2026 Photo Gallery
Unless otherwise stated, photos courtesy of Margaret Herlick - ML Herlick Photography
Included below are a select number of photos from the event.
A full gallery of photos can be viewed on the ML Herlick Photography website here: ML Herlick Photography - World Crokinole Championship
To download the photos, use the PIN: 1646.
2026 World Crokinole Champion, Devon Fortino of Astorville, Ontario, stands centre in front of the World’s Largest Crokinole Board, flanked by long-standing WCC Committee members, Mary Alice Roth and John Schultz.
Competitive singles winners, from the left; 2nd Shawn Hagarty, 1st Devon Fortino, 3rd Ryan Buhr, 4th Darren Carr.
Doubles champions, Shawn Hagarty and Ryan Buhr.
Cue Doubles champions are Paul and Oscar Weber
Recreational Doubles champions are Benjamin Doner and Colin Murphy
Youth Doubles champions are Jude and Dietrich Clark of Ohio.
2026 Recreational World Champion - David Whyte
2026 Intermediate World Champion - Knox Clark
2026 Junior World Champion - Morgan Webster
20s Champion Ryan Buhr, right, with WCC committee member, John Schultz
On display at the event were historic boards and photos and stories from each prior year of the tournament.
352 players took part in the doubles morning action.
The WCC Committee for the 25th World Crokinole Championship. Front row from left, Gloria Walsh, Mary Alice Roth, Sherrill Calder, Valerie Kropf, Kathy Rosenberg. Back row from left, Jeremy Tracey, Jason Beierling, John Schultz, Nathan Walsh, Paul Epp, Allen Pengelly, Keith Brenneman.
Famous crokinole board craftsman, and former builder of the World Crokinole Championship boards, Willard Martin, stands alongside current builder of the WCC boards, Jeremy Tracey, in front of Tracey’s latest creation, the World’s Largest Crokinole Board.
The 5 players who have attended all 25 editions of the World Crokinole Championships: from left, Clare Kuepfer, Ray Beierling, Jason Beierling, Oscar Weber, Ray Kappes.
Motoaki Takenouchi, of Akita, Japan, takes a shot during the Friday Night Social
Joe Richards served the role as Master of Ceremonies for the 2026 event, keeping the day running with his acerbic wit.
Referees for the morning doubles action, Alex Protas and Barry Raymer.
Paul Weber shares a laugh during the Cues doubles final.
Shawn Hagarty and Ryan Buhr embrace after winning the 2026 World Doubles Crokinole Championship
Jennifer Buhr takes a shot during the 3rd place match in Recreational Doubles.
Intermediate players prepare before the start of the singles action.
Dan Hepburn retrieves a 20 scored into the World’s Biggest Crokinole Board as Dennis Graham of Australia watches on from the background.
David Younker of PEI takes a shot on the big board.
Darren Carr shakes hands with Jamie Harter following his victory in the quarterfinals.
Devon Fortino analyzes the board during his World Championship final match.
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