ACC Internet Cribbage

Van Dyke and Schafer are at it again

August 2005 wrap-up:
No sooner had we wrapped up our 2004–5 Internet cribbage season, which saw Michigan peggers Mark Van Dyke and John Schafer taking the top two spots, did we finish the first month of the 2005–6 season with...Michigan peggers Mark Van Dyke and John Schafer taking the top two spots. Someone call the conspiracy theorists! Schafer, who hails from Battle Creek, breakfast cereal capitol of the world, got the ball rolling with a victory in the August 4 Pegging Pals single elimination event, minded — as is usually the case on Thursday nights — by Annie Poppe. Van Dyke scored with the first Cribbage Cup on August 9, then topped the 73-player single elimination event on the 25th. It came down to the Finals of the August 30 Cribbage Cup, directed by Karen Peake, but Van Dyke prevailed in the best-of-three match, thus making it 11 consecutive months atop the ACC Internet Cribbage seasonal rankings. Not to be overlooked is Schafer's own streak of eight consecutive months in the top three. Can anyone stop these two?

Some old faces...
It's nice to see Mike Fetchel (mfetchCT425) of Middlefield, CT and John R. Anderson (_HIGHPOINT_) of Madison, WI on the winners board once again. Fetchel was the 2004 Internet Champion and the winner of the ACC's first rated Internet tournament. Anderson is no slouch himself, finishing 18th in 2004–5 and earning an invite to the ACC Tournament of Champions. Jim Hatch (NHpegger) from Salem, NH has been with the ACC for several years, and played in several Internet events last year, winning one of them. He notched his second tournament victory by taking the 79-player August 29 event, edging out our old friend Tom Lewis (pegfast) in the Finals. And then there's Al Jean Simpson, with her Gershwin-informed nickname of LdyBgood. Simpson, who hails from El Cajon, CA (do pronounce that the correct Spanish way!) has been a supporter of ACC Internet Cribbage from the get go, and we're happy that she notched her second lifetime tournament victory on August 6.

...and some new ones
Meanwhile, August featured two first-time winners. David D. Braach (papa349) comes to us from Missoula, MT, a city with an awfully high caliber of cribbage player, having spawned the likes of Life Master - Four Stars DeLynn Colvert and Life Masters Sharon Hejtmanek and Rex Paddock. Mark Breneman (force5racing) comes to us from the Brainerd, MN area. He reports that he "has a business degree, is into numbers and loves cribbage".

Cribbage Cup winners:

• Tuesday, August 9
  Mark Van Dyke (loosespokes1135) Grand Haven, MI
   
• Tuesday, August 30
  Mark Van Dyke (loosespokes1135) Grand Haven, MI

Pegging Pals single elimination winners:

• Thursday, August 4
  John Schafer (netview85) Battle Creek, MI
   
• Saturday, August 6
  Al Jean Simpson (LdyBgood) El Cajon, CA
   
• Monday, August 8
  David D. Braach (papa349) Missoula, MT
   
• Thursday, August 11
  Mark Breneman (force5racing) Rochester, MN
   
• Monday, August 15
  John R. Anderson (_HIGHPOINT_) Madison, WI
   
• Thursday, August 18
  Mike Fetchel (mfetchCT425) Middlefield, CT
   
• Monday, August 22
  William MacMillan (Bristlecone_1) Cheyenne, WY
   
• Thursday, August 25
  Mark Van Dyke (loosespokes1135) Grand Haven, MI
   
• Monday, August 29
  Jim Hatch (NHpegger) Salem, NH

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