Welcome to the official site of East Bay Summer Series the bay area’s premier amature horseshoe pitching championship. Summer Series is a 3 round tour which runs throughout the summer. Each tournament is scored individually with tournament champions featured at each event. A running total of points are logged and each athlete then is in a championship point’s race with one lucky team that will become Summer Series Tour Champions.
ROUND #1Summer Kick-Off 2011 the first of our 3 round series DATE: June 11, 2011
ROUND #2 The East Bay Masters Presented by Prime Smoked Meats is the midsummer competition. DATE: July 30, 2011
ROUND #3 The final stop on the tour is Mission Pipe & Cigar 's Summer Pitch 6: The Finale. DATE: Sept 17, 2011
Each tournament features First, Second, & Third place prizes. A ringer king award is also given for the player who tallies the most ringers on tournament day. All tournaments are double elimination and feature a slightly modified NHPA rule book. Summer Series home courts are located I Livermore CA at Roberson Park. It features 8 regulation length horseshoe pits complete with score towers, rakes, & brooms. The pit material is sand/dirt mixture (not clay). Pitching boxes are standard length there no extension for women’s line. Female players can still pitch 10ft closer as stated in the rules.