Alabama Horseshoe Pitchers Association

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Establishment in 1977 of an
Alabama Horseshoe Pitchers Association
Hall of Fame

In conjunction with the policy of the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association of America, a Hall of Fame for the Alabama Chapter is hereby established by resolution of the 1977 State Convention convened at Huntsville, Alabama on August 12, 1977.

This resolution was offered on the motion of Don Jones and the second of Ose Veesay and was adopted by voice vote to become effective upon adoption.

The biographies listed here are what was written at that time of their induction. Some edits and updates may have been made. Many of these members continued to contribute to the AHPA after their induction.

1977 Charter Members

Ottie Reno

   OTTIE W. RENO OF ELBERTA, IN BALDWIN COUNTY WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ALABAMA STATE HORSESHOE PITCHERS ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME. AT THE STATE CONVENTION IN HUNTSVILLE IN AUGUST 1977 THE FIRST YEAR OF ITS EXISTENCE AS ONE OF ITS TWO CHARTER MEMBERS.

. RENO WAS ONE OF TWO MEN WHO FOUNDED THE ALABAMA CHAPTER OF. THE NATIONAL HORSESHOE PITCHERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA IN LATE 1963 AND OBTAINED ITS CHARTER IN EARLY 1964 AT WHICH TIME. THE 1963 STATE TOURNAMENT WAS ALSO SANCTIONED. HE SERVED AS A STATE OFFICER, PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT OR STATE SECRETARY EVERY YEAR FROM THE FORMATION OF THE ASSOCIATION UNTIL HIS INDUCTION, AND REPRESENTED ALABAMA AS A DELEGATE TO THE NHPA IN TWELVE OF THE FOURTEEN YEARS.

   AS A PITCHER RENO WON THE ALABAMA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FIFTEEN YEARS IN A ROW FROM 1963 THROUGH 1977 COMPILING A RECORD OF 102 VICTORIES AND ONLY FOUR LOSSES AND A COMBINED RINGER PERCENTAGE OF 56.7%. HE SET MANY STATE RECORDS INCLUDING HIGHEST TOURNAMENT, 66.7% IN 1971, HIGHEST GAME OF 90%, and 27 RINGERS OUT OF 30 SHOES AGAINST CARLTON WEST AT CALERA IN 1972, AND 22 CONSECUTIVE RINGERS IN 1971 AGAINST BARNEY. KILGORE. HE WON MANY OTHER ALABAMA TOURNAMENTS INCLUDING .NORTHERN ALABAMA OPEN, BOYS RANCH, HUNTSVILLE HIGH TEMP, GULF SHORES SPECKLED TROUT RODEO, BALDWIN COUNTY NHPA, COLUMBIANA DOGWOOD AND HUNTSVILLE CLASSIC. WHEN QUALIFYING WAS REQUIRED HE SET THAT RECORD WITH 246 POINTS FOR 100 SHOES HITTING 74 RINGERS.
William A. NELSON

   W. A. NELSON OF CALERA, IN SHELBY COUNTY, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ALABAMA STATE HORSESHOE PITCHERS ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME AT THE:STATE CONVENTION IN HUNTSVILLE IN AUGUST 1977, THE FIRST YEAR OF ITS EXISTENCE, AS ONE OF TWO CHARTER MEMBERS.

   NELSON WAS ELECTED STATE SECRETARY OF THE ALABAMA ASSOCIATION IN 1972, SERVED CONTINUOUSLY THROUGH 1977, AND GUIDED IT THROUGH ITS MOST DIFFICULT YEAR IN 1973. AS AN ORGANIZER AND PROMOTER HE ORGANIZED LOCAL CLUBS, BUILT OR HELPED TO BUILD PLAYING COURTS IN CALERA, PRATTVILLE, COLUMBIANA AND BIRMINGHAM, HOSTED TWO STATE TOURNAMENTS IN CALERA IN 1973 AND 1974, AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING COURTS AND INTEREST GOING IN HUNTSVILLE, WHERE THE STATE TOURNAMENT HAS BEEN HELD FOR THE LAST THREE :YEARS.

   AS A PLAYER, WILLIAM A. NELSON HAS PITCHED HORSESHOES FOR FUN AND RELAXATION ALL HIS ADULT LIFE BEGINNING WITH SHOES OFF THE HORSES. IT WAS PICNICS, FAMILY REUNIONS AND SERVICE PLAY UNTIL HE GOT ACQUAINTED WITH THE ORGANIZED GAME IN BRADENTON, FLORIDA TN 1966, HIS FIRST SHOWINGS IN OFFICIAL SANCTIONED PLAY WERE A SECOND PLACE FINISH IN THE 1972 ALABAMA STATE TOURNAMENT WITH A RECORD OF FOUR WINS AND ONE LOSS, AND SECOND PLACE FINISH IN THE BOYS RANCH JULY FOURTH TOURNAMENT IN 1976 WHEN HE WON EIGHT AND LOST ONE. HE TRAVELED TO FLORIDA TO PITCH IN THE SARASOTA OPEN IN 1973 AND TO GREENVILLE, OHIO, FOR THE 1977 WORLD TOURNAMENT WITH HIS WIFE THERESA FISCHER NELSON, WILLIAM SHARES OTHER INTERESTS WHICH INCLUDE DANCING, CRAFTS, POETRY AND HISTORY, GARDENING AND COOKING. HE WAS BORN IN BLOUNT COUNTY IN 1903, ATTENDED MASSEY-DRAUGHTON BUSINESS COLLEGE, SERVED IN BOIH WORLD WAR II AND THE KOREAN CONFLICT, RETIRING AS A CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER IN 1954. HE NOW RESIDES IN CALERA.

