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POMEROY–The Camas Prairie 10-week shooting competition saw some good weather for shooters during the sixth week of the event at the Pomeroy Gun Club, but good scores did not materialize on a disappointing weekend. In the 12-year-old and younger 16-yard competition Rowdy Cole posted a 22X25 score to lead that age group. Carter Barron shot the best score in Handicap with a score of 20. Braxton McKeirnan and Gunner Magill had a pair of 23s to lead the Sub Juniors in the 16-yard competition on S...
POMEROY–Local shooters Barron Magill and Travis Ledgerwood managed a couple of perfect 25X25 scores in the 16-yard event during the fifth scheduled Camas Prairie Competition Shoot, which is the score that counts towards the 10-week rankings. The Pomeroy Gun Club was greeted by breezy, sometimes wet conditions during week five, the half way point, of the 2023 Camas Prairie competition, but still achieved some good scores. In the week's 12-year-old and under competition. Carter Barron was the t...
POMEROY–Local junior gun club shooters, and lady shooter were an asset to club scores at the very cold fourth week of Camas Prairie 2023 competition. Week four results of the 2023 Camas Prairie competition would have been bleak if it had not been for the efforts of some Junior shooters and Lady Shooter Holly Ledgerwood. Very cold and breezy conditions made the two days very tough for many shooters. In the 12-year-old and under division the 16-yard event was led by the 21X25 score of Carter B...
POMEROY–Week three of the Camas Prairie Trapshooting Association (CPTA) ten week shoot greeted shooters with some breezy cold conditions but did not prevent some shooters from excelling when breaks in the weather occurred. Saturday was the tougher of the two days and Junior shooters struggled to get some good scores. In the 12 year old and under 16 yard shooting Carter Barron had the top score of 18X25, while Judson Hall and Rowdy Cole posted scores of 16. Barron also paced the youngest s...
POMEROY–The second week of the Camas Prairie Shoot Competition (CPTA) on January 14-15, unseasonably warm weather made for good shooting conditions, availing Brian Bingman to post the first perfect 25 of the season. The Junior Club did face some breezy conditions and rain at times on Saturday, but the hardy youth did turn in some good scores. Rowdy Cole managed a score of 19X25 in the 16-yard event to lead the division in the 12-year-old and under division, and Luke Collier posted an 18. In H...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy Gun Club started the 10–week Camas Prairie Trap competition on Saturday January 7 for Juniors, and Sunday January 8 for the Senior Club. The Juniors faced a strong east wind that made for tough conditions on Saturday, but several youth shooters shot decent scores. In the 12-year-old and under 16-yard competition, Luke Collier had the top score of 17 X 25 and he was followed closely by Rowdy Cole and Carter Barron with scores of 16. Collier had an even better Handicap sco...
POMEROY–The 2023 Camas Prairie 10-week shoot will begin on January 7 for juniors and January 8 for adults. Traditionally the Camas Prairie 10–week shoot starts on the second Sunday of January each year, but because New Year's Day is Sunday January 1, the 2023 shoot will start with the junior shooters on Saturday, January 7, and the adults on Sunday January 8. There will be a safety and due collection meeting for the kids at 8 a.m. on Saturday, January 7, followed by shooting. Kids under 14 yea...
POMEROY–The annual Pomeroy Gun Club Sausage Shoot fundraiser will take place at the clubhouse on Sunday December 11 at 8:30 a.m. This event is the Pomeroy Gun Club's biggest fundraiser which will fund our ability to keep shooting the rest of the year at as low in cost as possible. Featured shoots are Trap singles, Buddy Shoots, and Annie Oakley's Rifle events, Running Deer, various targets, and inside games for non-shooters. Lunch is available on the grounds at the Pataha Range, 38 Gun Club R...
COLTON–Pomeroy Gun Club member Larry Bunch took top score in the Doubles Senior Veteran Division at the trap shoot here last Sunday, September 18. The Pomeroy Gun Club had a contingent of four shooters attend the Colton Gun Club's September Trap shoot last Sunday. Members attending were Robert Koller, Robert Des Jardin, Larry Bunch and Terry John. Des Jardin posted the top score in the 16-yard competition for the Pomeroy shooters with a 97 X 100 score that was two targets off of the top s...
