NHPA Elder's World Preliminary Class-A1 or A Champions by Yrs.    
    40 Shoe Game Era 1982 - To Present        
Year Class First Last State W L Average % World Location
2023 A-1 Bob Gray FL 13 2 75.33% Lansing, Michigan (*)
2022 A-1 David Holmes WV 15 0 82.00% West Monroe, Louisiana (*)
2021 A-1 Zane Goggin GA 13 3 74.06% Winnemucca, Nevada (*)
2020 WT Cancelled - Pandemic -Covid-19 Virus     West Monroe, Louisiana (*)
2019 A-1 Jim Ellison AL 14 1 72.67% Wichita Falls, TX (*)
2018 A-1 David Holmes WV 14.5 0.5 83.33% Florence, South Carolina (*)
2017 A-1 Daniel  Dunn IN 14 1 80.00% St. George, Utah (*)
2016 A-1 David Jagers FL 13 2 80.33% Montgomery, Alabama (*)
2015 A-1 David Holmes WV 13 2 80.00% Topeka, Kansas (*)
2014 A Virgil Rife OH 13 3 78.59% Buffalo, New York (*)
2013 A Rich Pintor CO 12 3 71.67% St. George, Utah (*)
2012 A-1 Rich Pintor CO 14 1 77.33% Knoxville, Tennessee (*)
2011 A Herschel Walters IN 12.5 2.5 73.67% West Monroe, Louisiana (*)
2010 A-1 Herschel Walters IN 13 2 79.67% Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*)
2009 A Herschel Walters IN 13 2 85.67% Springfield, Illinois (*)
2008 A Bobby Fields TN 14 2 77.97% York, Pennsylvania (*)
2007 A Paul McCreery TX 15 0 76.83% Ardmore, Oklahoma (*)
2006 A Paul McCreery TX 14 1 75.17% Gillette, Wyoming (*)
2005 A Paul McCreery TX 14 1 78.50% Bakersfield, California (*)
2004 A Ken Wilhelm WV 12 3 61.17% Pocatello, Idaho (*)
2003 A Marvin Meyer MN 11.5 3.5 68.67% Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*)
2002 A Bob  Logan IN 15 0 80.17% Red Deer, Alberta (*)
2001 A Bob  Logan IN 14 2 79.06% Hibbing, Minnesota (*)
2000 A Curly Seibold IN 12.5 3.5 72.66% Bismarck, North Dakota (*)
1999 A Bob Logan IN 13.5 1.5 79.50% Greenville, Ohio
1998 A Clayton Gage WI 12.5 2.5 76.33% Ainsworth, Nebraska
1997 A Frank Bohun PA 14 1 84.00% Kitchener, Ontario (*)
1996 A-1 Clayton Gage WI 14 1 75.17% Gillette, Wyoming (*)
1995 A Frank Bohun PA 14 1 83.50% Perry, Georgia (*)
1994 A Roy Lyons OH 12.5 2.5 59.50% Syracuse, New York (*)
1993 A Larry Riley CO 10 1 60.45% Spearfish, South Dakota
1992 A Francis Nockerts KY 8 2 65.00% Columbus, Ohio (*)
1991 A Albert Morris MI 4 1 48.00% Biloxi, Mississippi (*)
1990 A Russel Lobuzzetta FL 6 1 62.90% Stone Mtn., Georgia (#)
1989 A Hjalmer Johnson MN 10 1 55.70% Spearfish, South Dakota
1988 A Herman Anderson MN 4 1 42.50% Pleasanton. California ( # )
1987 A Nial Beck OH 4 1 54.70% Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*)
1986   No Class-A Top Sec-1 -6 Moved up to Champ Class         Ainsworth, Nebraska
1985   No Class-A Top Sec-1-2 Moved up to Champ Class         Lafayette, Indiana ( + )
1984 A-1 Floyd Plumb OH 5 0 64.40% Huntsville, Alabama
1983 A-1 James Wood GA 5 0 43.20% Statesville, North Carolina
1982 A No Class-A Championship Only         Huntsville, Alabama
Updated After World 2023
2020 WT Cancelled- Pandemic Covid-19 Virus
(*) Indoor Courts
(#) Overhead Cover
(+) Both
None = Outdoors