1978



   OSE VEESEY HAS EARNED THIS DISTINCTION IN FIVE SHORT YEARS. LIKE MOST OF US HE HAS PITCHED SOME HORSESHOES ALL HIS LIFE, BUT DID NOT PLAY IN HIS FIRST NHPA SANCTIONED STATE.TOURNAMENT UNTIL THE 1973 STATE MEET AT CALERA. SINCE THAT TIME HE HAS PLAYED IN MANY TOURNAMENTS INCLUDING THE 1978 WORLD TOURNAMENT AT IOWA. HE HAS SERVED AS A STATE OFFICER AND AS AN OFFICER OF THE LOCAL HUNTSVILLE HORSESHOE CLUB. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP THE HUNTSVILLE CLUB HAS GROWN, AND ON TEN PLAYING COURTS CONSTRUCTED IN THE BRAHAN SPRINGS PARK BY A COOPERATIVE AND UNDERSTANDING CITY GOVERNMENT IT HAS CONDUCTED AN ACTIVE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE THAT HAS ATTRACTED PITCHERS FROM SEVERAL STATES HUNTSVILE HAS HOSTED THE LAST THREE ALABAMA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. OSE HAS GONE TO THE 1977 NATIONAL HORSESHOE PITCHERS ASSOCIATION CONVENTION AT GREENVILLE, OHIO, AND TO THE 1978 CONVENTION AT DES MOINES, IOWA, REPRESENTING ALABAMA AS A DELEGATE, HE HAS KEPT IN CONTACT WITH THE NATIONAL. OFFICERS AND BROUGHT DONNIE ROBERTS, THE NATIONAL SECRETARY TO HUNTSVILLE IN 1977.

   HIS CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT CAME WHEN HE SUCCEEDED IN BRINGING THE 1980 WORLD TOURNAMENT TO HUNTSVILLE. IT BEGAN AS A SEEMINGLY. IMPOSSIBLE IDEA, BUT HARD WORK AND RELENTLESS PURSUIT CAUSED OTHERS TO JOIN HIM. HE LED A DELEGATION OF SIX PEOPLE IN MAKING THE SUCCESSFUL BID AT THE 1978 CONVENTION IN DES MOINES. PART OF THE ATTRACTION AND SUCCESS WAS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TWENTY-FOUR COURT LAYOUT, RECOGNIZED BY MANY AS THE MOST PERFECT BATTERY OF COURTS IN AMERICA.

1983

CHARLES A. GLANT

   THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF C. A. GLANT WHICH WE BELIEVE ENTITLE HIM TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME ARE THESE: FROM 1920 TO 1930 WE FIND HIM RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL HORSESHOE PITCHERS ASSOCIATION IN THEIR RECORDS AND IN THE NEWSPAPERS AS THE ALABAMA STATE CHAMPION.

 ALTHOUGH AS OF NOW WE HAVE NOT DETERMINED WHETHER STATE TOURNAMENTS WERE HELD, WHETHER MATCH PLAY WAS USED OR WHETHER THE NHPA USED OTHER CRITERIA TO MAKE THEIR DETERMINATION. FOUR TIMES GLANT PLAYED IN THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT; IN 1919 HE WON 30. LOST 24, HIT 185 RINGERS AND FINISHED 8th; IN THE 1920 WINTER NATIONAL HE WON 11, LOST 13, HIT 296 RINGERS AND FINISHED 15th; IN THE 1920 SUMMER MEET HE HIT 460 RINGERS AND FINISHED 23rd, BUT HIS WON AND LOST RECORD CANNOT BE VERIFIED AS OF THIS TIME; AND IN THE 1921 WINTER NATIONALS HE WON 8, LOST 13, AND HIT 292 RINGERS IN FINISHING 15th. THE MINUTES OF THE 1920 NATIONAL CONVENTION SHOW GLANT OFFERING A MOTION WHICH FAILED TO PASS PROPOSING THAT THE NHPA CHARTER A CAR AND TRANSPORT SIX OF THE WORLD'S TOP PITCHERS ON A TOUR OF THE UNITED STATES.

   C. A. GLANT TOOK PART IN THE ORGANIZATION IN 1919 OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF HORSESHOE AND QUOIT PITCHERS OF THE UNITED STATES AT ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, AND WAS ELECTED A VICE-PRESIDENT IN ITS FIRST SLATE OF NATIONAL OFFICERS, THIS BEING THE ORGANIZATION WHICH EXISTED BETWEEN THE GRAND LEAGUE AMERICAN HORSESHOE PITCHERS AND THE PRESENT NATIONAL HORSESHOE PITCHERS ASSOCIATION.

   ALTHOUGH GLANT WAS NOT BORN IN HUNTSVILLE, HE LIVED THERE MANY YEARS AT 412 SOUTH LINCOLN, DIED IN HUNTSVILLE, AND WAS MARRIED TO A HUNTSVILLE WOMAN, LULA A. HARRIS. HE OPERATED A POOL HALL AT 112 WEST CLINTON IN HUNTSVILLE, CALLED STAG BILLIARD PARLOR. BROWN HAMBRICK, STILL LIVING AT 505 WARD AVENUE NE IN HUNTSVILLE, WORKED FOR GLANT IN THAT POOL HALL. HE REMEMBERS GLANT PITCHING EXHIBITIONS AT THE MADISON COUNTY FAIR ANNUALLY AS WELL AS ON OTHER OCCASIONS. HAMBRICK, AS WELL AS DR. LAWRENCE GOLDSMITH OF 206 GATES AVENUE SE SAY THEY RECALL HIS PITCHING AND THAT HE IS A DESERVING CANDIDATE FOR INDUCTION.

1989

Bob Stowe

   BOB STOWE HAS PITCHED NHPA SANCTIONED TOURNAMENT HORSESHOES FOR A VERY LONG TIME, BEFORE MOVING TO MOBILE, BOB LIVED AND PITCHED IN MISSOURI. HE THEN SPENT A GOOD DEAL OF TIME IN FLORIDA. HIS PERFORMANCE WAS ALWAYS FIRST CLASS. AMONG HIS MANY ACHIIEVMENTS ARE THESE: HE WON SECOND PLACE IN THE MISSOURI STATE TOURNAMENT TWICE, 1972, 13-3-69.3% and 1973, 13-2-66.3%. IN FLORIDA HE WON THE TITUSVILLE LEGION CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1972 AND 1973, THREE SARASOTA TITLES IN 1971, 1972 and 1973; THE 1973 DESOTA OPEN AND PLANT CITY STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL; AND THE 1971 AND 1974 CORN BELT OPEN IN MISSOURI.. AMONG HIS ALABAMA TITLES ARE THE 1979 CULLMAN OPEN, IN 1980 THE COTTON PICKIN OPEN AND HE MADE IT INTO CLASS B IN THE 1980 WORLD TOURNAMENT AT HUNTSVILLE. IN THE 1984 WORLD TOURNAMENT AT HUNTSVILLE HE WON CLASS C OF THE INTERMEDIATES AND WAS THE 1985 DOUBLES CHAMPION AT ROBERTSDALE, IN 1986 HE TRAVELLED TO HARAHAN, LOUISIANA, WHERE HE WON FIRST PLACE.

