The second annual Roland Nelson Memorial and the 2013 Middletown Valley Championships were held on Saturday, May 4th. Cooper Fisher, Dominic Rudakevych and Marilyn Fisher are all on their way back to Wildwood and will be joined this year by Brooke Donald. James Bongard gave Cooper and Dominic some real competition this year while Tim Delloyd played the role of potential spoiler by taking a couple of matches from the top competitors. Everyone had their eye on young Michael Deener who is sure to be a top competitor in the next few years. Cooper Fisher and Lauren Young won the Roland Nelson Memorial and Amanda Deener earned the award for best Sportsmanship. Dominic and Cooper both only had one stick each, not enough to win the stick trophy. It was a great day for everyone, both young and old.

May 11th is the Frederick County Championships and
the “Unleashed Technologies Open”.  
Come out and join us this Saturday.

So What is the Knuckler Program All About?

While the Frederick County Knucklers, a Middletown Rec Council program, is based out of Middletown, Maryland where our marble shooting rings are located, the program reaches out to boys and girls ages 7 to 14 throughout Frederick County including Frederick City. During the year, we reach out to over 600 kids with clinics held at scouting, educational and other activities to introduce the fun of both playing and collecting marbles. At those clinics, we show kids how to play the game of Ringer on portable marble rings and then send them home with a free bag of marbles along with an invitation to pursue the sport of competitive marbles as a member of the Frederick County Knucklers. As a member of the Knucklers, the kids learn the art of shooting a marble and then proving their skill in several tournaments throughout the spring and early summer months with the top players competing in a four day national competition on the beach in Wildwood, New Jersey. All this, from the free bag of marbles to the local tournaments and the trip to Wildwood are provided at no cost to the children or their families.