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Karen & A.B. with the infamous Hilfing Grabit!

Just to give a little overview of what the Blitz Doubles

is: We play quick 20-shoe games with two possible

down and back tie-breakers, if needed. Round robin

format. We draw for teams splitting and matching the

High & Low percentages. For each game you choose

what horseshoes your opponents will pitch! Only NHPA

sanctioned and approved horseshoes are allowed. No

“picnic” shoes! You can choose from any shoes you

bring or own. No shoe swapping or trading. This year

Karen Meredith & A.B. Webb drawed up teams and this

proved to be an unbeatable pair. A.B. has a large

collection of horseshoes from which to choose and

Karen is a “Blitz” expert, having won this event 3 out of

the 5 times we have held it! A.B. employed the strategy

of having every team he played, pitch the Hilfing Grabit

horseshoe. It done a pretty good job of throwing off the

competition as the most any team pitched with the

Grabit was 3 ringers out of 20 shoes. Robert Taylor &

Ronnie Adwell were looking good early on with two

opening wins but would falter after that. Ronnie & I got

the Ted Allen & Mustang in the first 2 games and done

well but we had the Viper, M&M Flip, Snyder & Grabit

shoes after that. The M&M Flip turns verrrry slow, the

John tries to turn the GXL shoe vs Mike Clark.

Snyder does not turn flat and the other two…just

throw’em up there and hope they go on! A.B & Karen

didn’t have too much trouble with wins, defeating

Salleng & Brooks 18-3, Neagle & Lindsey 20-4, Hudnall

& J. Adwell 12-5, B. Webb & Clark 22-10. Ronnie

Adwell & Robert Taylor had them down in Game 5 after

12 shoes 5-2. I had remembered from last year that Blitz

“Supergirl”, Karen Meredith’s kryptonite was the Six

Pac shoe! In every game prior to this one, Karen was

near pitching her average which is remarkable in this

format! The Six Pac shoe held Karen ringerless in this

game but A.B. came in and picked up the slack. After

tying the game at 5 all in 16 shoes, A.B. put on a double

and reeled in a reverse fist pump while doing a little hop

across the court! A.B. scored a 3 ringer 3 and Karen

added another point in the last inning to defeat Taylor &

R. Adwell 9-5. Karen & A.B. would go on to Game 6

and polish off Charlie & Joie Meredith 21-3 to make it a

clean sweep in the Blitz Doubles. Bob Hudnall & Jimmy

Adwell would be the best of the rest with two losses,

done in by the Hilfing Grabit & the Viper shoe against

Ben & Mike. Here are the overall final standings among

the seven teams that participated.

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One interesting stat that I have included below is the

total ringer percentage pitched with each shoe brand.

You can see that the Grabit gave everyone a tough time

and gave the Webb/Meredith team an advantage!

Hey Charlie, how did you like those Grabit horseshoes?

Deronda, were

you wondering

“What did I

get myself

into?”

Going into the final night of league play, we had three

players with a shot to win the Summer League: Charlie

Meredith had 23 wins, Jimmy Adwell had 21.5 wins and

John Neagle had 20 wins. John had led much of the

league and was neck and neck with Charlie down the

stretch with Jimmy close by. John had and 0-3 week 11

which really hurt his chances in the final night of play.

In the final night, John would rebound with a 3-0 night

to pass Jimmy, 0-3, for second place. Charlie would go

2-1 to claim his first League Championship! Charlie

took the high game of the league at 92%, which he

didn’t get until Week #11. Jimmy would post his highest

overall league average to date at 28.67%. Jimmy just

keeps improving! Deronda Lindsey surpassed the 30%

barrier with a 34% game to earn her next level patch.

Overall, Charlie finished with a league record of 25-8,

averaging 71.21%, John was 23-10 with a 50.48%

average and Jimmy wound up at 21.5- 14.5. A big

thanks to Jimmy Adwell for taking care of the

Chalybeate courts all season long! They have been in

great shape all year!

League Champion- Charlie Meredith

High Average- Bob Hudnall

High Game–Charlie Meredith

High Game Over Average- John Neagle

Sportsmanship- Karen Meredith

Rookie Award- Deronda Lindsey

Most Improved- Ben Webb

.

Shoe Style #Shoes R% Throw With 1. Bullseye 140 23.57 2. Hilfing Grabit 120 09.17 3. GXL 120 18.33 4. M&M Flip 100 15.00 5. Six Pac 60 13.33 6. Snyder II 60 20.00 7. Viper 60 16.67 8. Imperial 40 25.00 9. Mustang 40 35.00 10. Snyder Flip Grip 20 25.00 11. Deadeye EZ Grip 20 10.00 12. Ted Allen 20 25.00 13. Imperial Maxx 20 30.00 14. Cobra 20 35.00

Team W/L Team% Individual% K. Meredith/A.B. Webb 6-0 27.5% (38.3%/16.7%)

B. Hudnall/J. Adwell 4-2 25.8% (35.0%/16.7%)

Ch. Meredith/J.Meredith 3-3 22.5% (33.3%/11.7%)

