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VaHPA News & Updates
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January 7th, 2012
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Message From The
President
Happy New Year and I hope you all had
a great holiday. I first want to start
recognizing our new 2nd Vice Kara Vannoy
to the team. Kara is the Tournament
Director for the Ruther Glen Club. She has
the leadership and experience and will be
a great excess to Executive Council.
As your incoming President, I am prepared
for the challenges that face me. I
am also ready for the tough decisions that
go along with the President’s job.
I do want to assure you that the decisions
made will be in the best interest of the
VAHPA and the sport of horseshoes.
I will review the present and the past
situation. There are many challenges
that are on the table to review and be addressed.
My main concerns are to review and make
recommendations to the Council on controlling
spending and making sure the money is spent
with the best interest of the VAHPA in mind.
The other challenge I have pledged to work
on is to grow the sport of horseshoes and
membership.
I am a person who encourages feedback
and look forward to hearing from all of
your concerns. If you have some good
ideas on how to promote the sport, don’t
hesitate to drop an e-mail or give me a
call. Last but not least, keep the
sport fun. I strongly encourage all
tournament director please have a copy of
the By-Laws and RGS RULE BOOK on hand at
your sanction tournament.
This is very important. Be aware
of unsportsmanlike behavior during a tournament
or your league play is grounds for disciplinary
action. Please, stress Safety, Good
Conduct and Good Sportsmanship. Be
fair, play fair. We’re all out
to have a good time. This is the greatest
family sport and I want to make sure the
sport is one we can all enjoy. Thank
You and I look forward to serving you as
your new VAHPA President. Wish you
all have a great season and “LET UM
RING in 2012.
Sherwood R. Brown
President (VAHPA)
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VaHPA News & Updates
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January 4th, 2012
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From Kevin
I’m pleased to list our
2012 officers:
Sherwood Brown (President)
Chuck Duymich (1st Vice)
Kara Vanoy (2nd
Vice)
Tonya Hix (3rd Vice)
Pat Snelgrove
(Secretary / Statistician)
Stepping down
as President I am confident our new officers
will make a good team.
The
2012 Scheduled is posted, please review
it. The first event if the year is the Snow
Shoe Festival (non-sanctioned) on Jan 14th,
followed by Ruther Glenn Invitational on Jan
21st , which is pre-registered
(Registration form online or) Please call
Kara Vanoy at 804-514-4869 if you are interested.
Shortly after our October business meeting
my PC decided to act up. I was all set to make
the announcement that Sherwood Brown was elected
as our new president when my old PC failed.
After that things just kept going downhill.
Needless to say after several trips to the Computer
Doctor I bit the bullet and between the holidays
bought a new pc. I am in the process of getting
back online, and will have information updated
soon.
Happy New Year to you all, see
you on the courts soon.
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VaHPA News & Updates
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October 11th , 2011
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2011 Virginia State Singles
By Pat Snelgrove
September 3, 2011
With the VA Singles being held in Stuarts
Draft this year, the club members worked feverishly
for the entire prior month sprucing things up.
Painting needed to be completed on our foul
lines and handicap pits, all of the walkways
needed edging, pin angles were tweaked, clay
in the courts was topped off. Our clay tends
to get really dry as summer progresses, and
by September needed a LOT of focus time watering,
turning, tamping. Then watering and turning
some more, and more and more, to get it into
premium shape. The to-do list ahead of the event
seemed endless, but the club members kicked
in and got it done, so when pitchers started
to show up Friday night, we were in top-notch
shape.
Sunday was very interesting!
Right before noontime, storm clouds were
gathering and it looked like it would start
raining. Then – KABOOM! Lightning struck
the top of the hill right across the street.
Kevin made the immediate call to “cover
the pits and get off the courts !!”. With
everyone safely in their cars or under the pavilion,
we waited while it started to sprinkle.
And then! (more
on this story, with results and lots of
photos)
Our 2011 Virginia
State Champions
      
Congratulations to Amy
Hall for becoming a Hall of Fame
member.
The Fall Potluck -
Pat Snelgrove
October 1, 2011
The Stuarts Draft
club’s final tournament of the year
- what a pleasant, laid back event it usually
is. Cool temps to pitch in, the pressure’s
off for the year, the pitchers just want
to relax and enjoy each other’s company
and a good dinner. We pitch for a little,
take a break, eat dinner, then pitch some
more. (Continued
on the next page with results and photos.)
Dublin Fire Cracker
August 27, 2011
Pat Snelgrove
It’s always fun to pitch in Dublin
and catch up with the players there. I get
to meet new faces from Tennessee, West Virginia,
North Carolina and even a few actual VA
pitchers that live in the far southwest
of VA. This day was no different. (continued
on next page)
The Dublin Classic
July 30,2011
Results and photos .
