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West St. Paul Horseshoe Club

2008 Spring Meeting Agenda 

 Location:  Library – 199 E Wentworth AveTime & Date: 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday April 2, 2008 

1.    Call to order 

2.        Previous minutes 

3.        Financial report 

4.        Introductions                                                                                                                                                                                              *President – Patti Oakes

                              1St Vice President – Phyllis Sager

                             *2nd Vice President – Dennis Brown 

                              Club Secretary / Treasurer – Cheri Hebert 

                              MGSHPA Executive Board District Vice President East Metro - Joe Mueller 

                             MGSHPA Nomination Director - Dick Dvorak 

                             MGSHPA Junior Program Director – Tim Ahles 

                             Tournament Director – Patti Oakes 

                             Junior League Director – Tim Ahles 

                             Sponsor Director – Dennis Brown 

                             Constitution and Bylaws Director – George Nick 

                             Banquet Director – Patti Oakes 

                           *News Media Director – (Position not filled-need volunteer)  

                             (*Positions open for re-election)

5.        Spring Work Party set for Saturday April  at 9:00 A.M. 

6.    League Secretaries (Conference after meeting) 

                           Tuesday Morning Men’s Doubles – George West 

                           Tuesday Night Men’s Singles – Steve Carlson 

                          Wednesday Night Men’s East – Kelly Morris 

                          Wednesday Night Men’s West – Bruce Coltvet 

                          Thursday Night Singles – Phyllis Sager 

7.        Check out our Club Website. Go to www.wsphorseshoeclub.4t.com. 

8.        Minnesota Horse Expo 2008 April 25-26-27 State Fair Grounds – Horseshoe Demonstration 

 9.       West St. Paul Days Tournament Saturday, May 17th at 9 A.M (Need Volunteers / Participation) 

10.     WSP 23nd Annual Open Tournament set for Saturday June 7, 2008 (Need Volunteers / Participation)                                      Sanction # 23-08-027 

11.     World Tournament July 7 – July 19,  2008  York, PA  www.2008wt.com  

12.     Fall Club Tournament Thursday August , 2008  

13.     MN State Singles Tournament  2008  www.minnesotahorseshoes.com 

14.     MN State Doubles Tournament September  2008  www.minnesotahorseshoes.com 

15.     Go to www.minnesotahorseshoes.com for list of State Sanctioned Tournaments 

16.     Annual Banquet and Awards Dinner will be held at on Friday October  2008 

17.     Unfinished Business 

18.     New Business NHPF – Sale of Hall of Fame Commemorative Bricks 

19.     Election and installation of officers

20.     Adjournment 

 

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WEST ST PAUL HORSESHOE CLUB 2008 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

OFFICERS / DIRECTORS

 

 

President, Patti Oakes

1st Vice President, Phyllis Sager

2nd Vice President, Dennis Brown

Club Secretary/Treasurer, Cheri Hebert

Constitution and Bylaws, George Nick

Junior League Director, Tim Ahles

Sponsor Director, Dennis Brown

 

 

Tournament Director, Patti Oakes

 

Banquet Director, Patti Oakes

LEAGUE SECRETARIES

 

        Tues Morning Men’s Doubles, George West

Tues Night Men’s Singles, Steve Carlson

Wed Night Men’s Doubles East, Kelly Morris

Wed Night Men’s Doubles West, Bruce Coltvet

Thurs Night Singles, Phyllis Sager

 

YEARLY SCHEDULE

Spring Meeting Wednesday April 2, 2008 at Library 7:00 PM

Turn on water Fri. April 2008

Spring Work Party will be Sat. April 2008

Turn on lights May 2008

Lights needed 6:00 P.M. – 10 P.M. on league nights

 

Monday through Thursday.)

Leagues start on May  2008

West St Paul Days Tournament May 2008

        West St Paul Club Open Tournament Saturday June 2008

        Club Fall tournament Thursday August  2008

        Turn off lights Friday August 2008 unless Fall League is started.

        (The club will contact the City if there are any reschedules or changes)

 

 

 

 

 

 


MGSHPA 2005 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Click here:  www.minnesotahorseshoes.com/tournaments.php

NHPA HALL OF FAME


 

Posted on Fri, May. 05, 2006
Horseshoe Pitchers Hall joins other niche shrines
JEFF DOUGLAS
Associated Press

WENTZVILLE, Mo. - While all the talk this weekend is about the horses at the Kentucky Derby, the game of horseshoes is the talk of this town on the far outskirts of St. Louis.

Ground was broken Friday for the Horseshoe Pitchers Hall of Fame and Museum, bringing to the area yet another niche shrine to rival the Bowling Hall of Fame and the Dog Hall of Fame.

"It's an important day for the sport," said Dave Loucks, who heads the National Horseshoe Pitchers Foundation. "This has been a long time coming."

More than 100 of the game's best players and supporters have already been enshrined in the Cooperstown of horseshoes that was originally going to be built in Tennessee.

The name Ted Allen might not ring a bell, but he's considered the Babe Ruth of horseshoes. The 10-time World Champion horseshoe pitcher dominated the sport through the Great Depression and into the 1950s. The game's first World Series of sorts was held back in 1909.

The hall opens this fall at a St. Charles County park and will house memorabilia from the game.

Instead of breaking ground with a shovel, a dozen honorees kicked up some dirt Friday by launching golden horseshoes at a golden spike.

The new facilities will have 16 indoor courts and eight more atop the rolling hills of the lush park.

The Heartland is where the sport is most popular and a perfect location for the hall, Loucks said. There are almost 1,000 members of the Horseshoe Pitchers Association in Missouri alone.

Today, thousands of people play the game, Loucks said, either in serious league competition or at backyard cookouts.

It's not just for gray-haired folks at retirement age, even though many of the people at Friday's groundbreaking fit that description.

Paul Stewart, president of the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association, the governing body for the sport, said the game brings together young and old with tradition. And it takes a lot of practice to be good.

"There aren't many naturals in this sport," he said.

Well, maybe one.

Some say Alan Francis can pitch a ringer (that's hooking the horseshoe on a steel stake) nine out of ten tries. He even has his own signature brand of horseshoes.

The horseshoe hall-of-famer and reigning 11-time World Horseshoe Pitching Champion was in Wentzville this weekend for a tournament to celebrate the new hall of fame.