COMMENTS FROM THE 3RD VP
I wanted to take a moment to say Hi to all my fellow horseshoe
pitchers from
Minnesota. It is cold up
here in the north country. But I am patiently waiting
the arrival of our first grandchild.
I missed seeing everyone
at the Club Team Event held in Flagler County in
January. I heard it was well attended with a total of 15
Teams! What a great
turn out! Congratulations to
Sebring Team #2 for winning the event.
And a
special Thank you to everyone that helped with score keeping and the
courts. "It
takes a village or in our case horseshoe pitchers!"
Now Flagler is getting
ready for the last tournaments at our courts until the
state tournament. The end of March, Friday 27th is a Singles Tournament
followed
by the first Florida Sanctioned HP Pro Tour Event Saturday March
28th & Sunday
March 29th. Check the Flagler County Website www.flaglercountyhc.20m.com
for
more information (you don't have to be a Pro to pitch).
The 55th Annual Florida
State Championship Tournament is April 22, 23, 24th &
25th and will be held in Flagler County/Palm Coast this year.
Entry forms for
Mixed Doubles, Doubles, Singles as well as information on the
Annual Meeting,
Host Hotel, Shirt Orders, Personal Ads, Friday Social Gathering
and Saturday
Banquet are all in this newsletter and will be on the State
website link. Take a
look at all the forms and remember to get them in by April 1st. The State
Tournament was so much fun last year, I am looking forward to it
again this
year. It's a time to see all the friends we've made pitching in the
past
tournaments but now have more time to visit with each other over the four
days.
Friendships and Ringers that's what makes Horseshoes!
Also take a look at the
remaining 2014 - 2015 tournament schedule to participate
in at least 5 tournaments to qualify to pitch in the State
Tournament.
Looking forward to seeing everyone when I return to Florida the
end of March
with pictures of our new Grandbaby!
Enjoy the Florida sunshine for me and I
will see you at the tournaments soon!
Gwen Mehrwerth 3rd VP FSHPA
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COMMENTS FROM 2ND VP
Hello to all of you, we are over half
way through our season already. How time
is flying!! We had a great turnout for the Club Team
Tournament. I was so pleased to see all
the participants. I have thanks to give
for all the help I received, it really moves things along when our pitchers
work together. Special thanks to Peggy
Ogden, Lois Hottinger, Sue Benware
and Marcela Santoyo who all helped with getting the tournament results checked and
entered. Howard Hawes really had his
hands full with two days of tournament in a row but he survived to tell about it. Also Ron Mehrwerth
kept things moving too. The Flagler Club
has such an outstanding facility and they keep it in wonderful shape. I am looking forward to returning there for
the State Closed
Tournament in April already.
Keep in mind as Executive Council
members we want to serve our membership but there are ways you can help too—we
have committee member positions that need to be filled. And, if you see a way to promote our sport
that can be used by others around the state, contact us.
I’ll be seeing you on the courts!!
Vicki Marteney
2nd VP