BENNINGTON — Bristol’s Debra Brown continued her winning ways on the horseshoe courts when she won the Women’s title in the Vermont State Championships at the Bennington Horseshoe Club this past Sunday.
Brown tossed a perfect 4-0 record in the competition, hitting ringers on more than three out of every four throws. Brown won the Women’s World Title at the World Horseshoe Pitching Championship in Kansas last month.
The Men’s champion was Gale Greene of Shaftsbury, who was fourth at the World Championships.
Other winners at the state meet were: Elders, Neil Kennedy of Chelsea; Junior Boys, Brandyn LaBarron of Springfield; Cadet Girls, Maddie Prim of Colchester; and Cadet Boys, Dakota Santor of Alburg.
The full results from the Aug. 9 competition, with win-loss record and ringer percentage, were:
WOMEN’S
Class A: 1. Debra Brown, 4-0, 75.95; 2. Missie Riendeau, 3-1, 52.11; 3. Georgia McCormick, 2-2, 54.84; 4. Kayla Bushey, 1-3, 46.39; 5. Brianna McCormick, 0-4, 41.88.
Class B: 1. Terri Lefebvre, 7-0, 27.78; 2. Mistylee Baird, 6-1, 29.33; 3. Jen Prim, 1-4, 24.38; 4. June Trayah, 4-3, 18.93; 5. Donna Lewis, 3-4, 17.06; 6. Beverly Forgues, 2-5, 7.92; 7. Sarah Wilson, 1-6, 19.25; 8. Maxine Brandalik, 1-6, 18.02.
MEN’S
Class A: 1. Gale Greene, 8-0, 76.54; 2. Dan Gonyaw, 7-1, 56.90; 3. Dan Atwood, 6-2, 55.16; 4. Kevin Fisher, 5-3, 46.13; 5. John Remy, 3-5, 39.72; 6. Leon O’Dell, 3-5, 35.99; 7. Kevin Greene, 3-5, 33.70; 8. Robert Wright, 1-7, 27.98; 9. Michael Brown, 0-8, 34.90.
Class B: 1. Ray Gokey, 6-2, 45.81; 2. David Hall, 6-3, 42.79; 3. Scott Santor, 5-3, 36.76; 4. Steve Clark, 4-3, 35.67; 5. Wade Hill, 3-4, 37.65; 6. Denny Young, 3-4, 37.24; 7. John Babcock, 2-5, 30.48; 8. Dan Cassidy, 1-6, 28.10.
Class C: 1. Steve Cross, 7-1, 30.43; 2. Michael Devino, 6-2, 30.89; 3. John Plante, 5-3, 18.11; 4. Derek Mcdonald, 4-4, 31.10; 5. Dennis Collette, 4-4, 24.73; 6. Stan Bigelow, 3-5, 20.31; 7. Jerry Thompson, 3-5, 19.21; 8. Craig Brown, 2-6, 18.75; 9. Dave Trayah, 2-6, 18.43.
Class D: 1. Derek Lefebvre, 7-1, 23.67; 2. Justin Wilson, 6-2, 21.69; 3. Michael Wood, 5-3, 24.10; 4. Tony McCullough, 5-3, 21.24; 5. Christopher Prim, 2-3, 17.37; 6. Joe Hill, 3-5, 16.13; 7. Jeremy Mentiply, 3-5, 13.75; 8. Dave Adams, 3-5, 13.03; 9. Bill Tinker, 1-7, 11.02.
ELDERS
Class A: 1. Neil Kennedy, 5-0, 54.95; 2. Thomas Paradee, 4-1, 37.97; 3. Robert Gordon, 3-2, 43.85; 4. Don Batchelder, 2-3, 33.80; 5. Charlie Frost, 1-4, 34.40; 6. Brandyn LeBarron, 5-0, 35.38.
Class B: 1. Ron Williamson, 5-0, 28.64; 2. Larry Bellew, 4-1, 31.43; 3. Edward Lowe, 3-2, 30.09; 4. Tim Wilson, 2-3, 15.24; 5. Robert Dean, 1-4, 12.63; 6. Dakota Santor, 5-0, 18.10.
Mixed
Class E:1. Jay Gassaway, 6-0, 17.92; 2. Casey Ayers, 5-1, 20.22; 3. Tim Tinker, 1-4, 12.95; 4. Corey Greene, 3-3, 12.75; 5. Cindy Drake, 2-4, 3.06; 6. Tom Mcguckin, 1-5, 6.80; 7. Maddie Prim, 6-0, 2.43.