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Howdy
Pitchers;
It was a
Beautiful day for pitching down by the Lake in Cooper Creek Park in Columbus
Georgia. The weather was perfect and we had 18 pitchers on hand with some
trying to get that Class Champion Patch so they can pitch in next year’s
Tournament of Champions.
Thank You so
much to Aubrey Walker and Stevan Tigges
for all of their hard work getting the courts ready for
us to pitch on.
In the
Championship Class our Neighbor from Alabama Frank
Billingsley won a very tough class by just one half a game. Frank had a great day pitching finishing with an impressive 61.50%
with a high game of 70%. In Franks match with Dan it came down to the final
shoe. Dan pitched first and got one ringer while leading by one point. Frank
needed two ringers to win and that’s what he did pitching a double to take the two point win over Dan. It proved to be the deciding game as
Dan took 2nd Place a half game back followed by Larry Myers in 3rd
Place.
In Class A
for a while it looked like Charles Mathis and Ronnie Miller were headed for a
playoff after tying their first game with each other. Ronnie then defeated
Michelle Cleaton to hand her one loss. Putting her a
half game back of the pair. It turned out to be Michelle’s only loss of the day
as Lee Howington handed Ronnie a Loss to put him a
half game back at the same time Michelle was handing Charles a loss putting him
a half game back as well. That was all Michelle needed as she won her final
game and clinched 1st Place. Ronnie took 2nd Place over
Charles on ringer percentage and Charles took 3rd Place. Way to Go
Michelle Awesome pitching!
In Class B Stevan Tigges only had had one
blemish tom his day. Shirley Kemp-Symicek handed Stevan a tough loss with her highest game of the day. It
turned out Stevan didn’t need to be perfect for the
day he still took home the Class B Championship with the 4 and 1 record.
Followed by Don Billingsley in 2nd Place and Mark Walton in 3rd
Place. In a Very tough Battle with Don Cleaton Jr Stevan was able to
take Don out with a 3 point victory to avoid a four way tie for 1st
Place. Great Pitching Guys!
Next week we
go to Flagler Beach for the annual Ga/Fla team tournament. It’s not too late to
form a team the cut-off is Wednesday. We have a couple of pitchers still
wanting to form a team so let me know if you want to go and we’ll make it
happen if possible.
Thanks
Ronnie
Howdy
Pitchers;
It looks like
there was a Great crowd at the Stone Mountain Tournament held at the
Lawrenceville courts.
Thanks to Tim
Embry and Maxi Reedtz for hosting the tournament. I
had several people tell me it went great.
In the
Championship Class Coni Hix got her revenge on Jimmy Coile
in the Playoff after Jimmy handed her the only
loss of the day she would have. Jimmy gave Coni the loss to force the playoff
but Coni was just too tough to beat twice as she won the playoff and took the
Tournament Champion Title. Jimmy took 2nd Place followed by Jerry
Morris who made it a Four Stakes Rout by taking 3rd Place.
In Class A Jeff Coile stayed perfect all
day not losing a game on the way to the Class A Championship followed by Don
Hoover in 2nd Place and Jerry Wingfield in 3rd Place.
Class B saw
Jim McElveen destroy the competition as he didn’t
lose a game and pitched a Red-Hot 44.38% on the day. Tony Bennett was right on
his heels but couldn’t overcome Jim and had to settle for 2nd Place.
Followed by his wife Jann Bennett in 3rd Place.
Jack Lester
was also smoking as he won the Class C Championship with a 4 and 1 record. Fred
Bennett handed Jack his only loss of the day in a very tough match. David Kleidosty took home 2nd Place followed by Fred
in 3rd Place. We may need to watch jack he looks to peaking just in
time for the upcoming Ga/Fla Tournament and the State Singles.
In addition
to helping put on the Tournament Tim Embry had a perfect day on the courts as
he won the Class D Championship. Charles Mathis also had a good day losing only
one game and taking 2nd Place followed by Bobby Thaxton
in 3rd Place.
In Class E
Larry Wages was perfect even though Chuck Sandman gave him a run for his money
in the final game which would decide the Class Champion. Larry took off from
the start but Chuck never panicked he just kept on pitching. Chuck made a hard
charge at the end to close to within one point
but that was as close as he could get as Larry managed to take the final point
and win the game by two points. Great game Guys! Larry took a well-deserved 1st
Place and Class E Championship followed by Chuck in 2nd Place and
Roy Ziering in 3rd Place.
Thanks
Ronnie
Howdy
Pitchers;
We
had 17 brave souls
brave the wind and traffic to pitch in Cordele yesterday. It was windy but all
in all a perfect day to pitch.
Thank You to
all that came out to pitch with us.
In the
Championship Class it looked like Jim Henderson was
cruising to a perfect day until he ran into Royce Byrd. Royce edged Jim out by
one point to force Jim into a playoff with Dan Sanders who had also lost only
one game. In the Playoff Dan had to throw a ringer at the end to defeat Jim by just
two points to take the Championship Title. Royce took home 3rd
Place.
In Class A Buddy Ayer defeated Ronnie Miller in their final game to
cinch his Class A Championship. Michelle Cleaton had a great day and took home 2nd Place followed by
Ronnie Miller in 3rd Place.
In Class B
Shirley Kempf Symicek took
home the Class B Championship after surviving a three way
tie for 1st Place. In the first round of the playoff Randy Morris
defeated Don Billingsley to face Shirley in the Final game. In the final game Shirley
proved to tough for Randy as she won the game and the
Class B Championship.
Don’t forget
next Saturday September 16th is the deadline for entering the GHPA
State Singles. You can bring your entry form to the tournament in Columbus or
mail it to Marcus Waters a copy of the entry form is attached.
Thanks
Ronnie