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Virginia Horseshoe Pitchers Association
Current News and Updates
VaHPA News & Updates
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September 16, 2009
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What a great State Singles!
As President and Tournament Director for the Virginia State
Singles it is hard to determine who I should thank first, the
pitchers, the score keepers, the state council, the hosting
club or Mother Nature for such a smooth event. A couple of small
glitches but nothing major happened in the time table of the
event. (continued
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DO YOU BELIEVE IN GUARDIAN
ANGLES?
Thomas Banks (center) has been a backbone member of the Richmond
Horseshoe Club since it beginning is so grateful for a second
chance on life, thanks to the heroic efforts of a few fellow
pitchers to save his life. If it was not for their efforts he
would not be here!
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What is harder to achieve
in the NHPA organization than a perfect game?
Believe it or not, getting your 50 Year Membership is tougher
than a perfect game.
By Kevin Snelgrove
Looking at the foot steps of a man that has been a big
part of the Virginia Horseshoe Pitchers Association is amazing. A walking
encyclopedia of knowledge, Floyd can recite faster than my
computer can, the names, dates and results of events at the
time I was barely born. How he does it just blows my mind, but it
shows his devotion to a passion he loves, pitching
horseshoes.
At our state singles general membership meeting I had the
pleasure to present to Floyd Hix his 50 year membership
patch in the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association. Can he
get his 100 year membership? Knowing Floyd, he stands a good
chance, providing he lives to be the oldest man in the world
at 135 years. With today's technology it may happen. But if
Floyd misses his 100 year patch one of his children might be
a first. Only time will tell.
Thank you Floyd for all you have done to organize and promote the
sport of pitching horseshoes..
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Second Fiddle no more!
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Ronnie Walker has been chasing a dream for years
playing second fiddle to the our Virginia state
Champ, no more!
He is our
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Virginia State Men's Champion. |
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Virginia State Women's Champion
Amy Hall |
Six women qualified for the Championship class
From the left Gail Walker (4th), Renee Cowan
(2nd), Amy Hall (Champ), Hope Preshoe (4th), Kelly
Campbell (5th), Pat Snelgrove (6th) |
From the left Ross Lishen(3rd), Dewey Storms(2nd)
Carl Otto (Champ) Don Masters(4th), Thomas
Banks(6th) and Jim Walls(5th) |
2009 Virginia State Elders Champion
Carl Otto
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| 2009 Virginia
State Senior Men's Champion
From the left, "Yogie" George Guyer, Wayne Sturtz,
Ronnie Reeves( Champ), Ray Barb, Tom Bunting, and
Donnie Snowden |
2009Virginia State Senior Women's Champion
From the left Betty Weakly (Champ), Norma
Venavage (2nd) |
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2009 Virginia
State Cadet, Junior Boys, Junior Girls Champions
From the left is Tyler Wetzel ( Jr. Boys
Champ), "Trey" David McDowell (2nd Jr Boys),
Elizabeth Vanoy ( Jr Girl Champ), Brian Sharp( Jr.
boy 3rd), Dayton Campbell (Cadet Champ)
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The 2009 DON MASTERS SUMMER CLASSIC
By Sherwood Brown
August 22, 2009
 The
2009 Don Masters Summer Classic was a very hot one.
Their were 28 pitchers that came out and participate
in the tournament. Their was a special presentation
and an award present to Don Masters.
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VaHPA News & Updates
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August 30, 2009
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| From the Presidents Desk Where has this summer gone? It
seemed to have started late with the heat and humidity and here
it is almost fall. Hurricane season is here and as of today
(Sunday 8/30) it does not look like we will have to worry about
one for our States Singles next week. Ninety-six pitchers signed
up. The pitching schedule is pretty tight. Please attend the
State meeting at noon on Saturday (rain or shine) and check
in at least an hour ahead of your pitching time. If you have
not heard from Pat as to when you pitch, please give her a call.
Kevin
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Fire Cracker Classic
August 15,2009
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The Fire Cracker Classic
By Kevin Snelgrove
Small turnout but certainly tight classes, this event
once again drew many top pitchers to fill A class. Seven
pitchers from
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2009 Coast Guard Day
By Sherwood Brown
August 15, 2009 |
| We made a special presentation and dedicate this
horseshoe tournament in the name of Paul Caginess Open
Classic.
Their were 24 players and were
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Sweet Dreams Horseshoe Tournament
July 25, 2009
By Kevin Snelgrove |
(RC) 1st. Steven Chittum Sr
Verona
VA 3
0
(LC) 2nd. Steve HALL
Stuarts Draft
VA 2
1
( R) 3rd. Reno Darcus
Grottoes
VA 1
2
( L) 4th. Gerorge Hobson
Chesterfield
VA 0
3
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Double Trouble Open Classic
By Sherwood Brown |
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The 2009 Open Double Trouble
Horseshoe Tournament was held on 25 July 2009 at Sleepy
Hole Park Horseshoe Courts.
