Mayberry Days is the annual celebration of the anniversary of "The Andy Griffith Show." It's held the last weekend in September. Visit: http://mayberrydays.org/ for more info!

The Andy Griffith Playhouse & Andy Griffith Museum is Located at 218 Rockford Street, Mount Airy, NC 27030 (Map )    http://www.visitmayberry.com/

The 24th Annual Mayberry Days starts Thursday, September 26, 2013 and runs through Sunday, September 29th.

Checkers Tournament - Saturday, September 28th.  Checkers Tournament Sign-up at Mayberry Days Information Station (8:00am-11:00am), Front of Andy Griffith Playhouse.  CHESTER JONES CHECKERS COMPETITION / 12 Noon - 3:00 pm hosted by Dennis Beal and the “Mayberry” chapter of TAGSRWC ("The Andy Griffin Show" Rerun Watchers Club). Sign up to play in the tournament at the information station (Free! - No entry Fee). The tournament is a round robin and the trophy winner is the player who wins the most games.  The Mayberry Confidential official news of the Surry Arts Council, and they published a 28 page special newspaper for “Mayberry Days” with a wealth of information about the 4 day festival, lots of pictures, ads, daily event schedule, which checkers appears in Saturday's events on page 26.

2013 Results:

Congratulations to Teal Stanley from Greensboro, NC for winning the 2013 Mayberry Days Checker Trophy!

Only seven players signed up to play out of maybe 14 who just wanted to come in and play their friendly game and pass the time.  Dennis Beal paired us up as a double elimination round robin.  Dennis had another event running parallel to the checker tournament so he let us pair ourselves.  I have the cross-table below.  The young boy dropped out after his first round and George Randall was eliminated by the third round, and Grover Minor was out on the forth round.  Mike eliminated Travis in the seventh round and Teal also eliminated JR, so Mike and Teal played for their championship game. Teal Stanley won over Mike Ross for the 2013 Chester Jones Open Checker Tournament Trophy.  Grover Minor and George Randall played each other as the 4 of us finished out the tournament.  I played Grover several game after being eliminated from the contest.  Two photographers were taking pictures through out the contest and I will post those pictures when they are released. After the tournament we all (Stanley family & Ross family and myself) enjoyed Mayberry and all its attractions; the Mayberry characters, musicians, stores, sidewalk vendors, restaurants, 5 Barney's patrol cars and shops that make up downtown main street Mount Airy. And of course a hot dog, or pork chop sandwich from Snappy Lunch, or you may choose Barney's Cafe, Bluebird Diner or Leon's Burger Express which all are located on main.  Leon's has the best cheeseburger.  We decided on Walker's Soda Fountain for a couple of hotdogs, chips, pickle, & a cheerwine.          Hobart Jones' 2013 Checker Photos:

2013 Tournament Dates  |  2013 Chester Jones Photo Archive  |  2012 Mayberry Results