Category: Bowling Pin Matches

Thanks to all of our gentle shooters who came out to shoot the match. It was quite warm and humid, but our contestants posted some nice times as captioned below. Our next match will be Saturday, July 3rd. Category Rank Shooter String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String Carbine 1 Art Schoner 6.95 4.25 2.68 4.71 18.59 2.68 2 Taylor Strickland 5.43 5.03 6.43 4.16 21.05 3 Steven Gordon 7.64 4.42 4.70 5.98 22.74 4 Courtney Bolze 4.85 3.38 11.99 3.50 23.72 5 Chris Covert 7.47 12.52 13.46 5.98 39.43 Major 1 Terry Miltier 5.45 4.26 5.88 4.80 20.39 4.26 2 Brian Howell 6.50 12.91 5.53 5.09 30.03 3 Taylor Strickland 9.38 7.85 4.84 12.73 34.80 5 Don Aubuchon 10.39 7.57 9.59 9.39 36.94 NFS David Lampe 4.82 7.64 11.22 25.00 48.68 5 Paul Lynch 7.46 7.66 25.00 12.06 52.18 6 Steven Gordon 7.82 6.63 35.00 10.46 59.91 7 Courtney Bolze 8.84 9.75 11.02 35.00 64.61 8 Art Schoner 25.00 6.63 25.00 12.85 69.48 9 Frank Sanders 25.00 35.00 10.32 8.19 78.51 NFS Frank Sanders 25.00 25.00 5.61 35.00 90.61 10 Joe Ford 25.00 7.54 35.00 25.00 92.54 11 Mark Lampe 25.00 25.00 55.00 25.00 130.00 …

Gentle Shooters, Just a quick reminder that we will have a Bowling Pin Match on Saturday, June 5th at 9:30 at Airfield Shooting Club range. Please be prompt as we have a pistol class that will need the range shortly after we finish. Rules for the match, as well as directions to the range are available at airfieldshootingclub.org. Individual questions may be directed to your convenient local pinhead at [email protected]. Also, we do not need anyone to go to the bowling alley today as previously emailed. They only have a few pins and a member will be retrieving them today. Steven

We have an opportunity to get more bowling pins from a different lane. I’d like to put out an email to the bowling pin list to get some of our shooters to help move the pins. We can get the pins after 4 PM at AMF Chesapeake Lanes 112 Medical Parkway E Chesapeake VA 23320. I’d say lets meet at 5. That gives them time to open up. Once loaded, we will drive the pins to the warehouse at Gordon Paper, 5713 Ward Ave Virginia Beach, VA 23455 for storage. We learned one thing from the last pin pickup. Any member that has a hand truck, please bring it. Questions please contact Steven at [email protected] or (757) 560-7311.

It was truly a beautiful day at the range. I am not certain why we are not drawing more shooters. Perhaps it is the availability of ammunition. We can’t fix that, but if it is something else, we’d sure like to know. Reach out to our resident pinhead in training at [email protected]. For those of your lucky enough to make it to the range today, the scores are posted below. The next match is Saturday, June 5th. See you then Steven Category Rank Shooter String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String Carbine 1 Art Schoner 3.93 2.86 3.74 6.78 17.31 2.86 2 Taylor Strickland 6.23 5.55 5.13 2.88 19.79 3 Steven Gordon 6.03 5.75 3.78 4.26 19.82 4 Courtney Bolze 3.93 5.72 6.83 7.05 23.53 5 Charles Lankford 3.02 9.62 6.82 7.44 26.90 Major NFS Terry Miltier 5.77 3.67 8.06 4.79 22.29 3.67 1 Terry Miltier 6.74 5.79 9.06 4.14 25.73 2 Steven Gordon 6.25 7.82 5.47 7.78 27.32 3 Charles Lankford 9.45 9.07 5.82 5.55 29.89 4 Joe Ford 10.20 13.06 8.99 8.00 40.25 5 Art Schoner 12.96 14.81 10.30 8.80 46.87 6 Taylor Strickland 7.33 11.26 5.56 25.00 49.15 7 Courtney Bolze 25.00 35.00 …

