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Welcome to the San Francisco Horseshoe Pitching Club website!
The San Francisco Horseshoe Pitching Club is a place for local horseshoe pitchers to find other horseshoe pitchers, where to play in the City, and how to participate in regional and national tournaments sponsored by the NCHPA and NHPA. If you are looking for other local players to play horseshoes with go to the SFHPC Members page and join this website or contact another player listed there. Visit the other pages of this website for information about organized horseshoe pitching throughout Northern California, instructional videos, places to find professional equipment, and other horseshoe related links. BEST of the BAY 2010!!! - SF Weekly!
Listed as one of the Best Places to Recreate in GG Park!
CLUB NIGHT & DAYS: Golden Gate Park
WINTER Hours: Subject to cancellation due to weather and court conditions.
Wednesdays: 1pm - 4pm Veteran horseshoe pitcher Lawrence Kelley is often available to give instruction on pitching the 1-1/4 turn shoe on Wednesday afternoons. Fridays: 4:30 pm - dusk pm There is a group of members that are regularly pitching on Friday afternoons
Saturdays: Noon - 3 pm Pick-up match, round robin tournament with whoever shows up. No experience necessary and we'll bring extra horseshoes.
1st Saturday of the Month: Noon - 4 pm Challenge Tournament & BBQ. Every 1st Saturday of the Month will be an open challenge tournament and bbq. Show up at noon and toss your name in a hat. Teams will be drawn at random for a single elimination tournament. ... Cost of entry is pitching in for BBQ & beer.
Click on photos to View more recently added Historic Photographs courtesy of the Tom O'Brien Family on the History Page
The 1962 Welcome Committee! | Golden Gate Park -With Historic Club House (now burned down and gone)-  |
Mayor Gavin Newsom w/ World Champion Brian Simmons at the 1st Annual Guardsmen SF Horseshoe Pitching Tournament and rededication of
of Golden Gate Horseshoe Courts 2009.
Additional Historic photographs from the original Golden Gate Horseshoe Club in 1976 and 1981.
NEXT TOURNAMENT:
Oct. 22 (Sat) 9:30 AM: GOLDEN GATE CLASSIC - NCHPA Return to Golden Gate Park Horseshoe Tournament!
Come join us for the Norther California Horseshoe Pitching Associations first sactioned full National Tournament in San Francisco in 22 YEARS!!!
This Tourament will be hosted by the Half Moon Bay Horseshoe Club along with the SFHPC. Please visit their club or website. You must be a registered member of the NCHPA and qualified to pitch in this tournament since you must have a qualified ringer percentage rating to participate. The SFHPC is in the process of becoming a member club in the Northern California Horseshoe Pitching Association prior to this tournament. We will provide opportunities for SFHPC members to join the NCHPA and toss 100 horseshoes in order to establish your initial ringer percentage. Who you play in the tournament is based upon your ringer percentage and games can be handicapped. Tournament will follow official NHPA rules. Players will be grouped to compete against players of similar skill level (ringer average %) in a round robin within your classification. Prizes, raffles, and great competition. This tournament will be drawing players from all over the State of California and out of State. Come watch and play with some of the best horseshoe pitchers in the State. Have you ever wondered how good you are? Come play and find out! Stay tuned for more information!
Contact peter@sfhorseshoepitching.com if you have any questions.
The Golden Gate Classic and future SFHPC tournaments are being brought to you by the partnership the San Francisco Horseshoe Pitching Club is forming with the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department in a committed effort to build community relationships that assist in the restoration and maintenance of our city's park facilities. We are restoring our corner of the Park and welcome everyone to participate and enjoy this historic public facility by playing the sport it was created for in 1922. We gratefully thank the SFRPD management and staff for their assistance and support in restoring the Horseshoe Courts and making events like this possible.
Join this website! Click on the SIGN UP! button at the top right of the page and follow the instructions! It's FREE. Meet other players and support horseshoe pitching in San Francisco! If you don't want to sign up on a club website but still want to meet other player just send me (pznkz) an email at peter@sfhorseshoepitching.com and I'll let you know when and where we'll be playing.
***The San Francisco Horseshoe Pitching Club is joining the National Horseshoe Pitching Association !! ***
We will be an 'official' club in time for the 2011 Golden Gate Classic, the 1st nationally sanctioned tournament in 22 years in SF!!
