KANSAS
HORSESHOE PITCHERS ASSOCIATION
HALL OF FAME
MARY ANN PENINGER
Derby, KS
1997
PLAYER INDUCTEE
Derby, KS
1997 PLAYER INDUCTEE
Without question, the greatest woman horseshoe player in Kansas history has to be Mary Ann Peninger of Derby, Kansas. Mary Ann learned the game from her father, Kansas Legend and fellow Hall of Fame member Marines Tamboer. They represent the only father-daughter combination selected into the Kansas Horseshoe Pitchers Hall of Fame. Mary Ann began pitching horseshoes from the full 40-foot men’s distance. She gradually moved forward, first to the men’s foul line and then to the women’s 30-foot distance. With practice, she improved her game and became not only a 13-time Kansas State Champion but a contender in the Women’s World Tournament as well. Like her father Marines, who was a master of two different turn shoes, Mary Ann was adept at the 1¾ turn shoe from 40 feet and then changed to the 1¼ turn shoe from the women’s distance of 30 feet. Mary Ann also has become a top challenger at the Women’s World Tournament with five Championship Class appearances and a high ringer average of 81.6 percent in 1997, as well as a 4th place finish in 1998. Mary Ann holds the Kansas State Women’s ringer percentage record by averaging 81.5 percent ringers at the Kansas State Tournament in 1998. For her consistent play over a period of many years, her 13 Kansas State Women’s Horseshoe Pitching titles, winning in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, and 2001, and her record representing Kansas in the Women’s World Tournament, Mary Ann Peninger was elected into the Kansas State Horseshoe Pitchers Hall of Fame in 1997. Following is a summary of Mary Ann’s State and World Tournament results. Kansas State Tournament Record
