March 17, 2009 Plate Match Report

MATCH WINNER: ROB POTTER 29 ENTERED CLASS WON BY 4 Junior Guns Wolfgang 16 Young Bucks & Does Mark Kimura 4 Seniors Mark Wuesthoff 6 Super Seniors George Flaherty It was a dark, rainy, cold, overcast night, 44degrees at gametime, and 29 guns came out to play. We grow'em tough here in Washington State. All the heaters were on, and everyone at the range was glad of it. First things first; A lot of people are owed a great deal of thanks from this Match Director. I was running late to the match tonight, and when I got there everything was set up, the sign up sheet was mostly full, and we were ready to rock & roll. Thanks so much to all those who pitched in to help set up the stage. Thanks to Rob, Reba, OJ, George James.............all those that helped run the match tonight. The list is long and distinguished. At this point let me depart from the standard format of this report, and not give a blow by blow rundown of all the duels. The one point of consistency in the match tonight, this reporter notwithstanding, was a steady display of fast, accurate shooting, and a lot of "Want To" amongst the shooters. All the usual suspects were on tap for the finals tonight, and the winners were.........(drumroll please............) In the Junior Class - Wolfgang. In the Young Bucks & Does Class - Mark Kimura. the Senior Class Winner tonight was: Mark Wuesthoff the Super Seniors Class was won by George Flaherty. THE MATCH WINNER; Rob Potter The match came down to Rob and OJ dueling it out for the ribbon. Rob had about half of the board covered with his numbers, and he had gone through the pack tonight like the Grim Reaper driving a runaway Nighthawk. Rob didn't quit when it was all on the line, and congrats to OJ for almost staying with him on the last run. Folks, it only gets better from here. Come on out to our practices on Monday night at 5pm and get tuned up for the Tuesday matches. All the hot guns come out Mondays, so come on out and intimidate George, Rob, James, the two Marks, Reba and the others, and get a close-up look at what GOOD really looks like. See ya next week. Hal