Corporate Cup Horseshoes - a big hit

The weather turned bright just in time for today's Community Corporate Cup Horseshoes Tournament held at American Legion Sutter-Terlizzi Post #16's pits in Shelton. If you have never been there, this is the Yankee Stadium of horseshoe pits! There are 15 magnificently groomed pits that bear little resemblance to the playground pits that I remember as a kid!

There were 19 teams entered in this year's event, but one team and one player in particular really stuck out. This is BIC's first year as a competitor in the event now that they have moved to Shelton, and they have been in the middle of the pack so far - but today was their day to shine. Their winning team of Mike Worobel and Frank Cwelinski dominated as they ran off 5 straight wins in the double elimination toruney leaving no doubt that they were the class of this year's tournament. Cwelinski was particularly impressive as he threw ringer after ringer including the winning one against a game Spectrum Plastics team that had rallied through the losers bracket following a loss to BIC earlier in the event only to run into the same buzzsaw in the finals!

There were many great matches throughout the day with some real highlights. One of the most amusing was in a game between the YMCA and Birmingham Group. As the game neared its conclusion, the Y's Dick Feher joked that all it would take to win would be a double ringer. Moments later, that's exactly what he did - however it didn't produce a win as Birmingham's John Yeager still had a chance to throw. Down to his last shot, he threw a ringer on top of Feher's two to limit the Y to three points. On the next series of throws, Yeager's partner, Greg Cahoon, scored a winning point for Birmingham Group.

It was a great day, and the American Legion was a great host as always. They were even running a pig roast fundraiser, and many of the competitors took advantage of the great food available during the competition. We want to thank the Legion and the Valley Horseshoe League for their support.

We're now down to one event to go in this year's Cup competion. The Y will be hosting the Run/Walk event at Prendergast School in Ansonia on June 10. This year we have added a 5K race to the walk. The walk will not be competitive, but the Run certainly will be. Check out the website for registration information.

The 2009 Cup winner will be announced at the Awards Reception at Griffin Hospital on June 23.