Bells Point Horseshoe Tournament – 2010


July 17th, 2010 dawned a beautiful day, with sun and blue sky. Participants stretched their throwing arms and threw a few shoes to check the sand depth.

Sandy shoes

At 1:30PM, the teams were created – seven in total – by drawing names from a hat. Six people sat on the sidelines as spectators. Then, the games began.

Ken starts off

Beth and Bernadette throw from the other end

Dennis schools the young feller

Sandy watches Mary start her championship run

After the first couple games ended in skunks, the athletes warmed up and then the ringers started to clang against the post. Apologies to those ringer throwers who did not get photographed :no:

Not the first shoe she has thrown

A little home court advantage

A lot of home court advantage

Ken B – showing us how its done.

Not all tosses were quite so clear cut.

Measuring the closest

After several hours of throwing, the winners finally put the horseshoes, and us, to rest.

We are the champions

The final tally

After a lovely BBQ of kebabs and salads, some brought by the neighbours…

Summer sunshine

BBQ

Revelers carried on into the night…

Revelry

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