Greensboro Travelodge on 2112 W. Meadowview Road, Greensboro, NC (I-40 exit Bus 217 toward Coliseum downtown Greensboro, then right on Meadowview Rd at Biscuitville and Travelodge is on immediately left). Call in reservations early: 800-230-5676 or Office 336-292-2020 Free Continental Breakfast, all Double Queen or King Bed - $41 per night, a checker tournament special rate. Manager is Clyde Peacock – ctpeacockjr@yahoo.com
Go to: usacheckers.com or nccheckers.org for more details
Registration will be handled in the playing room after supper on Wednesday (May 11th) and between 8:00 - 9:00 AM on Thursday morning. Play will get underway by 10:00 AM Thursday following a short business meeting. The entry fee is $15.00. Any contributions to support the Prize Fund will be appreciated. NCCA has committed $1,000.00 to prize fund plus it’s building. As in the past, the tournament will be played under the Three-Move Restriction Style of Play, using the Swiss System of scoring. There will be 7 rounds at 4 games per round. We will play 3 rounds Thursday, 3 rounds Friday, and finish with one round Saturday to permit early travel back home.
For further information, telephone JR Smith 336-288-6620 jrsmith2@triad.rr.com or Bill McClintock 336-674-5402
Greensboro, N.C.
Checker Tournament
Saturday, April 16, 2005
At: Bill McClintock’s “home”
3741 Williams Dairy Rd.
(336) 674-5402
Home Cooked Lunch (free)
We will play 5 (five) 2 game rounds of 1 hour & 15 minutes each
$10.00 entry fee - Play begins 9:45AM - Lunch break after two rounds
Directions to my home: From I-85/40 take exit 41 - “Old 128 Lee St exit”. It is East Lee Street. Follow East Lee St., East about 1 mile to Nelson’s Farm Rd. on right. Follow Nelson Farm Rd. to Alamance Church Rd. turn left on Alamance Church Rd. about 1 mile to stop light, turn right on Southeast School Rd. then go about 200 feet, turn right on Williams Dairy Rd. and go 9 tenth’s mile on left to my house.
Williams Dairy Rd. also dead-ends into Old Liberty Rd. about 5 miles Southeast of Greensboro. 3741 Williams Dairy Rd. will be 1 mile on right.
Please Note: Approaching Greensboro you would swing around below the city on I-85 BYP (By-Pass) and take exit 128 Alamance Church Rd. However if you decide to stay on I-85/40 approaching from the East then it is call exit 41- “Old 128 Lee St exit” and obviously approaching from the West you take exit 38 - “Old 126 ML King Jr. exit” going South 1 short block and turning left on Alamance Church Rd. then take Williams Dairy Rd. on right as above.