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ASHLEY ASHTON
Hometown- Mt. Vernon Pitching Division- Women
2020 NATSTAT- 27.05% Horseshoe Club-Shorty's Indoor Club. Pitching Style - Single Flip, Right-Handed, Steps off of the right foot.Shoe Of Choice - Snyder EZ Flips 2.6 How often do you practice? Two to three times a week. What year did you join the KHPA? 2019.How did you get started in horseshoes? My Grandfather, Jim Gleissner, and a family friend, Doc Rice, got me started.What do you enjoy most about the sport of horseshoes? Making new friends and gaining a new family. What is your biggest pet peeve while pitching? Lots of talking during a tournament.What are your goals to achieve in horseshoe pitching? (No goals listed) What is your biggest accomplishment? Pitching my first 50% game and winning Class B State Tournament, my first year. What is your biggest disappointment?(None Listed.)What pitcher has most influenced your game and how? (None listed.) Who is your toughest pitching opponent? Jesse Gentry.





RICKY BELL
Hometown- Lexington. Pitching Division- 40ft.Men
2016 NATSTAT- 40.19% Pitching Status- Currently on hiatus but connected. Pitching Style - 1 1/4 Turn, Right-Handed, Steps off of the left foot.Shoe Of Choice - Deadeye 2.9 How often do you practice? Everyday in 300 shoe sessions.What year did you join the KHPA? 1975 How did you get started in horseshoes? Jack Fahey.What do you enjoy most about the sport of horseshoes? Friendship and the pursuit of a common goal. What is your biggest pet peeve while pitching? Intentional distractions.What are your goals to achieve in horseshoe pitching? To be the A Class State Champion. What is your biggest accomplishment? 2011 Men's State Champion, 5 Junior State Titles and 9th in the World 1980. What is your biggest disappointment? The promotion of the game. What pitcher has most influenced your game and how? Jack Fahey. To accomplish repetitive consistancy. Who is your toughest pitching opponent? Myself.







EUGENE BROWN
Hometown- Somerset. Pitching Division- 40ft.Men
2020 NATSTAT- 41.62% Horseshoe Club-Shorty's Indoor Pitching Style - Single Flip, Right-Handed, Steps with the left foot.Shoe Of Choice - Tee Gees 2.9 How often do you practice? Two nights per week. All the shoes I can.What year did you join the KHPA? July, 1990. How did you get started in horseshoes? I was sitting at the country store and Barry McClure walked in and said "Let's go to the Nicholasville tourney."What do you enjoy most about the sport of horseshoes? The competition and trying to get new and more members. What is your biggest pet peeve while pitching? Having a large lead and losing by one point.What are your goals to achieve in horseshoe pitching? To increase my average and someday make it to Class A. What is your biggest accomplishment? Winning my State Class in 2017 with a 4-way playoff and going to the World in 2019 and finishing 8th. What is your biggest disappointment? showing up at a tournament and getting rained out. Tell us about your favorite game or tournament you've ever played. Playing in the World for the first time in 2019 and beating some players with higher averages. What pitcher has most influenced your game and how? Barry McClure got me started and I have been a member for 30 years and have since built a building with 4 courts so myself and other players can play year round, rain or shine. Who is your toughest pitching opponent?Clinton Denney and Stanley Roberts.




CHARLES BROWNING
Hometown- Smiths Grove. Pitching Division- 30ft.Elder Men
2020 NATSTAT- 55.52% Horseshoe Club-Edmonson County Horseshoe Pitching Association. Pitching Style - 3/4 Turn, Right-Handed, Steps off of the right foot.Shoe Of Choice - M&M Horseshoes How often do you practice? Pitches 150 shoes a week in the league and occasionally practices with Eddie Salleng.What year did you join the KHPA? 2008 How did you get started in horseshoes? Well, I pitched all of my life in family reunions and get togethers. I started pitching in the League and KHPA after seeing an ad in the newspaper and calling A.B. Webb.What do you enjoy most about the sport of horseshoes? Hollering out a FOOOOUR DEAD!!!!!. What is your biggest pet peeve in horseshoe pitching? Not getting started on time. If you say something is going to start at a specific time, then it should start at that time.What are your goals to achieve in horseshoe pitching? To win the Elder Men's State Championship. I screwed up in 2016 when I had beat Bob Hudnall & Jim Culver (The Top 2 finishers), and then turned around and let (Jim) Baker beat my #$$!!! What is your biggest accomplishment? Being the ECHPA League Champion four out of six times.. What is your biggest disappointment? Pitching an 8% game at Campbellsville in 2011. What pitcher has most influenced your game and how? John Neagle, because he is serious all the time and never gets rattled. He is calm as a cucumber. Also, Bill Garrett improved my game by telling me "Mr. Browning, you've got to start hitting that peg to improve your game"...and I did. Who is your toughest pitching opponent? Bob Hudnall & Jim Culver.




