Paul Conner presenting the 2 gun trophy to Bill Mitchell

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Well today is the first day of Spring!. It's a good  time to pull out your benchrest gear, dust it off, screw on a new barrel, and get ready for the 2025 season.
ORSA's first shoot of the season is scheduled for May-3-4 at Elmira Rod and Gun Club. 6533 Reid Woods Drive, Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6.
Please check this website for any changes.
Even if you don't have a bench gun, come out and try for 1 or both days, but please leave your muzzle breaks at home!  Saturday we shoot 100 yards x 5 matches, then on Sunday we shoot 200 yards for 5 matches. Saturday we usually have a steak dinner, or pizza, wings and salads. That is a good time to ask the season veterans any question that you have about this great sport.
If you have any questions, you can reach out to Brian Shoemaker at brian.shoemaker@wightman.ca, or Jeff Doucette at xfmrdude@gmail.com
Hope to see you soon!!

Elmira Rod & Gun hosted ORSA's last shoot of the year. We had 14 shooters in attendance, with great weather all weekend.
"The Legend" Bob Kerr started things out  at 100 yds with a nice .2124 agg, followed very close by George Carter with a .2142.   My have been some money changing hands at the scoring table??
George also took small group with a .126.
The afternoon matches "The Legend" continued with were he left off, and shot a .2142 with Robbie MacLennan right behind with a .2256.
Brian Shoemaker had the small group here with a tiny .058
Sunday morning we moved it out to 200yds.
Brian Shoemaker, after a relaxing night at home, laid down a nice .2260 with Jeff Doucette in second with a .2572.
Brian took the small group as well with a .256
We had some lunch, a few showers blew in, and left just as fast.
Robbie "The Wind Whisperer" MacLennan bared down and shot an impressive .2762 in winds you might call "switchy", with Billy "The Kid" Mitchell right behind with a .2907
It was Robb MacLennan on top with the 2 gun win with a .2785 agg.

Thank you goes out to the help on the weekend.
Kitchen- Steve Horsnby
Scorers- Alex Alvez, and Danial Gibbs
Target Crew- Alex Rowden, Bill Bewly and Wade Yantha
RSO- Paul Connor

We would like to thank Elmira Rod and Gun, and it's membership, for their support throughout the year, and look forward to their continuing support next year!!
Have to thank Brian Shoemaker for looking after all the "behind the scene stuff" that must be done to be able to hold these matches.
Also Bill Mitchell for organizing the supper menu. Big Thanks go out to Steve Hornsby, who is always in the Kitchen feeding and looking after us. Paul Connor who looked after the target crew all season long. Not an easy task!!
I would personally like to thank the ORSA membership for a fun season of shooting, and I look forward two seeing you all in the spring.
 If you know anybody that is thinking on starting this cruel sport, or wants to get back into it, please bring them with you next spring.
Winter Well !

Elmira Rod and Gun Club hosted the Alex Calder Memorial this past weekend. The weather was perfect all weekend long!! We had 13 shooters in attendance looking to take home the Alex Calder Cup.
"The Legend Bob Kerr" took top honors  at the 100yd LV with a nice .2132 agg with Vera Carter close behind with a .2172.
The afternoon HV George Carter got into the mix with a .2530 agg with Brian Shoemaker right behind with a .2534 agg.
Sunday morning we stretched it out to 200yds and Dave Abbott  shot a nice .2769 agg to take first place in the HV.
The afternoon LV was won by Brian Shoemaker with a .2467 agg.
When it was all washed out it was Brian Shoemaker taking the 2 gun with a .2650 agg, Vera Carter in 2nd with a .2819, and Stan "The Man" Walter taking 3rd with a .2926 agg.
Have to thank all the volunteers for there help this past weekend. Without volunteer's there would be no matches!!
Kitchen Staff -Steve Hornsby and Pat Carder
Scorers- Alex Alves and Sean Schuknecht
Target Crew- Steven Gostel, Matt Kraehling, Charles Hamilton and Tyler Stewart
Range Officer- Paul Connor

Our next shoot will be the last for the season on Oct 5-6.
Please get in touch with Brian if you want to reserve a bench at   brian.shoemaker@wightman.ca
Hope to see you all in Oct.
 