You must be a member of the NHPA to participate in sanctioned tournaments. Annual Membership in the SFHPC will be $35/year. $27 goes to State & National Dues, $8 will go to the club fund. You will obtain a qualified ringer average and be able compete in your ringer average class at tournaments across the state and country. Join the SFHPC and help support the continued restoration and maintenance of these public horseshoe courts. Email peter@sfhorseshoepitching.com to join or for more information.
First Saturdays: Noon - 4 pm: 1st Saturday of the Month Challenge Tournament & BBQ.
***the tournament is "officially" on hold until next spring when we'll resume again. BUT if the weather is nice it's likely people will be there to play.
Every 1st Saturday of the Month will be an open challenge tournament and bbq. Show up at noon and toss your name in a hat.
Teams will be drawn at random for a single elimination tournament. ... Cost of entry is pitching in for BBQ & beer.
If you wish to attend the Oct. 22 Tournament and get qualified at this event, please contact peter@sfhorseshoepitching.com to schedule and make arrangements.
NEED HORSESHOES?? Visit Kimmy's NHPA Horseshoe Shop for all your horseshoe equipment needs. Tell them SFHPC sent you.
Contact us if your organization would like to have a tournament. We have enough horseshoes and equipement to facilitate a large group or event.
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LATEST NEWS:
Sept. 10 (Sat): 3rd Annual Guardsmen SF Horseshoe Tournament & BBQ
Another Fantastic Tournament held by the Guardsmen of San Francisco!!! We filled the courts and had a great day with both A & B divison play drawing first time players as well as a couple of former World Champion pitchers!! A delicious smoked BBQ by the Guardsmen and Beer Garden donated by Sierra Nevada Brewery. This year they provided a nice selection of different beers to select from! A Special Thank You to Damon Bruce from Sports Radio KNBR 1050AM noon-3PM who was the Master of Ceremony, and SF Rec & Park General Manager Phil Ginsburg who came out to support all of our hard work bringing top quality horseshoe pitching back to San Francisco. Thanks to Kimmy Stockli, Current and 5 x California State Women's Champion.
 KNBR's Damon Bruce & SFRPD General Mgr. Phil Ginsburg |  Sponsor Sierra Nevada Beer Garden!!! |  World Famous Guardsmen Smoker BBQ |
 Peter Zepponi 4th place finisher w/ Gino Rinaldi |  |  Kone Elevator Team |
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 |  5x Calif State Champion Kimmy Stockli talking with KNBR's Damon Bruce - |  Kids enjoying the historic horseshoe sculpture by Vet Anderson - recently restored by SFHPC and Greco Granite |
 1st Place! Sue & Travis Sluys ( former jr. world champion) Mac Watters (Guardsmen) |  2nd Place: Bill Terry & Mac Watters (Guardsmen) |  3rd Place: _ & Jeff Williams ( former Jr world champion) |
 1st Place B Division: Brian Robinson & ____ |  Gino R. & ? checking the score |  |
Registration includes tournament play and food & beverages. Also on site will be multiple California State Women's Horseshoe Pitching Champion Kimmy Stockli for pitching demonstrations and instruction. Visit www.kimmyshorseshoeshop.com for all your horseshoe pitching needs. Contact her and she can bring your new 'pro' shoes with her!
Kimmy just won the California State championship again over Labor Day weekend in Bakersfield. Nice Job!
The Guardsmen and the San Francisco Horseshoe Pitching Club proudly announce the 3rd Annual Horseshoe Tournament at the historic Horseshoe Courts in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
On Saturday, September 10th, we continue on the momentum of last year's great event; and will be hosting the 3rd Annual Horseshoe Tournament. This event will be a 64 team, double elimination horseshoe tournament, BBQ sandwiches, Sierra Nevada beer garden, with KNBR's Damon Bruce as the master of ceremonies.
Registration is $50 per two player team and $15 per spectator (both include food and beverage). Play starts at 11:30am (come 1/2 hour prior to register)
Spots are quickly filling-up! Register today at http://guardsmen.org/sfhorseshoetournament/ to guarantee a spot!
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Marc Gille at mgille@hotmail.com.
July 30th 2011 (Sat): Round #2 East Bay Masters of Ken Baker's East Bay Summer Series in LIVERMORE.
SFHPC's Gino Rinaldi & Peter Zepponi, Team: 006 face tough competition and take 3rd Place and take home several lbs of thick cut apple smoked bacon! Thanks to EBSS and Prime Smoked Meats!