COLTON–Six members of Pomeroy Gun Club participated in the Western Zone shoot July 15-17 hosted by the Colton Gun Club. Bob Koller, Steve and Holly Ledgerwood, Larry Bunch, Buck Geiger, and Terry John all attended and brought Home quite a bit of Trophy Hardware. The Western Zone shoot is conducted at 14 different Clubs in the Western United States and Canada and scores are shared over the internet. The Zone has its own awards and there are Trophies provided by the Host Clubs also. In Friday's S...
NEZ PERCE–Four members of Pomeroy Gun Club Steve and Holly Ledgerwood, Jim Adams, and Larry Bunch, participated in the Nez Perce Idaho Father’s Day shoot June 18–19, bringing home some trophies. The Club threw 200 singles targets and Holly Ledgerwood broke a pair of 92s and her score of 184 was good enough for High Lady honors on Saturday. Jim Adams broke a 98 and 95 for a score of 193; also broke a 91 in Handicap on Saturday. Adams broke a 99 in singles and Larry Bunch shot a 98 in the 100-target event on Sunday. Adams tied for Champion but d...
POMEROY–Tracy Hanger, Larry Bunch, Holly Ledgerwood, Robert Koller and Jack Miller, Jr. are top winners at the Washington State Shoot event which took place at the Walla Walla Gun on Thursday, June 12-15. Six Pomeroy Gun Club members attended the Washington State Shoot at Walla Walla Gun Club starting last weekend. During this event, the Club's senior most shooter and two of our female shooters were the stars of the shoot for Pomeroy. In the Preliminary Singles on Thursday Larry Bunch posted a...
POMEROY–Local Gun Club members culminated their 2022 Winter League season with their Annual Fun Day, potluck barbecue and business meeting along with the annual awards for top Youth and Adult shooters in several categories. Beautiful Spring weather blessed the day on Sunday March 27. The Junior shooters started the day with fun and shooting games on one of the two Trap Fields and the Adults shot 50 16–yard targets on the other Trap Field. The Adults are classed based on their 10-week averages an...
WALLA WALLA–Eleven members of the Pomeroy Gun Club participated in all or some of the annual Camas Prairie Shoot at Walla Walla Gun Club over the weekend of March 17–20. It was decent, but slightly breezy, March conditions prevailed most of the event. Thursday’s shoot, 100 Handicap targets were offered for those who set up camp in their RVs the day before the beginning of the Championship events. Wayne Tetrick started the weekend with a 94 which tied him for Champion runner-up with two other shooters, but Wayne did not hang around for the s...
POMEROY–In the tenth Camas Prairie Competition shoot, several members of the Pomeroy Gun Club made their best scores of the season, some ranked as perfect. The Pomeroy Gun Club members enjoyed some nicer weather for the tenth and final week of the Camas Prairie competition and posted some good scores even though it was breezy at times. During the Saturday 12-year-old and under 16-yard event, Carmen Fruh posted her best score of the year and the best score in that division with an 18X25 in the 16–yard event. Magnus Edwards topped the you...
By Larry Bunch Special to East Washingtonian PATAHA–The Pomeroy Gun Club achieved good scores for week nine of the Camas Prairie Competition (CPTA) shoot over last weekend, March 5–6. The 2022 Camas Prairie Competition ninth week was blessed with beautiful March weather for Pomeroy Gun Club members, but the good conditions did not translate into perfect scores on either day. During Saturday’s shoot, youngsters 12 years old and under were led in the 16-yard completion by the 16X25 from Carter Barron. Magnus Edwards posted a score of 14. In Ha...
POMEROY–Local Gun Club shooters are holding their own at the eighth week of Camas Prairie Competition. Some may move to a higher placement as other shooters will remain the same. Pomeroy Gun Club members were again hampered by Gusty Winds in week eight of the 10 Week Camas Prairie Competition. Conditions were especially bad for the Youth shooters on Saturday, February 26. During Saturday’s shoot, the best score recorded by a 12-year-old and under shooter was an 11 of 25 shot by Carter Barron in the 16-yard competition. Barron led the You...
