January 19, 2010 Canadian Horseshoe Pitching Championships 2010 - Victoria

2010 Canadian Horseshoe Pitching Championships
Glanford Park, Saanich
Victoria, British Columbia
August 10-14


For Your Information

This information has been put together to assist you in making your plans to attend the 2010 Canadian Horseshoe Pitching Championships. Its purpose is to familiarize you with our club and its facilities as well as our plans for your time spent with us. We will include in this package, information on the tournament, travel to our city, ferry schedules information on hotel accommodations, on site camping information, billeting, meals, entertainment and much more.

Accomodations - host hotel

Our host hotel for the Canadian is The Travellers Inn Central. We have held 15 rooms. The rate is $99 per double room, up to 4 people ($89 for a single person). These are our group rates. Their regular rate is $109 (for a double). Our group ID Number is VHC2010.
See also: Accomodations and entertainment (Host hotel, dry camping on site, meals at the clubhouse and other entertainment)

Some Things You Will Want To Know

The Annual General Meeting of Horseshoe Canada will be held in the afternoon of Tuesday August 10th. Out club will be host to a Meet & Greet Social at our club in the evening of August 10th. This will be a good opportunity to meet some old friends, make some new ones and get to know our club and it’s members Tournament play will commence Wednesday morning with open ceremonies and continue daily ending with a banquet and trophy presentation on Saturday evening. We will be serving Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner at the club Wednesday, Thursday & Friday and Breakfast & Lunch on Saturday. There will be entertainment for your enjoyment in the evening when play finishes

About Your Host Club

The Victoria Horseshoe is situated in a Municipal Park. We have a membership of 180 and offer organized handicap summer leagues for men, women and juniors. We have senior drop in play all year round; special spring and fall leagues for those who can’t seem to get enough and we host a minimum of four tournaments a year. We have hosted the Canadian Championships four times and the B.C. Championships and B.C. International several times along with special tournaments to celebrate our milestones. Our facility consists of 28 pitching courts, 24 are covered for 40” pitchers and 10 are covered for both 30 and 40-foot pitchers. We have a storage shed for equipment and for special tournaments we acquire a large tent for recreational purpose as well as smaller covered areas with picnic tables. Our clubhouse consists of a large common area, a full facility kitchen, an office and washrooms.

Other tid-Bits

The Victoria Horseshoe Club will be adding $15,000 to the prize money. We will be hosting some special events for the junior participants. We will plan some evening entertainment for you. We will be offering transportation to and from the courts from the host hotel. Transportation to and from the airport and/or ferries will be available when possible and we will try to billet or have a recreation vehicle on site for some of our guests. Our members look forward to being your host; we will do whatever we can to make your stay with us a pleasant one. If you need any information please email dbutts@shaw.ca or contact our club


You are Cordially Invited To The 2010 Canadian Horseshoe Pitching Championships Victoria, B.C. August 10th thru 14th

The Greater Victoria Horseshoe Club is honored to be host to the 2010 Canadian Horseshoe Pitching Championships in Victoria, B.C. We have had the privilege of hosting this event four times in the past and our goal for 2010 will be to make this one the very best. We invite you to participate in this tournament and we look forward to being your host. It will be a time for stiff competition, a time to showcase our sport, a time to renew old friendships and a time to make new ones.

The tournament dates are August 10th thru August 14th, 2010

You have the opportunity as a club or as an individual to get involved. We will be taking donations to our ‘Friends of Horseshoes’ program. For a cash donation your name will be added to our Friends of Horseshoes Board in our club and printed in the Official Program on the Friends of Horseshoe page. (No donation is too big or too small.)

We will also be selling Court Banners Your club, city, provincial association, business or you as an individual can purchase a court banner that will be displayed on a pitching court for the entire tournament. The banners are white vinyl 2’x3’ with three lines of print. The cost of the court banner is $135.

Advertising in our Official Program is open to Business, Horseshoe Clubs, Horseshoe Associations and Individuals. Cost of this advertising is $150 for a Full Page Add, $200 for inside covers, (front or back) $100 for ½ Page Add - $50 for a ¼ Page Add - $30 for a Business Card Add.

For any further information or to purchase any of the above, please contact Susan Macdonald email at csmacdona@shaw.ca or mail your request with a check or money order to

Victoria Horseshoe Club, 620 Kenneth Street, Victoria, B.C. V8Z 2B9 Attention S. MacDonald

We thank you in advance for your support and look forward to seeing you in 2010



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