SFHPC will be representing the 415. Ken Baker hosts a really fun series of horseshoes! Check it out. go. peter@sfhorseshoepitching.com
Contact: Ken Baker,, (925) 980-0083 (925) 980-0083
email: kbaker@eastbaysummerseries.com
www.eastbaysummerseries.com
Save the Dates:
June 11 2011 - Kick Off
July 30, 2011 - Eastbay masters - sponsored by: Prime Smoked Meats (mmmm Bacon!)
Sept. 17, 2011 - Finals : sponsored by: Mission Cigar & Pipe (Pleasanton)
Double Elimination
$15 per person
Leaner’s 2 points
Follow Your Shoes
Warm-ups 10:00am
Tournament starts at 11:30am
June 18th : Lord of the Ringer III Horseshoe Tournament / Skate Jam
Blood Wizard Skateboards presents their 3rd Annual Lord of the Ringer III.
Kimmy Stockli, 3 x women's California State Champion and owner of Kimmy's Horseshoe Shop was there and brought several items from her online horseshoe supply store. Visit www.kimmyshorseshoeshop.com
Team Knocked Up! from the East Bay Summer Series went UNDEFEATED to win
1st place and title of LORD OF THE RINGER for 2011! Kevin Grimes and his pregnant wife were a force to beat....although...there were some protests that it was an unfair advantage being 3 against 2!
Jeff Williams and his partner fought hard and took home 2nd Place after barely squeaking by last year's Lord of the Ringer Champions Team 006, Peter Zepponi & Gino Rinaldi.
Team 006 was up 21 - 20, but with the 'must win by 2 rule' invoked, Williams shut the door with a six pack and moved onto the finals leaving 006 in 3rd place.
One of the most memorable matches of the day was 006 vs. the East Bay Summer Series team 'Harder Than a *****'s Heart'. HTAWH had a massive 17-2 lead over team 006 but could not close the deal and was crushed 21-17 without being able to score another point!!! A loss not soon to be forgotten for sure...I bet they'll be looking for a rematch in Livermore on July 3oth.
Another Great Tournament & Skate Jam put on by Blood Wizards' Rico Castro & Justin Visser!
Thanks!
pz
| 1st Place!!! Team: Knocked Up - Mr & Mrs Grimes + jr.  | 2nd Place!! Team: 4 Dead - (?) & Jeff Williams  |
 | 3rd Place! Team: 006 - Peter Zepponi & Gino Rinaldi  |
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 5x California Champion Kimmy Stockli |  Jeff Williams |
May 18, 2011: The first steps were taken today by SF Rec & Park to restore the restrooms and maintenance closet! After being closed for 20 years, SFRPD has begun to evaluate the current state of the facilities. SFHPC and the Friends of the Oakwoodlands are partnering with Parks Trust to pursue additional grant funding in order to continue the restoration of the horseshoe courts and surrounding amenities as well as the Oak Woodlands and trails.
May 14th (Sat) Noon-5 pm: Cal Poly SLO Alumni Tournament & BBQ!
The was the First Annual Horseshoe Pitching Tournament and BBQ organized by the SFHPC and the Cal Poly Alumni Association.
This was a charity fundraiser open doubles tournament to support the CPAA Bay Area Scholarship Program.
All players welcome, not just Cal Poly Alumni.
BBQ tickets will be also available for non-playing adult and children spectators. Sign up, bring your family and enjoy a day in Golden Gate Park.
You are encouraged to pre-register even for the just the BBQ so we can plan accordingly.
Online Registration is now open at http://sfsjcpaahorseshoe2011.eventbrite.com/
DETAILS:
Two person team double elimination tournament.
Registration $50/team (aka $25 per person) includes full BBQ and beverages.
Matches to 21 pts, "Leaners" will count as 2 pts.
NO SLOP allowed unless agreed upon by both teams prior to match. (bouncing off concrete, backboards, or in front of the pit is a foul shoe and must be pulled)
No handicap Open Tournament.
First 16 teams to loose two matches move to B division bracket to play for King of the Rookie.
Top 16 teams play for championship!!
PRIZES for winners!!! Raffles all day. Cal Poly stuff! Cal Poly Wine! and wine donated by Kinero Winery
Full BBQ and beer.
Horseshoes will be provided, but bring your own if you've got 'em.
More details to come, online registration is available at the Cal Poly SF-San Jose Chapter website listed below.
http://sfsjcpaahorseshoe2011.eventbrite.com/
Nov. 19, 2010: SFHPC in the National News! on PBS NewsHours with Jim Lehrer.