   BOB'S GREATEST TREAT, ACCORDING TO HIM, WAS WINNING THE ALABAMA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1978 AND SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDING IT IN 1979 AND 1980, AMONG HIS MANY HIGH GAMES, BOB DEFEATED THREE TIME WORLD CHAMPION CURT DAY AT PALMETTO, FLORIDA IN 1972 AND OWNS A VICTORY OVER TEN TIME WORLD CHAMPION TED ALLEN.

Johnnie Mullican

.JOHNNIE MULLICAN HOLDS ONE DISTINCTION. WHICH ALONE SHOULD QUALIFY HIM FOR INDUCTION: HE IS THE ONLY ALABAMA PITCHER TO WIN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN ANY DIVISION. IN 1986 HE WENT 5-0-72.4% TO WIN IT ALL AND POST THE HIGHEST WORLD TOURNAMENT AVERAGE FOR ANY ALABAMA PITCHER EVER. BUT THERE IS MORE TO HIS RECORD THAN THAT. HE PITCHED HORSESHOES FOR A LONG TIME, BUT AHPA HORSESHOES FOR ONLY ABOUT TEN YEARS BECAUSE HE DID NOT KNOW OF ITS EXISTENCE. PRIOR TO THE CREATION BY THE NHPA OF A 30 FOOT DIVISION FOR MEN 70 OR OLDER, JOHNNIE PITCHED FROM 40 FEET, AND IN 1982 IN THE ALABAMA STATE TOURNAMENT PITCHING FROM 40 FEET, IN CLASS C, JOHNNIE HIT 3-4-39.1. WHEN HE MOVED UP TO 30 FEET HE MADE .A TREMENDOUS JUMP IN HIS RINGER PERCENTAGE.IN THE 1984 ALABAMA STATE TOURNAMENT HE WAS SECOND WITH A RECORD OF 6-1-60.4% AND IN THE WORLD TOURNAMENT WAS RUNNERUP FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 4-1-65.5%. IN 1985 HE WAS 5-2-59.8% IN THE STATE AND WAS THIRD IN THE WORLD TOURNAMENT WITH 65.4%. IN 1986 HE WON THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. AND ALSO THE ALABAMA STATE WITH 8-0-68.5%. THREE OF HIS GAMES WERE OVER 80%, HIS HIGH BEING 86%. IN 1987 JOHNNIE DEFENDED HIS STATE TITLE WITH 5-2-60.1% AND WAS FIFTH IN THE WORLD TOURNAMENT. HIS HIGHEST TOURNAMENT WAS 76% AND HIS HIGHEST SINGLE GAME 95.5% AT CULLMAN.

1993

Walker Shaneyfelt

   WALKER SHANEYFELT, AFTER PITCHING .A GREAT STATE TOURNAMENT ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1992 DIED OF A HEART ATTACK ON OCTOBER 18, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 56, HE WAS A GREAT CREDIT TO THE AHPA AND THE GAME OF HORSESHOES, NOT ONLY BY HIS GREAT PITCHING BUT HIS CLEAN SPORTSMANSHIP, COMPETITIVE SPIRIT, PROMOTION OF THE GAME AND HIS OVERALL ATTITUDE. HIS CAREER IN HORSESHOES WAS RELATIVELY SHORT BUT VERY PRODUCTIVE. HE PITCHED SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE JOINING THE NHPA, 1980 BEING HIS FIRST SANCTIONED TOURNAMENT. IN THE REMAINING 13 YEARS OF HIS LIFE HE CLIMBED FROM 30% RINGERS TO TOURNAMENTS IN THE HIGH SEVENTIES.

   FROM 1981 THROUGH 1992 HE PITCHED IN TWELVE STATE TOURNAMENTS, WINNING NINE OF THEM AND FINISHING SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH IN THE OTHER THREE. HIS 74.2% IN 1991 IS THE STATE RECORD. IN OTHER TOURNAMENTS HE POSTED EVEN HIGHER PERCENTAGES. FIVE TIMES WALKER PITCHED IN THE WORLD TOURNAMENT, TWICE REACHING THE FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION WHERE HE HIT 62.1% IN 1984 AND 64.5% IN 1991. IN THE 1991 CHAMPIONSHIP PRELIMINARIES HIS AVERAGE WAS 70.5%. HE DEFEATED SEVERAL TOP PLAYERS INCLUDING WORLD CHAMPION MARK SEIBOLD. IN SEARCHING FOR INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES WE FOUND A 95% GAME, 19 OF 20 AGAINST CARL BAKER ON APRIL 13, 1991. AND A 90.9%,20 OF 22 AGAINST JACK HENDERSON ON MAY 6, 1989. WE FOUND 26 GAMES IN THE EIGHTIES, 30 TOURNAMENTS HIT IN THE SEVENTIES, ONE OF THEM 77.9% ON JIM'S COURTS ON JUNE 9, 1990.

