ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Al Bowers Butterball 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="Photos,story and results for the The Al Bowers Butterball Classic"> <meta name="KeyWords" content="Porstmouth,Virginia,Horseshoe,pitching,tournament,"> </head> <body bgcolor="#c0c0c0"> <div align="center"> <h1>The Al Bowers Butterball<br> horseshoe pitching tournament <br> <font size="3">held at Sleepy Hole Park, Suffolk, Va.<br> Hosted by the Portsmouth Horseshoe Club<br> on October 24, 2009</font></h1> <table border="1" width="60%" bgcolor="#00ff00"> <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> </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%"> <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> </table> </div> <p></p> &nbsp; <center> <table border="1" width="75%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" cols="1"> <caption><b>The Alvin Bowers Butterball Classic</b></caption> <tr> <td>By Sherwood Brown<br> <br> <p>The Al Bowers Butterball Classic was a great turn out. This was a special day for Alvin Bowers. This was the club fourth dedication tournament for this year. The tournament was dedicated in the name of Alvin Bowers Butterball Classic. There were 30 horseshoe pitchers came out and witness this club special presentation. Al s wife came out and really enjoy this special day for her husband. The weather was just great for pitching horseshoes. </p> <p>We had 3 pitchers for Maryland came out and participate in the tournament; they were Walter Hunt Jr, Charlie Lacey and Wayne Graves. They really had a wonderful time. We had 5 Classes and 2 Flight with 6 pitchers in each class. </p> <p>The class winners are as follow: Class-A, Carl Otto from Richmond 1st Place, Renee Cowan from Mechanicsville 2nd Place and Glenn Barlow from Richmond 3rd Place. Class-B: F=Ken Henson from Chesapeake 1st Place, Walter Hunt Jr from Maryland 2nd Place and Bryant Ramsey from Richmond 3rd Place. Class-C: Don Masters from Portsmouth 1st Place, Al Bowers from Portsmouth 2nd Place and Mickey Gillespie form Chesterfield 3rd Place. Class-D: Jim Walls form Newport News 1st Place, Bobby Evans from Petersburg 2nd Place and Elvis Blunt from Petersburg 3rd Place. Class-E: Thomas Banks from Providence Forge 1st Place, Gary Martin from Midlothian 2nd Place and Thomas Bunting from Chesapeake 3rd Place. </p> <p>All 1st Place Class Winners got a 15 lb Butterball Turkey, 2nd Place receive a Plaque and 3rd Place got a Medal. Everybody really enjoy the tournament and had a great time. Hope to see many more back next year. </p> <p>LET UM RING</p> <br> </td> </tr> </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> <tr> <td> <pre>38-09-022 AL Bowers Butterball Classic A Saturday, Oct 24 2009 10:00 AM Pos Name Entry Avg Hcp Card# St Won Lost Pts Rgrs OvrAvg Sh R% 1. Carl H Otto 52.28 0 380127 VA 5 0 188 103 0.78- 200 51.50 2. Renee Cowan 61.01 0 380110 VA 4 1 197 116 3.01- 200 58.00 3. Glenn Barlow 48.78 0 380177 VA 2 3 152 94 1.78- 200 47.00 4. FRED SPARROW 58.00 0 380038 VA 2 3 125 83 16.50- 200 41.50 5. Ronnie R Reeves 49.20 0 380055 VA 1 4 112 72 13.20- 200 36.00 6. Matthew Taylor 40.68 0 380525 VA 1 4 88 69 6.18- 200 34.50 B Saturday, Oct 24 2009 10:00 AM Pos Name Entry Avg Hcp Card# St Won Lost Pts Rgrs OvrAvg Sh R% 1. Kenneth P Henson 39.16 0 380426 VA 4 1 152 64 7.16- 200 32.00 2. WALTER HUNT JR 37.65 0 420071 MD 3 2 131 62 6.65- 200 31.00 3. Bryant Ramsey 36.08 0 380011 VA 3 2 133 61 5.58- 200 30.50 4. Bill Maitland 39.10 0 380202 VA 2 3 142 65 6.60- 200 32.50 5. Cyril Coleman 36.94 0 380353 VA 2 3 139 54 9.94- 200 27.00 6. James S Allen 35.14 0 380167 VA 1 4 123 60 5.14- 200 30.00 C Saturday, Oct 24 2009 10:00 AM Pos Name Entry Avg Hcp Card# St Won Lost Pts Rgrs OvrAvg Sh R% 1. Don F Masters 33.49 0 380432 VA 4 1 158 77 5.01 200 38.50 2. Alvin A Bowers 34.80 0 380024 VA 4 1 170 73 1.70 200 36.50 3. Mickey Gillespie 31.54 0 380164 VA 3 2 140 63 0.04- 200 31.50 4. CHARLIE LACEY 35.02 0 420354 MD 3 2 119 59 5.52- 200 29.50 5. Bobby Spencer 35.00 0 380279 VA 1 4 111 64 3.00- 200 32.00 6. Wayne Graves 34.72 0 420099 MD 0 5 95 37 16.22- 200 18.50 D Saturday, Oct 24 2009 10:00 AM Pos Name Entry Avg Hcp Card# St Won Lost Pts Rgrs OvrAvg Sh R% 1. Jim Walls 29.90 0 380410 VA 5 0 163 64 2.10 200 32.00 2. Bobb C Evans Sr 0.00 0 380297 VA 4 1 142 60 30.00 200 30.00 3. ELVIS BLUNT 28.25 0 380301 VA 3 2 129 53 1.75- 200 26.50 4. Joseph Rogers 27.64 0 380311 VA 2 3 94 52 1.64- 200 26.00 5. Dewain Hammond 25.34 0 380285 VA 1 4 92 49 0.84- 200 24.50 6. Brian Mitchell 27.61 0 380343 VA 0 5 73 35 10.11- 200 17.50 E Saturday, Oct 24 2009 1:30 PM Pos Name Entry Avg Hcp Card# St Won Lost Pts Rgrs OvrAvg Sh R% 1. Thomas Banks 20.66 0 380316 VA 5 0 156 46 2.34 200 23.00 2. Gary D Martin 17.40 0 380092 VA 3 2 105 44 4.60 200 22.00 3. Thomas A Bunting 23.58 0 380451 VA 2 3 135 58 5.42 200 29.00 4. Robert J Snowden 22.33 0 380425 VA 2 3 91 30 7.33- 200 15.00 5. Edward J Jordan Sr 18.22 0 380562 VA 2 3 79 25 5.72- 200 12.50 6. 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