The B T T T H H H E E E F F F O O O U U U R R R D D D E E E A A A D D D C C C O O O U U U R R R T T T R R R E E E P P P O O O R R R T T T 2018 Page1 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. “Hey, we’ve got a four-dead over here!” Newsletter for the ECHPA/Chalybeate League & Club: October
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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