Cribbage results in, another game planned

orty-two hardy soles played in the 6th Annual Whidbey Island Cribbage Tournament that took place at Greenbank Farm last month. The top finisher was Lee Bennett of Greenbank who took home $300 and a custom cribbage board for his effort.

Forty-two hardy soles played in the 6th Annual Whidbey Island Cribbage Tournament that took place at Greenbank Farm last month.

The top finisher was Lee Bennett of Greenbank who took home $300 and a custom cribbage board for his effort.

Second place went to Robert Mariner of Bothell who took home $160.

Winning $100 each were Chuck Reffitt of Oak Harbor and Mike Durkee of Ferndale who made the bracket semifinal round.

The remaining four bracket players who left the finals during the first round each pocketed $60. They were David Acton, Ken Dougherty, Dave Stevenson and Adam Caveness.

High qualifier in the main event was David Acton of Oak Harbor with 15 game points, seven games won and a point spread of plus-118. There were eight other players from the main event not making the finals bracket that won cash prizes of $10 to $40.

Complete tourney results from the main and consolation events will be posted at www.cribbageboard.com under “info” in the header on the home page.

The next cribbage tournament sponsored by Cribbageboard.com will take place at the Eagles Aerie 3418 on Highway 525, one mile south of downtown Freeland, on Saturday, April 25. Entry fee is $30 and the event starts at 2 p.m. The number of players is limited to the first 42 that send their $30 entry fee to B. Howard Cribbage, P.O. Box 1000, Freeland, WA 98249. All of entry fees are returned to players in the form of cash prizes. The tournament sponsor will also provide a few crib-related prizes to other players that might do something special at the event.

For more information, contact Bruce Howard at 360-331-7184, or toll-free at 877-734-4377.