Author: Steven Gordon

Gentle Shooters, Like the geese that invade my yard, April is when the bowling pins re infest the Airfield Shooting Club range in otherwise bucolic Wakefield, Virginia. And like the geese, the pins will be shot, only not with paint-balls. Yes Virginia, this Saturday, April 6th, the 18th season of Airfield pin shooting kicks off. Rules for the match have not changed and are still here. Set up will be at 9AM. We are looking for great weather and hey, all of your friends will be there. See you at the range. Steven  

Gentle Shooters, We draw to the close of another year of Bowling Pin shooting. Thanks to all of our competitors who come out month after month, set up, tear down, and support and even heckle our shooting community. I have to say that I am not worthy of this group that I find myself a part of. It is pleasure to know and get to shoot with each and every one of you. I learn something every time I set foot on the range with all of you. I hope to see all of you around the range this winter and certainly on Saturday, April 6 at 9:30 in the morning at the stunning ASC range for the next installment of how the pins fall. You final scores are posted below, but stay tuned for the 2023 and all time recap coming to a club newsletter near you. Steven String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String Carbine 1 Cory Allen 2.89 2.61 3.90 2.68 12.08 2 Art Schoner 4.32 2.87 2.58 4.96 14.73 2.58 3 Taylor Strickland 10.59 3.11 4.13 3.06 20.89 4 Rod Quiros 5.87 8.92 8.92 4.30 28.01 5 Kenny Hardee 12.26 6.61 8.04 …

Gentle Shooters, I am a little off my game this month. I will certainly do better for the next match, Saturday, December 2nd. Until then, technically practice isn’t cheating and ponder the scores below. String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String Carbine 1 Taylor Strickland 2.73 3.33 3.09 2.56 11.71 2.56 2 Paul Lynch 6.49 3.57 5.06 4.47 19.59 3 Art Schoner 3.71 3.22 9.40 3.92 20.25 4 Cory Allen 2.87 7.28 3.63 7.84 21.62 5 Cort Tompkins 2.33 2.21 2.79 14.64 21.97 6 Frank Sanders 7.83 4.25 5.02 5.15 22.25 7 Courtney Bolze 3.80 6.67 10.85 4.52 25.84 8 Kenny Hardee 6.72 9.71 12.63 9.18 38.24 9 Shane Pouns 11.70 8.15 9.95 11.41 41.21 Major 1 Cort Tompkins 3.65 4.37 6.88 6.89 21.79 3.65 2 Phillip Van Cleave 5.38 6.33 9.58 11.01 32.30 3 Cory Allen 12.64 5.63 8.19 8.10 34.56 4 Paul Lynch 6.92 5.91 11.81 10.20 34.84 5 Art Schoner 12.82 9.56 11.24 11.74 45.36 6 Taylor Strickland 12.44 11.14 14.25 13.00 50.83 NFS Daniel Stayner 11.38 15.00 8.55 35.00 69.93 7 Courtney Bolze 14.38 9.46 7.18 45.00 76.02 8 Daniel Stayner 9.68 11.76 9.84 45.00 76.28 9 M. Altekrose 35.00 25.00 7.20 …

Even though your humble match director seemingly can’t remember when the beginning of the month is, there will be a match this very Saturday at the stunningly re-imagined Airfield Shooting Club range in fantastic Wakefield. Be there at 9:30 in the morning to participate. If you are unsure about how to get there or what to do when you arrive, refer to the Bowling Pin Information pages at our web site. If you can’t find what you need there, contact a pinhead at [email protected]. Whatever you do, don’t miss this match   Steven

Gentle Shooters, I am pleased to present the October ASC Bowling Pin Match results below. We set yet another record in Carbine. Who will be the first to fire and under two second string? Come to the November 4th match to find out. Until then, Practice. Steven String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String Carbine 1 Cort Tompkins 2.31 3.06 2.25 4.58 12.20 2.25 2 Art Schoner 3.09 2.43 5.36 4.47 15.35 3 Paul Lynch 4.56 3.94 5.06 4.21 17.77 4 Brian Wells 4.51 4.39 5.16 3.81 17.87 5 Kenny Hardee 6.57 11.16 6.42 6.06 30.21 Major 1 Cort Tompkins 5.07 5.84 5.02 5.66 21.59 5.02 2 Kenny Hardee 4.38 8.91 8.89 14.17 36.35 3 Art Schoner 10.37 3.98 25.00 11.27 50.62 4 Tip Wight 12.21 25.00 8.48 5.89 51.58 5 Paul Lynch 7.84 25.00 7.73 13.49 54.06 6 Brian Wells 25.00 25.00 7.61 7.58 65.19 Minor 1 Cort Tompkins 6.82 5.54 9.19 10.31 31.86 5.54 2 Paul Lynch 9.61 9.06 8.03 6.83 33.53 3 Don Davis 8.65 7.39 10.40 12.39 38.83 4 Brian Wells 10.01 7.66 9.24 12.83 39.74 5 Art Schoner 12.16 12.60 9.71 14.81 49.28 NFS Don Davis 6.34 7.13 35.00 6.18 54.65 …

Gentle Shooters, We are entering the final third of the Bowling Match Shooting Season this weekend at the Airfield Shooting Club. Including the tilt on Saturday, October 7th there are only three more bowling pin matches left in 2023. Reserve your spot early by being at the range this Saturday at 9:30. Shooters are requested to check in with the Airfield Shooting Club work party on the adjacent field before departing after the match. We are assisting our 4H partners with getting an archery range and we may need you help. For those of you who are new to this, we have directions and instructions at the Airfield Shooting club web site. For specific questions, please feel free to ping a pinhead at [email protected]. Steven

We had a nice if a bit warm day for pin shooting. Cort Tompkins dominated all categories for a complete and compelling win. He did leave one Fastest String for Taylor Strickland, but no other shooter came close. I’d also like to thank those volunteers who helped out today with scoring.Your handwriting was very good and your assistance did speed the match. We get to do it all again Saturday, October 2nd. Until then, practice. Your scores are below. Steven Carbine String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String 1 Cort Tompkins 3.31 2.46 3.17 3.03 11.97 2 Taylor Strickland 3.71 2.72 2.37 7.47 16.27 2.37 3 Art Schoner 2.84 4.98 4.26 4.80 16.88 4 Steven Gordon 4.20 4.16 6.13 2.94 17.43 5 Rod Quiros 5.83 8.47 4.54 3.97 22.81 6 Allen Moran 5.18 6.01 7.18 5.16 23.53 7 Cory Allen 25.00 6.76 5.91 2.88 40.55 8 Courtney Bolze 25.00 6.77 4.41 4.58 40.76 9 Kenny Hardee 9.34 9.39 9.28 25.00 53.01 10 Chris Covert 8.27 25.00 12.31 13.40 58.98 Major 1 Cort Tompkins 6.18 4.24 5.54 5.04 21.00 4.24 2 Cory Allen 9.28 8.27 6.56 7.45 31.56 3 Kenny Hardee 10.43 7.68 12.98 7.74 38.83 4 …

Gentle Shooters, There is no longer a Labor Day weekend Telethon as there was in my youth, and no, we won’t tie up the range all weekend, In fact, If you intend to shoot bowling pins this weekend, then we need you at the idyllic Airfield Shooting Club range at 9:30 this Saturday September 2nd. You can review the rules here. For specific questions, please contact our assistant adjunct chief pinhead at [email protected]. See you Saturday! Steven