“Fifteen two, fifteen four, fifteen six and a pair is eight,” is one of the more common phrases that could be heard coming from the counting portion of the cribbage match that was held April 27 at the Guernsey Services for Seniors building.
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GUERNSEY – “Fifteen two, fifteen four, fifteen six and a pair is eight,” is one of the more common phrases that could be heard coming from the counting portion of the cribbage match that was held April 27 at the Guernsey Services for Seniors building.
The cribbage tournament at the senior center in Guernsey was the first tournament since the COVID restrictions and with planning and carrying out multiple activities, the center feels that it’s heading back toward normal.
“We actually haven’t had one for several years,” said Services for Seniors activity director Shiela Galligar Oliver. “There are eight here tonight for the tournament. It was a $5 buy-in, they are all 60-plus and there are prizes for first, second, third place, for skunks and for the least amount of wins.”
The first-place prize was $15, the second-place prize was $10, the third-place prize was $5, most skunks was $5 and least wins was $5.
The seniors hope to hold a tournament once a month according to Oliver. The center currently provides card playing on Friday afternoon where Cribbage is played. Bridge is always played on Mondays.
According to Wikipedia and according to John Aubrey, “cribbage was created by the English poet Sir John Suckling in the early 17th century, as a derivation of the game "noddy." While noddy has become a historical, rarely-played game, cribbage has continued unchanged as a popular game in the English-speaking world. The objective of the game is to be the first player to score a target number of points, typically 61 or 121. Points are scored for showing certain jacks, playing the last card, for card combinations adding up to 15 or 31, and for pairs, triples, quadruples (cards of the same rank), runs (sequences of consecutive numbers irrespective of suit) and flushes (sets of cards of the same suit).
Cribbage was played by American submariners, serving as a common pastime. The wardroom of the oldest active submarine in the United States Pacific Fleet carries on board the personal cribbage board of World War II submarine commander and Medal of Honor recipient, Rear Admiral Dick O’Kane, and upon the boat’s decommissioning, the board is transferred to the next oldest boat.”