Greetings Gentle Shooters, We are looking forward to a beautiful Saturday for the May Bowling Pin Match. The event is on Saturday, May 1st at 9:30 at the Airfield Club Shooting range in stunning Wakefield, VA. So if your race .38 Super jammed (repeatedly) last month, or even if it didn’t, its time for another shot at redemption. All of your friends (or perhaps your new friends) will be at the match. Nothing has changed, but you can brush up on the rules and directions to the range at www.airfieldshootingclub.org. And if you have specific questions, feel free to reach out to our assistant adjunct pin sommelier at [email protected]. See you Saturday, Steven

It turned out to be crisp but lovely day for a match at the range. I guess a few of you are still practicing or scrounging up ammunition. For the nine of us who did attend, we go to see a little of everything including some spectacular early season failures. In addition, today’s contestants witnessed a new club record for clearing five pins from a table. Art Schoner now holds the club record for a 2.38 second relay. Congratulations. For the rest of us, the good, the bad and the just plain embarrassing results are listed below. See you next month at the range. Steven Category Rank Shooter String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String Carbine 1 Art Schoner 3.77 2.38 3.47 4.58 14.20 2.38 2 Steven Gordon 5.96 4.89 2.75 2.66 16.26 3 Tim Branbos 5.48 5.74 5.32 4.74 21.28 4 Taylor Strickland 9.03 7.17 4.32 3.73 24.25 5 Courtney Bolze 3.17 14.54 8.46 3.94 30.11 NFS Frank Sanders 13.40 8.65 10.13 8.36 40.54 6 Brian Wells 25.00 8.16 4.19 3.96 41.31 7 Frank Sanders 10.68 11.92 11.00 8.69 42.29 Major 1 Steven Gordon 6.18 7.09 5.73 6.20 25.20 2 Taylor Strickland 8.59 10.62 12.00 …

Yes Virginia, yes we are. We are pleased to announce that the 2021 Bowling Pin Match season kicks off this Saturday, April 3rd at 9:30. As always, the match is at the ASC range in bucolic Wakefield VA. The 2021 tables are built and the pins have been procured in the off season. If you have ever wanted to shoot on brand new tables, (we have seen you shoot so trust me) this is your only chance this year to do so. The rules have not changed for 2021, but it never hurts to refresh yourself. You can find them along with the the directions to the match at www.airfieldshootingclub.com. And of course, our resident assistant chief adjunct pinhead is always available at [email protected] for those more perplexing questions like should is use a 9mm for carbine. (not if you want to beat Art) See you Saturday Steven

Gentle Shooters, I am always a bit melancholy for this post, which is my final match report for 2020. It has been an eventful year for all of us. Like many things, our season was shortened. For some of us who are used to being out and in front of people but now relegated to sitting behind a computer screen all day, just seeing old friends and being able to participate in an event we truly love was something to look forward to each month. Thanks to each and every pin shooter who came out in blistering heat and oppressive humidity. Thanks for helping to get the tables built, set up and broken down each month. . For going on pin patrol, finding and carting pins to the warehouse. Thanks for the atmosphere and the camaraderie. And most importantly, thanks for being safe competitors. On the note of competition, just a reminder to never give up. Our top two five gun aggregate shooters this month were separated 92/100’s of a second. Congratulations to both of them. Kudos to Art Schoner’s decisive carbine win. He has been gunning for it for a while now. Our next match will be Saturday, April …

Gentle shooters, The last installment of how the pins fall for 2020 will occur this Saturday, December 5th at 9 AM at the Airfield shooting club range in scenic Wakefield. If you miss this match, you will not shoot as genuine ASC sanctioned bowling pins until next April. Don’t let that happen. Plan to be at the range this Saturday at 9 AM. Bring your best guns and skills and impress your friends. If you need details about the matches you can find them at airfieldshootingclub.org. Any you can always address questions and concerns to our resident pinhead at [email protected]. See you at the range! Steven