ACC Internet Cribbage

2007-2008 Top 10%
		IRPs	Ts
1.	Gary Wirth	744	89
2.	Mike Fetchel	702	101
3.	James H. Morrow	648	87
4.	Scott Buhrow	582	98
5.	John F. Reed	570	101
6.	Tom Lewis	558	100
7.	Bill Medeiros	528	77
8.	William A Schultz	525	105
9.	Evelyn Osaka	519	121
10.	Elizabeth Miller	498	123

11.	Ed Bloom	495	106
12.	Douglas I Henderson	480	92
13.	Mark Van Dyke	471	111
14.	Allen Nypen	459	100
15.	Tom Langford	453	94
16.	Rodney Duff	447	92
17.	Richard Shea	447	98
18.	David Bowen	444	100
19.	John Dellasarina	441	96

Beginning with the new season that begins August 1, 2008. the following changes to tournament formats will occur.

The Monday and Thursday tournaments will require Manual Scoring. In addition, these tournament will become single game matches. This will ensure that the total tournament time will not increase.

This change was made at the request of the Executive Committee to increase the number of manual scoring tournaments.

I apologize for my lack of availability and responsiveness over the past several weeks, I have had four family members pass away, with the latest being last Thursday, July 24; all lived long happy lives. In addition, my work schedule since late June requires traveling 3-4 days/evening per week.

Gary Wirth (VertoGoAway) knocked Mike Fetchel (mfetchCT425) from the top of the standings. James H. Morrow (29seeker) jumped from 9th to 3rd. You will notice that there was a lot of movement this month as folks hit the limit of 100 tournaments. With one month left to go, I am sure you will see some movement.

With the increase in the number of players earning IRPs, we have increased the number of those who can earn an invite to the TOC to 19.

Mike Fetchel (mfetchCT425) remains at the top of the standings for the 9th consecutive month. Gary Wirth (VertoGoAway) is trailing by only 6 points with 2 months to go. Tom Lewis (pegfast) jumped from 12 to 4th. As you can see, some of the top have reached or nearly reached their first 100 tournaments. Since you can earn IRPs in your first 100 tournaments, there will be plenty of opportunity for some changes in the standings.

With the increase in the number of players earning IRPs, we have increased the number of those who can earn an invite to the TOC to 18.

There are several members who have not completed the registration process. If you do not complete the registration process, you will not receive any IRPs or credit for wins - no exceptions will be made.

If you have not registered your GameColony nickname with the ACC Internet Statistican, please click here:

You can check to see if you are registered by searching the Player List. If your name is on the Player List, then you are registered.

Mike Fetchel (mfetchCT425) remains at the top of the standings for the 8th consecutive month. Gary Wirth (VertoGoAway) is right on his heals and has 18 games in hand to catch him. As you can see, some of the top have reached or nearly reached their first 100 tournaments. Since you can earn IRPs in your first 100 tournaments, there will be plenty of opportunity for some changes in the standings.

With the increase in the number of players earning IRPs, we have increased the number of those who can earn an invite to the TOC to 18.

Mike Fetchel (mfetchCT425) remains at the top of the standings for the 7th consecutive month. As you can see, some of the top have reached or nearly reached their first 100 tournaments. Since you can earn IRPs in your first 100 tournaments, there will be plenty of opportunity for some changes in the standings.

This month sees 10 new ACC Internet peggers. There were a total of 1076 pegger in 20 tournaments in March.

During March, Rick Allen (45556) and John F. Reed (eagle7374)become the 11 and 12th players to reach eMaster.

The Players of the Month for March are our Tournament Directors. These folks serve selflessly week after week. Congratulations to Don Ellis, Cathy Polmaskitch, Susan Spencer, and Gerald Oxford. Without their dedication, there would be no ACC internet tournaments.

Mike Fetchel (mfetchCT425) remains at the top of the standings for the 6th consecutive month. Pete Stemler (relmets) jumped from nowhere into the top 10 % while Ed Bloom sneaked back into the top 10%.

The standings include all tournaments including the two that were previously not included, December 30, 2007 and January 7, 2008.

During February, Mike Rosenstock (sirpegger) become the 10th player to reach eMaster.

ACC Internet Player Cribbage Tournament to Join ACC TOC & ACC Open & 2010 Grand National

We are looking at adding a new tournament to the ACC TOC/ACC Open period. Participation in this tournament will be limited to any ACC Internet Cribbage Tournament player who has played in a minimum of one ACC Internet Tournament, regardless of playing site. Additional information will be coming. In addition, we are looking at adding an ACC Internet Players tournament to the 2010 Grand National in Virginia Beach, VA.