1996

Jack Henderson

   JACK HENDERSON PITCHED HIS FIRST NHPA-AHPA HORSESHOES IN 1981. IN THE FIRST YEAR HE CIMBED FROM THE LOWER CLASSES TO WIN THE 1982 CLASS B STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGING 47% RINGERS. HE HAS PITCHED IN CLASS A EVERY YEAR SINCE. IN 1986 HE AVERAGED 60% FOR FOURTH PLACE. IN 1988 HE WON HIS FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 53.7%. THE NEXT THREE YEARS.WERE HIS BEST, 65.1%, 68.2% AND 69.2%, BUT EACH TIME HE WAS SECOND TO WALKER SHANEYFELT. THEN CAME FOUR CONSECUTIVE STATE TITLES: 1992, 66.8%; 1993, 60.5%; 1994, 58.4%; 1995, 59.8%. JACK'S HIGHEST SINGLE GAMES AND HIGHEST TOURNAMENTS CAME IN TOURNAMENTS OTHER THAN THE STATE TOURNAMENT. HIS HIGHEST TOURNAMENT WAS 73% AND ON JUNE 17, 1993 HE HIT 71.1% AT MONTGOMERY. HIGH SINGLE GAMES WERE 83.3% AGAINST MICKEY CONNALY, 86% AGAINST DAVID MANGUM IN 1994 AT JIM'S COURTS, 23 OF 24. WE FOUND 143 CLASS A TOURNAMENTS WON IN ALABAMA AND TENNESSEE AT JOELTON, CLEVELAND AND SODDY-DAISY. IN ALABAMA HE HAS WON AT HUNTSVILLE, SPORTSMAN’S LAKE, MOULTON, OWENS CROSS ROADS, JIMS COURTS, EVA, GADSDEN, TUSCUMBIA, MONTGOMERY, INCLUDING THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE 1990 ALABAMA SPORTS FESTIVAL AT HUNTSVILLE. HIS BEST SHOWING WAS IN 1985 WITH 65.6%. IN 1987 JACK WAS ELECTED AHPA PRESIDENT AND HAS HELD THE OFFICE EVER SINCE, NOW SERVING HIS TENTH YEAR

   ALONG WITH HIS WIFE MARY AND SON MIKE, JACK WAS THE PERSON MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING A FEDERAL GRANT WHICH BUILT THE BATTERY OF NINE COVERED COURTS AT EVA. THOSE COURTS HAVE HOSTED MANY TOURNAMENTS INCLUDING THE ALABAMA STATE TOURNAMENT. IN ADDITION TO HIS GREAT PITCHING, JACK HAS ALWAYS PROMOTED THE GAME, HELPED OTHER PITCHERS, ALWAYS REMAINING A GOOD SPORT AND A GENTLEMAN.
Jim Harris

   JAMES HARRIS HAS COMPILED A COMMENDABLE RECORD IN BOTH CATEGORIES, PITCHING AND PROMOTION. HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER CONTINUOUSLY SINCE 1978. IN HIS FIRST STATE TOURNAMENT, JAMES AVERAGED 25.1% AND IMPROVED BY 1990 TO A HIGH OF 60.9%. HE WON THE CLASS B STATE TITLE IN 1983 AND HAS FINISHED SECOND IN CLASS A FOUR TIMES, 1985, 1986, 1988 AND 1995.            .

   TWELVE TIMES JAMES HAS PITCHED IN THE WORLD TOURNAMENT AND.REACHED A HIGH OF 59.5% IN 1991. IN 1985 HE WON THE CLASS G TITLE AVERAGING 58.5%. JAMES HAS WON MANY TOURNAMENTS, AVERAGING OVER 60% IN SOME OF THEM, AND HAS PITCHED A LOT OF HIGH GAMES. ALWAYS COMPETITIVE.AND A GOOD SPORT.

   BUT, IF YOU FORGOT ABOUT JAMES' GOOD PITCHING, HIS PROMOTION OF THE GAME WOULD JUSTIFY HIS INDUCTION. FROM 1984 TO THE PRESENT, HE HAS SERVED AS SECRETARY-TREASURER OF THE AHPA, THE MOST DEMANDING OF ALL THE OFFICES. PERSUADING MAXINE TO HELP HIM WAS A BIG PLUS FOR THE AHPA. A FEW OF THE MANY THINGS HE HAS DONE: SERVED AS TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE STATE DOUBLES AND SINGLES TOURNAMENTS, KEPT STATISTICS FOR ALL ALABAMA TOURNAMENTS PROVIDING THEM TO ALL TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS AS WELL AS TO NATSTATS, ISSUED ALL NHPA-AHPA CARDS, REPORTING TO THE NHPA AND CARING FOR ALL THE MONEY, PUBLISHED THE AHPA NEWSLETTER AND MAILED IT TO THE MEMBERS, PRESENTLY THREE TIMES A YEAR, HELPED THE OTHER OFFICERS COORDINATE, PUBLISH AND SENT TO THE MEMBERS OUR STATE PITCHING SCHEDULES. WITH THE CONCURRANCE OF THE STATE OFFICERS, HE DESIGNED AND HAD PATCHES MADE FOR THE 1996 STATE PARTICIPANTS. A HUGE THING JAMES DID, WHICH IS NOT A PART OF HIS DUTIES, WAS TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN JIM'S COURTS, TEN OUTDOOR AND ONE INDOOR COURT, WHERE HE SERVES AS TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR FOR ALL TOURNAMENTS.

1997

Bill Calhoun

   W C. CALHOUN WAS SELECTED IN THE PROMOTER CATEGORY. BILL'S PITCHING HAS ALWAYS BEEN RESPECTABLE AND HE HAS PROVEN TO BE A KEEN COMPETITOR. BILL PITCHED HORSESHOES FOR 6O YEARS, THE LAST 20 IN THE AHPA. SEVEN TIMES HE PLAYED IN WORLD TOURNAMENTS. HE SERVED FOUR YEARS AS AHPA PRESIDENT AND 15 YEARS AS NHPA REGIONAL DIRECTOR REPRESENTING ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. HE DEVELOPED THE OPELIKA CLUB WITH EIGHT COURTS, WHICH HOSTED THE 1981 STATE TOURNAMENT. FOR FOUR YEARS HE CONDUCTED SENIOR OLYMPIC COMPETITION, CONDUCTED CLINICS IN THREE CITIES THROUGH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND SPEARHEADED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TEN COURT LAYOUT IN MONTGOMERY AT OAK PARK STARTING IN 1991 AND HOSTING THE 1995 STATE TOURNAMENT. BILL CONSTANTLY PROMOTED THE MOVING OF TOURNAMENTS AND TOURNAMENT DATES TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL CLUBS.




