NEWSLINE STORY

published July-August 2016

World Tournament 2016: Players by Location & Division

by Mel Yockstick, NHPA World Statistician

As I look forward to seeing everyone in Montgomery, I thought it would be appropriate to share how player entries are split across state and division:

STATE                          INT      NUMBER OF ENTRIES

Missouri                      MO      79

Ohio                            OH       63

Alabama                      AL        48

Georgia                       GA       46

Illinois                         IL         42

Texas                           TX        40

Indiana                        IN         36

Kansas                         KS        36

Tennessee                   TN        35

Oklahoma                   OK       34

Florida                        FL         32

Wisconsin                    WI        32

Pennsylvania               PA        28

Louisiana                     LA        26

Michigan                     MI        25

Minnesota                   MN      23

North Carolina            NC       23

California                   CA        20

Colorado                    CO       20

Kentucky                     KY        20

Virginia                       VA        20

New York                     NY        18

Connecticut                CT        16

West Virginia              WV      15

Arkansas                     AR        14

Ontario, Can.              ON       13

Nebraska                     NE        10

Utah                            UT        10

Maryland                    MD      9

South Dakota               SD        9

Arizona                       AZ        8

Iowa                           IA         8

Delaware                   DE        7

Maine                          ME       7

New Mexico                NM      6

North Dakota              ND       6

South Carolina             SC        6

Vermont                      VT        6

Washington                 WA      6

Massachusetts             MA      5

New Jersey                  NJ        5

Alberta, Can.               AB        4

Idaho                          ID         4

Oregon                        OR       4

New Brunswick-Can    NB       4

Rhode Island               RI         2

Switzerland                 CH       2

Alaska                         AK        1

New Hampshire          NH       1

Hawaii                         HI         0

Montana                     MT       0

Nevada                        NV       0

Wyoming                     WY       0

Total Players                          934

DIVISION         ENTRIES          BY %

Men                 354                  37.90%

Elder                279                  29.87%

Women           110                  11.78%

Sr. Men           85                    9.10%

Sr. Women      30                    3.21%

Boys                 28                    3.00%

Cadets             28                    3.00%

Girls                 20                    2.14%