Bright skies and the hopes of 26 pitchers greeted them at the Claudius Crozet Park but missing (continued on the next page with photo's)

A number of Virginia pitchers attended the Dogwood in North Carolina this year. Tonya Hix was the only Virginia pitcher to bring home a 1st place trophy in the 30 foot F class. Sonya took 2nd in the same class and Amy Hall took 2nd place in the 30 foot Champion class. You can read more by logging on to the NCHPA web site or view the tournament results.

He attended the Crozet / Stuarts Draft Spring Open and filled us in with his current info. - he's built a house over the past year, and moved three times!! Glad all is alright

I strongly urge all of you to update your virus protection and keep it current.

Kevin, Web Master

Next week it's in Winchester May 11, 37th Annual Apple Capital  , pre registered

The weekend of May 18th and 19th has two events. The Draft Doubles on Saturday the 18th, bring your own partner. and on Sunday the Richmond Open at 1:00

See you on the courts!!!!!!
 

A baseball diamond in the middle of a cornfield in Dyersville, Iowa was once a man's dream. That dream became a reality.

The same can be said about horseshoe courts in Richmond VA. Here in Virginia, one mans dream of changing his community is becoming a reality. 

Carl Otto, for the past twelve years, has taken a revitalized section of land in Richmond and turned it around. Starting with (continued on next page with photo's)

With an unexpected twist in life, the members of the Stuarts Draft Horseshoe Club did an outstanding job of running an event. Due to a death in our family both Pat and I were out of town for the tournament. As TD'S  the day before the tournament we left all the paper work with Glenn Bouly, Jeremi Skillman, Bernie McGough and Pam Matsko. The group put the event together, and from all reports they did a great job. Our thanks and appreciation goes to them. 

It is a good feeling that all our efforts have been watched and learned by others in our club.  We received a lot of compliments of the job you did!  Thank you , Glenn, Jeremie, Bernie and Pam.

The Photo's are posted and the results will be posted soon.

Thanks
Pat and Kevin
 

I have been trying to contact him via mail and phone to no avail. He was building a new home last year and his address and phone numbers are no longer valid. If you can help me out please let me know ,Kevin.
 
 

Welcome to the VaHPA/NHPA!!  Mark Mater from King William has form a sanctioned league in his town. They pitch league play on Saturdays at 2:00 in Hanover,Va. at the Poor Farm Park Courts and are working with the local officials to build in King William. If you are interested in pitching with the Club call Mark at phone 804-994-2212 
e-mail mmaters@aol.com 

Please send your NHPA/VaHPA reports to Pat at P.O. Box 625, Stuarts Draft, Va. 24477

Positions available for 2002 are
1st Vice President
Secretary
Tresurer
Statistian

If you would like to nominate a person for any of the above positions please let Ricky Hall know .

The 1st Carl Frye Memorial was a huge success. I have over 100 photo's that I am working on to post. I hope to have them uploaded soon along with the results and a story. Keep checking in.
 

WOW what a turnout!! 52 pitchers signed up for the event, and 20 of them were pitchers that had to qualify in. A handful were familiar faces that had to re-qualify because they didn't have current stats, and the qualifying rounds took from 7:30am until 9:45am. Many of the newcomers were advised to be there early - it really helped. 

The sky was overcast, but the sun came out for a few minutes in the middle of the afternoon, and sunburns were evident by the end of the day. For the first event of the year, it was great. Floyd Hix and Renee Cowan did an excellent job of organizing the event and keeping it rolling, no easy task with so many new pitchers. A special thanks goes out to Ruth Hix who sat at the table and kept track of stats all day. Another special thanks to the folks manning the grill - as we all know, the pitchers attack the refreshment stand in waves. Never once did the pitchers have to wait, they were anticipated and served promptly. Thanks to all the pitchers that came out, and we look forward to a whole lot more competition as the season rolls on.

A whole-hearted welcome goes out to the Chesapeake Horseshoe Club, who showed up with eight members. Another eight (continued on the next page with photo's)

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If you would like to write a story about a tournament or something interesting, and be a part of this site you can send me an e mail, mail it snail mail or hand it to me at one of the tournaments. I would love help keeping this site interesting for all of us.

On a final note, I really enjoy taking pictures. They tell a story of their own. From all the bunny ears over your friend's head to the hard pressed smiles and serious looks, I thank you all for letting me take your pictures and being a part of my horseshoe pitching family.

Kevin Snelgrove, Web Master

   It was March 17th, 2001 when the Chesapeake Horseshoe Club was founded. Kirk Adams and crew have done a wonderful job over the last year and they all look forward to the new courts being built this spring. Construction has started and with good weather the sanctioned courts will be there for the 2nd Annual Chesapeake Open.