Vicki Ray Ten PebbleCreek Gun Club members competed in the club’s annual skeet contest March 22. Scores were close, and two members took part in a shoot-off to settle a tie for third place. The club awarded cash prizes to the top five shooters that day. Top skeet shooters: Gene Chohon—40, Pete Bahnmueller—37, Dave Robertson—36, Mitch…
Vicki Ray Three shooters vied for first place with scores of 45 out of 50 in the PebbleCreek Gun Club’s annual trap shooting competition held March 8. The longest string of hit targets in the first round placed Jim Pollock in the top spot. Joanne Pollock and Dan Borchers had the same number of consecutive…
Vicki Ray When Tiger Volz realized $270 was added to the water carboy used to collect cash donations during her week-long, drop-in Breast Cancer Awareness trap shoot, there were tears in her eyes and a grateful hug. “Please thank your members,” she said to the three PebbleCreek Gun Club members who brought the donation. Tiger,…
Vicki Ray Eighteen PebbleCreek Gun Club members began the year with a bang, competing in the club’s annual rifle contest on Jan. 4. The top five markswomen and men earned cash prizes in five events. Competitors had 10 shots to reach targets staged at 50-, 100-, and a simulated 200-yards. Two women placed in three…
Susan Knox Wilson PebbleCreek Gun Club member Bill Casey was recently honored for his long and invaluable service as the club’s range safety manager. “Our club is deeply indebted to Bill for all his years of service,” noted president Jerry Younker. “Bill has been instrumental in leading our efforts to ensure every one of our…
Vicki Ray A record number of PebbleCreek residents joined the gun club during the summer and fall, and club leaders responded by adding four new range safety officers (RSOs). Members will see the four new RSOs at trap/skeet shooting Tuesdays, pistol/rifle shooting Fridays, and other club-sponsored shooting events. The club now has 11 range safety…
Susan Knox Wilson, Gun Club Communications Team With social distancing protocols firmly in place, the PebbleCreek Gun Club held its annual trap shooting contest at the Joe Foss Shooting Range on Feb. 2. “Despite all the complications of holding this event during a pandemic, we had a good turnout and, for the first time ever,…
Susan Knox Wilson, Communications Team With social distancing protocols firmly in place, the PebbleCreek Gun Club held its annual pistol shooting contest at the Joe Foss Shooting Range this past November. “We had an exceptionally good turnout this year,” noted Dan Borchers, PebbleCreek Gun Club vice president. “We had a lot of great scores and…
Susan Knox Wilson Paige Roux, Events Coordinator for AZ Shooter’s World, will be the guest speaker at the PebbleCreek Gun Club meeting Monday, Feb. 3, at 4 p.m. in the Chianti Room. The meeting is open to all residents of PebbleCreek. Shooter’s World is one of Arizona’s leading AZ gun dealers with two locations—Phoenix and…
Susan Knox Wilson Women ruled at a recent PebbleCreek Gun Club outing held at the Joe Foss Shooting Complex in Buckeye. “With more and more women owning guns, we’re seeing more and more women signing up for handgun classes and coming out for target practice,” reported Dan Borchers, PebbleCreek Gun Club vice president. “The women…