Mike Fetchel (mfetchCT425) remains at the top of the standings for the 5th month in a row. William A Schultz (floydandzep) jumped from nowhere into the top 10. Kelly Ann Burgar (lilthumper), Douglas I. Henderson (dih1633), and Tom Lewis (pegfast) moved into the top 10%.

The standings do not reflect the tournament on December 30, 2007 or January 7, 2008. This will be included in next months information.

During January, Don Eastwood (NC310) become the 9th player to reach eMaster.

A new page titled Player List has been added to the ACC Internet pages. This page lists every member who is currently registered to play in the ACC Internet tournaments. There is a search function that provides a lookup by partial or full screen name. The Player List link was added to the right-hand sidebar.

A name search functionality was added to the Lifetime Wins and Lifetime IRPs pages.

Jennifer Buhrow is organizing an Internet Cribbage Meet & Greet at the ACC Open/TOC. This get together will occur on Friday, February 8, following the conclusion of the Cribbage Bowl. The location is the Sports Bar of the Sands-Regency.

Mike Fetchel (mfetchCT425) remains at the top of the standings for the 4th month in a row. Scott Buhrow (MrB_IA218) and John F. Reed (eagle7374) move into the top 10. Jeff Gardner (accoh157) and Roger Grandgeorge (unbridledhawk) claw their way into the top 10%.

The standings do not reflect the tournament on December 30. This will be included in next months information.

Many players have commented that they have trouble seeing assignments and other TD information in the chat area because of all the non-tournament related chat going on in the lobby area. In addition, the TDs have commented that they at times have trouble seeing the posted results and other questions from the players for the same reason. As many of you may know, the chat area is small and it is not easy to page up and down in it.

I am requesting if you are not going to play in an ACC Internet tournament or once you have been defeated that you do not chat extensively in the lobby. In addition, once the TD begins running the rules, that folks limit the chat to announcements and such things as good luck (gl), thank you for hosting (tyfh), etc. This will make it easier for the players to see the assignments, the TDs to see the posted results, and make it easier to report problems, etc. I appreciate everyone understanding with this request.

Mike Fetchel (mfetchCT425) remains at the top of the standings for the 3rd month in a row. Bryan J. Gurden (gurdzilla1) cracks the top 10. John Shafer (netview85) , Kelly Ann Burgar (lil_thummper) and Monica Hunt (MTCzech213) climb into the top 10%.

Evelyn Osaka (pennybear), as the only player with multiple wins during November, is the players of the month for November. Last month, Evelyn was also one of the Players of the Month.

Mike Fetchel (mfetchCT425) remains at the top of the standings for the 2nd month in a row. John Dellarsina (gin_professor), Tom Lewis (pegfast) and Bill Medeiros (bmedeiros) moved into the top 10%.

Susan Spencer ((LiLMsRight) will begin hosting ACC Internet Tournaments in December. Susan shadowed TDs during November to learn the ropes. Please welcome Susan!

David Bown (Soxwillwinitall) started the accinternetcribbage group/forum on yahoo. David is posting the ACC Internet Cribbage Tournament results in this forum usually the day after the tournament completes. This forum is also an avenue to exchange thoughts and ideas on the ACC Internet Cribbage, ACC, and cribbage in general. This forum is not moderated for content. This forum is not an official ACC forum and the views and opinions expressed are those of the author's and not of the ACC Internet Committee or the ACC Board of Directors. The accinternetcribbage group can be reached at www.yahoo.com , click on groups, then search for cribbage. You have to join yahoo, which is free, to participate.

A new feature has been added - Lifetime Tournament Wins. Just click on the 'Lifetime Wins' link located on the right-had sidebar.

Thanks go out to Don Ellis. our statistician, for providing this information. This information will updated as part of the normal monthly update.

After two months, there is a familiar name at the top of the standings, Mike Fetchel (mfetchCT425). Mike, if you do not know, is from Connecticut. The 2nd position is also held by a pegger from Connecticut, Rodney Duff (rodd56). Gary Wirth (VertiGoAway) with 4 tournament victories in September vaulted to 3rd position

Kelly Ann Burgar (lil_thummper) is the newest ACC Internet Cribbage Pegger to reach eMaster. Kelly is the first woman to reach this level.

Jennifer Buhrow (ACCPrincess29) headed up a get-together of our Internet players at Grand National XXVI in Portland, ME. There were a total of 454 peggers at the GN, with about 40 peggers from the ACC Internet program in peggin away. Bob Milk(RobertMilk) won the Last Chance and was the tournament director for Friday Night doubles which had 110 teams.

