Author: Steven Gordon

Gentle Shooters, The elements have conspired to thwart yet another bowling pin extravaganza. We regret to announce that the 2022 bowling pin season has come to a close. We will not shoot in December due to inclement weather expected for Saturday. See you in ’23. Steven  

Gentle Shooters, We end another successful year of bowling pin shooting this Saturday, December 3rd at 9:30 AM at the Airfield Shooting Club Range in scenic Wakefield, VA. We are expecting a beautiful late fall day. If you miss this match, our next one will not be until April 2023. We all know that April showers bring May flowers, so it could be even longer.  If you need directions or rules for the match, find them at www.airfieldshootingclub.org. For specific questions, contact our resident adjunct chief pinhead at stevengordon@cox.net. Steven

Gentle Shooters, For once, we encountered gentle weather in November and our 16 shooters made the most of it. There were some truly wonderful scores posted including a perfect run by Cort Tompkins. He left no pins standing through all five disciplines, easily besting all comers for five gun. The last match of the 2022 season is Saturday, December 3rd. After that, the guns of our bowling pin alley will be quiet until April. Your results are below. Steven 2022 November Results

Gentle Shooters, If you are a bowler or a pin shooter, you know the humiliation, the horror, and the 15 seconds that a standing bowling pin can exact on a person. This Saturday morning, at 9:30 at the Airfield Shooting Club range in scenic Wakefield, Virginia, you, yes you, can strike back. Bring your wrath, your handguns and carbines, and your skills to Sussex County November 5th. We have directions and rules for the match at www.airfieldshootingclub.org. Specific questions go to the pinhead at stevengordon@cox.net. Go ahead, ask him anything, but remember he is a pinhead. Steven

Or even a tropical storm. Yes, Gentle Shooters, we sure did think about it, but no, we can’t play in the rain this weekend. See you in November. Steven

Gentle Shooters, We had a nice mix of veteran and new shooters at the match this month. Overcast conditions made shooting much more tolerable than expected for August. Thanks to all of our veteran shooters who pitched in with timing and scoring duties to get all of the competitors in and us off the range in a timely manner. Our next match is Labor Day Weekend Saturday September 3rd. until then, celebrate or weep over the scores below. Airfield Shooting Club Bowling Pin Match Results August 6, 2022 Category Rank Shooter String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String Carbine 1 Cort Tompkins 3.17 3.73 3.13 3.59 13.62 3.13 2 Taylor Strickland 4.05 5.86 3.19 3.23 16.33 3 Steven Gordon 5.27 3.85 6.18 4.34 19.64 4 Brian Wells 3.31 25.00 3.55 25.00 56.86 5 Allen Moran 10.68 4.75 4.64 45.00 65.07 Major 1 Paul Lynch 8.86 6.62 5.99 7.49 28.96 5.99 2 Cort Tompkins 13.89 8.62 6.78 12.26 41.55 3 Steven Gordon 8.50 11.75 9.38 13.36 42.99 4 Brian Wells 8.06 7.41 25.00 8.67 49.14 5 Tip Wight 6.54 25.00 5.23 25.00 61.77 6 Allen Moran 45.00 9.61 6.76 10.99 72.36 Minor 1 Allen Moran 11.25 6.66 …

Gentle Shooters, How about attending a fun match this Saturday Morning. If you have never been to a bowling pin match, you have the opportunity to fix that this very Saturday, August 6th at 9:30. The matches are action packed and a lot of fun. Basically, you shoot full size bowling pins off a table with handguns at 25 feet with the shortest amount of time winning. There are reduced targets for .22 and we even shoot pistol caliber carbines. More information on the matches can be found here. The match is at the Airfield Shooting Club range in Wakefield. For directions, see our about page. For specific questions about our match, please email our resident adjunct chief assistant pinhead at stevengordon@cox.net. See you Saturday, Steven