Jack Neary
Member
Hot weather greeted the 53 shooters whom attended this past weekend’s 32nd Annual Hog Roast match at the Fairchance Rod and Gun Club in Smithfield, PA. Cool temperatures from the Hog Roast’s normal early May match date we normally experience was replaced by this year’s very hot weather, due to the necessary rescheduled July match date, due to the COVID-19 virus.
This year’s Hog Roast was the 4th U.S. World Team qualifying match of the year and certainly offered shooters the opportunity to earn some additional world team points! It was certainly great to see great friends whom arrived near and far to attend this year’s Hog Roast match.
Sadly, we all felt the loss of Benchrest icon, Smiley Hensley, at this year’s Hog Roast, due to his passing earlier this spring. Smiley was always one of the very first shooters to arrive at the range to prepare for the match and the great times to follow with his many, many friends for sure…!
In addition to Smiley’s passing, our NBRSA Eastern Region was also deeply sadden with the recent, sudden loss of our very good friend, Mark Engle. The list of the friends we have all lost in the last 3 years continues to grow way too fast…
Would ask everyone to please keep both Smiley and Mark and their families intentions in all your daily prayers.
On a very positive note, we saw top performances from young shooters, Kevin Donalds, Jr. and Gavin Peinhardt. Kevin’s great shooting, in all aggs., earned him his first 2-Gun win this weekend. Gavin’s great shooting was also awarded with his first aggregate win, with a fine .1904” in the HV100 aggregate shot in some very challenging wind conditions. Count on these two young and skilled shooters to earn many more aggregate and 2-Gun wins in the near future!
On to our match…
Saturday morning greeted the shooters with the start of what would be some very challenging wind conditions, which would become increasingly more difficult during the weekend…
Pando Vasilovski put on a clinic in winning the LV100 agg with a little .1633” aggregate. Chris Harris showed his vast-skills with a solid 2nd place finish with a fine .1844” and consistent performer, Steve Lee, finished 3rd also with a .1946” teen aggregate. Great Shooiting, guys!!
Here are the top 5 shooters in the LV100 agg:
1. Pando Vasilovski: .1630”
2. Chris Harris: .1844”
3. Steve Lee: .1946”
4. Eddie Harris: .1988”
5. Kevin Donalds, Jr.: .2006”
After a great lunch hosted by the club, the winds became more of a challenge with the start of the HV100 aggregate…
Young Gavin Peinhardt, wasn’t fazed by the difficult conditions and showed all us old guys how to shoot by winning the HV100 with a awesome .1904” aggregate. Well done, Gavin! Harley Baker show his HOF form with his 2nd place finish with a .1974” agg. Kevin Donalds, Jr. started to roll with his 3rd place finish with a .2044” agg. Well done, guys!
Here are the top 5 shooters in the HV100 agg:
1. Gavin Peindhardt: .1904”
2. Harley Baker: .1974”
3. Kevin Donalds, Jr.: .2044”
4. Lee Hachigian: .2148”
5. Eddie Harris: .2260”
After the conclusion of the HV100 aggregate and 200yd flag setting, the Fairchance Gun Club maintained its tradition of hosting a delicious Pulled-Pork Barbeque dinner for everyone. As always, the Saturday evening at the Hog Roast gives us all a time to socialize and share a few laughs with each other.
On to Sunday morning for the start of the HV200 aggregate…
Switching winds greeted the start of the HV200 aggregate on Sunday morning. Tim Humphreys wasn’t fazed and showed his great wind skills in winning the HV200yd agg. with an enviable .2174” aggregate. Jeff Briggs also showed us he can shoot very well, with his 2nd place finish with a .2207” agg. Chris Harris showed his consistent, great shooting all weekend with his 3rd place finish with a .2329” agg. Pando Vasilovski also continued his winning ways with his 4th place finish with a .2378” agg. And super-hot shooting, new Hall of Fame member, Paul Mitchell, finished 5th with a .2451” agg.
