Tag: Mah Jongg Club

Mah Jongg Beginners Class

Sue White Twelve ladies attended Beginners Mah Jongg lessons for four weeks in May. They learned the basics of the game, including building walls, the Charleston, learning names of the tiles, reading the Mah Jongg card, and the strategies of the game. They all enjoyed meeting new friends and learning to “love the game.” Sue White…

12th annual Mah Jongg Tournament set for March 1

Johanna Kaufman The 12th annual Mah Jongg Tournament will be held on March 1, 2018 in the Tuscany Falls Ballroom from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Registration is open to all PebbleCreek residents and the registration fee of $35 covers prizes and luncheon. Interested players should make their checks payable to tournament director, Alex Potapoff,…

Mah Jongg winner: first time is the charm

Left to right, front: Joann Pagano (3rd place), Barb Chilton, (2nd place), Janie Meckler (lst place); back row: Club President Janet Day, Tournament Director Alex Potapoff

Johanna Kaufman The eleventh annual PebbleCreek Mahjongg Tournament was held on April 20 in the Tuscany Falls Ballroom. For first time entrant and top winner Janie Meckler, “the first time was the charm.” She won out over 47 other players to take first place, followed by second place winner Barb Chilton and Joann Pagano who…

Spring Mah Jongg graduates celebrate

Row four from left: Maureen Jones, Clarita Tom, Kathy Luken, Michelle Hill and Marti Clark; row three: Yvette Shane, Linda Hussey and Henry Tom; row two: Faye Malnar, Chris Mayhew and Sharon Bouchard; row one: Instructors Johanna Kaufman, Janet Day and Marsha Lisle. Missing from photo: Ellie Kovach

Johanna Kaufman The PebbleCreek Recreational Mah Jongg Club welcomes its newest members as twelve more residents completed the Introductory Class this spring and join the ranks of about 275 avid PebbleCreek players. The course is offered periodically throughout the year and runs for six weeks, meeting on Wednesday mornings from 9:00 until 11:30 a.m. in…

9th annual Mah Jongg Tournament results

2015 Mah Jongg Tournament winners from the left: Geri McLindon and Terry Goldring (tied for second and third place) and Lil Wattenberg, first place winner.

Johanna Kaufman It is no secret that many Creekers are active Mah Jongg enthusiasts. On March 12, 60 of them convened in the Tuscany Falls Chianti Room to compete in the ninth annual tournament. With Janet Day, president of the PC Recreational Mah Jongg Club and Alex Potapoff serving as co-directors and Alex serving as…

Ready to play!

Front row from left: Instructors Johanna Kaufman, Janet Day and Marsha Lisle; second row: Mary Alice Joyce, Laurie Scott and Bette Hanson; third row: Karen Stone, Betty Tomtan, Enice Speed and Linda Schmillen; back row: Sharon Schmitz, Nan Perkins, Linda Brisnehan, Carol Ohman (face mostly blocked) and Deb Riley

Johanna Kaufman PebbleCreek Recreational Mah Jongg Club welcomes graduates of the twenty first class to its ranks. Throughout the community on any day one can find eager Mah Jongg enthusiasts gathered in homes, on patios or in the clubhouses shuffling, drawing, racking and passing tiles hoping to collect a hand that will result in the…

Something for everyone

Nancy Herrem Do Craks, Bams, and Dots mystify you? Do you know when you are allowed to use a Joker? If not, that means you probably haven’t attended one of the classes provided by the Recreational Mah Jongg Club here in PebbleCreek. Many arrived in PebbleCreek knowing how to play the game of Mah Jongg;…