Hunters for the Hungry and Flying Rabbit Sporting Clays Hold

First Annual Sporting Clays Fun Shoot Event

            The Hunters for the Hungry program and Flying Rabbit Sporting Clays held its first annual Sporting Clays Fun Shoot on Sunday, September 27^th, 2009. The event was held at the Flying Rabbit Sporting Clays facility in Mount Crawford, VA.

  The event was a huge success raising $11,102.00, which will be utilized to process and distribute venison to needy families in the Harrisonburg and Shenandoah Valley areas and all across the state this year. This amount of funding will allow the program to process and distribute 55,510 four-ounce servings of this high protein nutritious meat to those less fortunate.

 A total of 119 shooters participated in the event, which included 100 rounds of clays per shooter on this exciting and challenging course. At the conclusion of the shoot, participants were divided into five classes, I, II, III, IV, and V, with awards going to 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place in each category. The following is a list of winners in each category, but as one shooter put it, "Everyone was a winner who helped raise these monies to provide for those in need."

Awards were presented in these respective classes. Class I: First Place and Winner overall – Glen Tharp, Castleton, VA,  Second Place – Watson Lewis, Waynesboro, VA, Third Place – Myron Emswiler, Verona, VA; Class II: First Place – Russ Ringler, Marshall,

VA Second Place – Allen Butler, Port Republic, VA, Third Place – Kylel Bickling, Waynesboro, VA;  Class III:  First Place – T. R. Whetzel, Lignum, VA, Second Place – Jim Miller, Sr., Bridgewater, VA, Third Place – Dale Hungerford, Middlebrook, VA; Class IV:  First Place – Jeff Smith, Staunton, VA,  Second Place – Daniel; Rhodes, Grottes, VA,  Third Place – M. L. Orfila, Alexandria, VA,  Class V: First Place – Nathan Mongold, Harrisonburg, VA,  Second Place – Linda Layser, Middlebrook, VA,.  Third Place – Steve Dingus, Mt. Jackson, VA.

 They are all smiles and thanks to the support of these and many other participants there will be smiles on the faces of many in need this year!

Special thanks go to Mr. John Alexander and Mr. Rick Hill of Flying Rabbit Sporting Clays for allowing the use of their outstanding facility and for their overall support of this event and the Hunters for the Hungry program. We also want to recognize and thank each and every volunteer that worked so hard prior to and the day of the event the make it such a success. Additionally, we want to thank the following sponsors and donors who helped make this year's event another success: Stonewall Jackson Chapter, National Wild Turkey Federation; Quality Deer Management Association, Rockingham County Branch; Buckmasters American Deer Foundation of the Shenandoah Valley; Joe Bowman Auto Plaza, Harrisonburg, VA; VerStandig Broadcasting, Harrisonburg, VA; ; Bowhunters of Rockingham, Keezletown, VA; Valley Engineering, Harrisonburg, VA; Good Printers, Bridgewater, VA; Superior Concrete Corporation, Harrisonburg, VA; Pepsi of the Shenandoah Valley, Weyers Cave, VA; Virginia Golf Cars, Inc., Harrisonburg, VA;  Allied Portable Toilets, Harrisonburg, VA; Affordable Tents and Party Rentals, Bridgewater, VA; Waste Management of Virginia, Harrisonburg, VA; Old Dominion Realty, Harrisonburg, VA; Premier Vinyl, LLC., Harrisonburg, VA; Jim Melton’s Jerky Shoppe, Inc., Dayton, VA;