DOW BUFORD
Nicknames & Alias's-Dow Buford, aka - Sidewinder, aka - Side, aka - Long Arm, aka - Rev.6'7". Hometown- Louisville. Pitching Division- 40ft.Men
2020 NATSTAT- 30.27% Horseshoe Club-Black Mudd Park Pitching Style - 1 3/4 Turn, Left-Handed, Steps with the right foot.Shoe Of Choice - Hummers 2.9 How often do you practice? 2-4 times per week in the summer. Pitches 150-250 shoes per session.What year did you join the KHPA? 2009 How did you get started in horseshoes? I began pitching in Lexington, KY when my next door neighbor set up stakes in his back yard. I would go next door and pitch with him, his friends and his dad. Later and I put some stakes in my backyard.What do you enjoy most about the sport of horseshoes? I love the sound of shoes clanging against each other and the stake when people are pitching. What is your biggest pet peeve while pitching? My biggest pet peeve is movement in and around the pit/court while someone is pitching.What are your goals to achieve in horseshoe pitching? For 2020 my goals are to break into the top 20 in ringer percentage, obtain a 40% ringer average and win the Class C State tournament. What is your biggest accomplishment? My biggest accomplishment was winning the Class B State Championship in 2015. What is your biggest disappointment? My biggest disappointment was my 2011 Class C State tournament. I did a pitiful job of defending the title. My pitching was awful! What pitcher has most influenced your game and how? Sherman, Commissioner of Black Mudd Park, Louisville, KY who taught me to focus on making ringers and not the other pitcher. Dwight Gibson taught me to keep quiet if you can't pitch and talk at the same time. Gary Owens taught me to forget about the last pitch and focus on the one that you are pitching now. Who is your toughest pitching opponent? My toughest opponents would be my mentors - Kenny Parrish, John Deere, aka Dwight Gibson, and Terry Stewart.




ROGER BULLOCK
Hometown- Eubank. Pitching Division- 40ft.Men
2020 NATSTAT-19.34% Horseshoe Club-Somerset Horseshoe Club Pitching Style - Single Flip, Right-Handed, Steps off of the right foot.Shoe Of Choice - Snyder E-Z Flips or different types. How often do you practice? Maybe once or twice a week..What year did you join the KHPA? 2016 How did you get started in horseshoes? Growing up as kids watching Dad throw My brother and I would get mule shoes or pony shoes and throw them at broken tobacco sticks.What do you enjoy most about the sport of horseshoes? Competition and meeting different people and places. What is your biggest pet peeve while pitching? Kids running and playing in back of the pits..What are your goals to achieve in horseshoe pitching? Getting better. . What is your biggest accomplishment? Every tournament that I have played and won and having the strength to keep playing. What is your biggest disappointment? Getting down on myself for not hitting anything but I know it wasn't meant for a person to win every game. What pitcher has most influenced your game and how? Clinton Denney, he's always got that never say never attitude, always! . Who is your toughest pitching opponent? Anyone who throws crap and it goes on.