This was the club first
Open Doubles Horseshoe Tournament. For this tournament,
you bring your own partner. Their were Five Team that
participate in the event. The 5 Team that participate
was as follow: Ronnie Reeves and Jim Walls, Don Masters
and Dewey Storm, James Allen and Charlie William and
William Ponton and Rick . The competition was very tight
and close.
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Otto Classic
by Carl Otto
July 18, 2009 |
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| Good Food |
Paul E Campbell (c) is very happy to have joined
his pitching family. (Left to right) April, Jimmy, Kelly,
Grandpa Paul, Dean, Dayton, Paul A. |
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Wow!!! When we selected July 18 for our second tournament
for 2009, the big question was "What do we do about the heat?"
Past experience indicated that the temperature, humidity and
direct sun can be a real challenge, particularly for our more
senior players. This year we got lucky. The temperature stayed
in the eighties and the humidity was down
The second WOW was that we had forty five players. This is the
biggest turnout
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VaHPA News & Updates
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June 28, 2009
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Virginia State Doubles
By Kevin Snelgrove
June 20, 2009
Is a new dynasty starting? Walker&Walker!
2009 Doubles Champions!
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An extraordinary job not only by members of the Winchester
horseshoe club but from our membership at large, helped
make the Virginia State doubles, possible. Five hours
makes a big difference, the pitching complex went from
flood to sun and heat in that time.
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The Yankee Doodles
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3Yanks & a REB
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X Trials
By Kevin Snelgrove
June 6, 2009
Pennsylvania steals the X-Trails State
Team Event
What started out as a normal X-Trials event turned into to an
embarrassment for Virginia. Our saving grace was George" Yogi"
Guyer representing our state. He signed up as an alternate for
the event and became a member of the "Yankee Doodles Team" .
Kathy Hash from Pennsylvania organized two teams for this
years event. Little did we know, those two teams took
would (
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The Earl Linkous Memorial
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June 2009
Photos and Results
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2009 Summer Fun
by Kevin Snelgrove
May 23 2009
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Controversy hits hard at the 2009 Summer Fun “Iron Pig”
competition in Newberry, South Carolina. Ron Taylor
swears the scorekeeper was paid off! Paul denies and
said “I have never paid this scorekeeper ever, not one
dime! “
Watch a
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Joan Elmore turns up the heat!
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2009 Summer Fun
by Kevin Snelgrove
May 23 2009
Joan Elmore brought her own heat to the Summer Fun. In her
first game she pitched against Charles Gray. As Charles struggled
to get 18 ringers out of 32 shoes, Joan was relentless, dropping
ringer after ringer on the peg ending the game in Perfection.
The first game set the tone of her day, one by one
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VaHPA News & Updates
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June 2, 2009
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= The Virginia State Doubles
A small oversight on the schedule and the application
form was the start time.
Pitching begins at 10:00 AM on June 20 at the
courts in Winchester, please show up by 9:30 AM for
check in.
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The drought is over!
It has been three years since Thomas Banks has won a
first place in singles play.
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Old Dominion
Summer Classic
May 30, 2009
by Pat Snelgrove |
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it was a great sight to find tents and tables
already set up, pencils and clipboards ready
to go!! Thank you Sherwood Brown and the Portsmouth
Horseshoe Club for hosting this year!! The Sleepy
Hole Club President, Donnie Snowden was already
setting up his cook tent, for grilled sausages
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The 6th Robert Snowden
Let Um Ring Classic
April 25 2009
by Sherwood Brown |
There was a Special presentation for Robert Snowden
that was present by Club President, Sherwood Brown.
This was a special plaque given to Robert as the Founder
and First Club President of the “Portsmouth Horseshoe
Club. The Annual tournament, “LET UM CLASSIC” will be
renamed to: “Robert Snowden” Let Um Ring Classic.
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May 25, 2009
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44th Annual Apple Capital
5/16/2009
By Bobby Burke |
| Good Show! Thanks again, to all the participants,
without which there would be no show… Some nuisance
rain, but the down pour held to it was over.