On Thursday Nov. 18, the producers of PBS NewsHour contacted me to get some horseshoe pitching footage to open and close a piece on the Bay Area's ranked ballot voting system.
So that afternoon I met them at the GG Park Horseshoe Courts to shoot some footage. And for the record...they told me to MISS! Thanks to Gloria Koch-Gonzalas , GG Park Director, and the office of the General Manager for rapidly mobilizing to clear out a dozen or so piles of debris, glass, rocks, trash etc that SFHPC members had swept and raked up the day before during a volunteer clean up.
PBS NEWSHOUR VIDEO (Click to Watch) ...the most interesting parts are from 0:10 - 0:18 and 7:20 -7:28.
Some photos of the clean up before the PBS film shoot and of the filming:
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 Peter Zepponi pitching for PBS Newshour |  Peter Zepponi pitching for PBS Newshour |  |
Nov. 16, 2010: Horse Sculpture Restoration: Thomas Sperow is continuing the restoration on the Horse Sculpture. He has drilled and epoxied a number of steel anchors into the cliff to provide a solid attachement for the restoration work. Visit Greco Granite's Photo Gallery to view photos of the restoration in process.
Greco Granite Blog to read about it.
Nov. 15, 2010: Not Horseshoes, but SFHPC founder and architect Peter Zepponi broke ground on two new US Bocce Federation regulation tournament bocce ball courts in Justin Herman Plaza directly in front of the Ferry Building on the Embarcadero. Zepponi Architects donated all the design services for this project to continue to build relationships with the City & County of San Francisco and the SF Rec & Parks department.Mayor Newsom, and supervisors were on hand for the offical ground breaking ceremony. Also present was Benji Tosi, 7 x US National Bocce Champion,and past US Bocce Federation President John Ross. This project was a joint venture with Platinum Advisors, Salesforce.com, AECOM, Boston Properties, Zepponi Architects, Webcor Builders, City/Co of SF, SFRPD, SFDPW, Local Laborers' #261, and the US Bocce Federation.
Stay tuned for upcoming events with the San Francisco Bocce Club!!! www.sfbocce.org
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September 25th(Sat): Moped Army Taco Tournament (Informal). 3pm - 7pm. SF 2-stroke moped club will be having a picnic and tournament following a morning scooter rally.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE PHOTOS ?
October 2nd(Sat): Round #3 and the Finals of Ken Baker's Summer Series in LIVERMORE. SFHPC will be representing the 415.
Contact us if you want to go. peter@sfhorseshoepitching.comContact: Ken Baker, (925) 980-0083 email: kenbaker@budweiser.com
www.eastbaysummerseries.com
June 19 2010 - Kick Off
Aug 14 2010 - Eastbay masters - sponsored by: Prime Smoked Meats (mmmm Bacon!)
Oct 2 2010 - Finals : sponsored by: Mission Cigar & Pipe (Pleasanton)
3rd Place: Peter Z & Jim Soderborg, SFHPC | 1st Place: 'Horseshoes & Beers' John Mendoza & (name ?) | Mission Pipe Owner Ryan and 1st Place Team | |
My half of 3rd Place prize |  | It's a family affair - EBSS Picnic | |
Sept. 8, 2001:
1) SFHPC member Tony Rinaldi, 9 yrs old, won the California State Junior Cadet Horsehoe Pitching Title over Labor Day Weekend in Bakersfield, CA!!! WOW! Winning the state championship in his first year to participate!!! Way to go Tony!
Tony pitches in NCHPA sanctioned tournaments through the Half Moon Bay horseshoe pitching club.
***looking ahead to next year***
2) On Oct.22nd 2011, we will be hosting the Half Moon Bay horseshoe pitching club for a sanctioned NCHPA tournament!!! This will be the first in nearly two decades. During the summer we will provide more information and opportunities for players to become qualified to pitch in this sanctioned event!
3) Any Cal Poly SLO grads out there??? We are in the process of working with the Nor Cal and SF/SJ Cal Poly Alumni Associations to schedule a Cal Poly Alumni Horseshoe Tournament and BBQ!!!
4) SF Police & Fire Tournament??? We are in the process of trying to organize an SF Police & Fire horseshoe tournament.
If you are a member of either of these departments, or know someone who is, please contact us.
The Guardsmen - 2nd Annual SF Horseshoe Pitching Tournament on Aug. 21st was another huge success!!!
