FLORIDA'S BEST

 

     Listed below are the FSHPA Inc. members that have the highest averages

with the qualifications that they are Florida residents and have pitched in

5 or more FSHPA Inc. sanctioned tournaments during the last 12 months.

These results are current through  11/19/2008

 

     Data is listed in the following order:

  Name   HI3 Ringer %  simple Ringer %   # tournaments    Resident

        as per NHPA    Ringers/Shoes    Last 12 months     City

 

       20 Highest Men Ringer Percentages                     10 Highest Women Ringer Percentages

 

 1 Ron Deckard          66.3 62.1  29 Tampa             1 Verdell J Woollard   69.4 64.1 25 Apollo Beach                 

 2 David P Jagers       59.0 54.2  20 St Cloud          2 Pam Maples           62.7 56.1 13 Melbourne          

 3 Jessie Wayne Goforth 54.7 48.3  21 Bradenton         3 Debbie Burrows       62.0 57.5  9 Palm Bay            

 4 Randy Combs          53.8 48.6   9 Palm Bay          4 Regina Hawes         56.3 51.1 18 Bunnell               

 5 John Peplinski       53.5 49.7  17 W Melbourne       5 Linda Rains          54.9 49.3  9 Sebastian             

 6 Glenn Rains          51.7 47.5   5 Sebastian         6 Eileen F Fox         50.9 45.7 11 Ocala                 

 7 Ernie Kovacs         51.0 47.3   7 Pensacola         7 Linda Smith          48.3 46.6  6 Lady Lake             

 8 Bob Gray             50.0 45.9  11 The Villages      8 Patsy Kontz          48.1 45.1 20 Kissimmee             

 9 James H Hayden       47.2 38.3  25 Dunedin           9 Hazel Ingles         47.3 42.3 16 Bradenton              

10 Eric Jones           47.0 41.9  12 Alachua          10 Linda Seibel         44.4 39.8 11 The Villages         

11 Mark Hendrix         46.1 40.3  20 Casselberry        

12 Gino Pepe            45.4 40.1  15 Titusville              10 Highest Elder Men Ringer Percentages

 

13 Larry A Mobley II    45.0 37.7   9 Baker              1 Tom Hall             71.5 64.7 29 Spring Hill       

14 Byron S Jarrett      44.8 38.4  19 Oviedo             2 William Ray Hood     70.5 65.9 18 Pinellas Park        

15 Dale Marteney        43.9 39.6  14 Orlando            3 Robert Zumbahlen     70.3 67.2 24 Tarpon Springs    

16 Sam Caincross        43.5 39.5  18 Davenport          4 Warren Woolsey       70.0 66.1 19 Clearwater           

17 Joe Digrigoli        42.5 36.9  20 Orlando            5 Robert Moulin        70.0 63.9 12 Tampa              

18 Paul Dumas           41.9 37.1  12 Bradenton          6 Wayne Cowger         68.1 62.2  9 Dunedin              

19 Charles E Gibson     41.4 35.1  15 Palm Bay           7 Toby Young           67.2 58.9 22 Yalaha                

20 Paul A Goss          40.8 36.5   5 N Ft Myers         8 Lee Post             66.3 61.0 15 The Villages         

                                                         9 Robert F Farnsworth  65.0 61.0 12 Punta Gorda        

                                                        10 Ken Duquet           64.5 61.4 17 Bradenton           

 

 

                               THE TOLL OF TIME

 

                        RUTH WASSONG

 

Ruth was the companion of Past President, Jerry Randall and a 21 year member of the NHPA and FSHPA Inc.  Ruth did not pitch horseshoes but supported Jerry and the game by constantly helping out at the tournaments.  Ruth passed away on October 18, 2008 from lung cancer.  The family suggests a memory donation to Hospice of Citrus Cunty in the memory of their mother Ruth.

 

                                                     BILL MILLER

 

  Bill was a 7 year member of the NHPA and FSHPA Inc.  He was an avid horseshoe player and pitched in several tournaments each year as well as attending the Brevard County Horseshoe Club league with regularity.  Bill was a veteran of the Vietnam war.  Bill will be missed greatly by his friends in horseshoe.