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WALLA WALLA–The unseasonable heat wave over the weekend was brutal for all participants including eight Pomeroy Gun Club members who participated in all or part of the Washington State Championships at Walla Walla Gun Club over last Thursday through Sunday, June 24–27. The heat conditions were so ruthless, some cut short their participation, especially Sunday when a participant was sent to the hospital due to the heat. Walla Walla Gun Club is located on an old WW II Army Air Corp training fac...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy Gun Club members enjoyed some shooting and good results at a couple of Idaho Clubs over the past two weekends. Holly Ledgerwood posted a 97 in the singles event at the Orofino Gun Club which won her the Lady title at the Saturday, June 13 event. One week later on June 20 her pair of 94s in the 200 singles at Nez Perce Gun Club also was good enough for High Lady honors. The Sunday Nez Perce's Father's Day shoot gave Terry John the chance to post a 99 in singles that was h...
POMEROY–The local gun club gain awards for fine shooting at the Colton, Culdesac and Walla Walla gun clubs this spring. Pomeroy Gun Club members have travelled around the Northwest in the last Month to several shoots and they have brought home some Hardware in the form of Trophies in doing so. The most recent shoot June 5–6 took place at the Colton Gun Club. Saturday, under windy conditions, Larry Bunch posted a 97 in the singles event which was the High score of the day and won him the Senior Veteran Trophy. Fred Zack posted a 96 which was...
POMEROY–Pomeroy Gun Club members held its annual awards and fun day at the Club on Sunday, March 28. The Club also had their annual meeting and Election of Officers. Most officers stayed the same with Travis Ledgerwood elected President, Terry John Vice President, Larry Bunch Treasurer, and Tracy Hanger replaced Bryan McKeirnan as Secretary. Directors will be Wayne Tetrick, Luke Ledgerwood, Steve Ledgerwood, Craig Heitstuman and Past President Justin Dixon will serve a one-year term. Annual t...
POMEROY–Seventeen local Gun Club members participated, at least in part, at the 2021 Camas Prairie Trap Shoot in Walla Walla over the March 19–21 weekend. The shoot featured 300 16-yard Targets, 300 Handicap Targets and 200 Doubles Targets over the three days. Larry Bunch led the local participants in the Singles on Friday with a 98, which tied him for Senior Vet honors, Holly Ledgerwood, Tracy Hanger, and Robert DesJardin posted 96 scores, Mason Blachly had a 95 and Terry John posted a 94. Beau...
POMEROY–Camas Prairie Shoot participants enjoyed spring like weather during the tenth and final week of competition and it was reflected in the scores. The Junior Club had beautiful calm weather on Saturday March 13 and they made the most of such good conditions. In the 12 and under division Braxton McKeirnan led the youngsters with a score of 21 in the 16-yard competition and Michael DeBord posted a 20. McKeirnan had another 21 in the Handicap shooting and Byron Collier managed an 18. In the Su...
POMEROY–Weather was much improved for the eighth week of the Camas Prairie 10 week shoot but scores among shooters did not improve as much as Pomeroy Gun Club members would have liked. Junior shooters again shot most of their scores on Saturday and in the 12-year-old and younger category Byron Collier led the Youngsters with a nice score of 22 in the singles competition and Braxton McKeirnan shot an 18. In Handicap Collier put up a 20 and McKeirnan posted a 17. Sub Juniors Gunner Magill and N...
POMEROY–The big story for the seventh Camas Prairie shoot is again the weather; high winds and tough conditions. Even though, the Juniors had a fair day on Saturday but Sunday greeted the Senior members with a difficult climate environment. Saturday’s shoot, the 12-year-old and under kids were led by scores of 17 by Levi Bowen and Byron Collier. Braxton Mckeirnan put up a 16 one target behind. Collier also led the Handicap event with an 18 and Bowen posted a 17. In the Sub Junior Division Mason Garcia put up a very nice 23 in singles and Gun...
POMEROY–Elements of weather once again hampered Pomeroy Gun Club members in week six of the Camas Prairie Trap Shooting competition. This time it was extreme cold and falling snow that was the culprit. The Junior Shooters shot in heavy snow on Saturday and Levi Bowen led the 12 and under youngsters with a 17 in the 16 yd. competition while Braxton McKeirnan shot a 16. Bowen also was the top Handicap shooter with another 17. The Sub Juniors were led by Olliver Severs with 23 in singles, Gunner Ma...
POMEROY–Weather again proved to be problematic for Pomeroy Gun Club members during the fifth week of the Camas Prairie 10 Week Shoot. High winds hampered the Junior Shooters on Saturday and the Senior Shooters faced near Blizzard conditions at times on Sunday. On Saturday, the 12-year-old and under shooters were led in singles by Peyton Cannon's score of 15, Carter Barron posted a 13. In Handicap Peyton had another 15 and Braxton McKeirnan managed a 13. Sub Juniors were lead in singles by the 1...
