Rockford Ringers Horseshoe Club

 

ROCKFORD RINGERS TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY LEAGUE AWARDS

The Rockford Ringers Horseshoe Club held their annual Awards night on Tuesday August 24.  There were 36 in attendance for the Pot Luck supper.  A  short meeting was held followed by the presentations of trophies, medallions, and N.H.P.A. (National Horseshoe Pitchers Association)  patches.  Rockford Ringers Club President , Ron Fadden, presented the individual awards for both league nights.  There were 19 pitchers each night of league.

Tuesday’s Top 4 League Trophy winners were:

1. Gordy Bonn of Hanover
2. Steve Lilly of Corcoran
3. Lowell Johnson of Buffalo
4. Len Anderson of Rockford

Tuesdays Club Only Tournament Champion Class Patch winners were:

Class A Marlys Timm of Loretto

Class B Ron Fadden of Waverly

Class C Zack Holm of Elk River

Tuesday’s Patches:

High Average : Marlys Timm (45.75%)  Len Anderson (36.64%)

High Game :  Marlys Timm (62.5%)  Len Anderson  (55 %)

High Game over average: Ron Fadden (+22.37%) Robyn Holland (+17.97%)

Most Improved : Steve Lilly (+11.31%) Robyn Holland (+4.53%)

Junior pitchers Kyle Holland(9), Kayla Holland(12), and Lauryn Bacon(11) each earned a Rookie of the Year patch as well as a Class Champion patch and Junior participant medallions.

Kay Littell and Mike DeMars were voted  as the Sportsmanship recipients for 2010 by their fellow pitchers.

Game % patches earned:

40% Lowell Johnson

30% Kay Littell

30% Robyn Holland

20% Zack Holm

10% Kyle Holland

10% Kayla Holland

10% Lauryn Bacon

 

Wednesday’s Top 4 League Trophy winners were:

1. Dave Borscheid of Buffalo
2. Bill Marquette of Buffalo
3. Ron Fadden of Waverly
4. Steve Simonson of Rockford

Wednesdays Club Only Tournament Champion Class Patch winners were:

Class A Ron Fadden of Waverly

Class B Jeff Thieman of Delano

Class C Bruce Kremer of Rockford

Wednesday’s Patches:

High Average: Bill Marquette (51.50%) Debi Pool (14.69%)

High Game: Bill Marquette (67.50%) Sherry Boucher (30%)

High Game over average: Dave Borscheid (+23%) Sherry Boucher (+18.84%)

Most Improved: Todd Skeide (+3.13%) Debi Pool (+4.06%)

Rookie of the Year: Bill Marquette, Sherry Boucher

Sportsmanship Award winners: Jeff Thieman, Debi Pool

Game % patches earned:

60% Dave Borscheid

60% Bill Marquette

30% Bruce Kremer

30% Sherry Boucher

20% Steve Simonson

10% Kevin Lovig

10% Nick Tieri

10% Chris Zwart

10% Joe Steffl

All first year sanctioned club members received an N.H.P.A. sanctioned  league member patch.  For more information on our club please go to our web site www.rockfordringershorseshoes.com

 

 

 

The Rockford Ringers Horseshoe Club was established in 1987 as a Minnesota Gophers State Horseshoe Pitchers Association (MGSHPA)sanctioned club and now as a National Horseshoe Pitchers Association (NHPA) sanctioned club.The Rockford Ringers Horseshoe Club was established by Rockford and surrounding area horseshoe pitchers in order to promote, foster and develop the game of horseshoe pitching, both as a competitive sport and also as a  recreational pastime and to provide proper facilities to ensure the continued growth of the game.

We pitch Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 6:30 pm.

Club dues are $20.00 per year and state & national combined dues are $30 for adults ($25 for each additional family member in same house)  Junior (18 & under) dues are free ($5 NHPA dues paid by state charter)

Weekly play against other pitchers
Eligibility for Tournaments
Ringer Digest publication
Scholarships for juniors
Fall Awards Banquet
Meeting New People
Physical Fitness
Lifetime Family Sport
Rockford River Days Tourney
Lots of Fun!

 Current Officers

President: Ron Fadden Rfadden@tcf.com
Vice President: Debi Pool DebiPool@yahoo.com
League Director: Marlys Timm Martimm2@aol.com

Club Website links

Fridley

Moorehead

West St.Paul

 

State website               www.minnesotahorseshoes.com

National website           www.HorseshoePitching.com

Horseshoe supplies      www.mikeshorseshoes.com