Here are the top 5 shooters in the HV200 agg:
1. Tim Humprheys: .2174”
2. Jeff Briggs: .2207”
3. Chris Harris: .2329”
4. Pando Vasilovski: .2378”
5. Paul Mitchell: .2451”
With the Heavy Varmint 200yd agg. now complete, here are the top 10 finishers in the HV Grand Aggregate with Jeff Briggs winning the HV Grand with a very nice .2303” Grand Aggregate! Congrats, Jeff, on your first Grand Aggregate win! Well done!
Here are the top 10 finishers in the HV Grand:
1. Jeff Briggs: .1696”
2. Kevin Donalds, Jr.: .2305”
3. Lee Hachigian: .2324”
4. Pando Vasilovski: .2340”
5. Gavin Peindhardt: .2393”
6. Tim Humphreys: .2506”
7. Chris Harris: .2549”
8. Bill Mcintyre: .2556”
9. Wayne Campbell: .2614”
10. Paul Mitchell: .
After great lunch, hosted by the Fairchance Club, we concluded with our last aggregate, the LV200 aggregate.
With the winds now further ripening, top Eastern Region shooter, and all-around great guy, Dave Bruno, was one of a very small group of shooters to avoid any 1” groups in the LV200 aggregate! Dave won the LV200 agg. with a .3167” agg. Great job, Dave! The ever-steady, Bill Mcintyre, finished 2nd with a .3363” agg. Kevin Donalds, Jr. capped-off a stellar weekend of top performances with a 3rd place finish with a .3438” agg. Andy Shifflet, with his hot, new bullets, finished 4th with a .3523 agg. and Kip Jones rounded-out the top-five finishers with a .3567 aggregate. Great shooting, everyone!
Here are the top 5 shooters in the LV200 aggregate:
1. Dave Bruno: .3167””
2. Bill Mcintyre: .3363”
3. Kevin Donalds, Jr.: .3438”
4. Andy Hey… Shifflet: .3523”
5. Kip Jones: .3567”
With the Light Varmint 200yd agg. now finalized, here are the top 5 finishers in the LV Grand Aggregate with Kevin Donalds, Jr. winning the LV Grand with a well-earned .2722” Grand Aggregate.
Here are the top 10 finishers in the LV Grand Aggregate:
1. Kevin Donalds, Jr.: .2722”
2. Chris Harris: .2745”
3. Bill Mcintyre: .2973”
4. Eddie Harris: .2991”
5. Billy Stevens: .2991”
6. Dave Bruno: .3041”
7. Jim Chaney: .3090”
8. Paul Whitt: .3094”
9. Jeff Peinhardt: .3100”
10. Tim Humphreys: .3134”
With both grand aggregates now totaled… I am very pleased to congratulate Kevin Donalds, Jr. as the 2-Gun Champion of the 32nd Annual Hog Roast, with a .2513” 2-Gun Grand Aggregate. Great performance, Kevin! This was Kevin, Jr’s first of sure to be his many, many 2-Gun wins!
Here are the Top 20 Finishers in the 2-Gun Grand Aggregate:
1. Kevin Donalds, Jr.: .2513”
2. Chris Harris: .2646”
3. Bill Mcintyre: .2765”
4. Pando Vasilovski: .2803”
5. Eddie Harris: 2819”
6. Tim Humphreys: .2820”
7. Dave Bruno: .2860”
8. Wayne Campbell: .2887”
9. Jim Chaney: .2899”
10. Billy Stevens: .2905”
11. Paul Whitt: .2915”
12. Jeff Briggs.: .2937”
13. Jeff Peinhardt: .2939”
14. Paul Mitchell: .2948”
15. Lee Hachigian: .2993”
16. Jeff Summers: .3013”
17. Steve Lee: .3028”
18. Kevin Donalds, Sr.: .3105”
19. Tony Boyer: .3131”
20. Don Rosette: .3131”
A special congrats to all the top finishers! Some very good shooting in some tough conditions, guys!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Hog Roast Match Director, Melissa Planiczka, Fairchance Gun Club President and Range Master, Jerry Van Sickle, and the entire Fairchance membership for hosting another great Hog Roast match!