Which brings to mind, hope everyone arrived
home safely. A total of 45 adult and 1 Cadet,
1 Jr Boy and 3 Jr Girl’s participated. Congratulations
to all, but guess I should mention Class winners…Continued
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Lourne (left) and Brian Smith, father and son take C
Class
What a playoff game! Lourne
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The Draft Doubles
May 9, 2009
by Kevin Snelgrove
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| With a fifty- fifty chance of rain we held
our breath preparing this morning. At nine o’clock
a little sprinkle, but to the west blue skies,
after that the rains held off. However, being
in the “Draft”, Mother Nature upheld her reputation.
It was breezy all day, but by midafternoon turned
down right gusty – at one point, our coffee
maker flew right off the table, a trash can
went over and paperwork blew all over the place.
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The Steel Away Classic
May 2, 2009
by Donnie Snowden
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We had 27 players in the tournament and
we were able to hold all classes in one flight
in the morning. Prizes were $30 and a class
patch to 1st.
$20.00 to 2nd and $15.00 to 3rd.
We had a short (15 min.) Shower that passed
thru,
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VaHPA News & Updates
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April 16, 2009
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The ear muffs on Kelly Campell, was the only bad sign of Mother
Nature at work. Two flights, 41 pitchers, and so many new faces!
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Chesapeake
Spring Fling
April 4 2009
By Janet Dunn |
Being a woman I was
very glad to see 3 of the 6 classes won by women. Go
ladies.
Guys get your woman interested, it can be a very good
time to spend time enjoying the sport as a couple. I
know when Talmage first asked me to join him, I was
hesitate because I was then only 1 of 2 women in the
club. But we enjoy sharing this time together doing
something we both have come to love doing. (Continued
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Yuk and Muck
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7th Annual Carl Frye Memorial
April 11, 2009
By Bobby Burke
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| Hazy, Hot and Horseshoes.
To me that’s the typical horseshoe tournament.
Not the case for our Annual Event. How about Cloudy,
Rain, Drizzle and Wind, not to mention Cold, Damp.
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The Richmond Open
By Carl Otto
April 18, 2009Special thanks to Bobby Vickers,
the computer guy, who kept things going smoothly from 9 am to
9 PM, to my wife, Mary Ellen, who did registration and all the
things I forgot to do, to Kammy Luck for helping Bobby get everyone
into the computer and started, and to those who volunteered
and kept score. It makes life easier for all when there are
scorekeepers. (Continued
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Day's End
Arthur Luck, a spectator, helps Ed Jordan
and Carl Otto remove the new flags.
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VaHPA News & Updates
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March 1, 2009
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2009 Snow Shoe Festival
By Pat Snelgrove
What a difference the temperature makes
when you think about horseshoe pitching! If it’s too
hot, pitchers think twice, and attendance suffers. Here
in Virginia, we rarely have the opportunity to even
think about what happens if it’s too cold.
With the Snow Shoe Festival, we take our chances, and
over the past couple years, we have had quite a range.
The last two years, we’ve been blessed with something
around 50. The year before mid-thirties. This year took
the cake! Biting, freezing temps - it was 4 degrees
when we got up this morning, and by the time we headed
to the courts had only reached 10. Would we have any
pitchers at all?
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From the Presidents Desk
It won’t be long now before we are back on the courts for
the new season. With the tightening economy, I’m sure you’re
all feeling the effects in someway, and most likely the clubs
hosting events will feel it also. This is going to be a challenging
year for tournament attendance. Try carpooling with other pitchers
to help with travel expenses.
By now, you’ve all received information about the VaHPA’s
fund raiser for this year -based upon the Pick 3 raffle, you
can purchase a ticket with your membership application or from
the “local sales people” that volunteered to help distribute
and sell the tickets. Keep in mind, the ticket sales and winnings
are not restricted to horseshoe pitchers. Anyone can buy a ticket,
and anyone can win! So why not buy a couple extra to hand out
for father’s day or birthday gifts?
The Virginia State sponsored events this year: Old Dominion
Summer Classic, will be held in Suffolk, hosted by the Portsmouth
Horseshoe Club. The State Doubles will be in Winchester, and
the State Singles will be in Stuarts Draft. We’re hoping all
of the VaHPA members will attend these events.
The World Tournament will be held in Springfield Illinois
this year, from July 27 through August 8. If you plan on going,
make sure you get your pre-qualifying tournaments played before
May 9. Adults need to have at least 4 sanctioned events listed
in NaStats, and Juniors need 1 . The results of your qualifiers
must be POSTED on NaStats before May 13, so don’t wait until
the last minute!!.
