September 13, 2009 Clays Match Report

14 Guns Entered

 

     4 Open Guns - Class won by Jay Schoonmaker with a score of 48

 

   10  Limited Guns - Class won by Jim Skedd

 

     What a beautiful day for a clays match.  Sunny, bright, and 73 degrees warm.  Perfect!!  14 Guns came out to enjoy the weather, the sport, the camaraderie, and the color of the match.  Our Arrays Impressario, Chuck Treat, came forth with target array series I today, and a good target catalog it was.  Let's take a look at it.

 

     Round 1 - Little diamonds, big squares*

          Alternating vertical lines of clays of 2 sizes.  Standard black clays form a diamond, surrounding 4 orange micros forming a square.  8 clays on a side, with a black micro in the middle.  Pick 4 of the 8 to engage and break, then on to the black micro in the middle.

 

     Round 2 - Potpurri*

 

          This reporter can't really discern an particular shapes in this array.  3 orange micros form the outer barriers, 2 vertically stacked green standards and then 2 orange micros and a black standard form the inner perimeter on each set of 8 targets.  Pick 4, engage them, and then it's on to the black micro in the middle

 

     Round 3 - Potpurri, take 2

 

           Essentially the same pattern as in round 2, but a black standard is substituted for a green on those 2 vertically stacked stardards which are bracketed by 6 orange micros. Then of course, the ubiquitous black micro in the middle.

 

     Round 4 - Bye Bye Standards, hello micros

 

           6 orange micros form a circle, the 2 circles bracketing a black micro in the middle.  No more stardard sized clays in this match.

 

     Round 5 - Orange Squares

 

          4 orange micros forming a square on each side of the lonesome black micro in the middle.

    

     At the end of regulation play, we have 2 winners.  In the Limited Class, with a score of 43 is Jim Skedd.  Jim played the game a bit differently today.  Instead of his NightHawk 1911 in .45ACP, Jim shot a ruger Mark II in .22 caliber.  His Ruger was wearing iron sights, and will be a force to be reckoned with in the limited Class.  Actually, truth be to tell, Jim just didn't stay up late last night reloading ammo for the clays match.  Put your victory medallion under your pillow Jim, and sleep the sleep of the just. Or at least the "Just About".....

 

     In the Open Class, with the high score for the match, was Jay Schoonmaker.  Jay was observed today challenging himself, with the commensurate benefits in markmanship and skill.  When the target arrays presented perfectly good standard sized clays to shoot at, he intentionally chose to shoot at the micros.  Good on ya Jay.  Jay has been one of the most successful clays shooters this year, and his score today of 48 will add yet more to his legend.

 

     Thanks as always to Chuck Nicodemus for hosting the match, and for Doug McLean for running the board and scorekeeping.

Thanks to all the participants for efficiently changing the screens after each string of fire, and thanks to everyone for coming out and making our clays matches such great successes.  We'll see you all right here next week, same time and same station.

 

Hal