Jack Neary
This year’s Hog Roast was the 4th U.S. World Team qualifying match of the year and certainly offered shooters the opportunity to earn some additional world team points! It was certainly great to see great friends whom arrived near and far to attend this year’s Hog Roast match.
Sadly, we all felt the loss of Benchrest icon, Smiley Hensley, at this year’s Hog Roast, due to his passing earlier this spring. Smiley was always one of the very first shooters to arrive at the range to prepare for the match and the great times to follow with his many, many friends for sure…!
In addition to Smiley’s passing, our NBRSA Eastern Region was also deeply sadden with the recent, sudden loss of our very good friend, Mark Engle. The list of the friends we have all lost in the last 3 years continues to grow way too fast…
Would ask everyone to please keep both Smiley and Mark and their families intentions in all your daily prayers.
On a very positive note, we saw top performances from young shooters, Kevin Donalds, Jr. and Gavin Peinhardt. Kevin’s great shooting, in all aggs., earned him his first 2-Gun win this weekend. Gavin’s great shooting was also awarded with his first aggregate win, with a fine .1904” in the HV100 aggregate shot in some very challenging wind conditions. Count on these two young and skilled shooters to earn many more aggregate and 2-Gun wins in the near future!
On to our match…
Saturday morning greeted the shooters with the start of what would be some very challenging wind conditions, which would become increasingly more difficult during the weekend…
Pando Vasilovski put on a clinic in winning the LV100 agg with a little .1633” aggregate. Chris Harris showed his vast-skills with a solid 2nd place finish with a fine .1844” and consistent performer, Steve Lee, finished 3rd also with a .1946” teen aggregate. Great Shooiting, guys!!
Here are the top 5 shooters in the LV100 agg:
1. Pando Vasilovski: .1630”
2. Chris Harris: .1844”
3. Steve Lee: .1946”
4. Eddie Harris: .1988”
5. Kevin Donalds, Jr.: .2006”
After a great lunch hosted by the club, the winds became more of a challenge with the start of the HV100 aggregate…
Young Gavin Peinhardt, wasn’t fazed by the difficult conditions and showed all us old guys how to shoot by winning the HV100 with a awesome .1904” aggregate. Well done, Gavin! Harley Baker show his HOF form with his 2nd place finish with a .1974” agg. Kevin Donalds, Jr. started to roll with his 3rd place finish with a .2044” agg. Well done, guys!
Here are the top 5 shooters in the HV100 agg:
1. Gavin Peindhardt: .1904”
2. Harley Baker: .1974”
3. Kevin Donalds, Jr.: .2044”
4. Lee Hachigian: .2148”
5. Eddie Harris: .2260”
After the conclusion of the HV100 aggregate and 200yd flag setting, the Fairchance Gun Club maintained its tradition of hosting a delicious Pulled-Pork Barbeque dinner for everyone. As always, the Saturday evening at the Hog Roast gives us all a time to socialize and share a few laughs with each other.
On to Sunday morning for the start of the HV200 aggregate…
Switching winds greeted the start of the HV200 aggregate on Sunday morning. Tim Humphreys wasn’t fazed and showed his great wind skills in winning the HV200yd agg. with an enviable .2174” aggregate. Jeff Briggs also showed us he can shoot very well, with his 2nd place finish with a .2207” agg. Chris Harris showed his consistent, great shooting all weekend with his 3rd place finish with a .2329” agg. Pando Vasilovski also continued his winning ways with his 4th place finish with a .2378” agg. And super-hot shooting, new Hall of Fame member, Paul Mitchell, finished 5th with a .2451” agg.
