33rd Alvin C York Memorial Shoot – March 28, 2026

This chunk gun match had 108 shooters this year.  The overall winner was Dawn Swigert with the best score of about 3.8″.  Dawn also had the best shot award.  First year in 33 years that a female won the match and it was well deserved!  Congratulations Dawn!

The Gemmer club was represented with 5 shooters and 6 members present for the match:  Tim Turnbull (10th Place), Walter Fett (16th Place), Bob Browner, Margie Browner, Dave Brandenburger, and Bob Vogt.  We do not have the overall scores for the event.  Once this is published, we will add this to this page.

Enjoy these photo’s from the event:

Board Match Results

We had our Bloomsdale warm-up Board Match yesterday. Fun was had by all but it was especially fun for the 5 winners of the 6 relay match.1st Relay Joe Kelly
2nd ” “Brad Dickinson
3rd ” ” Dave Brandenburger
4th ” ” Tom Goden
5th ” ” Greg Grimes
6th ” Joe Kelly (this guy was on FIRE!) 🤣

I was running the match and didn’t have time for pictures if somebody took some please post.
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1-4-2026 – Gemmer Meat Match

Nineteen shooters participated in the first shooting match of 2026. We had a few participants that visiting from the area as well as a couple that are new to the muzzleloading experience.

Congratulations to everyone that won meat and to everyone that had a great time shooting today.

Winners from the 10 relays
Prizes given out

We also had a prize money match and that was won by Mike Briscoe. ($45). Congratulations!

The 50/50 match was won by Ray Lewis. ($25) Congratulations!

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