See you on the courts soon, Kevin
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| December 9, 2008 ,
Hensel Eppard
Toll of Time,
The Butterball
Classic,
The Fall Potluck |
| September 24, 2008 ,
The
Virginia State Singles |
| July 23, 2008 ,
2008 Virginia's World Class Champions ,
Sweet Dreams
Day |
| June 24,
2008 Doubles Championship Passes On!
Summer Fun, VaHPA
BYLAW UPDATES |
| April 29, 2008,
Tornadoes
Rip through, Score sheets, Hill City Spring Ringers, 6th
Carl Frye, 2008 Chesapeake Spring Fling, The Richmond Open,
5th Annual “LET UM RING CLASSIC” |
| February 17, 2008
Snowshoe
Festival |
| December 10, 2007 Frost Bite Classic, Suffolk Peanut
fest , Sleepy Hole Grand Opening , 41st Raymond L. Frye Memorial
Tournament , The Fall Finals, Butterball Classic, Hill City
Fall Ringers |
| September
11, 2007 2007 Va State Singles Dave Moser inducted to the Hall
of fame, The 11th Fall Finals, Sweet Dreams, Virginia State
Doubles, Otto Classic, Chesapeake Open |
| August 26,
2007 Sleepy Hole announces its Grand Opening!, 2007
NCHPA Dogwood Queen, 2007 SCHPA Summer Fun Queen |
| June 14th,
2007 The toll of time Carl Hix The 2007 X
- Trials, 5th Annual Carl Frye, Draft Doubles, Hill
City Spring Ringers, 2007 Dogwood Queens, Let un Ring!
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| April 15th,
2007 The 5th Annual Carl Frye
Chesapeake Spring Fling Two courts to go! Sleep Hole |
| February
18th, 2007 The toll of time Bobby Hoover
2007 Snowshoe Festival |
| June10, 2006 X-Trials
The 2006 Summer Fun
The 40th Raymond Frye Memorial
Horseshoe Tournament
2007 Va State Singles
Whetzel on a roll! Sleep Hole
and a lot more
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| Jan 20 2006 Mother
Nature Delivers a "Perfect Day" Snowshoe Festival |
| October 2 , 2005 Circle K
Horseshoe Club finds a new home, Ruther Glen Fall Open, What
goes up, comes down ! The Stuarts Draft Fall Finals, New courts
at Sleepy Hole, Suffolk Peanut Fest |
| September 7th , 2005, September
14th , 2005, 2005 Virginia State Singles, The Flame! The 39th
Raymond Frye |
| August 28, 2005 Wanted Ronda
and Palette ,James City County Fair Horseshoe Tournament ,Try
HsMASTER, 10th Annual Summer fun. |
| July 24th , 2005, James City
County Fair Horseshoe Tournament , Porks Shoe Shack WANTED,
Sweet Dreams Horseshoe Tournament, X-Trials, State doubles,
National Senior Games, Draft Doubles |
| May 5 , 2005, Toll of time,
Denny Davis, James City County Fair, Hanover Spring Open, The
4th Annual Carl Frye |
| March 20 , 2005, Chuck Duymich
accepts ARD, Hix fire |
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December 20
, 2004
, Arlington VA
October 4th 2004 , Hanover Pole Green courts are set to open,
Suffolk Peanut Festival
August 8th, 2004 Denny Davis Standing Tall, What will you be
doing at 92? The DW Strickler Memorial Plaque is unvield. The
Dublin Dominators win the X-Trials, The 4th Chesapeake Open,
Portsmouth and Augusta County pitching clinic,
February 18th 2004 , Hurricane Isabell The Hix Family at the
2003 World |
| September 7, 2003 |
March 2, 2003, through Jan
of 2004, Oldies
but Goodies,, the
2003 Senior Olyimpics Games, Capture a new way of pitching,
"Let'm Ring" the Portmouth Club is growing, Raymond is back!
A new home for King William, Horseshoes Wanted! A new Junior
league welcome Hillside, Military Children's Horseshoe
Clinic , The Lynch Mob wins the X-TRIALS,
Wanted last seen wondering
the streets of Eau Clair, Shoe Fly Circus, Perfect game
by Tamara and lots of tournament results.
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December 23, 2002 Toll of
time! Claude "Lee" Painter , NHPF Fundraiser, The Frost
Bite Open, The Portsmouth Horseshoe Club , What would you do
in a Nor'easter?, The Chesapeake Horseshoe Club 2002 Review
, The Stuarts Draft Fall Finals ,Palmyra, Va?
