Milestone Awards Presented at 2015 NHPA Hall of Fame Banquet

by Mel Yockstick, NHPA Statistician

This year for the first time World Participation patches were awarded to those pitchers who have pitched in 10, 20, 30, 40, or 50 World Tournaments.

At this year’s Hall of Fame banquet, we honored pitchers reaching the milestone of 40 and 50 or more World Tournaments, so patches were awarded to: Vicki Winston, 40 Worlds; Merlin Potts, 42; Ottie Reno, 55; Earl Winston, (deceased) 54; and Mark Seibold, 52.

2015 World results will be added within a few months. In the meantime, you can review all World Tournament records on the NHPA website (link to: http://www.horseshoepitching.com/participation.html) At the bottom of the page, you can opt to “download file” to review state pitchers with 10 or more World events, pitchers with 20 or more Worlds in a row and an alphabetical listing.

 

Other Awards

At the 2014 World Tournament in Buffalo, New York, we had three players who pitched their first 90-percent games. They are: Lawrence Hinton, Michigan, Elders’, 27 ringers out of 28 shoes for 96.43 percent; Gregg Craven, Missouri, Elders’, 31 ringers, 34 shoes, 91.17 percent; Cindy Hoffman, Pennsylvania, Women’s, 27 ringers, 30 shoes, 90 percent. They were awarded the World Championship NHPA 90 percent patch.