Mountain View Singles
August 8th, 2011
by Pat Snelgrove
For a non-preregistered event, what a
lineup we had !! 44 pitchers attended our
event, and for once the pitchers were evenly
split from top to bottom. I think the most
appreciative (Continued
on the next page)
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VaHPA News & Updates
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August 15 , 2011
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The VaHPA is proud of all of the pitchers that
participated in the World Tournament in Monroe,
LA . You ALL did an awesome job representing our
state! This was our best finish in recent
history !
Congratulations all!
| Class |
Finish |
First |
Last |
E Avg |
St |
Won |
Lost |
Pts |
Rgrs |
Shoes |
Fnl R% |
| Men's A-2 |
2 |
Ricky L |
Hall |
56.37 |
VA |
11.5 |
3.5 |
445 |
317 |
600 |
52.83 |
| Men's D-2 |
2 |
James |
Hartman |
37.71 |
VA |
13 |
2 |
474 |
256 |
600 |
42.67 |
| Men's G-1 |
2 |
Chuck |
Duymich |
28.34 |
VA |
12.5 |
2.5 |
497 |
199 |
600 |
33.17 |
| Men's H-2 |
2 |
Larry J. |
Morris Jr |
22.29 |
VA |
12 |
4 |
466 |
160 |
640 |
25.00 |
| Elders H |
3 |
Granville R |
Weakley |
38.58 |
VA |
11 |
4 |
474 |
261 |
600 |
43.50 |
| Junior B |
4 |
Dayton C |
Campbell |
43.36 |
VA |
8 |
3 |
392 |
210 |
440 |
47.73 |
| Men's B-2 |
4 |
Eustice |
Perry |
47.26 |
VA |
10 |
5 |
502 |
300 |
600 |
50.00 |
| Women's F |
5 |
Betty B |
Weakley |
36.70 |
VA |
8 |
5 |
374 |
186 |
520 |
35.77 |
| Women's C |
6 |
Kelly |
Campbell |
53.64 |
VA |
8 |
7 |
380 |
280 |
600 |
46.67 |
Women's
Championship |
7 |
Amy |
Hall |
63.65 |
VA |
9 |
6 |
496 |
597 |
880 |
67.84 |
| Elders l |
9 |
Floyd |
Hix Jr |
25.07 |
VA |
3 |
6 |
210 |
66 |
360 |
18.33 |
| Men's D-1 |
11 |
Elvis |
Blunt Sr |
38.51 |
VA |
5.5 |
9.5 |
369 |
214 |
600 |
35.67 |
| Women's A |
11 |
Amy |
Hall |
78.30 |
VA |
4 |
9 |
246 |
331 |
520 |
63.65 |
| Men's B-2 |
12 |
Bobby C |
Evans Sr |
44.78 |
VA |
6 |
9 |
406 |
213 |
600 |
35.50 |
| Women's B |
16 |
Renee |
Cowan |
55.01 |
VA |
1 |
9 |
205 |
194 |
400 |
48.50 |
The Ruther Glenn
Horseshoe Club has added a Tournament
August 20th, 2011 at the K+T location, open sign
ups by 10:00 AM, for more information contact Kara
Vannoy or Floyd Hix.
The Grottoes Open
on August 20th 2011 has been Canceled
Toll of Time
Our friend and fellow horseshoe pitcher Bill
Melton passed away on July 6, 2011. Bill was
an active member of the VaHPA from 1982 through
2011, and was selected as a Lifetime Member of the
Winchester Horseshoe Club on November 18, 1995.
Bill loved horseshoe pitching. He played several
tournaments during 2010, and kept pitching right
through the spring of 2011, when his illness got
the better of him. During the years, he supported
the Winchester Club in many ways, and was always
around when the club, or other pitchers, needed
assistance. His support of the Winchester Club included
holding officer positions of Statistician, 1st Vice
President and Club President for four years. His
cheerfulness and willingness to help will be sorely
missed by all of us.
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VaHPA News & Updates
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June 5 , 2011
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Good
luck to all of our Virginia pitchers attending
the World Tournament.
From the desk of the President / Webmaster
The past year has just flown by me. When I started
writing the HsMaster Help Desk, it was originally
intended for our own Virginia members. Over the
past year, it developed into a national thing. Last
year I accepted a position on the HsMaster Council.
That activity, combined with my own business web
site, has taken a lot of my free time from the VaHPA
site. Things seem to be settling down a bit allowing
a small window to get back to work on this site.
You can help out immensely by writing a story and
sending photos of your events. Then you can keep
pestering me to get it updated. Time is precious.
The 2011 World Tournament is just around the
corner. I hope all of our members can bring home
the bacon, the medal and the fabric. On our behalf,
Chuck Duymich will be accepting an Achievement Award,
for Pat and I, from the National organization for
our involvement in the HsMaster program. We are
both very honored to receive this award.
I want to stress to all of you – your help
and involvement at the local level does make a difference.
