CHPA News

President’s Pitch By Vicki Barham   Happy Holidays! That’s right! It's that time of year again and they started to play Mariah Carey! So before all the holiday hustle and bustle sets in, the CHPA wants to thank all who work hard to keep our organization running. We really appreciate your work. In November we have 2 tournaments at Knaub Arena. The first one is the Heat It Up tournament on November 1st. No cash prizes will be given, all money will be donated to keep the Knaub Arena heated. We have already received donations and will accept more from those who are unable to attend. All will be recorded and a letter of donation will be sent for your tax return next year. The Jan Knaub Open is up next on November 15th. In December there will be 2 tournaments, Bob Champion Doubles on the 6th and the Winter Freeze, a singles tournament, on the 13th. Visit CHPA website for more information. The 2026 Pitching Schedule is ready and will be available to download or pick one up at Knau...

President’s Pitch By Vicki Barham Happy fall everyone! It's that time again to head indoors for the first indoor tournament, Denver Doubles on October 11th.  Please check the CHPA calendar for more information on this event and upcoming events.  FYI, this year’s Winter Freeze and the 2026 New Years tournaments switched to a SINGLES event.  2026 membership renewals and new memberships are being taken now and will be good until December 31, 2026.   Take care of that now before the holiday rush and craziness start.  2026 membership applications are available on the CHPA website and at the Knaub arena or you can visit the NHPA website to renew online. Our annual league and tournament director meeting is this weekend, October 4th at the Arvada United Methodist Church, 10AM - 12PM.  Information on how to attend or get virtual access will be on the CHPA calendar We will be reviewing this year’s CHPA State events and discuss how we can make them better. We will a...

President’s Pitch By Vicki Barham Hi All! Once again summer just flew by, it's getting dark sooner and the nights are getting cooler. It also means we only have a few more outdoor tournaments and then we head up to Knaub Arena. The 1st indoor tournament will be the Denver Doubles on October 11th. The CHPA wants to congratulate all of the pitchers and winners who attended the 2025 State Single Championship.  A special thank you to the Fort Collins Club for hosting this year’s tournament.  With 16 courts we were able to get in all the games in one day.  Congratulations to all of our recipients of the CHPA awards and Hall of Fame recognitions.  A Big thank you to all the league presidents and statisticians for all their hard work.  All of them volunteer their time and energy to run their club and maintain records to send to eshoes.  I like to see more members involved with how to run their clubs.  We lost a few clubs because no one would step up and fill ...

 Pages regarding the State Singles tournament have been updated:   State Champions  (under Tournaments) Colorado State Singles  (Tournaments > Results > 2024)

 All subpages listed on the  WT Stats  page ( Tournaments > WT Stats ) have been updated with 2024 WT results.

 The CHPA was represented at the 2024 World Tournament in Tri-Cities, Washington, by 29 members, who competed in 21 preliminary classes (and 2 championship classes). Six competed in the Men's classes. Five competed in the Women's classes. In the Elder Men's classes, 13 participated. There were 3 in the Senior Women's classes and 2 in the Senior Men's classes. CHPA members scored 1st place in two preliminary classes (Lillian Stromberg, Women D and Shirley Smith, Sr Women C) and one championship class (more below). In the preliminary classes, six members took 2nd place:  Carlos Carreras, Burley Taylor, Ken Rodenberg, Joseph Montoya, Dale Stromberg and Don Bristol. Four placed 3rd:  Mel Yockstick, Steve Ruddock, Laurence Smith and Sheila Shepard. Two of the competitors advanced to the championship classes. Amy Wheeler qualified from the Women B class to pitch in the Women's Championship. Sheila Shepard, after placing third in the Senior Women's A cla...