Fred Betterton

   FRED BETTERTON JOINED THE AHPA IN 1976. IN THE 21 YEARS SINCE, HE HAS COMPILED A RECORD THAT QUALIFIES HIM FOR THE HALL OF FAME. FRED HAS PITCHED IN 21 STATE TOURNAMENTS, MISSING ONLY IN 1995. THIRTEEN TIMES HE WAS IN CLASS A. HE WAS RUNNERUP FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THREE TIMES, IN 1977 TO OTTIE RENO, IN 1983 TO WALKER SHANEYFELT, AND IN 1985 TO JACK HENDERSON, TWICE HE WON THE CLASS B TITLE, IN 1985 AND 1987.

   IN 1996 HE WON THE SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP AT 30 FEET AND HE COMBINED WITH HENRY MATHIS TO WIN THE DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP. FRED'S BEST STATE TOURNAMENT WAS 60.4% IN 1983. THREE TIMES FRED PITCHED IN THE WORLD TOURNAMENT, 1980, 1982 AND 1984. UNFORTUNATELY FRED DID NOT KEEP HIS INDIVIDUAL RECORDS, SO HE CANNOT DETERMINE EXACTLY HOW MANY TOURNAMENTS HE WON OR LIST HIS HIGHEST GAMES. WE DO KNOW THAT BETWEEN 1976 AND 1987 HE PLAYED IN THE ICEBREAKER OPEN, DOGWOOD OPEN, HUNTSVILLE CLASSIC, SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL, NORTH ALABAMA OPEN AND HIGH-TEMP OPEN. IN 1977 HE TIED OTTIE RENO FOR THE HIGH-TEMP TITLE AND LOST A TWO OUT OF THREE PLAYOFF IN 108 DEGREE TEMPERATURE. IN 1970 HE WON THE ROCKET CITY OPEN WITH A 7-0 RECORD AND IN 1977 WON THE DOGWOOD OPEN. IN 1987 FRED PITCHED IN 14 TOURNAMENTS, IN 1988 TEN, 1989 14, 1990 17, 1991 13, 1992 16, 1993 17, 1994 16, 1995 5, 1996 16 and 1997 8. FROM 30 FEET IN 1996 FRED AVERAGED 61.0% FOR HIS 16 TOURNAMENTS, WON THE EVA OPEN WITH 64.1% AND FINISHED SECOND IN SIX OTHER TOURNAMENTS, DURING ALL THOSE YEARS FRED WAS A LOYAL MEMBER OF BOTH THE AHPA AND THE HUNTSVILLE CLUB AND TRAVELLED TO PLAY AT THE OTHER CLUBS TO HELP PROMOTE THE GAME.

1999
James "Sonny" Conaway

   JAMES CONAWAY STARTED PITCHING HORSESHOES AT AGE FIVE USING SHOES OFF THE HORSE. IN 1941, AT AGE 14, HE ACQUIRED FOUR NO. 3 HORSESHOES AND IMPROVED QUICKLY. IN 1966 AND 1967 HE WON HIS FIRST TWO TOURNAMENTS STAGED BY THE SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CONFERENCE IN NORTH CAROLINA. IT WAS 1980 WHEN HE LEARNED OF AND JOINED THE AHPA-NHPA AND HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER FOR 20 CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

   SONNY WON THE B CLASS IN THE 1981 STATE TOURNAMENT. IN THE 1982 STATE TOURNAMENT, HE MADE THE CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS, TIED FOR SECOND PLACE AND FINISHED THIRD ON RINGER PERCENTAGE. IN THAT TOURNAMENT, HE DEFEATED FOUR ALABAMA STATE CHAMPIONS, WALKER SHANEYFELT, OTTIE RENO, JAMES JOHNSON AND BOB STOWE. IN 1984 HE WAS SEVENTH IN THE TOP CLASS, IN 1990 FIF'TH IN B CLASS, IN 1994 HE PITCHED ONLY IN THE QUALIFYING ROUND, 1995 THIRD IN B CLASS, 1996 SEVENTH

   IN A CLASS, 1997 FOURTH IN A CLASS, 1998 CLASS B CHAMPION. THIS IS HIS NINTH STATE TOURNAMENT. SONNY WOULD HAVE PLAYED IN ALL OF THEM IF THEY HAD BEEN PLAYED ON SATURDAY AS THEY ARE NOW. BUT HE HAD NOT MISSED A SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS IN 39 YEARS AND HIS FIRST PRIORITY WAS HIS CHURCH. THAT CHARACTER CARRIES OVER INTO HIS EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO PLAY HORSESHOES, HIS SPORTSMANSHIP AND THE FELLOWSHIP HE DISPLAYS. HE IS A GOOD AMBASSADOR FOR THE GAME AND FOR ALABAMA.

   SONNY'S HIGHEST TOURNAMENT IS 65%, HIS HIGHEST GAME IS 80%, 16 OUT OF 20 IN A PLAYOFF GAME IN MONTGOMERY. HE GOT INTO THE AHPA ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE ANNISTON CLUB STARTED IN 1979 OR 1980. A  DEMONSTRATION BY W. C. CALHOUN AND CLENN PORTT OF GEORGIA SPARKED INTEREST IN THE CLUB. WHEN IT GOT GOING, SONNY WAS ITS FIRST TREASURER FOR THREE YEARS. IN HIS FIRST SANCTIONED TOURNAMENT HE AVERAGED 22%. SINCE THEN HE HAS PLAYED IN AT LEAST 80 SANCTIONED TOURNAMENTS. FIVE WERE WORLD TOURNAMENTS, 1982 IN HUNTSVILLE WHERE HE WON HIS CLASS, 1984 IN HUNTSVILLE WHERE HE WON CLASS F AND THE OTHERS WERE IN GEORGIA AND MISSISSIPPI. A FEW HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE 1997 STATE DOUBLES-CHAMPIONSHIP, A.1998 CLASS A CHAMPIONSHIP AT JIM'S COURTS WITH A 60.7%, THE 1998 STATE CLASS B TITLE WITH 48.5% AND A 1999 MONTGOMERY A CLASS TITLE WITH 51.6%.

