September 8, 2009 Plate Match Report

26 Gun Entered    Match won by Rob Potter

 

     No Junior Guns Entered

    

     16 Young Bucks & Does - Class Won by James Austin

 

       4 Senior Shooters Entered - Class Won by Mark Wuesthoff

  

       6 Super Senior Guns Entered - Class Won by Hal Hansen

 

          We had perfect weather for a plate match tonight.  Clear, dry & 65degrees.  No Jackets, no overheating, and the shooting was hotter than Mid-July in Arizona.  26 guns came out to contest the match tonight, and we saw some strings of fire that by all estimates were pushing the 2 second mark.  FAST!!

     Thanks to Mathew Seagraves, OJ and George Flaherty for setting up the stage tonight.  Thanks to Rob Potter for acting as our Line Marshall, and to Reba for her usual excellent job of scorekeeping and running the microphone.  Thanks to all this practiced efficiency, we were able to get in 5 rounds of shooting and then a Sudden Death Finale. 

     We pick up the action as Loren gets by Rob, something not many shooters can brag about tonight.  Rob then gets his revenge as he puts this reporter on the trailer.  Exit Hal, tonight's Super Senior Class Victor.  James and Mathew then duel, with James winning, but James' bubble bursts the next duel, as Mark Wuesthoff wins a close one.  Rob then duels with Loren, winning by a nose, exit Loren.  Rob duels with Mark and beats him to the finish line, exit Mark, our Senior Class winner this evening.  Mark wasn't even using his pet revolver in this match.  He was fumbling around in the dark using his Browning Hi-Power.  I didn't know it could get that rough, Mark :)  (authors note:  Everyone at the GHSC Plate Match has been trying to talk Mark out of that Browning Hi-Power, for months now. We should live so long)

     Now, it's James Austin with 1 number,  and Rob Potter with 3.  Where have I heard this story before?  A rhetorical question, I assure you.  Shooters, Load and Make Ready!!  Shooters Ready?  Stand by!!  At the horn Rob and James hose down the plates, and once again, Rob's Nighthawk pounces!!  This is one of the runs I mentioned earlier. From the end of the starter horn's blast, to the end of Rob's string of fire, this reporter estimates a total time lapse of not more than 2 1/2 seconds, tops!!  FAST!!

Rob Potter is the winner of the string, and the match.  James Austin takes some consolation from having won the Young Bucks & Does Class. 

     That's a wrap for another week folks.  The weather is a bit cooler these days, the skies a bit more uncertain, school is back in session, so come on out and shoot plates on Tuesday evenings.  Next Monday evening at 5pm our regular Monday Night practices resume, so come to the club and get warmed up for next Tuesday's match.  See you all then.

 

Hal