At the Awards Dinner, Tom Lewis (pegfast) and Scott Buhrow (MrB_IA218) were presented with their eMaster awards. The eMaster awards for Mark Van Dyke (loosespokes), Mike Fetchel (mfetchCT425) and Donald Olney (olney11) were sent via friends. Many thanks to Lois Fosdal(Ezmarelda), our Assistant Statistician, for arranging for these beautiful awards.

Jennifer Buhrow (ACCPrincess29) is planning a get-together of our Internet players at Grand National XXVI in Portland, ME. She has spearheaded similar gatherings at the TOC and the JPW Open in February and they have been met with success. If you are interested, please email Jennifer at ACCPrincess29@aol.com with your name, screen name, and hometown; she will be making nametags for everyone in attendance.

Ed Bloom (heliumman) takes over writing the ACC Internet Cribbage News beginning with the August 2007 update.

They�re off and pegging in the 5^th internet cribbage season, August 2007 thru July 2008.

Elizabeth Miller (weezieboop) used her third win of the season in the last tourney of the month to take the lead at the end of August. She is averaging an amazing 11.8 points per tourney.

A couple of noted tournament players during August are: Beth Witter (bwitter) who played only 4 tourneys, averaged 11.25 points; Rodney Duff (rodd56) who won the first manual scoring Cribbage Cup tourney of the year; Sheila Crete (damonsmom); and Monica Newton (oreo2757) who won the 2^nd Cribbage Cup tourney.

With about 200 tourneys left in this year�s season, and only your first 100 counting in the scoring, there is still plenty of time for them AND FOR YOU, to get in on the fun and scoring of internet cribbage. Join us at www.cribbage.org

According to internet statistician Donald E. Ellis, during the 2006-2007 season, the ACC held 210 tourneys in which 7,264 players participated for about 32,100 individual games of cribbage. These 210 tournaments were hosted by three Tournament Directors (TDs): himself, Gerald Oxford, and Cathy Polmatskitch.

Some internet abbreviations: gl=good luck, gl2u2=good luck to you too, ty=thank you, yw=your welcome, tyvm=thank you very much, nc=nice crib, n2=nice hand and crib, vnp=very nice pgging, gg=good game, glin=good luck in next(game), glir=good luck in rest (of tourney), lol=laughing out loud, brb=be right back or bath room break (only u know for sure), ty4h=thank u for hosting.

A couple of errors were discovered in the ACC Internet Cribbage Database. These have been corrected. The corrections resulted in slight changes to the standings which also have been updated.

Tom Langford (yanknshank29) finished #1 for the 2006-2007 season holding off the surging Ray Fischer (Stinger96). Tom heads up our All-Internet team for this year. Each member of the 2006-2007 All-Internet Team receives an invitation to the ACC TOC held in in Reno during February 2008.

The top 10% of point earners will receive invitations to the ACC TOC held in February. 154 peggers earned IRPs during the 2006-2007 season. In addition to the All- Internet Team, 6 additional individuals earned invitations to the ACC TOC held in Reno during February 2008.

Everyone should remember that Scott Buhrow won the 2006 TOC this past February. Scott received his invitation to the TOC from his participation in the ACC Internet Program.

Tom Lewis and Donald Olney reached the level of of eMaster. With Tom and Don attaining this level, six ACC members have reached the level of eMaster.

The six eMasters will receive their awards at the 2007 Grand National in Portland, Maine during the awards ceremony.

In response to a frequent request, a new page that shows the Lifetime IRPs has been developed. There is a link to Lifetime IRPs on the sidebar on the right-hand side of the page. This is based on the end of the season database table developed by Don Ellis our statistician. Research is underway on an approach to automatically update this information each month.

Mike Fetchel has reached the level of eMaster. Mike is the fourth player to attain this level. Mike joins Mark van Dyke, Scott Buhrow and John Schafer as eMasters.

It looks like Tom Langford (yanknshank29) has a stranglehold on first place with only one month left in the season. Remember the top 10% of point earners will receive invitations to the ACC TOC held in February. Thus far 154 peggers have earned IRPs for the season.

With one month left in the standings there is still a little time for folks to move up in the standings. As you can see, there are seven folks who have recorded all the points they can reach in their first 100 tournaments. With one month remaining, there may still be shakeup in the top 10 as there are many players just shy of the top 10.

The Tournament Directors will appear at the tournament rooms about 30 minutes before the tourney.