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By CINDY MAHAN
Rappahannock Newi Staff Writer
Chris Foster finally reached his goal. After placing second for the past two years, he finished first in the Class C division of the State Horseshoe Tournament on Septembers.
The tournament was held in Charlottesville. Class C is for “50 percent throwers,” meaning that the players have a good throw of the horseshoe 50 percent of the time. Mr. Foster said that Class A throwers are more like “85 percent throwers.”
Mr. Foster, a Rappahannock County native and resident of Flint Hill, has been playing horseshoes for over 15 years. He has been entering sanctioned tournaments for the past three years. He said he is one of about 150 players in Virginia who play in sanctioned tournaments, but that he was the only Rappahannock resident who participated in the state tournament.
He also won first place in Winchester’s Frye Memorial Horseshoe Tournament last week, and placed
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