The Buckeye Chapter held its largest fundraising event on 12 October, our annual Three Gun Shoot. This successful event was hosted by the great Americans of Richwood Gun and Game Club in Richwood, Ohio. The Three Gun Shoot netted over $20,000 for the chapter. Over 60 shooters participated and over ten SFA 45 members supported the event with set up and logistics management as well as range tear down.
The Buckeye Chapter was also supported by multiple generous sponsors who provided cash donations, door prizes, ammo, and guns for use by sponsor-shooters. Chapter member and former 18C, Ed Petkovich, of The Walsingham Group, was our anchor sponsor once again. Ed was presented a bronze special operations soldier statue for his long time and continual financial support for SFA Chapter 45. Several other chapter members were also among our sponsors. Former commo NCO, Eric Stansifer, donated a Glock 9mm pistol with silencer as our top door prize. Chapter members including NCOs from B/2/19th SFG(A) also donated their time as shooting coaches for our sponsored shooters. These novice shooters included four Army ROTC cadets each from Ohio University and Ohio State University.
The Shoot consisted of four lanes with multiple targets. Civilian competitors who shoot regularly complimented the Richwood staff for crafting a challenging and sophisticated set of shooting evolutions. Every competitor won one or more shooting-related door prizes.
