NHPA Elder's World Preliminary Class-A and B Champions by Yrs.  
    40 Shoe Game Era 1982 - To Present       World Tournament
Year Class First Last State W L Average % Location
2017 A-1 Daniel  Dunn IN 14 1 80.00% St. George, Utah (*)
2017 A-2 Arthur Ross ID 10 3 60.19% St. George, Utah (*)
2017 B-1 Robert Moulin FL 14 1 67.17% St. George, Utah (*)
2017 B-2 Delbert Fourman OH 11.5 1.5 61.35% St. George, Utah (*)
2016 A-1 David Jagers FL 13 2 80.33% Montgomery, Alabama (*)
2016 A-2 Zane Goggin GA 13 3 70.94% Montgomery, Alabama (*)
2016 B-1 Barry Chapelle OR 12.5 2.5 63.17% Montgomery, Alabama(*)
2016 B-2 Duck Engelhardt TX 12 4 57.19% Montgomery, Alabama(*)
2015 A-1 David Holmes WV 13 2 80.00% Topeka, Kansas (*)
2015 A-2 Richard Altis MO 11 4 73.67% Topeka, Kansas (*)
2015 B-1 Lawrence Osborne TN 11.5 3.5 65.83% Topeka, Kansas (*)
2015 B-2 Glen Bogenschneider WI 11 2 62.69% Topeka, Kansas (*)
2014 A Virgil Rife OH 13 3 78.59% Buffalo, New York (*)
2014 B JD Drake MI 13.5 2.5 68.28% Buffalo, New York (*)
2013 A Rich Pintor CO 12 3 71.67% St. George, Utah (*)
2013 B George Huntington IL 13 2 62.00% St. George, Utah (*)
2012 A-1 Rich Pintor CO 14 1 77.33% Knoxville, Tennessee (*)
2012 A-2 Lawrence Hinton MI 14 1 72.17% Knoxville, Tennessee (*)
2012 B-1 Jesse Hough IN 13 2 73.33% Knoxville, Tennessee (*)
2012 B-2 Homer Page PA 12 4 62.81% Knoxville, Tennessee (*)
2011 A Herschel Walters IN 12.5 2.5 73.67% West Monroe, Louisiana (*)
2011 B Paul Burkitt OH 12 3 59.17% West Monroe, Louisiana (*)
2010 A-1 Herschel Walters IN 13 2 79.67% Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*)
2010 A-2 Charles Dougherty OH 12 3 66.17% Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*)
2010 B-1 Dick  Wilson AZ 12.5 2.5 63.50% Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*)
2010 B-2 Harold Combs NM 11.5 3.5 59.83% Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*)
2009 A Herschel Walters IN 13 2 85.67% Springfield, Illinois (*)
2009 B Bob Vandiver IL 14 1 69.83% Springfield, Illinois (*)
2008 A Bobby Fields TN 14 2 77.97% York, Pennsylvania (*)
2008 B Bob Knudtson MN 13 0 67.88% York, Pennsylvania (*)
2007 A Paul McCreery TX 15 0 76.83% Ardmore, Oklahoma (*)
2007 B Roy Bowers OR 12.5 2.5 61.50% Ardmore, Oklahoma (*)
2006 A Paul McCreery TX 14 1 75.17% Gillette, Wyoming (*)
2006 B Harold Schrader MN 13 3 58.28% Gillette, Wyoming (*)
2005 A Paul McCreery TX 14 1 78.50% Bakersfield, California (*)
2005 B Flash Mathenia CA 13 2 54.17% Bakersfield, California (*)
2004 A Ken Wilhelm WV 12 3 61.17% Pocatello, Idaho (*)
2004 B Teddy (W) Guillotte   CA 13.5 1.5 63.83% Pocatello, Idaho (*)
2003 A Marvin Meyer MN 11.5 3.5 68.67% Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*)
2003 B Don Schaunaman SD 13 2 59.17% Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*)
2002 A Bob  Logan IN 15 0 80.17% Red Deer, Alberta (*)
2002 B Bill Whitley KS 12.5 2.5 57.67% Red Deer, Alberta (*)
2001 A Bob  Logan IN 14 2 79.06% Hibbing, Minnesota (*)
2001 B Lloyd Wolf MN 15 0 62.67% Hibbing, Minnesota (*)
2000 A Curly Seibold IN 12.5 3.5 72.66% Bismarck, North Dakota (*)
2000 B Ronald Craven MO 12.5 2.5 59.50% Bismarck, North Dakota (*)
1999 A Bob Logan IN 13.5 1.5 79.50% Greenville, Ohio
1999 B Charles Pringle KS 14.5 1.5 67.50% Greenville, Ohio
1998 A Clayton Gage WI 12.5 2.5 76.33% Ainsworth, Nebraska
1998 B Laymon Gullett TX 15 0 76.00% Ainsworth, Nebraska
1997 A Frank Bohun PA 14 1 84.00% Kitchener, Ontario (*)
1997 B Allan Hillman KS 13 2 67.00% Kitchener, Ontario (*)
1996 A-1 Clayton Gage WI 14 1 75.17% Gillette, Wyoming (*)
1996 B-1 Jim Gibbons CA 14 1 62.67% Gillette, Wyoming (*)
1995 A Frank Bohun PA 14 1 83.50% Perry, Georgia (*)
1995 B Roy Lowmaster KS 15 2 57.50% Perry, Georgia (*)
1994 A Roy Lyons OH 12.5 2.5 59.50% Syracuse, New York (*)
1994 B Hubert Curtis NY 14 1 48.00% Syracuse, New York (*)
1993 A Larry Riley CO 10 1 60.45% Spearfish, South Dakota
1993 B Pete Rebman NE 11 0 64.77% Spearfish, South Dakota
1992 A Francis Nockerts KY 8 2 65.00% Columbus, Ohio
1992 B Dale Henry TX 9 1 64.00% Columbus, Ohio
1991 A Albert Morris MI 4 1 48.00% Biloxi, Mississippi (*)
1991 B George Bercini PA 7 2 48.33% Biloxi, Mississippi (*)
1990 A Russel Lobuzzetta FL 6 1 62.90% Stone Mtn., Georgia (*)
1990 B Omar Blacketer KY 8 0 48.10% Stone Mtn., Georgia (*)
1989 A Hjalmer Johnson MN 10 1 55.70% Spearfish, South Dakota
1989 B Herman Anderson MN 9 2 47.50% Spearfish, South Dakota
1988 A Herman Anderson MN 4 1 42.50% Pleasanton. California ( # )
1988 A-1 Joe Morgan FL 5 0 49.00% Pleasanton. California ( # )
1987 A Nial Beck OH 4 1 54.70% Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*)
1986   No Class-A Top Sec-1..Sec-6 Moved up to Champ Class         Ainsworth, Nebraska
1986 B Robert Jacobson CO 5 0 56.20% Ainsworth, Nebraska
1985   No Class-A Top Sec-1..Sec-2 Moved up to Champ Class         Lafayette, Indiana ( + )
1985 B Herman Wieser FL 3 0 57.60% Lafayette, Indiana ( + )
1984 A-1 Floyd Plumb OH 5 0 64.40% Huntsville, Alabama
1984 A-2 Sol Berman FL 5 0 51.60% Huntsville, Alabama
1983 A-1 James Wood GA 5 0 43.20% Statesville, North Carolina
1983 A-2 Sol Berman NJ 4 0 65.50% Statesville, North Carolina
1982 A No Class-A Championship Only         Huntsville, Alabama