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August 26, 2024
Amateurs and Single Participants Test Their Luck with Horseshoe Pitching
Participants from around the country competed in the Iowa Amateurs division, Open Singles division and Open Singles evening division of the Horseshoe Pitching Tournament held Thursday, August 15, at the 2024 Iowa State Fair.
The Fair hosts both Championship and Open Class competitions every Fair day. Division winners are crowned daily. All Horseshoe Pitching competitions take place on the clay courts just east of Farm Bureau Pioneer Hall.
Complete results below:
IOWA AMATEURS
1. Tab Gardner, Cathedral City, CA
OPEN SINGLES
Class A
1) Dwight McGrath, Missouri Valley
2) Tom Cranston, Keswick
3) Steve Hatch, Knoxville
4) Russell Wiese, Roland
Class B
1) Caleb Cook, Des Moines
2) Rick Cook, Des Moines
3) Ava Sinnott, Pella
4) Tab Gardner, CA
Class C
1) Sara Veldhuizen Stealy, Webster Groves, MO
2) Maria Dingaman, Pella
3) Fred Allgood, New Virginia
4) Robert Calkins, Des Moines
OPEN SINGLES EVENING
Class A
1) Tom Cranston, Keswick
2) Russell Wiese, Roland
3) Brandon DeBord, Adel
4) Ozzy DeGroote, Maxwell
Class B
1) Rick Cook, Des Moines
2) Lynn Gilmore, Des Moines
3) Stephen Fini, Des Moines
4) Tab Gardener, Cathedral City, CA