Pennsylvania State Championship Match Recap

47 shooters attended last weekend’s Pennsylvania State Championship Benchrest match at the Kane Fish and Game Club.

As always, the shooters found the Kane Fish and Game Club grounds to be in immaculate condition and warm hospitality extended to all whom attended this annual match. Good times with old friends, great food and… pie are the mainstays of the Kane experience.

The shooters were greeted with mild conditions during the start of Saturday morning’s Light Varmint 100yd. class.

Here are the Top 5 shooters in the Light Varmint 100yd. class with Kevin Donalds, Sr. winning with a little .1788” aggregate!
1. Kevin Donalds, Sr.: .1788”
2. George Carter: .1882”
3. Floyd Cline: .2096”
4. Lacy Tilley: .2176”
5. Don Rosette: .2212”

After a very a great Lunch put on by the volunteers of the Kane Fish and Game Club, we returned to the benches for the Heavy Varmint 100yd. class with shooters encountering more challenging conditions with George Carter putting on a great shooting clinic in winning with a .1882” agg.!

Here are the Top 5 shooters in the Heavy Varmint 100yd. class:
1. George Carter: .1882”
2. Craig Rowe: .2102”
3. Bill McIntyre: .2188”
4. Jeff Peinhardt: .2198”
5. Willie Bauer: .2208”

Sunday morning arrived with mild winds to kick-off the Heavy Varmint 200yd. aggregate.

Jeff Briggs demonstrated his shooting vast skills winning the HV200 aggregate with a very fine .1938” aggregate. Well done, Jeff!

Here are the Top 5 shooters in the Heavy Varmint 200yd. class:
1. Jeff Briggs: .1938”
2. Howy Levy: .1981”
3. Rob McLennan: .2112”
4. Jack Neary: .2222”

With the Heavy Varmint 200yd. aggregate now completed, here are the Top 5 shooters in the Heavy Varmint Grand Aggregate:
1. Jack Neary: .2262”
2. Jeff Briggs: .2291”
3. Howy Levy: .2295”
4. Mark Engle: .2315”
5. Kent Harshman: .2317”

As we started our final 200 Light Varmint aggregate on Sunday afternoon, Kane’s switching winds returned to challenge all of the shooters seeking for a top finish in both he the Light Varmint Grand and in the 2-Gun…

Vera Carter brought out her “A” game in winning the Light Varmint 200yd. aggregate with a .2451” aggregate shot in some difficult conditions!

Here are the Top 5 shooters in the Light Varmint 200yd. Aggregate:
1. Vera Carter: .2451”
2. Wyatt Peinhardt: .2519”
3. Mark Engle: .2558”
4. Jeff Peinhardt: .2700”
5. Dave Bruno: .2702”

With the Light Varmint 200yd. aggregate completed, here are the Top 5 shooters in the Light Varmint Grand Aggregate with Kevin Donaldson, Sr. winning the Light Varmint Grand with a .2343” Grand Aggregate!
1. Kevin Donaldson, Sr.: .2343”
2. George Carter: .2493”
3. Don Rosette: .2582”
4. Jeff Peinhardt: .2682”
5. Dave Bruno: .2690”

Here are the Top 10 shooters in the 2-Gun Grand Aggregate with George Carter winning this year’s Pennsylvania State Championship with a .2471” 2-Gun Grand Aggregate!
1. George Carter: .2471”
2. Kevin Donalds, Sr.: .2485”
3. Mark Engle: .2535”
4. Kent Harshman: .2576”
5. Jack Neary: .2633”
6. Jeff Peinhardt: .2648”
7. Howy Levy: .2722”
8. Paul Mitchell: .2726”
9. Vera Carter: .2777”
10. Dave Bruno: .2808”

Congratulations to George Carter for his 2-Gun win and to all the Match and Aggregate winners!

A special thank you to Steve Timpano, the Match Director, Roger Oakes, the Range Master, for keeping everyone safe, the Kitchen (and Pie baking crew) for all the great food, and for the hard working Target and stat crews.

And a very big thank you to all of the many volunteers of the Kane Fish and Game Club for all the many hours of hard work you each put forth to run such a great Pennsylvania State Championship BR match!

Many thanks to all of the 47 shooters whom attended this annual Pennsylvania State Championship match as well!

Looking forward to seeing everyone again next year at Kane!

Jack Neary

NBRSA Eastern Region, Director
 
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