Monday evening proved to be not only very cold but a blustery north wind that dropped the temp into the mid to high 20s.  10 brave souls decided to put the cold aside for a litle competition.  Jim Richardson not only had the high score of 46/100 but also ran the first 25.

​Bonus orange targets were taken by Jim Richardson, Rex Simpkins, Rob Kemp and Jacob Ruark.   Jim Richardson came out on top of the shoot off and got his registration money back.   Good shooting Jim.


Charlie Muir                 27
Jim Richardson          46
Eddie Moore                34
Rex Simpkins              42
Bill Birch                      40
Brendan Birch             42
Bill Gordy                     38
Gary Jackson               44
Rob Kemp                    43
Jacob Ruark                 41

This was the club's first 300 registered shoot.   We had a total of 29 shooters from three different states in attendance.  The weather did not fully cooperate as the shooters battled the elements of wind in excess of 25mph, rain, snow and little bit of hail towards the end of the day.  The targets were very challenging to say the least.  A total of 5600 targets were thrown with an unbelieveable hit ratio of 83.6%.

1st Round of Singles:
27 Shooters
Junior Brendan Birch (Snow Hill, MD) and Vetran Gary Jackson (Salisbury, MD) tied with a 98/100.

2nd Round of Singles:
10 Shooters
Dave Dulin (Annapolis, MD) had a lone 98/100.

Overall High Shooter for the two hundred was Clay Floyd (Portsmouth, VA) with a 193/200.

Handicap:
19 Shooters
Steve Oman (Newport News, VA) from the 20yd line turned in an 87/100.

High Overall Singles and Handicap was captured by Clay Floyd with a 277/300.

Big thanks goes out to Debbie Farrow and her daughter Margaret for their administrative help which kept things running smoothly.  Mike and Becky Ruark for manning the grill and the numerous desserts that Becky is known for.  Tom Shockley for making sure the traps are mechanically sound.  Last but not least are those club members that stepped up and did the scorekeeping and the loading of the traps....THANKS AGAIN.

Junior shooter Jacob Ruark shot a 49/50 to get the bragging right for the next seven days.  Good shooting young man.


Don Pulver                38                                   Jacob Ruark                 49
Sam Doughty            40                                   Eddie Moore                44
Don Whittington      46                                   Dickie Ivory                 30
Bobby Hudson          39                                   Ray Atkins                    42
Dave Pfingst              25                                   Jim Richardson           40
Charlie Muir              33                                   Tom Morris                  41
John "Willey" Lee    42                                    Rex Simpkins              46
Dylan Lee                   42                                   Kevin McIntyre           47
Rob Senesi                 44                                   Bill Birch                       37
Ralph Corbin             29                                   Jesse Ferguson            33
Bill Gordy                   44                                   Roger Webster, Jr       41
Dave Martz                 26                                   Gary Jackson               46
Dean Vaughn             31                                    A.T. Davis                     34
Joe Schanno              34                                    Matt Donovan             24
Jody Baker                 42                                    Levi Smith                    31

This was a very windy day for a shoot coupled with the targets being thrown from the wobble setting made for some very challenging targets.  Lonnie Friedel and Donnie Whittington tied for top shooter(s) with a 48/50.  Jacob Ruark came out as the top Junior shooter with 41/50.  Oyster sandwiches were provided to the shooters by the club.  A BIG Thank You goes out to Tom Shockley, Mike & Becky Ruark for the preparing, cooking and delivery of the sandwiches to the shooters.  From what I could see there was not much batter as there were oysters.  Thanks to all that gave us hand to get the traps filled and the score keeping done.  

April 16, 2022 is the next club shoot.  The program is 50 singles and 50 handicap.

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Ed John                 37                                 Steve Kline             16
Charlie Muir         39                                 Jim Thomas          23 
Rick Kubiak          27                                 Mike Dailey           26
Chris Miller          39                                 Bill Gordy               45
Jim Cockran         32                                 Gary Jackson         40
Lonie Friedel        48                                 Rex Simpkins        40  
Steve Walston       30                                Mike Ramos           35
Ray Atkins             45                                 Wally Taylor          33
Brian Atkins          37                                 Kurt Walbert         41 
Ethan Ruark         30                                 Richard Williams  34
Tom Morris           43                                 Jacob Ruark           41
Jim Richardson    35                                 Roger Webster       37
George Burton      39                                 A.T. Davis               31
Don Whittington  48                                Steve Warren          41
Chris Galeone       35                                 John Lee                  41
John Pulli              42                                 Dylan Lee                38
Sam Doughty        32                                 Rob Senesi              41

We lucked out this morning with a beautiful day and no rain!  Great day with 11 shooters and looking forward to warmer weather from here on!  Remember, the April shoot is postponed to Apr 30th due to Easter.  

