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KANSAS
HORSESHOE PITCHERS ASSOCIATION
HALL OF FAME

WAYNE SHELINBARGER
Topeka, KS
1988 PROMOTER INDUCTEE

Local tournament directors and club officers can sometimes 
be overlooked for their importance to the sport of horseshoe 
pitching.  That certainly cannot be the case for Topeka’s 
Wayne Shelinbarger.  Wayne has been an important figure in 
horseshoe pitching in the Topeka area for a number of years.  

Wayne has served the Topeka Horseshoe Club as its President 
as well as the Tournament Director for many years.  He also 
was primarily responsible for the care of the Topeka courts 
that many pitchers feel has the best “mud” for pitching, not 
just in Kansas but around the Midwest.  Due to his untiring 
efforts in watering and caring for this “mud,” Topeka’s courts 
always presented the opportunity for few ringers lost and high 
averages being produced in tournaments.  

Wayne served the Kansas Horseshoe Pitchers Association as its
 Vice President in 1985 and 1986.  He also received the 
Harold Hutcheson Award, presented to the person selected 
for outstanding achievement in the promotion of horseshoe 
pitching in Kansas during that year.  

His wife, Jeri, also supported Wayne by doing the office work 
for the Topeka tournaments as well as traveling with him to 
many local tournaments and several World Tournaments.

For his service to the game of horseshoes in serving as local 
tournament director, caretaker of courts, and state officer, 
as well as his long-time love of the game, Wayne Shelinbarger 
was elected into the Kansas State Horseshoe Pitchers Hall of 
Fame in 1988 as a promoter.