NHPA World Horseshoe Tournament

About NHPA World Horseshoe Tournament

1.3 The structure of the NHPA World Championships
The two-week long NHPA World Horseshoe Pitching
Championships are held once each summer to crown a World Champion in each of eight divisions – Open Men, Open Women, Senior Men, Senior Women, Short-Distance Men, Junior Boys, Junior Girls and Junior Cadets (12-years old and under).

Preliminary competition consists of round-robin class play with all entrants seeded in up to 16-person
classes, with the exception of the Cadet Division. All classes play over the course of three days.

At the end of class play, champions are named for each class, with the top qualifiers, based on ringer percentages advancing into the Championship Class of their respective divisions. Sizes of championship classes are determined by number of entrants in each division.
Championship play in most divisions spans three days, at the end of which, the individual in each championship class posting the best win/loss record is awarded the title of “World Champion” in that division.

About NHPA competitors
Participants travel from all parts of the United States, as well as other countries - Canada, Norway, SouthAfrica, Germany and Japan being the most frequent.

Most consider this trip their “Family Vacation,” and bring along their husbands, wives, children, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles and friends. They will spend their free time sightseeing and touring the area - visiting local events and attractions, and patronizing local businesses.

All competitors are at the venue a minimum of three days – many for the full two weeks. It is estimated that they, along with their friends and family will bring approximately three to six ($3-$5) million dollars into the host community, in a two-week time frame depending on regional economy and attractions.

Can begin as early as 2nd week of July & end no later than the 1st week of August (2-week event) Monday-Saturday each week. Please allow a minimum of 3-4 days prior to the start of the tournament for event set-up. 1st week World Tournament preliminaries and Junior/Cadet and Championships, 2nd week Championship Prelims & World Championship Tournament. (Competing each day Monday - Saturday of each week).

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