Here are the top 5 shooters in the HV200 agg:
1. Tim Humprheys: .2174”
2. Jeff Briggs: .2207”
3. Chris Harris: .2329”
4. Pando Vasilovski: .2378”
5. Paul Mitchell: .2451”
With the Heavy Varmint 200yd agg. now complete, here are the top 10 finishers in the HV Grand Aggregate with Jeff Briggs winning the HV Grand with a very nice .2303” Grand Aggregate! Congrats, Jeff, on your first Grand Aggregate win! Well done!
Here are the top 10 finishers in the HV Grand:
1. Jeff Briggs: .1696”
2. Kevin Donalds, Jr.: .2305”
3. Lee Hachigian: .2324”
4. Pando Vasilovski: .2340”
5. Gavin Peindhardt: .2393”
6. Tim Humphreys: .2506”
7. Chris Harris: .2549”
8. Bill Mcintyre: .2556”
9. Wayne Campbell: .2614”
10. Paul Mitchell: .
After great lunch, hosted by the Fairchance Club, we concluded with our last aggregate, the LV200 aggregate.
With the winds now further ripening, top Eastern Region shooter, and all-around great guy, Dave Bruno, was one of a very small group of shooters to avoid any 1” groups in the LV200 aggregate! Dave won the LV200 agg. with a .3167” agg. Great job, Dave! The ever-steady, Bill Mcintyre, finished 2nd with a .3363” agg. Kevin Donalds, Jr. capped-off a stellar weekend of top performances with a 3rd place finish with a .3438” agg. Andy Shifflet, with his hot, new bullets, finished 4th with a .3523 agg. and Kip Jones rounded-out the top-five finishers with a .3567 aggregate. Great shooting, everyone!
Here are the top 5 shooters in the LV200 aggregate:
1. Dave Bruno: .3167””
2. Bill Mcintyre: .3363”
3. Kevin Donalds, Jr.: .3438”
4. Andy Hey… Shifflet: .3523”
5. Kip Jones: .3567”
With the Light Varmint 200yd agg. now finalized, here are the top 5 finishers in the LV Grand Aggregate with Kevin Donalds, Jr. winning the LV Grand with a well-earned .2722” Grand Aggregate.
Here are the top 10 finishers in the LV Grand Aggregate:
1. Kevin Donalds, Jr.: .2722”
2. Chris Harris: .2745”
3. Bill Mcintyre: .2973”
4. Eddie Harris: .2991”
5. Billy Stevens: .2991”
6. Dave Bruno: .3041”
7. Jim Chaney: .3090”
8. Paul Whitt: .3094”
9. Jeff Peinhardt: .3100”
10. Tim Humphreys: .3134”
With both grand aggregates now totaled… I am very pleased to congratulate Kevin Donalds, Jr. as the 2-Gun Champion of the 32nd Annual Hog Roast, with a .2513” 2-Gun Grand Aggregate. Great performance, Kevin! This was Kevin, Jr’s first of sure to be his many, many 2-Gun wins!
Here are the Top 20 Finishers in the 2-Gun Grand Aggregate:
1. Kevin Donalds, Jr.: .2513”
2. Chris Harris: .2646”
3. Bill Mcintyre: .2765”
4. Pando Vasilovski: .2803”
5. Eddie Harris: 2819”
6. Tim Humphreys: .2820”
7. Dave Bruno: .2860”
8. Wayne Campbell: .2887”
9. Jim Chaney: .2899”
10. Billy Stevens: .2905”
11. Paul Whitt: .2915”
12. Jeff Briggs.: .2937”
13. Jeff Peinhardt: .2939”
14. Paul Mitchell: .2948”
15. Lee Hachigian: .2993”
16. Jeff Summers: .3013”
17. Steve Lee: .3028”
18. Kevin Donalds, Sr.: .3105”
19. Tony Boyer: .3131”
20. Don Rosette: .3131”
A special congrats to all the top finishers! Some very good shooting in some tough conditions, guys!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Hog Roast Match Director, Melissa Planiczka, Fairchance Gun Club President and Range Master, Jerry Van Sickle, and the entire Fairchance membership for hosting another great Hog Roast match!
Jack Neary