May 10th, 2009 Clays Match Report

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

12 guns entered
6 Open Guns, class won by Mathew Reid with a score of 44+3
6 Limited Guns, class won by Jim Skedd with a score of 35

Well, Happy Mother's Day, and a beautiful Spring Day it is. No heaters necessary today, with a lightly clouded blue sky and a temperature of 64degrees. Along with spring flowers, the target arrays blossemed forth also; colorful, bright and challenging.


Let's take a look at these arrays today, as they were original, well thought out, and challenging. In addition to speed and accuracy, these target arrays actually took pre-planning and thought. Yeah, I know. Take heart, you'll get used to it.

Round 1 "Pick 5, Any 5"

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GS om GS GS bm GS GS om GS

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Round 2 "From 6, You Get 5" (sounds like the stock market)

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om BS om GS bm GS om BS om

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Round 3 Ring Around The Rosy

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Round 4 Straight Arrow

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Round 5 "Broken Arrow"

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At the end of regulation play we have a tie and a winner. In the Limited Class, leading 1/2 the field, is Jim Skedd with a score of 35. In the Open Class, we have a tie between Mathew Reid and Ken Bagley Sr., both with a score of 44. Folks, we are going to have a shootoff.

One target frame back to 44 feet, and it's all black micros now. Looks like we'll use the same array as for stage 5, Broken Arrow, but all black minis at 44 feet, now this is a challenge worthy of our Sunday Clays Shooters. Doug McLean at the scoretable calls the action.


"Shooters to the line, Load 5 rounds"

"Shooters Ready?"

"Fire!!"

Where normally there would be a hail of bullets, today, with this array of clay targets, it feels sort of "Careful" out there.
Finally 10 shots are away, and we have a winner. Mathew Reid has hit 3 of the targets, and is today's winner. Mathew has a score now of 44 + 3, and bragging rights for a whole week.
Next week, the challenges will be 2. 1) Can Mathew come back and do it again, after he has been in everyone's sights for a week? And 2) Can Chucks, Treat and Nicodemus, come up with even more varied and challenging target arrays. I'm not sure which challenge will be more difficult. Join me right here next Sunday afternoon at 4pm and we'll all find out together. No pressure Mathew or Chuck & Chuck. It'll be just as easy next week as it was this week. Come on out and shoot clays folks, this challenge should be worth viewing.

Hal