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Hunters
for the Hungry and Flying Rabbit Sporting Clays Hold Third
Annual Sporting Clays Fun Shoot Event
The
Hunters for the Hungry program and Flying Rabbit Sporting Clays held its
second Sporting Clays Fun Shoot on Sunday, October 9, 2011. The event
was again held at the Flying Rabbit Sporting Clays facility in Mount
Crawford, VA.
This
year’s event was another wonderful success raising approximately
$7,025.00, 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
Hunters for the Hungry program to process and distribute an estimated
35,125 four-ounce servings of this high protein nutritious meat to those
less fortunate. To date this single event has raised $24,627.00, which
has allowed the program to process and distribute 123,135 quarter pound
servings to those in need this year!
A total of 69 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 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
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 – Myron Emswiler, Verona, VA,
Second Place – Watson Lewis, Waynesboro, VA, Third Place –
Glenn Tharp, Castleton, VA; Class
II: First Place – Todd Wright, Lignum, VA Second Place – Gary
Arrington, Bedford, VA, Third Place – Phil Sturm, Harrisonburg, VA;
Class III:
First Place – Rick Layser, Middlebrook, VA, Second Place –
Brad Randolph, Bridgewater, VA, Third Place – Tim Whetzel, Lignum, VA;
Class IV:
First Place – Alvin Estep, Fulks Run, VA,
Second Place – Joe Jennings, Lynchburg, VA,
Third Place – Brent Saufley, Fort Defiance, VA,
Class V: First Place
– Brandon Rumer, Fulks Run, VA, Second
Place – William Pannell, Afton, VA, and Third Place – Chip Saufley,
Fort Defiance, VA. 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 and to each and
every person who cam out to shoot in this special event. Additionally,
we want to thank the following sponsors and donors who helped make this
year's event another success: Quality Deer Management Association,
Rockingham County Branch; Joe Bowman Auto Plaza, Harrisonburg, VA;
Western Virginia Deer Hunters Association; Valley Engineering,
Harrisonburg, VA; Stonewall Jackson Chapter, National Wild Turkey
Federation; Superior Concrete Corporation, Harrisonburg, VA; Pepsi of
the Shenandoah Valley, Weyers Cave, VA; Virginia Golf Cars, Inc.,
Harrisonburg, VA; Affordable Tents and Party Rentals, Bridgewater, VA;
Old Dominion Realty, Harrisonburg, VA; Premier Vinyl, LLC.,
Harrisonburg, VA; Jim Melton’s Jerky Shoppe, Inc, Dayton, VA;
Heartland Home Improvements, Harrisonburg, VA; VA; VBS Mortgage,
Harrisonburg; VBS Mortgage - Anita Beckman, Bridgewater, VA; County Line
Construction, Harrisonburg, VA, Michael’s Plumbing and Heating,
Harrisonburg, VA; Lone Star Construction, Orange, VA; Jesse and Roseanne
Zamudio, Orange, VA; Flying Rabbit Sporting Clays, Mt. Crawford, VA;
Stonehill Construction, Harrisonburg, VA; R & L. Construction, Inc.,
Heartland Outfitters and Feed, Dayton, VA; Showalter Farm, Mount Solon,
VA; Gray Ghost Gobblers Chapter/NWTF, Warrenton, VA; The Sound that
Sells, Harrisonburg, VA; State Farm Insurance, Jeff Rebech,
McGaheysville, VA; K & M Lawn & Garden Equipment Rental,
Culpeper, VA; Martin’s Wild Game Processing, Bridgewater, VA;
Shenandoah Valley Friends of the NRA, Harrisonburg, VA; Homestead
Gunsmith Shop, Harrisonburg, VA; Valley Meat Processors, Inc, Dayton,
VA; Valley Renovators, Penn Laird, VA; Roger Bible,
For more information about this and other Hunters for the Hungry events or about how one can help our program, please contact Hunters for the Hungry at P.O. Box 304, Big Island, VA 24526 or call 1-800-352-4868.
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