30 shooters came out for a fine evening of sportsmanship and camraderie.  We welcomed some new and visiting shooters.  Once again, I thank all that helped with keeping the traps loaded, set up and close up, admin work and the grill.

Tom Morris came out on top with a 47/50.
Don Pulver, Jacob Ruark, Charlie Muir, Cody Morris and John Lee all broke the bonus "orange target" for the shoot-off.   Jacob Ruark was able to hold off the field for the win and his registration fee back.

This Saturday, March 19 is the club Oyster "Fun" Shoot.  Program will be 25 singles wobble and 25 handicap wobble from the 20 yard line.  Hope to see y'all there.

Richard Williams             39                                  Cody Morris          43
Sam Doughty                    38                                   Bill Gordy              43     
Sam Doughty, Jr              28                                   Rob Senesi            43
Don Pulver                        34                                   Brad Krams           17
Paul Friedlander              22                                   McKenzie Richardson    9
Bryan Thomas                  34                                   Jim Richardson     28
Jacob Ruark                      45                                   Alley Lee                 34
Ray Atkins                         45                                   Dylan Lee               45
Dickie Ivory                      22                                    John Lee                41                         
Mike Daisey                      44                                    A.T. Davis              36
Jody Baker                        41                                    Matt Donovan       25
Charlie Jones                   33                                    Brian Donovan      23
Charlie Muir                     36                                   Gary Jackson         43
Rex Simpkins                   44                                   Joe Schanno           38
Tom Morris                      47                              Kurt Walbert          32   

29 Shooters got a challenge from 20+mph winds coming from the south which made the targets very difficult at times.  However, Junior Shooter Dylan Lee came out on top with a 47/50.  Those youngsters with quick reflexes and sharp eyes are giving some of us older folk a little competition.  Roger Webster, Jr came out on top of the shoot off with Bill Birch from the 27yd line.  Thanks to Becky Ruark for manning the grill.

Ray Atkins              37                                        Rex Simpkins            40
Jacob Ruark           43                                        Dave Pfingst              32                                               
 Dickie Ivory           29                                        Bill Gordy                  41
Ethan Ruark          46                                         Brian Thomas          33
Mike Daisey           46                                         John (Willey) Lee    39
Sam Doughty         41                                         Alley Lee                    38
Paul Friedlander   18                                         Dylan Lee                  47
Brendan Birch       41                                         Roger Webster, Jr    41
Bill Birch                 41                                         Roger Webster, III   35
Don Pulver             33                                         A.T. Davis                  40
Jim Richardson    28                                         Gary Jackson             45
Tom Morris            37                                         Joe Schanno, Sr        37                                    
Charlie Muir          32                                         Joey Schanno            37
Charlie Jones         39                                         Jody Baker                 41
John Jordan          29

We fielded a high of 32 trap shooters for the evening which saw the temperature drop to 32 degrees.  A group of shooters from Somerset County made the trip up to participate as well.  We thank them for attending.  Special thanks go out to Ray Atkins and Mike Daisey for providing additional firewood.  The Ruark boys kept a fire going which saw many shooters surrounding as the evening wore on and the temps dropped.  Mike Ruark kept everbody full with his culinary skills at the grill.   Thanks to all that helped out as well as to the shooters who attended.

High Shooters:
Ray Atkins with a 47/50
Tom Morris with a 47/50
​Jacob Ruark with 46/50 (High Junior)


Mike Daisy               45                                             Kevin McIntyre             38
Jacob Ruark             46                                        Brendan Birch              43
Dicky Ivory               30                                             Bill Birch                        39
Charlie Jones           37                                             Jody Baker                     32
Ray Atkins                47                                         John Lee                         38
Ethan Ruark             40                                            Alley Lee                         32
Sam Doughty           43                                             Dylan Lee                        44
Don Pulver               41                                              Dillan Bedsworth          39
Gary Jackson           44                                             Mike Henderson           33
Frank Sturgis           36                                             Dave Pfingst                   24
Scott Sturgis             37                                             Danny Pfingst                36
Rex Simpkins           38                                             Roger Webster, Jr         45
Jim Richardson       14                                              Jesse Ferguson              42
Rob Senesi                40                                             A.T. Davis                       40
Bill Gordy                 46                                              Steve Warren                 42
Tom Morris              47                                         Rob Kemp                       41