APRIL
20, 2013
1.
Call to order by President Hilpersthauser
2.
Remembering
members and friends of FSHPA who have passed
3.
Comments
by Chuck Johnston – thanks to all Cleawater members
for helping with a successful state tournament; special recognition Archie
Bunting; Gloria Deckard, Marge Jones, Lois Hayden
4.
Door
prizes
5.
Tournament
patch awards given out by Bob Lemon; longevity
6.
Junior
scholarship – Dell Woollard announced Dylan Holmberg
won the scholarship
7.
Special
annual awards
a.
Most
improved – Mike Trudel
b. Men’s Top Ringer % - Ron
Deckard
c.
Woman’s
Top Ringer % - Vicki Marteney
d. Elder’s Top Ringer % -
Tom Hall (gave plaque to Walt Jones)
e.
Player
of the Year – John Tolman
f.
Most
tournaments – Zoomer and Lance Potter 27 tournaments
this season; other folks who qualified went into drawing for set of horseshoes
– FL winner: Roy Knight Sr, Out of state winner:
Buddy Short
g. Outstanding member award
2012-2013 season
h. Louise and Robbie
Robison – special recognition for
i.
Verdell Woollard –
recognition 10 years 3rd vp
8.
Tournament
trophy awards
9.
Hall
of fame members – recognized the ones present at banquet
10. New hall of fame member
– Bob Hilpertshauser, introduced by Ron Deckard
(letter from John Peplinski and Jim Smith)
11. Ron Deckard elected into
NHPA HOF 2013
12. Results
of election – Regionial Director and HOF Chairman,
Ron Deckard accepts for another year; no elections, no one running for office,
no one opposing. Newsletter editor needed. Promotions Director needed. 3rd VP
open, one person stepped up Tom Flaherty.
13. Closing comments
–adjourned.
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Comments from 2nd VP
“Beautiful” That describes the weather
and days of pitching we had at the State Tournament. Many of you recognize that
pronouncement if you have had heard Jim Hayden when he sees a ringer pitched
and I hope you took some time to smell the jasmine that scented the air while
you were there.
“Details” There are a lot of those
required to make this tournament run from the time of the Executive Council
& Club Officers annual meeting on Wednesday to the banquet and awards on
Saturday evening. This starts from the
time of approval as host club until the club has finished up after we have all
cleared out. Clearwater Horseshoe Club
members provided many behind the scenes manpower hours to have the courts ready
each day. That has to be appreciated by everyone. And this year Lucas Oil Company generously
added prize money to the Championship Classes.
“Future” After a hot summer ahead our
tournament season will begin again slowly in September and Flagler will be
hosting the FL/GA Team competition in October so take a look at the new
schedule to see if you could join a FL team to challenge the GA teams.
Please don’t
forget that it takes many hands to make light work—maybe you would consider
joining the By-Laws committee with Boyd Stonerock. It generally requires only a once a year
window of time to help keep our By-laws tuned to NHPA and serving our needs
here in our State. Where would we be without Marvin Grubb as Webmaster and
Newsletter Editor however he is ready to pass the baton as the Newsletter Editor. Do you have the time and talent for this job?
I especially
want to thank Marcela Santoyo for sorting and setting
up the tournament entries. She has a
full time job, a husband, a home and other commitments besides horseshoes and
still manages to volunteer her valuable time to be our
Secretary/Treasurer. Thanks to Verdell Woollard for staying on
as Statistician too, she keeps track of so many things behind the scenes. We
can’t forget Jim Smith who helps keep the club websites up-to-date. He is a man
in the know.
Keep
Pitching!!
Vicki Marteney, 2nd VP