The American Checker Federation

I just received a message from Vonda Jones requesting prayer for her husband Otis who is seriously ill. She also requested that we pray for her to have strength to help Otis during this time. They were recently married 50 years.

I think that we would be remiss in discussing Alex Holmes if we didn't mention what a fine young man he is. Good luck, Alex, in all your endeavors.

Joe,
When you get a chance check the ratings for Harvey Kelly. I am pretty sure that he has been an ACF member for years. Thanks!

Fantastic Kim! What a nice thing to do for the kids and the game of checkers

Thanks John for all the hard work! Thanks to Frank and Mary Davis for running such a great tournament and to Ken Christian who also helped prepare for the tournament. I had a great time with all the people that I have known for a few years now, plus it was nice to meet Joe Moore. I think that the Ma...

Thanks JR and Alex for the postings concerning our Madisonville, TN club. By the way, we are always looking for new members for our club. Madisonville is located about half way between Knoxville and Chattanooga just off I-75 and we would welcome anyone in this area as a new member. Of course, if you...

Yes, George, sometimes we need more of those!

Checkout the neat old pictures of Tom Wiswell, Millard Hopper, and William Fraser at http://mikechoate.blogspot.com/
There may be some other players that you recognize.

I only knew Earl for about three years but during that time I determined that he was a fine Christian gentleman and a great guy to play checkers with. Earl will surely be missed. My condolences to Fay.

I would like to reiterate what Jeff has said. Playing checkers is great but playing checkers with friends is even better! Although we enjoyed the fellowship of the people who were there, we also missed our friends who were unable to attend. Very nice tournament!

My wife, Linda, Lynn Steelman and myself ate breakfast Saturday morning with Cecil Lowe. This was the first time that we had met him. He was a joy to be around with all the great checkers stories that he told. He seemed to know everyone. Although I only knew him for only two days I feel a sense of l...

I would rather have had a win in the last game that I played John Post for the Southern Majors Championship than to have won the entire tournament purse and I'll bet John feels the same way :lol: It was truly an honor for me to watch some of the master players play, men like Alex, Larry Keen, Jim Mo...

What a great time we had at the Southern tournament. We had lots of fun with many of wonderful people. The competition was strong in all divisions. It really got intense when four of us were tied for the lead going into the last round and that's the way it ended 4 tied for the top spot. That type of...

The folks associated with the Strawberry Festival Checkers Tournament in Humboldt, TN are to be congratulated for a fine tournament. My wife, Linda, and I had a great time. I got to meet and play against some players that I didn't know. If you weren't there, you missed a good one!

Found what I was looking for