Mibster’s Delight
Friday, June 25th, 2010
To the victors goes the ...
It’s one of the time-honored traditions of the southern New Jersey shore, when the boy mibster champ kisses the girl mibster champ. As you can see from this pic, it always goes over big.
Wildwood’s 87th Annual National Marbles Tournament finished up Thursday (June 24) with mibsters Corey Gollsby of Standing Stone, Tn. and Penelope Bauer of Allegheny County, Pa. the boy and girl winners of $2,000 scholarships for higher education and the king and queen of this year’s tournament.
Then 14-year-old Corey gave his co-victor, 13-year-old Penelope, a congratulatory kiss on the cheek.
This year’s tournament also established Standing Stone and Allegheny County as marble player (that’s what mibster means) powerhouses as the two finalists in the girl’s division were both from Allegheny and the two finalists in the boy’s division were both from Standing Stone.
The National Marbles Tournament, held on the beach in the Wildwoods, awarded more than $4,000 in prizes and scholarships to the winners and participants.
