The 2011 "Pull & Cast for Agriculture Education," hosted by the Perry and Randolph County Farm Bureaus (CFB), awarded over $4,000 in cash and prizes for shooters and anglers participating in the July 24th event. In addition to the cash and prizes distributed, approximately $6,000 was raised to help increase agricultural literacy efforts through each CFB’s Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) program.
One-hundred and sixteen (116) shooters took to the sporting clay course in the extreme heat to compete individually or as a team. Numerous shooting games and the new fishing tournament also provided different opportunities for the avid outdoorsmen to compete and have fun. In total, the event drew 9 two-man fishing teams, 116 total shooters, 17 four-person teams, 3 husband/wife teams, and 6 three-person youth teams.
The Perry and Randolph County Farm Bureaus are pleased to announce the top shooters from the 2011 "Pull & Cast for Agriculture Education."
• Tom Ruck from Millstadt, IL was the top sporting clays shooter, breaking 96 out of 100 targets. Jeff Odle from Sparta, IL, and Jeff Dickey from Paris, MO also broke 96 targets, but using random station breaks as a tie-breaker gave Ruck the top placing and the Henry Lever-Action Rifle prize.
• Jeff Dickey from Paris, MO took top honors in the individual Farm Bureau member competition with his 96 out of 100 score.
• The buyafarm.com youth shoot-off winner was Willie Wessel from Fults, IL. Willie received $350 cash from buyafarm.com. Coming in second and receiving $150 cash from buyafarm.com was Justin Greco from Jerseyville, IL.
• This year’s Gateway and Southern FS $500 Shootout winner was Tom Ruck of Millstadt, IL. Jeff Odle from Sparta, IL was the runner up, receiving $250.
• The top overall 4-person sporting clays team consisted of Jeff Dickey, Clyde Mosby, J.W. Pulliam, and Ron Shafer. The Farm Bureau 4-person team consisted of Eric Fender, Chad Iffert, Jesse Lewis, and Josh Porter.
• In youth shooting, Justin Greco from Jerseyville, IL took top honors with his score of 90 targets by edging out Todd Bathon’s 90 targets through the random station breaks. The top three-man junior team included Greco, Justin Phillips, and Jordan Klope.
Due to the heat, this year’s new fishing tournament only filled 9 of the 35 slots available for boats, but the teams took advantage of the open water to catch some pretty good fish. Cash prizes were awarded to the top 5 teams, and Gateway and Southern FS kicked in an extra $250 to make the “Big Bass” prize a little more attractive.
Winning the first “Pull & Cast for Agriculture” fishing tournament were Greg Fender and Collin Vaughn. The “Big Bass” prize of $340 was taken home by the team of David Robinson and Dennis Moore.
All of the "Pull & Cast for Agriculture Education” results may be found at www.rcfb.org.
On behalf of the Perry and Randolph CFB’s, thank you to all of our sponsors, donors, participants, and volunteers for making this event possible. We look forward to welcoming everyone back to Sparta for a bigger and better 2012 event!
For additional information, contact the Randolph County Farm Bureau at (618) 443-4511 or the Perry County Farm Bureau at (618) 357-9355.
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