Whether you’re a person than can take photos
at an event, or a club member that collects score
sheets at the desk., every effort every one of you
puts in has an impact. Each of you are encouraged
to write a little story to your local newspaper
or to the web to promote our sport. Every bit of
help you can give is appreciated.
Thank you all, Kevin
Toll of Time
Tom Bunting was a valued member of our
organization, and an active participant in the founding
and building of the Sleepy Hole Club. He helped
organize the membership and then the actual construction
of the court complex. He was an active member of
multiple leagues in the area, and held an officer
position in the Sleepy Hole Club for the past several
years. His cheery disposition and willingness to
pitch-in and help out will be sorely missed.
Les Singhas, one of the founding fathers
of the actual Virginia Horseshoe Pitchers Association
passed away in December. Les was an active member
for over 20 years, integrally involved in the establishment
of the Winchester Horseshoe Club, and was inducted
into the VaHPA Hall-of-Fame as "Organizer" in 1987.
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6th Snow Shoe Festival
By Pat Snelgrove
Jan. 15, 2011
Ahhh the annual Snow Shoe Festival. What
fun it is to pitch shoes in January. This
year was temps
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Ruther Glen February Invitational
February 12,2011
By Kara Vanoy
Our first tournament of the year started
us off with a pretty chilly day. We had
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Results for the
March Invitational.
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The 9th Carl Frye Memorial
April
9, 2011
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Sherwood Lucky Shoe
Classic
April 9, 2011
By Sherwood
Brown
The Sherwood Lucky Shoe Classic was a
great success and a great turn out. There
were
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The Richmond Open
April 16, 2011
By Carl Otto
The Art of Pitching
in the Rain
On Saturday, April 16, 2011, a hardy group
of horseshoe pitchers gathered in
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The 8th Annual Robert
Snowden
“Let Um Ring Classic”
by Sherwood Brown
April 23, 2011
The 8th Annual Robert Snowden “Let
Um Ring Classic” was a great success
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The Draft Doubles, results and photos
The Old Dominion Summer Classic, results
and photos
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46th Apple Capital May 14, 2011 |
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VaHPA News & Updates
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December 21 , 2010
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From the Desk of the President
Happy Holidays!
To each and every one of you!
The VaHPA is closing out the past year and looking
forward to the new one. 2010 was a good year for
our Charter, despite the economic downturn that
has affected all of us. In Virginia, our over-all
tournament attendance was very good this year, and
our membership didn’t suffer drastically.
I think the VaHPA will fare even better next year
as each of us move on in our own “recovery”.
2011 will start out with a big BANG! The
Ruther Glen Club, Floyd Hix and family, are in the
process of building 12 PORTABLE COURTS. They have
scheduled 3 early events and several other events
over the course of the year, right into fall. If
you are interested in attending their Jan, Feb or
March events please contact them and let them know
you want to be there! Their contact information
and new location is on the
2011 schedule.
In Chesapeake, the city
is doing an entire revamp of City Park, closing
the horseshoe courts after the end of May. The Chesapeake
Horseshoe Club has only one early event scheduled,
so I ask each of you to attend it as it will be
their only event due to the construction. Scott
Fencil is looking forward to a great 2012 season
with some exciting new facilities surrounding them.
The Richmond Horseshoe Club is excited about
hosting the State Doubles in June, and Stuarts Draft
will be hosting the State Singles in September.
By the way, SD is kicking off the new year with
it’s annual SnowShoe Festival on January 15.
Come on over! It’s just for fun, but a real
tournament – nonsanctioned of course. Dress
Code IS: Prepare for the weather – whatever
it is, will be, and we’re all outdoors. See
you there!
Happy New Year!! See you all
on the courts this (next) year !! Kevin
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| Dec 2009 to Dec 2010
“Toll of Time”.
Our friends Glenn Jamieson, Matthew Taylor and Ronald Green,
5th Annual Snow Shoe Festival and many tournament stories,
CHESTERFIELD Court Project, Horseshoe Pitching is Fun Month, "Mid
Summer Fill In" is ON! for August 14th! Rob Hagman
takes the position of NHPA NatStats Director,
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| june 2009 to dec 2009 |
| June 30, 2009, Virginia
State Doubles, X Trials, 2009 Summer Fun, Old Dominion Summer
Classic, The 6th Robert Snowden Let Um Ring Classic, 1st
Annual Lynchburg South Spring Pitch, 44th Annual Apple Capital,
The Draft Doubles, Steel Away Classic, Chesapeake Spring
Fling, Yuk and Muck the 7th Annual Carl Frye Memorial, The
Richmond Open, 2009 Snow Shoe Festival |
| 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 |
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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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15th, 2007 The 5th Annual Carl Frye
Chesapeake Spring Fling Two courts to go! Sleep Hole |
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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 Singless
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 !
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 |
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
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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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