"We are the most important place in the world for shuffleboard."
There’s the guy cradling a tower of pizza boxes, trying to find his friend who brought the beer among a sea of concrete courts. A mom teaching her daughter how to hold a cue and a sweaty couple on their first date Googling “how to play shuffleboard.” A whole gaggle of competitive regulars speaking a language all their own: knocking biscuits (discs) into the kitchen (an area where 10 points are deducted) with tangs (the big sticks).
This is the scene during a typical Friday night at the St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Club, which turns 100 in January. When the festivities kick off with the 40th World Shuffleboard Championship later this month, there will be a lot to celebrate.
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