Top Ten for the first time, and is the only new player on this month's leader board.

Dorothy Westerlund (ACC1139L2) Sherwood, OR a Life Member of the ACC notched her second win in as many months. Better watch out for her if she ever starts playing ACC Internet Cribbage "full-time". She has 147 IRPs in only eight tournaments for an average of over 18 IRPs per event! Contrast that to our leader Mark Van Dyke at 9 IRPs/event, or Donald Olney at 10 IRPs/event.

Congratulations to David Hardy (bluenoser1313) of Spring, TX for his first ACC Internet Cribbage victory. Ditto for David R. Smith (DAVESC89) of Acworth, GA who bested 2004 All-Internet Don Eastwood (NC310Crib) of Hillsborough, NC in the Finals on February 7. Another 2004 All-Internet player, Ronald Ralston (rdr1231) of Hartford, IA, got his third victory of the season on February 3, while Boston's Nicholas Cheung (nicholas179) got his first victory of 2004�5 on February 14.