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In horseshoes, there are two ways to score: by throwing "ringers" or by throwing the horseshoe nearest to the stake. A ringer is a horseshoe that has been thrown in such a way as to completely encircle the stake. Disputes are settled by using a straightedge to touch the two points at the ends of the horseshoe, called "heel calks". If the ...
An English version of the long game, played using quoits of reduced size and weight. As with the long game, the hobs are 18 yards apart, but their tops are raised above the level of the clay. Quoits that land cleanly over the hob score two points, regardless of the opponent's efforts, and are removed immediately, prior to the next throw.
He is a member of the USBC and PBA Halls of Fame, [36] [37] a member of the World Horseshoe Pitching Hall of Fame, [4] and was a two-time past president of the Professional Bowlers Association. [ 4 ] In the 2008–09 season, the PBA's 50th, the PBA commissioned a panel of bowling experts to recognize the "50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 Years."
Alan Francis is a horseshoes pitcher from Defiance, Ohio. He has won the World Horseshoe Championship 28 times, in 1989, 1993, 1995–1999, 2001, 2003–2010, 2012–2019 and 2021–2024. Francis holds the record for most championships with 2nd place belonging to Ted Allen, who has won 10.
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20 Questions, Holiday Edition. Similar to charades, have each player write a Christmas-related person or character on a Post-It note, then pass the note face-down to the person to the right or ...
In baseball, the pitch is the act of throwing the baseball toward home plate to start a play. The term comes from the Knickerbocker Rules. Originally, the ball had to be thrown underhand, much like "pitching in horseshoes". Overhand pitching was not allowed in baseball until 1884. The biomechanics of pitching have been studied extensively.
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