   AFTER HELPING ORGANIZE THE GADSDEN CLUB, HE SERVED AS ITS TREASURER FOR FOUR YEARS. HE ORGANIZED AND WAS PRESIDENT OF THE CALHOUN COUNTY WINTER CLUB. USING A WORLD TOURNAMENT BLUEPRINT THEY BROUGHT IN CLAY FROM CORDOVA, AND INCORPORATED BOTH THE CALHOUN COUNTY AND GAISDEN CLUBS. HE HELPED FIX AND MAINTAIN FOUR PRACTICE COURTS FOR THE ANNISTON PARKS AND RECREATION. HE IS PRESENTLY A MEMBER OF THE AHPA HALL OF FAME COMMITTEE AND HAS SERVED THE AHPA AS SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT IN 1982 AND FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT BEGINNING IN 1984. HE HAS EARNED THIS RECOGNITION BOTH AS A PITCHER AND A PROMOTER.

2000

Bobby Holland

   BOBBY HOLLAND EARNED THIS INDUCTION BOTH AS A PITCHER AND A PROMOTER. HE JOINED THE AHPA. IN 1990 AND HAS PITCHED IN ALL 11 STATE TOURNAMENTS SINCE,  SEVEN TIMES IN CLASS A. EVERY YEAR HE HAS REPRESENTED ALABAMA AT THE WORLD TOURNAMENT AS A PLAYER AND AS A DELEGATE TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION HE HAS PITCHED 283 TOURNAMENTS, 173 TIMES IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS. IN FOUR WORLD TOURNAMENTS HE FINISHED IN TI.E TOP FIVE IN HIS CLASS. HIS 40 TOURNAMENTS IN 1998 PLACED HIM IN THE TOP TEN IN THE WORLD IN TOURNAMENTS PER YEAR.

   STARTING OUT ON THE RIGHT FOOT, BOBBY WON CLASS D IN HIS FIRST TOURNAMENT WITH A 5-0-36.7% RECORD, TWO YEARS LATER HE WON THE CLASS B STATE TITLE WITH 5-0-49.6%.. ANOTHER FOUR YEARS AND HE WAS RUNNER-UP FOR THE STATE TITLE WITH 5-2-57.2%. LAST YEAR HE REACHED THE TOP, WINNING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A 6-1-62.5%. THIS YEAR HE TEAMED UP WITH DAVID MANGUM TO WIN THE STATE DOUBLES TOURNAMENT. HIS HIGHEST SINGLE GAME IS 87% AND HIS HIGHEST TOURNAMENT 62.9%. THIRTY TOURNAMENTS ARE 60% OR HIGHER.

   AS A PROMOTER, BOBBY HAS BEEN AN ALABAMA DELEGATE TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION, SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE AHPA HALL OF FAME COMMITTEE, AS REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI, AS AHPA VICE-PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT, HE HAS GONE TO THE MEDIA, TO SCHOOLS, TO SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND AND ELDERS GROUPS TO PROMOTE THE SPORT. HIS ANNUAL AMERICAN DIABETES TOURNAMENT HAS BECOME ONE OF THE STATE'S MOST POPULAR TOURNAMENTS, ATTRACTING PITCHERS FROM SEVERAL STATES.SINCE 1998; HE.HAS SPEARHEADED THE BUILDING OF HUNTSVILLE’S INDOOR COURTS, MAKING THE BUILDING AND PORTABLE COURTS AVAILABLE TO AHPA AND NHPA PITCHERS AT NO COST WITH HELP FROM.THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. HE LOVES THE GAME AND PROMOTES IT WHEREVER HE GOES.

2005
Jerome McCarty

   JEROME McCARTY IS BEING NOMINATED IN THE CATEGORY OF PITCHER. HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE AHPA IN 1994 AND HAS BEEN A MEMBER FOR THE LAST TWELVE YEARS. HE WON THE STATE SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2000 AND HAS HELD IT FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS, 2000, 2001, 2002 2003, 2004, HE HAS PITCHED IN AND WON OTHER TOURNAMENTS, BUT THE COMMITTEE FELT THAT HIS FIVE CONSECUTIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS ALONE HAVE QUALIFIED HIM FOR INDUCTION INTO THE ARPA HALL OF FAME.

Jackie Gary

   JACKIE GARY IS BEING NOMINATED AS BOTH A PITCHER AND A PROMOTER OF OUR SPORT IN A.LABAMA. HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE AHPA IN 1991 AND HAS BEEN A MEMBER FOR THE LAST FIFTEEN YEARS. AS A PITCHER HE HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE. PITCHING IN A LOT OF TOURNAMENTS EVERY YEAR. THOSE TOURNAMENTS INCLUDE EVERY STATE SINGLES TOURNAMENT SINCE 1991 AND FOUR WORLD TOURNAMENTS. HE WON STATE CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CLASS B, IN 1991, CLASS C, IN 1992 AND CLASS D IN 1993. IN THE WORLD TOURNAMENT IN 1996 HE WAS RUNNER-UP IN CLASS C3. IN 1995 HE WAS A STATE DOUBLES CHAMPION. AS A PROMOTER, HE HAS RUN TOURNAMENTS, SERVED AS VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE AHPA AND FINALLY AS PRESIDENT OF THE AHPA, THE POSITION HE NOW HOLDS.

2006
Orville McElroy

   CATEGORY OF PITCHER -  ORVILLE McELROY JOINED THE AHPA-.NHPA IN 1982 AND HAS BEEN A MEMBER FOR THE PAST 24 YEARS. HE PITCHED IN SEVERAL TOURNAMENTS EACH YEAR FROM 1982 TO 1995. FROM 1995 TO THE PRESENT, HE BECAME A MORE ACTIVE TOURNAMENT PLAYER. HE PITCHED IN THE 1995 WORLD TOURNAMENT FROM THE 40 FOOT DISTANCE AND IN THE 2003 TOURNAMENT FROM THE 30 FOOT DISTANCE. SINCE MOVING UP TO 30 I'EET'.HE JUMPED FROM THE 30% AND 40% BRACKETS TO THE 60% AND 70% BRACKETS. I FOUND NINE TOURNAMENTS IN THE 70% BRACKET, THE HIGHEST ONE BEING 72.6% IN THE J & T TOURNAMENT ON MAY 29, 2004. AMONG HIS MANY TOURNAMENTS WON ARE THE ELDERS' STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR 2002, 2003 AND 2005.