POMEROY–High scores and high weather change were exhibited at the seventh week at the Camas Prairie Shoot Competition here over the last weekend. Weather provided mixed conditions which proved a major problem for the Pomeroy Gun Club Juniors during week seven Saturday, February 19. Even more was experienced by the Adults, who shot through about every kind of weather Mother Nature could offer Sunday, February 20, but good scores prevailed. During the Saturday shoot, the 12-year-old and younger Youth were led in the 16-yard event by the scores o...
POMEROY–During the sixth Camas Prairie Shoot competition (CPSC) the Pomeroy Gun Club scores big, Brady Bott makes perfect score, and junior shooters move into seventh place, tying with Walla Walla. The good weather resulted in very good scores for Pomeroy Gun Club during the sixth week of the CPSC this past weekend at the local Club. One of the highlights was Brady Bott’s first career perfect 25 score, the first of the year for the juniors, which led all the Youth shooters for the weekend. He was joined by Clark Capwell’s second straight 25 as...
POMEROY–The fifth week of the Camas Prairie competition brought success to the senior club, but skirted the youths as the Pomeroy Gun Club experienced some quarantining due to COVID. It was a pretty successful competition for club’s senior group during last weekend’s shoot, but the youths’ scores were not on target, so-to-speak, as the club had hoped. This limiting effect was due to various reasons including quarantining due to COVID related problems. Saturday’s 12 and under group, shooter Carter Barron had the top 16-yard score of 17X25 and...
POMEROY–The fourth Camas Prairie Telephonic 10-week shoot was a test for local shooters at the Pataha Range. A stiff, cold, easterly wind hampered target flight for everyone and it was reflected in poor scores compared to the week before. Even though conditions were challenging, Steve Brown, Larry Bunch, Clark Capwell, Buck Geiger, Tracy Hanger and Jim Adams score well. In Continentals, Steve Brown, Larry Bunch, Clark Capwell and Buck Geiger had the top scores of 23. Tracy Hanger and Jim Adams had the top scores of 46 X 50 in Doubles. Those s...
POMEROY–The third Camas Prairie 10-week competition was the Lewiston Tribune Telephonic Shoot which proved the best for the shooters in recent History. The competition in the Lewiston Tribune Telephonic Shoot is based on the scores of a minimum number of shooters from the total number of Shooters that compete for the particular Club. From 0-30 shooters each Club needs to submit three scores for a possible total of 75. For 30 to 40 shooters the Club needs to submit four scores that are averaged toward a score of 75. For 40 to 50 shooters the f...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy Gun Club members were blessed with better shooting conditions during the second week of the Camas Prairie Telephonic shoot, and better scores were the result. The Junior shooters posted most of their scores on Saturday January 15. In the 12-year-old and younger Division Carter Barron posted the best singles score with an 18 of 25 effort. Magnus Edwards was close behind with a score of 17. In the Handicap effort Edwards posted an 18 for the top score in the Division. Ollie Sievers paced the Sub Junior division with a 22 in s...
POMEROY–Local Gun Club members were tested by winter conditions during the first week of the 2022 Camas Prairie 10–week competition, and scores were disappointing as a result. The Youth shooters did have a few bright spots on Saturday January 8. In the 16-yard singles event Carter Barron and Magnus Edwards led the 12-year-old and younger division with scores of 14 X 25. In the Sub Junior division Gunner Magill and Braxton McKeirnan posted respectable scores of 21. The Juniors were led by the scores of 22 put up by Junior Magill and Troy Ste...
GRANGEVILLE, Idaho–Favorable August weather prevailed for five Pomeroy Gun Club members who travelled here to the two-day shoot on August 28 and 29 which ends the 2021 Target year for registered targets. Holly Ledgerwood was the star for the Club over the two days and posted a pair of 98 X 100 scores in singles. Her 98 on Saturday was good enough for High Lady honors but a duplicate score on Sunday was bested by the 99 of Krys George of Rathdrum, Idaho. Other singles scores on Sunday included a...