4th Annual Pittsville Fire Dept. Clay Shoot

Don't forget this event on Sunday, May 30th!

You will get a great lunch, meet a super great bunch of folks, have a chance at some wonderful prizes, and support a dynamite cause.

I'll be there and if you need a ride around the shooting course look me up and I will be happy to help you out!

PITTSVILLE
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
4th Annual Sporting Clay Shoot
To Be Held at Owens Station
In Greenwood DE

Tickets: $65/Person
Date: Sunday May 30, 2010
Each Ticket Includes: Lunch and (1) Chance For The Gun Raffle and a complimentary gift
Registration Is From 9:00am – 12:30pm

Gun To Be Given Away:Beretta A-400 XPLOR
12 Guage Semi Auto Shotgun with Kick-Off
28" Barrel with Tubes
Extra Chances For Gun Raffle: $5/1 or $25/6

Prizes: To be paid Lewis Class Style
Top Gun - $300
Class A, B AND C will pay 3 deep
1st $175
2nd $100
3rd $50
Class D - 3 Deep
1st $125
2nd $75
3rd $50

All Proceeds Will Benefit Pittsville Volunteer Fire Department

* Gun To Be Given Away Immediately Following*

* Side Games * Shell Game *
Lewis Class Side Bet *

For More Information Contact Shiloh Harris At
410-845-3017

Or

By Calling Owens Station at
302-349-4334

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This is a great event for sport shooters and PVFD supporters.

Click on the title of this post to go to Pittsvile VFD wbsite and learn more about this great organization.

Pittsville VFD Sporting Clay Shoot

This past Sunday at Owens Station Sporting Clays in Greenwood Delaware, The Pittsville Volunteer Fire Department held it's 3rd annual sporting clay shoot. Under moderately overcast sky, which was not a bad thing, more than 70 shooters showed up to compete. Trappers at every station were kept quite busy with the crowd and made sure the target flew on demand from the the shooters. Each station held a new target presentation and true pairs and report pairs were the order of day.

The great thing about sporting clays is that as a general rule there's not much doubt about whether a target is hit or not. Anything from a little chip breaking off to a complete "dusting" of the target counts as a dead target or a hit. If there is is ever any question though, you can believe that in a competition like this there are always plenty of judges around to make the call. Of course these judges are for the most part your competitors so sometimes even their calls are, shall we say questionable depending on how close you are to their score. Most of these guys know one another and the bantering is all good natured and very seldom is there any disputes.

The game consists of 50 targets divided at around 10 stations over the entire course. From start to end it take about an hour to shoot the course depending on the size group you may be shooting with. Afterwards, the entry fee for the tournament includes lunch and this year Pittsville VFD had pulled pork sandwich platters. The pork was prepared by Station 7 Restaurant in Pittsville and I have to say it was quite tasty and plentiful.

The last shooters had to be on the field by 1:00 o'clock so that the day could finish up by mid afternoon. The side games also were completed by around 1:30 and at a little after 2:00 Bobby Bell & Shiloh Harris begin to to distribute the door prizes and shooter awards. My wife and I both shot in this event and I'm sorry to say neither one of us fared to well this year. Worse than that I have to admit that I lost all my bragging rights here at home, and that's all I'm going to say about that.

(I knew I shouldn't have bought her that Beretta)

Interested in shooting sporting clays? Click on the title of this post and it will take you to the Owens Station site where you can all the information you need about their facility. They're great folks and any time you need a shooting partner drop me a line I'll see what we can arrange.