Joan Elmore is a horseshoes pitcher from Mount Juliet, Tennessee. She is a ten-time horseshoes champion and NHPA Hall of Famer.[1][2][3]
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editElmore became interested in horseshoes after hearing about Tennessee state champion horseshoes players, Marlene Ray and Maxine Griffith.[1] She began playing in fall 1996 as a way to bond with her daughter.[1] In her first tournament, she threw ringers at a 60-percent clip. She then won the Tennessee state championship in her rookie year[1] and is the first Tennessean to win the Women's World Horseshoe Tournament.[4] In 2009, she was inducted into the NHPA Hall of Fame.[3][5] She had won five Women's National Horseshoe Pitchers Association World Tournaments by 2012 and had won 10 NHPA World Tournaments by 2021.[6][7]
Elmore is also a three-time Women's Indoor Horseshoes Champion (1998-2002) and a twenty-time Tennessee State Women's Champion (1997-2019).[8] She has also won 14 total NHPA World Tournament Preliminary Class and Championships.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Reed, Andy (2021), Mt. Juliet’s Elmore ties world record with 10th horseshoe title, Lebanon Democrat
- ^ Cross, Rebecca (2018), Tennessee pitcher sets sights on 10th world title in Florence tournament, SC Now
- ^ a b Hays, Graham (2013), Joan Elmore set to defend world title, ESPN
- ^ Hassan, Bob (2006), Mt. Juliet woman wins world horseshoe championship, Crossville Chronicle
- ^ Pitching Fits This Champ!, Womenofageridinghorses.com, 2023
- ^ Link, Dave (2012), Horseshoes: 'Something to do' became something she excelled at for Joan Elmore, Knox News
- ^ Pilcher, K.J. (2021), Elmore was ringer from the start, The Gazette
- ^ TNHPA Member Achievements, Tennessee Horseshoe Pitcher's Association, 2019
- ^ NHPA World Tournament Preliminary Class and Championship Winners with 3+ WT Titles, Horseshoepitching.com, 2023
- ^ Centonze, Tony (2016), Elmore, Watson win Pro HP tournament, Leaf Chronicle