We haven't been hibernating in the off-season... just catching up on some needed sleep. 2011 was a busy year and we are hard at work on 2012.

A complete 2012 schedule should be available soon. We are meeting with several locations to determine availability and dates. Stay Tuned!'

January Exhibition at the PA Farm Show!

Wow, was this a BIG event! Livestock of all kinds ,a rodeo, more vendors than you can count, throngs of people and a giant butter sculpture. Add in the Island Long Riders mounted shooting, and it was an amazing weekend of fun.

On Friday night we did a short demo showing the crowd what mounted shooting is all about. On Saturday, we did a 90 minute show. We started out with a small "clinic" and worked with five new horses to give the crowd an idea of how horses are trained.

Then we launched into a team competition with Joe, Frank and Jim O riding against, Mary, Jimmy and Danielle. It was pretty close through the three stages, but Mary's team ended up winning the day. Great riding everyone!

Thanks to everyone who came out to ride, help and support us at this event...

Sheriff AB Dupree
Outlaw Jimmy Wales
Plum Tuckered
Pony Frank
El Noche
Cityscape Cowgirl
Mustang Lady D
Barbara
Stephanie
Schmelanie
Claudia
Christina
Angel
Tony

Click here for videos from the PA 2012 Farm Show.

The SASS NE Mounted Territorial Championship is in the books. Mother nature gave us a break for what was the best weather I have seen at a match. Temperature was perfect and not a cloud in the sky.

Some great riding and shooting by all. Outlaw Jimmy Wales and Cityscape Cowgirl took their full classes for a big buckle win!

Sheriff AB Dupree was on hand (as always) to manage the gun table. Several of the East End Regulators (our local SASS CAS club) also showed up to help out and show support. Donna and Barbara supplied a great group of balloon runners who helped the match move along very well.

We even had Diamond Rio on a horse shooting a course!

There were five stages of mounted shooting action. We also had a side match to demonstrated rifle and shotgun courses. Outlaw Jimmy Wales showed off his skills with the long guns.

Bernadette and Emily were also there with Diesel, their 14 month old donkey. We hooked him up to a cart and tried the area's first ever cart shooting course. We didn't set any world speed records, but did have a fun time.

Diesel has the makings of a good cart shooter! We look forward to seeing good things from him in 2012.

Click here for photos from the October 8 match.

Click here for complete results from the October 8 match.

2011 Season is a wrap!

The October 8 match officially ended the Island Long Riders 2011 season. It has been a great, and extremely busy, year for us. Our riders have really progressed and I hope everyone has had as much fun as I did.

We will soon start to plan the 2012 season. We are working with several locations and 2012 may even be bigger than this year. One item in the works is a "saddle series" where we have a sponsor award a saddle at the end of a three shoot series.

Plenty of other good stuff is also in the works. I look forward to seeing you all again next year.

Next event will be our 2011 Christmas Party. Mary is working on a date and location... stay tuned for details.

A great time had by all as The Island Long Riders stormed into the Smtihtown Heritage Country Fair this past weekend. Club member came out to help perform demonstrations all day for the crowds. With hay rides, Old Time Baseball, Civil War re-enactments and more, the atmosphere was fantastic. Danielle, Frank, Jimmy, Barbara, Mary and Joe wowed the crowed with daring feats of mounted shooting expertise. We even hit the balloons a few times!

Outlaw Jimmy Wales took up the scattergun and did some fancy riding on the shotgun course. Sheriff AB Dupree was on hand to keep the sidearms clean, loaded and safe.

Thanks to Kathy and Kiernan at the Smithown Historical Society for being such terrifc hosts. You put on a fun, well run event.

We were delighted to be a part of this event and look forward to future events at your location.

The Scarecrow Festival is now less than two weeks away!

This will be our last match of the year. Don't miss this one on October 8 in Riverhead.

Our SASS Mounted Shooting Match will take place at Hallockville Museum Farm on October 8. This is part of the Scarecrow Festival and is sure to be a fun event.

In addition to the four stage match, we will also have a special "Cowboy Challenge" stage with a few "surprises" thrown in.

With winter around the corner, it looks like this will be our last horse event for 2011. Get your guns, saddle up your horse and come down to shoot some balloons.

PLEASE GET ME YOUR COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORM ASAP. I need to know who is coming!

You can download the forms here.