JIM CULVER
Hometown- Henderson. Pitching Division- 30ft. Men
2009 NATSTAT- 70.87% Horseshoe Club- Poor Man's Horseshoe Club. Pitching Style - Single Flip, Right-Handed, Steps with the right foot.Shoe Of Choice - Snyder E-Z Flip 2 2.9 wt. How often do you practice? 3-4 days a week, in 200-300 shoe sessions.What year did you join the KHPA? 1990.How did you get started in horseshoes? Friends at church. What do you enjoy most about the sport of horseshoes? Meeting new people. What is your biggest pet peeve while pitching? People not standing at the back of the box while you're pitching. What are your goals to achieve in horseshoe pitching? To make the Championship round in the World.What is your biggest accomplishment? Winning the B1 Class in the World. What is your biggest disappointment? Not pitching good in the A Class at the World. What pitcher has most influenced your game and how?Walter Mullins & Monty Roberts. Who is your toughest pitching opponent?Tony Hankins & Walter Mullins.






LARRY DAVIS
Hometown- Louisville, KY. Pitching Club- Black Mudd. Pitching Division- 30ft.Men
2020 NATSTAT- 22.11% Pitching Style - Turn. Right-Handed, Steps off of the left foot.Shoe Of Choice - Ted Allen 2.5 How often do you practice? Twice a week. Usually pitch 200 or so.What year did you join the KHPA? 2018 How did you get started in horseshoes?Ted Sauer used to work for me. He got me started and got me to buy a pair of Ted Allens.What do you enjoy most about the sport of horseshoes? Well, I'm a bit of a gambler. I like the jackpots. What is your biggest pet peeve while pitching? I don't like it when folks are moving around or standing behind the pit while I'm pitching.What are your goals to achieve in horseshoe pitching? To get and maintain a 50% ringer average and to stay healthy enough so I can do that. What is your biggest accomplishment? Pitching 40% in the last game of the Backyard Challenge 2.. What is your biggest disappointment?When my wife wasn't able to pitch anymore. We used to pitch in the backyard together. Tell us about your favorite game or tournament.1st in the Lanesville, Indiana Fall tournament and 2nd in the Autumn On The River tourney in Bethlehem, IN. What pitcher has most influenced your game and how? Ted Sauer and Bud Egger. Ted got me started pitching seriously. Who is your toughest pitching opponent? Shawn the mailman now. Ted Sauer and Bud Eggers in years past.




JESSE GENTRY
Hometown- Somerset. Pitching Division- 40ft.Men
2020 NATSTAT- 26.82% Pitching Style - Turn, Right-Handed, Steps off of the left foot.Shoe Of Choice - Ted Allen 2.8 How often do you practice? All I can.What year did you join the KHPA?June, 1990. How did you get started in horseshoes?I was sitting at the store and Barry McClure come in and asked me to go pitch with him. What do you enjoy most about the sport of horseshoes? ? The people and the competition. What is your biggest pet peeve while pitching? Losing by one point.What are your goals to achieve in horseshoe pitching? To win the State. What is your biggest accomplishment? I got fifth in the World in 2019 in my class. What is your biggest disappointment? Losing 31 straight games. Tell us about your favorite game or tournament.Pitching in the World Tournament in 2019 in Texas. What pitcher has most influenced your game and how? None. Who is your toughest pitching opponent?None.






DWIGHT GIBSON
Hometown- Louisville. Pitching Division- 40ft.Men
2010 NATSTAT- 36.70% Pitching Style - 1 1/4 Turn, Left-Handed, Steps off of the right foot.Shoe Of Choice - M&M 2.10 How often do you practice? 1-2 times per week in 200-250 shoe sessions.What year did you join the KHPA? 2010 How did you get started in horseshoes? I started as a child pitching mule shoes in the backyard with my brothers (real mule shoes).What do you enjoy most about the sport of horseshoes? ? The competition and camaraderie. What is your biggest pet peeve while pitching? People standing in the pit to pitch..What are your goals to achieve in horseshoe pitching? Increase my ringer percentage. What is your biggest accomplishment? I was able to win 2 Bricks on the Walk of Fame in Bethlehem, IN when my partner and I won the Doubles Tournaments in 2007 and 2009. What is your biggest disappointment? The growth of the Cornhole game's popularity and its purses and the lack of purses and attention given to horseshoe pitching. What pitcher has most influenced your game and how?The Colonel, Darrell Sherrod. Who is your toughest pitching opponent? The Colonel.






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