Two area men will be competing in the 2011 World Horseshoe Pitching Championships in Monroe, La. The two-week event begins Monday and ends July 30.
Dave Mathewson, Gas, and Neil Hartwig, Humboldt, are members of the Iola Riverside Horseshoe Club. Both competed in the 2010 World tournament.
Mathewson goes into the tournament with a 51.27 ringer percentage. Hartwig has a 50.00 ringer percentage.
For the first time in history, the event will be run with electronic scoring systems on all courts. Forty-six portable horseshoe courts will be set up in the Monroe Civic Center Arena for the two-week event.
The event is held once each summer to crown a World Champion horseshoe pitcher in each of eight divisions – Open Men, Open Women, Senior Men, Senior Women, Elder (short-distance) Men, Junior Boys, Junior Girls and Junior Cadets (9-years old and under).
Entrants hail from 45 U.S. states and two Canadian province.
Area pitchers going to world championships