Ron Kindrick

   RON KINDRICK JOINED THE AHPA-NHPA IN 1992 AND HAS BEEN A MEMBER FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. AS A PITCHER RON HAS BEEN ACTIVE EVERY YEAR. IN ADDITION TO THE STATE TOURNAMENTS, RON HAS PITCHED IN SEVEN WORLD TOURNAMENTS. HIS GREATEST CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE COME AS A PROMOTER. SINCE 1999 HE HAS SERVED AS TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR FOR ALL THE MONTGOMERY TOURNAMENTS. FROM 2005 TO THE PRESENT HE HAS BEEN THE NHPA REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. IN 2005 HE BUILT THE TNT COURTS ON HIS OWN PRIVATE PROPERTY ATTRACTING PITCHERS TO THE GAME, AND BEGINNING IN 2006 HAS HOSTED AHPA SANCTIONED TOURNAMENTS AT ECLECTIC.

2007

Jackie Green

-  JACKIE GREEN HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE AHPA FOR ABOUT FIFTEEN YEARS AND HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN WORKING WITH THE GADSDEN PARK AND RECREATION BOARD IN GETTING APPROVAL FOR TOURNAMENTS TO BE HELD ON THEIR COURTS. IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WERE ONLY EIGHT COURTS UNDER COVER AND IN ORDER TO HOLD THE STATE SINGLES AT A FACILITY TEN COURTS ARE REQUIRED. JACKIE MET WITH THE MAYOR AND THE PARKS BOARD MANAGER AND EVENTUALLY THE TWO EXTRA COURTS WERE BUILT. HE HAS A VERY GOOD RAPPORT WITH THE CITY OF GADSDEN. JACKIE WORKS DILIGENTLY TO KEEP THE COURTS READY FOR PLAY, ALWAYS THE FIRST ONE TO ARRIVE AND THE LAST ONE TO LEAVE HE KEEPS THE BROKEN STAKES CHANGED AND FOR TWO WEEKS BEFORE EACH TOURNAMENT HE WATERS THE COURTS NIGHTLY. HIS DEVOTION TO OUR SPORT HAS MADE A HUGE CONTRIBUTION TO THE ALABAMA CHAPTER PROVIDING GOOD FACILITIES WHERE MANY OPEN AND STATE TOURNAMENTS HAVE BEEN HELD.

  ALTHOUGH JACKIE' S INDUCTION IS IN THE CATEGOTY OF PROMOTER, HE HAS ESTABLISHED A LONG RECORD AS A PITCHER, GOOD SPORT, COMPETITOR AND CLASS CHAMPION.

2010
Don Hathcock

   Don Hathcock joined the AHPA in 1997. He had been active in the local TNT club in Eclectic for several years prior. Although not known for his pitching prowess, Don has always had a great love of the sport and comradery of horseshoe pitching. That is why Don is inducted into the AHPA Hall of Fame as a promoter.

   Don was elected AHPA Vice President in 2006 and worked hard make sure that the members of the AHPA were well represented and their needs were meet. Don wrote and published a letter in 2007 called “What’s My Job”. Don was instrumental in getting committees set up to handle various tasks.  He was also involved in setting up the 3 regions of the AHPA for the election of vice-presidents and worked diligently with other AHPA Hall of Fame committee members to develop comprehensive qualifications for the induction of future nominees.

   Don served as Vice President until he was elected as the AHPA Secretary/ Treasurer in 2012. As Secretary/ Treasurer, Don keeps the member profiles and statistics and manages the AHPA’s funds. He issues membership cards and sends “new member” packages to new AHPA members. He serves as the tournament director for the AHPA State Singles and Doubles tournament each year, ordering trophies and setting up classes. Don publishes and sends out 3 newsletters each year to every member and maintains the AHPA website and Facebook page. Don has also been working to digitize all of the AHPA’s past records so that they can be filed electronically for future reference. Don is proficient in HSMaster and trains others in how to use it.

   The NHPA presented Don Hathcock with a 2017 Achievement award.

NHPA Achievement Award Write-up

Don Hathcock joined the NHPA as a member of the Alabama Charter in 1997. He was elected Charter Vice President in 2006 and served in that capacity thru 2010. He suffered a stroke in 2007 but continued pitching and serving as a charter officer. He was inducted to the Alabama Charter Hall of Fame in 2010 as a promoter of horseshoes.

In 2012 he was elected to Charter Secretary/Treasurer and has served in that position since. He is tournament Director for both the Alabama State singles and doubles tournaments, as well as the charter newsletter editor, webmaster, and statistician.

Don is proficient in HSMaster and trains many tournament directors in how to use it.

It’s not hard to see the amount of enthusiasm he has for the sport. The NHPA is proud to present Don Hathcock with a 2017 Achievement award.

Don was unable to make the trip here because of continuing health challenges. To quote from Don, “I am truly honored and humbled for this consideration. It has been a great experience being a member of the NHPA over the last 21 years.”

Accepting the award is Jim Ellison.

2014
Debbie Tidwell

   Debbie Tidwell was an active member and pitcher of the Alabama Horseshoe Pitchers Association (AHPA) from 1983 until 1998. She served as 2^nd VP of the AHPA from 1988 to 1994. Debbie maintained an excellent ringer percentage throughout her pitching history. In the period between November 1993 and June 1994, she attained a NATSTATS pitching average of 65.60%, which would place her in the top 25 women pitchers in the world today. At the pinnacle of her pitching career, it was commonplace for her to pitch in the mid to high 60s in tournament competition.

