Unabridged Shuffleboard Dictionary

Men/Ladies: An abbreviation used on tournament schedules to designate an event that has two separate divisions, one for men and one for women.

The scores in a points game that are within two scoring discs of a game-winning score.

See BRACKET (def. 2). Syn: MAIN EVENT.

MAIN.

(in Ohio) MASTERS POINTS

A designation for a tournament that is restricted to only players who have qualified by their tournament record, such as only the top points-earning players of a season. In Florida, the top eight Pro men and the top eight Pro women at the end of each season compete in a state Men/Ladies Masters tournament in round-robin format for places first through eighth for the year for men and for women. The Florida Masters was first played in 1960 at the St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Club. Some Districts in Florida also hold an end-of-season Masters tournament for the top players within their District, using a separate District Masters point system.

In some states, Expert or Pro players earn Masters Points within their state by placing in state association tournaments that award such points. The points leaders for each playing season may receive recognition and/or qualify for a special event. Masters Points also accumulate over a lifetime within the state, conferring milestone recognitions such as qualification for induction into the state Hall of Fame (e.g., 200 points in Florida; 350 points in Ohio; 300 points in Texas). Syn: HOF POINTS (Arizona), MASTER POINTS (Ohio), PRO POINTS (Florida), R.O.C. POINTS (Florida), STATE POINTS (Illinois), TSSA POINTS (Texas).

Districts in Florida award points at their District-only events, accumulating for a season as well as over a lifetime, for awards, recognition and/or end-of-season District Masters tournament, using their own District Masters point system.

1. (in tournament events) A complete set of one or more competitive games played by the same opponents to determine who advances, in which bracket each advances, and/or what rank one or each places in the tournament. 2. (in league competition) A complete set of one or more competitive games played by two of the league teams.

A designation on tournament schedules indicating an event restricted to male players only.

(of the board) Multiple live discs on the scoring diagram during play of an end, which can result in more scoring discs than usual. A board can be "clean" (from clearing) or a "mess".

A fun, competitive event wherein singles frame games of four frames are played in an elimination tournament format. If a player ends any frame with a score of 19 they are immediately declared the game winner. Otherwise, the player with the highest score at the end of the four frames wins the game. Originated in Ohio at the Lakeside Shuffleboard Club in 1996, now played at Lakeside as one of three games for their Moonlight Madness.

Mingle Singles when played as draw doubles. The term "Mingle Singles" is used both for a singles and a draw doubles tournament. "Mingle Doubles" can be used instead for a draw doubles tournament to make clear that each game is being played as random-draw doubles teams rather than as individual singles players.

A singles or draw doubles tournament format wherein each match consists of just one frame game, with a random draw for a new court, end and color assignment (and thereby a new partner in the case of doubles) for every player each match. Every player plays every match of the tournament - there is no elimination. Tournament winners are individual players, even when the games are played as draw doubles, determined by the number of games won by each player and/or the accumulated total of their winning games scores (or sometimes the accumulated total of all their game scores, whether won or lost). Originally for this format the tournament started with draw doubles games, and then the top eight players completed the tournament as a singles bracket event; the term "Mingle" represented the change in partners each doubles game; the term "Singles" represented the prizes being awarded to individual singles players rather than doubles partner teams. Sometimes when played as practice or fun games instead of as a tournament, the loser of a game pays the winner at their end a token cash prize, such as a quarter. Syn: COLORS, MINGLES, SCRAMBLES, YELLOW-BLACK.

MINGLE SINGLES.

A designation for a doubles tournament that is restricted to mixed-gender teams only, one man with one woman.

A method of determining which player or partner team is currently ahead at any moment in a points game, and the best strategy to follow for the current shot or frame, as formulated and taught by the player and author Wilbur L. Estes in his 452-page book Modular Shuffleboard.

A fun competitive event played at Lakeside Shuffleboard Club that includes one game of Midnight Madness, one game of Line Game and one game of Add 'Em Up.

Each of two live discs that are sitting one on top of the other. This results on a rare occasion from a forceful shot.

A type of point awarded to Amateur players in some states for placing in tournaments that award such points. Move-Up Points are accumulated to qualify for advancement in player status. For example, in Florida, a District Amateur who accumulates five or more Move-Up Points within a three-season period is awarded State Amateur status.