B. Webb/M. Clark 3-3 16.7% (20.0%/13.3%)

R. Taylor/R. Adwell 2-4 19.3% (24.2%/14.5%)

J. Neagle/D. Lindsey 2-4 12.9% (12.9%/12.9%)

B. Brooks/E. Salleng 1-5 07.5% (08.3%/06.7%)

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With 6 State Singles Division Titles up for grabs, the

ECHPA took home three of them! Bob Hudnall was the

Elder Men’s State Champion, going undefeated at 4-0

and averaging 74.2%. Charlie Meredith was the Men’s

State Champion at 7-1 with a 66.9% average. Sarah

Neagle captured the Junior Girl’s Championship going

4-0 for 30.7%! The Chalybeate gang also took home

three state Class Titles. Deronda Lindsey captured the

Women’s Class B title going 3-2 for 26.0%. This was

Deronda’s first state horseshoe tournament! John

Neagle was the Men’s Class B Champion going 5-0 for

54.0%. A.B. Webb won Men’s Class D in a close

playoff game against Somerset’s Derrick Vaught 35-27.

A.B. averaged 28.86% and won the class advancing as

the bottom seed! Bob Hudnall was also crowned as 2018

Kentucky State Doubles Champion, half of the Bob

Hudnall/Jim Culver team.

Them Adwell boys were State Doubles Class C

Champions this year! After losing the opening game 25-

37, Ronnie & Jimmy got it together and never looked

back the rest of the way, winning 5 straight games to

finish 5-1 with a team average of 24.0%

Our traditional “State Take” photo for 2018! Chalybeate

done a good job this year, with home court advantage!

Back Row (L-R) Ronnie Adwell, Bob Hudnall, Charlie

Meredith, Jimmy Adwell & Hanna Neagle. Front Row

(L-R) Deronda Lindsey, Sarah Neagle, Karen Meredith,

Annie Neagle & Sarah Watkins. Also bringing home

trophies but not pictured: John Neagle, (Annie had

John’s trophy), Ben Webb, James Webb & A.B. Webb.

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Our list of paid sanction card members

For the ECHPA pitching season are:

Ronnie Adwell

Jimmy Adwell

Charles Browning John Neagle

Hanna Neagle Sarah Neagle

Bob Hudnall Tammy Neagle

Robert Taylor Deronda Lindsey

Charlie Meredith Bobby Brooks

Karen Meredith Ben Webb

A.B. Webb James Webb

Sarah Watkins

We need to get a few more card carrying members in the

ECHPA. Remember, each membership helps keep our

sport and club going. Support the Club! Unify! Next

season, I would like to see our club put more effort into

getting groups together and invading these tourneys as a

unified club by supporting each other in each class that

we have a member competing. Root your fellow club

members on! Pump them up! We can do it!

I thought it would be fun to list here the shoe styles and

shoes that the Chalybeate Club was throwing in the year

2018. (Yeah, I know Eddie switches all the time.)

The Final Standings for the 2018

Club vs Club Competition was:

Going into the final

round at the State

Tourney, Chalybeate

needed to pick up one

win out of three games

to surpass Mt. Sterling

for the Club Title. A.B.

& Bob pulled out the

two victories. Here is the

individual win/loss that

led to the 2018 Club Title.

From earlier

this season,

Karen

Meredith, Ben

Webb & Sarah

Neagle, our

three

Chalybeate

Club members that competed in the 2018 World

Horseshoe Tournament show off their trophies. Karen

was 3rd

in Women’s Class E, Ben was 2nd

in Men’s A2

and Sarah was 3rd

in Juniors Class C.

Club W/L Chalybeate 24-16

Mt. Sterling 22-18

Richmond 21-19

Bardstown 18-22

Somerset 17-23

Player W/L Robert Taylor 2-1

John Neagle 1-2

Jimmy Adwell 3-3

Ronnie Adwell 2-0

Ch. Browning 1-1

A.B. Webb 2-0

Ben Webb 3-1

James Webb 0-1

Kar. Meredith 2-0

Bob Hudnall 2-1

Sarah Neagle 3-1

Tammy Neagle 2-0

Deronda Lindsey 1-2

Player Shoe Brand Style Robert Taylor Imperial 1 3/4 Turn

Jimmy Adwell Snyder Flip Grip Single FLip

Ronnie Adwell Snyder II Single Flip

Ch. Browning M & M Special 3/4 Turn

A.B. Webb Ted Allen 1 1/4 Turn

Ben Webb Alan Francis 1 1/4 Turn

Karen Meredith Snyder II Single Flip

Char. Meredith Imperial 1 1/4 Turn

Joie Meredith Snyder II Single Flip

Eddie Salleng Imperial Maxx 1 1/4 Turn

Bob Hudnall Snyder II Single Flip

John Neagle Snyder II Single Flip

Sarah Neagle Snyder II Single Flip

Deronda Lindsey Mustang Single Flip

Bobby Brooks Ted Allen 1 1/4 Turn

Sarah Watkins Snyder II Single Flip