POMEROY–Strong winds hampered the fourth Camas Prairie Shoot for members of the local gun club, resulting in lower than average scores. Southeast winds on Sunday caused problems for the east facing trap machines making right hand targets go high and left flying targets driven down resulting some difficult conditions and poor scores. Junior shooters had a nicer day on Saturday which was reflected in their scores. In the 12-year-old and younger division Levi Bowen shot a 20 in the 16-yard event and Rozlyn Magill recorded a 17. Peyton Cannon l...
By Larry Bunch POMEROY–After a blustery second Camas Prairie shoot January 16–17, Pomeroy Gun Club competed in the third of the 10-week competition on January 23 and 24 with more moderate conditions. The Junior Shooters shot on Saturday morning for the third Camas Prairie event. In the 12-year-old and under Division Peyton Cannon and Braxton McKeirnan led the young shooters with an 18 and a 16 in singles. McKeirnan had the top Handicap score with an 18 and Byron Collier and Peyton Cannon had 16s. Sub Juniors were led by the 21 of Brodie Mag...
POMEROY–The first of the Camas Prairie 10-week shoot for the Pomeroy Gun Club launched the weekend of December 9–10. Using the new stipulations under the COVID–19 protocols, the start of the season was fairly successful. The Junior shooters started their 2021 season on Saturday morning with Braxton McKeirnan leading the 12-year-old and under group with an 18 X 25 in singles and a 16 in Handicap. Byron Collier had a 16 in Singles and Levi Bowen had a 16 in Handicap. In the Sub Junior Division Mason Garcia and Gunner Magill paced the group with...
POMEROY–Local gun club enjoys beautiful fall weather and Bunch wins “B” Class trophy in Doubles at the Fall Shoot at Colton Gun Club on September 20. Five Pomeroy Gun Club members attended the Fall Shoot at Colton Gun Club Sunday. In the Singles event, Terry John and Larry Bunch both posted 93X100 scores. Holly Ledgerwood had an 89 and Steve Ledgerwood posted an 83. In Handicap, Bunch had a 91 and Holly Ledgerwood posted a 90. Fred Zack had an 86. Bunch had the top Doubles score of the day with a 93 and garnered the “B” Class trophy. On Saturd...
POMEROY–Several local Gun Club members participated in the Western Zone Shoot this past weekend at Colton Gun Club. Shooters who competed with one another in Colton also competed with shooters at 13 other Clubs throughout the Western United States and two Canadian Provinces. Terry John lead the local contingent with a 97 in the preliminary singles, Holly Ledgerwood was the High Lady at the Colton site with an 89 and Larry Bunch posted a 91 during Friday events. John was also High for the locals in Handicap with an 84. Even with the day’s win...
POMEROY–Several members of Pomeroy Gun Club ventured to Troy-Deary Gun Club over the Fourth of July Weekend for their annual shoot and managed to shoot some good scores while maintaining Social Distancing. On Saturday, Holly Ledgerwood lead the local contingent with a 97 x 100 in the singles event that won her the Lady II Trophy. Larry Bunch posted a 96 which tied him with Gary Bauer of Colton for Senior Veteran Awards. Bauer wanted to carry the shoot off over to the next day, but Bunch was not returning on Sunday. Bunch forfeited the honors to...
IDAHO–Culdesac Gun Club in Idaho held its Registered Trap Shoot over the May 30-31 weekend and Robert Koller posted some very respectable scores over the two days. On Saturday Koller posted a 46 X 50 in Singles and a 47 X 50 in Handicap. His 47 tied him with Bruce Bradley of Orofino Gun Club for runner-up honors over the entire field of shooters. By calculations, there was around 77 years difference in age between Koller and Bradley. Koller did not participate in a shoot off for the trophy and let the youngster take home the Hardware. On S...
POMEROY–During the fourth Camas Prairie shoot, the Pomeroy Gun Club Junior Shooters battled high winds last Saturday and on Sunday, the Senior Club found a snowy background difficult to shoot over. Forty-eight shooters battled the conditions on Sunday and Wayne Tetrick and Robert DesJardin were the only shooters who managed perfect 25s for the weekend. Lee Koller achieved a 24 while Sean Beale, Larry Bunch, Tracy Hanger, Mike Hastings, Buck Geiger, Richard Gittens, and Fred Zack all recorded 23s. Juniors were led by the 23s of Mason Blachly a...
POMEROY–The Pomeroy Gun Club will again participate in the Camas Prairie Telephonic Trap Shoot that will start this Saturday January 11 for Juniors and Sunday January 12 for Adults. The shoot will run for the usual 10 weeks and will culminate in 11 weeks with the Camas Prairie Trap Shoot in Walla Walla March 20-22. Junior Shooting will start on January 11 at 8 a.m. with a safety class and shooting to follow when that is completed. Junior dues and a parental permission form need to be filled out on the first week. The Club will offer juniors t...