Elmira Rod & Gun club hosted ORSA's first score shoot of the season.
We had 14 shooters in attendance with some new faces on the line. The morning 100yd matches was relatively calm with a few rain showers and a tornado warning. We took shelter for a while, and had an early lunch thanks to Steve Hornsby and his BBQ skills! When the sun came out we finished up the 100yd, and Lenny McKenzie won  the morning matches with a 268. 
The afternoon matches at 200yd was a different story. Some sun, and lots of switchy wind. Brian Shoemaker came out on top of the 200yd with an impressive 257 score.
Brian also took top honors in the grand agg with a 518 total,  edging out Lee Graig by one.
Thank You to the volunteers on Saturday.
Kitchen- Steve Hornsby
RSO- Paul Connor
Target Crew- Rob Pringle, and Eryk Piwowarczyk
Scorer- Steve Gostel.
Next group shoot is scheduled for Sept 14-15.

Elmira Rod and Gun hosted ORSA'S second group shoot of the season. We had 14 shooters in attendance. The conditions where typical for Elmira, quick switches, and  flags that  weren't always telling the truth!
It was a close match between Robb MacLennan and Brian Shoemaker.
When it was all done Robb was the 2 gun winner.
Thanks to all the volunteers who helped out this weekend, and Elmira R&G club.
If anyone happened to get a picture of the 200 Yd LV please send it to me at xfmrdude@gmail,com and I will update the scores.
Next shoot will be a score shoot on Aug-17th

Elmira Rod and Gun hosted ORSA's first group shoot of the season. We had 12 shooters in attendance, with  "local legend" Bob Kerr showing up on Sat afternoon with a few words of wisdom. The wind wasn't our friend on Sat, and lack of wind on Sunday made it just as bad. It was always nice to catch up with everyone after the  winter season!!
Billy "the kid" Mitchell pulled out all the stops and took the 2-gun when it was all said and done.
Have to thank the volunteers for their help this past weekend.
Target crew - Briana Ruppert, Noah Ruppert, Peter Pomerleau, Brandon Rae, Bob Dewar, Alex Rowden, and Jason Ratz
Kitchen - Steve Hornsby, Paul Connor.
Measure - Alex Alves, Paul Connor
RSO - Jeff Schaefer.
Next ORSA shoot is scheduled for June 1-2.
 Please check here for any changes.

On behave of ORSA and myself, just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and a hope all the best for you and your's in 2024!!
See you on the range.

Elmira Rod & Gun Club hosted ORSA'S "Fall Final" shoot this past weekend.
12 brave souls showed up to battle the unpredictable winds that show up in the fall at Elmira, and we weren't disappointed.  George and Vera Carter weren't seemed to be bothered by the wind, they just stuffed in more powder and took the early lead on Saturday morning. Stan "the man" hanging around!
Mark Robson put together the heavy gear, and took honors with a nice .2346 agg in the afternoon HV. Stan again hanging around!
Sunday came and all  H*LL broke loose. Flag tails standing straight up, switching with every blow, cold and damp. It was frustrating, but that is Benchrest !!!!
Stan Walter took the morning matches with a impressive .2667 agg. In any condition, that is great shooting.
Robbie MacLennan got some lunch into him, and threw down a .2853 agg to take top honors in the 200yd LV
When the rain stopped, and the trophies handed out, Stan Walter was again on top with the 2-gun. His second 2 gun in the last two shoots. Congratulations Stan on a great year of shooting!!!!

Thank you to Elmira Rod & Gun, and it's membership for hosting ORSA's shoots for this past season. WE hope we can continue on next year, shooting at this great facility
Thank you to the volunteers.
Target Crew- Peter Pomerleau, Mathew Leclair,  and Adel Hijazi, 
Scorers- Rick Kreamer, and Paul Connor.
RSO's- Paul Connor, and Jeff Schaefer.
Kitchen- Steve Hornsby, and Darryl Brubacher.
Also Thank You to Bill Mitchell, George and Vera Carter, for making sure we were fed on Saturday nights for the entire season.
Special thanks to Steve Horrnsby, Paul Connor, and Brian Shoemaker, for being at every shoot, to make sure the matches were run safe and everyone had fun. Thank You all.
Have a great holiday season, and I am looking forward to seeing everyone next season.