October 22, 2002 VaHPA Business
Meeting, September 16, 2002 , State single results with photos,
36th Annual Raymond Frye Memorial ,36th Annual Raymond
Frye Memorial Open Doubles
September 6, 2002 ,Firecracker
Classic ,Ken Henson history, 2002 Virginia State Singles
August 29, 2002 36th Raymond Frye
Memorial
August 24, 2002 Ricky Halls
Perfect Game at the Grottes Final, 3rd Annual Apple Valley Open
August 19, 2002 Lynchburg 2003
August 11, 2002, Poor Farm Park
Doubles, The Draft Classic, The Otto Classic
July 30, 2002 the Chesapeake Open
July 7, 2002 , Fulks Run Tournament,
Churchville Draw Partners, Earl Linkous Memorial, Randall weakely
accepts post, 11th top of Virginia
July 30, 2002 , 2nd Annual Chesapeake
Open , Saturday Nights alive and kicking!
August 2, 2002, Toll of Time,
Howard Carmichael
August 11, 2002, The Otto Classic
results , 2002 Poor Farm Park Doubles, The Draft Classic
August 13, 2002, Lynchburg 2003
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August 24, 2002,Ricky Hall pitches
a perfect game 100%, 3rd Annual Apple Valley Open, The Jack
Frost Enterprise / Farmers Insurance Group , Coed and Mens Open
Doubles
September 6, 2002, 2002 Virginia
State Singles , Firecracker Classic , With the Washington
Monument ,September 16, 2002, 16 men determined to win the
Virginia State Men's Championship, 36th Annual Raymond Frye
Memorial ,25 Years in the Sanctioned League ProgramOctober
22, 2002, Winter Tournaments Coming Up!!,
Dec 23, 2002, Toll of time! Claude
"Lee" Painter , Fundraiser , The Frost Bite Open , The Portsmouth
Horseshoe Club is moving forward! , If you bowl, horseshoe throwing
should be easy. , What would you do in a Nor'easter?, The Chesapeake
Horseshoe Club 2002 Review , The Stuarts Draft Fall Finals ,
Palmyra, Va? It is between Richmond and Charlottesvile!
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| July 1, 2002, -- Old
Dominion Summer Classic Results, -- Looking for something
to doon the 4th of July. , -- D.W. Strickler Memorial Results,
-- Chesapeake Update! , -- Lynchburg Tournaments!
Perhaps, -- Stuarts Draft Updates, -- The VaHPA is Growing
!, -- The Virginia State Doubles , -- Computer
Viruses!!
May 23, 2002 --
The Richmond Open , -- general updates
May 16, 2002 -- 37th
Annual Apple Capitol , -- WE HAVE 3 WINNERS, --
Club Tournament vs Team Tournament, -- Reporting
Results
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May 14,
2002, -- Churchville Open pitching will never be the same,
-- Contest #1
May 2, 2002 -- Carolina
Dogwood Festival,
April 24, 2002, --
Field of Dreams coming true, -- The new King William Horseshoe
Club, -- The smell of concrete!!! --
Mountian View Singles Results,
-- New Secretary
April 2, 2002 --
The Petersburg Open Results, -- Happy Birthday,
Chesapeake, -- www.vahpa.com and our new sponsor.
March 27, 2002 --
Virginia pitching options expand with new courts!, --
Hanover County holds the first tournament of 2002, --
1st sanctioned event of 2002, -- The Petersburg
Open, -- Virginia's Pre registered events
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December 23, 2001,
-- Peyton Skillman, -- 2002 Schedule,
-- How our state events rank as an individual in 2001.
October 18, 2001 --
Chesapeake Open Results, -- Richmond Horseshoe Club?
-- State Business Meeting Summary, -- Health
Updates.
September 25, 2001 --
Shewsbury fan Club, -- Stuarts Draft Fall Finals
September 15, 2001 --
9-11-01, -- 35th Raymond Frye Results, --
Chesapeake Open |
September 9, 2001 The 35th
Raymond Frye Memorial
September 2, 2001 Virginia State
Singles
July 29, 2001 Winners of the
Children's Horseshoe Tournament and tournaments results
June 30, 2001, Grottoes Classic,
Grottoes Va
July 7, 2001 Firecracker Classic,
Dublin Va
July 14, 2001, H. C Eppard Open,
Grottoes Va
July 21, 2001 Crozet Summer Classic,
Crozet Va
July 28, 2001 Draft Classic,
Stuarts Draft
June 24, 2001 The Virginia
State Doubles, The Roanoke Times article, D.W Strickler Memorial
Churchville June 2,
Claudius Crozet Open June 9,
10th Top of Virginia, Winchester, June 16
May 29, 2001 The Children's
Horseshoe Tournament
May 27, 2001 Announcements, Old
Dominion Summer Classic
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May 24 2001 - Children's
Horseshoe Tournament, 36th Apple Capitol
April 18, 2001 Cecil Painter
Toll of Time
March 31,2001 Welcome to the
Chesapeake Horseshoe Club and 2000 Awards
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