ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Suffolk Peanut Fest horseshoe pitching tournament</TITLE> <META content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="Microsoft FrontPage 6.0"> <META name=template content="Basic Black"> <META name=Description content="The 2009 Suffolk Peanut Fest, story, results and photos"></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#c0c0c0> <DIV align=center> <H1>The Peanut Fest<BR>horseshoe pitching tournament held at Suffolk Fairgrounds<BR> Hosted by the Sleep Hole Horseshoe Club<BR>on October 9 and 10</H1> <TABLE border=1 width="60%" bgColor=#00ff00> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width=172> <P align=center><B><A href="#Results">Tournament Results</A> </B></P></TD> <TD bgColor=#00ff00 width=263 align=middle><B>Links on this page.</B> </TD> <TD width=109> <P align=center><B><A href="#photos">Photo&#39;s</A> </B></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <DIV align=center> <P align=center><B><A href="../../main.html">Return to Current News and Updates</A></B></P> <TABLE border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top align=middle><FONT size=2><A href="../../main_CD.html">Site index </A></FONT></TD> <TD vAlign=top align=middle><FONT size=2><A href="../../search_vahpa.html">Search<BR>the VaHPA</A></FONT></TD> <TD vAlign=top align=middle><FONT size=2><A href="../../how-to-join-the-virginia-horseshoe-pitchers-association.html"> Join VaHPA</A></FONT></TD> <TD vAlign=top align=middle><A href="../../clubs_in_va/Clubs.html"><FONT size=2>Clubs in Virginia</FONT></A></TD> <TD vAlign=top align=middle><A href="http://hsmaster.vahpa.com/"><FONT size=2>HsMaster Help Desk</FONT></A><FONT size=2> </FONT></TD> <TD vAlign=top align=middle><A href="../../Hist/locations_attendance_state_events.html"><FONT size=2>Historical Data</FONT></A><FONT size=2> <BR></FONT><A href="../../Hist/locations_attendance_state_events.html"><FONT size=2>Hall Of Fame</FONT></A></TD> <TD vAlign=top align=middle><FONT size=2><A href="../../Hist/locations_attendance_state_events.html">State Champions </A></FONT></TD> <TD vAlign=top align=middle><FONT size=2><A href="../../Contact_e/contact_web_master.html">State Officers</A></FONT></TD> <TD vAlign=top align=middle><FONT size=2><A href="http://us.geocities.yahoo.com/gb/sign?member=va_hpa" target=RIGHT>Sign Guest book</A> </FONT></TD> <TD vAlign=top align=middle><A href="http://us.geocities.yahoo.com/gb/view?member=va_hpa"><FONT size=2>View Guest book</FONT></A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <P></P>&nbsp;<CENTER> <TABLE border=1 width="75%" bgColor=#ffffcc cols=1> <CAPTION><B>The Suffolk Peanut Fest</B><p><b>By Sherwood Brown</b></p> </CAPTION> <TBODY> <TR> <TD>The Suffolk Peanut Fest Singles and Doubles Horseshoe Tournament was a great turn out. On Friday night, Luck of the Draw, there were nine teams. The tournament format was a round robin with each team play eight games of 25 point game. The draw cards for partner went out very well. The matchup competition was great. The overall champion for the Luck Of The Draw Team Doubles Friday night was Ronnie Reeves and Joe Presho. They went under defeated with an 8-0 record. The payout overall team winner received $135 which they split 50/50. Every body really enjoys the competition. Glenn Barlow and Bobby Evans finished 2nd and Robert Snowden and Elvis Blount finished 3rd. <p>On Saturday Open Singles, there were 32 pitchers that participated the singles. The rain we had, did not kept the die hard pitchers from playing. There were 6 classes 4 class with 6 pitchers and 2 classes with 4 pitchers. This format was a round robin tournament. </p> <p>The top 6 winners from each class were invited into the championship round. This format was a single elimination. The six class winners were: Ken Henson, Joe Presho, Hope Presho, Jerry Coyler, Glenn Barlow, and Elvis Blount. In the championship round, Glenn Barlow defeat Joe Presho 25-18, Ken Henson defeat Jerry Coyler 25-15 and Hope Presho nip Elvis Blount 26-24. Hope Presho scored the high point and got the bye to the championship game. Glenn Barlow beat Ken Henson and moves the championship game to play Hope Presho. In the championship Glenn Barlow squeeze past Hope Presho 26-22</p> <p><br> As the Overall champion, Glenn receive $100 and a $339 AMERIGAS HEATER and a championship trophy. Hope Presho receives $50 and a deep fryer grill and a runner-up trophy. What a great tournament and top prize. Everyone that participated in the tournament received a wonderful T-shirt. We like to thank all the pitchers that came out to the tournament and enjoy the festival activity. Hope to see many more back next year. </p> <p>LET UM RING</p> <BR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER> <HR SIZE=6 width="100%" noShade> <BR><A name=Results></A><BR>&nbsp; <DIV align=center> <TABLE border=1 width="75%" bgColor=#ffffcc cols=1> <CAPTION><B>Results</B></CAPTION> <TBODY> <TR> <TD>See the Story<BR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <HR SIZE=6 width="100%" noShade> <A name=photos></A> <DIV align=center><FONT size=6>The Suffolk Peanut Fest</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=center>October 9th and 10th&nbsp; 2009&nbsp;<BR></DIV> <P align=center>Click on any photo to enlarge. <BR>Photos by </P> <DIV align=center> <TABLE border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD height=120 width=120> <P align=center><A href="magicgallery/2009_10_10-sb-10-A-look-at-the-courts-before-the-games-begin-peanut-fest---.htm"><IMG border=0 alt="" src="magicgallery/2009_10_10-sb-10-A-look-at-the-courts-before-the-games-begin-peanut-fest---thumb.jpg" width=100 height=75></A><BR>- -</P></TD> <TD height=120 width=120> <P align=center><A 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