   Of more significance, is the fact that Debbie won 13 AHPA State Women’s Singles Tournaments, of which 12 were in consecutive years. Those 12 consecutive tournaments were from 1987 to 1998. That record is unequaled in the AHPA by any other lady pitcher.

   It is therefore, with the consent and concurrence of the Alabama Horseshoe Pitchers Association Hall of Fame Committee, that Debbie Tidwell is hereby approved for induction into the AHPA Hall of Fame.

Lee Campbell

   Lee Campbell has been a member of the Alabama Horseshoe Pitchers Association (AHPA) since 1995. He was instrumental in starting the Gadsden Horseshoe Club and has contributed significantly to the AHPA. Mr. Campbell has established a liaison with the Gadsden Park and Recreation personnel to insure the continuity and availability of the horseshoe courts for AHPA use in state sanctioned tournaments. He has invested countless hours of his personal time and energy to insure the Gadsden courts were ready for tournaments. His support of the tournament director has been indispensable. Without his personal attention and enthusiastic support the Gadsden Horseshoe Club would be in serious jeopardy. He has made significant financial contributions to insure that morale and welfare needs of tournament participants were met. These include food and beverage availability to all players and financial support to insure that a tournament director and appropriate equipment were on site at each tournament. His most recent act of benevolence is his generous personal contribution of $500 for the 2014 AHPA State Singles Tournament prize fund. As an active recruiter for new members he has enjoyed success in his efforts. He has provided horseshoes to new players who could not afford to buy their own and has provided financial assistance for players to attend the world tournament.

   Mr. Campbell has been .a consistent participant in AHPA tournament play and in some world tournaments, winning many class championships during season play and winning his class state singles championship four times and the state doubles championship twice.

   Mr. Campbell sets a great example for the AHPA family through his integrity, character, personal conduct and professionalism.

   lt is therefore, with the consent and concurrence of the AHPA Hall of Fame Committee, that Lee Campbell is hereby approved for induction into the AHPA Hall Of Fame.    .

2015
Dan Watson

   Dan Watson started pitching in the Alabama Horseshoe Pitchers Association (AHPA), North Alabama Horseshoe Club in 1978, and is one of only three active members still pitching from the 1970’s. After a period of absence from horseshoes, while actively participating in and excelling in other sports, Dan rejoined the AHPA in 2006 winning the state singles championship. He has been the Alabama state singles champion for 9 consecutive years from 2006 through 2014. He was one of two pitchers who pitched in two tournaments in 2008 that have been recognized and designated as the AHPA’s  greatest pitching moments.
   As of 9 June 2015 his NATSTATS average was 80%, which placed him as the number 4 pitcher in the world. Dan has pitched in the World Horseshoe Tournament every year since 2009 and has ranked as one of the top 5 pitchers in the world since 2010. Additionally, he is the number one ranked “flipper” in the world.  In the 2015 NHPA world tournament, he finished ranked number three in the men’s division.
   During the conduct of world tournament play, Dan’s personable and jovial nature  adds a degree of humor and levity to what would otherwise be a stressful and serious affair. During the third and critical game of the 2015 world tournament championship series, Dan’s opponent was stricken with severe back pains. Upon realizing his opponent’s dilemma and prior to his opponent’s subsequent withdrawal from the championship games, Dan was observed picking up the individual’s horseshoes from the pit after each pitch. This is but one example of Dan’s selfless nature.
   In May, 2015, Dan won the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association Hall of Fame Invitational Tournament defeating 15 top ranked pitchers in the world and losing no games. He does not rely on his celebrity for special recognition or preferred status in the local horseshoe club. He accepts his status with grace and humility and lets his horseshoes do his talking. He does the right thing when nobody is looking. He is proactive in preparing courts for tournament play and in cleaning up afterward. Through his positive example, he has motivated others to do likewise.  He does not talk about his pitching expertise, but he readily acknowledges that he is an excellent pit turner.
   In addition to his pitching prowess, he has made significant contributions to the AHPA. He has constructed 5 covered outdoor horseshoe courts at his own expense and hosts state sanctioned tournaments on his personal property. He is currently constructing  three additional outdoor covered courts. He also has two indoor courts that are used for sanctioned tournaments. His courts are available throughout the year for pitchers who need practice.
   Dan is a welcoming individual and a true friend and mentor to anyone who is serious about pitching horseshoes. He is always available to assist and advise without criticism or ridicule. He is a gentleman and professional in every respect. Dan sets and maintains a high standard of personal and professional conduct on and off the court. He is a first class representative and indispensible asset of the AHPA.
   It is therefore, with the consent and concurrence of the AHPA Hall of Fame Committee, that Dan Watson is hereby approved for induction into the AHPA

2017
Kathy Brazier
   Kathy Brazier has been an active member of the Alabama Horseshoe Pitchers Association (AHPA) for the past 10 years. She has maintained an excellent ringer percentage throughout her pitching history. Kathy has won 8 straight AHPA women singles
championships , with a pitching average during her last 6 years of approximately 63%. She has been ranked in the top 10 female
pitchers in the world since 2015.
   During the current 2017 pitching season, Kathy has a NATSTAT pitching average of 77.57% placing her as the number 3 female
pitcher in the world. There are only 2.07% points difference in her NATSTATS and the number 1 pitcher in the world. During the World Horseshoe Tournament in Montgomery, AL in 2016, Kathy finished 4th in the women’s A class preliminary tournament with a 71.94 ringer percentage. Her success in the world preliminaries qualified her to pitch in the world championship class where she finished in 4th place. This was an outstanding accomplishment for a first appearance in the
World Tournament.
   Since 2015, Kathy has pitched in 7 professional horseshoe tour tournaments finishing 4th in three tournaments and 2nd place in three tournaments. She has also pitched in two National Horseshoe Pitchers Association Hall of Fame invitational tournaments and finished 4th and 6th respectively, with a ringer percentage of 70 percent or more. The Hall of Fame tournaments were mixed men and women 30 foot.
   It is therefore with the concurrence and consent of the AHPA Hall of Fame committee that Kathy Brazier is hereby inducted into the AHPA
Hall of Fame.