April 11, 2010 Gig Harbor Sportsman's Club Clays Match Report

Total Guns Entered - 16

 

     2 Ladies   Class won by__Marla Couch with a score of 31

           

        2nd Ladies - Giti Anable with a score of 27

 

     8 Open Guns, Class won by Jay Schoonmaker wih a score of 44

 

         2nd Open, Hal Hansen with a score of 43

 

         3rd Open, Tim Kopp with a score of 40

 

     8 Limited Guns, Class won by Dan Moore with a score of 45 + 3 + 3

 

           2nd Limited, David Lee with a score of 45 + 3 + 1

 

           3rd Limited, Chuck Treat with a score of 42

 

Match Staff: 

     Match Director:  Chuck Nicodemus

 

     Scorekeeper & Cooker of the Books:  Doug McLean

 

     Arrays Impressario - Chuck Treat, this week bringing us Page 6 of The Great Equalizer series of arrays.

 

     Good evening Sports Fans.  We have another Sunday afternoon Clays Match, brought to you from sunny & warm Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club.  This week we have 

16 competitors entered in the match,  & we're looking at Pg 6 of The Great Equalizer Series brought to you by our Arrays Impressario, Chuck Treat.

     You have probably noticed that the target arrays haven't gotten any easier as the series progresses.  Today is no exception.  Let's take a good look at what the shooters are facing on this sunny, 57 degree afternoon.

 

Round 1

 

     We start out with two rows of clays, the top row leading off with 2 Green Standards, followed by 2 orange micros.

The bottom row starts off with 2 orange micros, followed by 2 Green Standards.  You know the drill.  According to which class in which you are entered, break your appropriate targets, and head in to the black micro in the middle. 

 

Round 2

 

     This one starts off again with 2 Green Standards on the top row, followed by 2 orange micros.  The bottom row begins with 1 orange micro, followed by a Green Standard,  then another orange micro, followed by a Green Standard.  Pick out your clays targets, engage and break them, then engage and attempt to break the black micro in the middle.

 

Round 3

 

     The top and bottom rows both alternate sizes of clays, the top row starting with a Green Standard, and then an orange micro.

That pairing is repeated and repeated again, in the opposite order, on the bottom row.  Again, pick out your targets, break them and then blaze away at the black micro in the middle.

 

Round 4

 

     This Clays Match uses the Mix & Match configuration.  On the top row we see Green Standard, Orange micro, and repeat. On the bottom row we start out with 2 orange micros & 2 Green Standards.  Pick out your designated targets according to your class, then pounce on the black micro in the middle.

 

Round 5

 

     Top & bottom rows are the same now.  On the top row, we see 2 orange micros, followed by 2 Green Standards.

This configuration is duplicated on the bottom row.  Both classes of shooters pick one end of the target arrays, shoot 2 on top,

2 on the bottom, and go hunting for the black micro in the middle. 

 

     After the noise & the dust settles, we have Marla Couch winning the Ladies Class, with a score of 31.  Giti Anable follows closely with a score of 27.

 

     In the Limited Class, with scores of 45, Dan Moore & David Lee are tied.  Folks, we have a shootoff!!  The frames stay at 10yds, but the Limited guns are shooting at orange micros, in the shape of a square.  In the middle, of course, is the black micro.

     Shooters to the Line, Load 5 rounds!!  Shooters Ready?  Fire!!  As the thunder subsides, and quiet returns to the range, both Dan Moore & David Lee have hit 3 targets.

Limited Class Shootoff, Take 2.  Dan & David are loaded & ready, Doug McLean calls

Fire!! the Thunder Rolls.  When calm returns, We have a Winner!!  Dan Moore has hit 3

targets again, and David Lee has hit but 1.  Dan Moore wins the Lmited Class honors today. Scores - 45 + 3 + 3

 

     2nd Limited - David Lee 45 + 3 + 1

 

      3rd Limited - Chuck Treat 42

 

In the Open Class, Jay Schoonmaker continues his winning ways with a score of 44.  In 2nd Open, Hal Hansen finishes with a score of 43.  3rd Open, with a score of 40, Tim Kopp gets his name on the scoreboard. 

 

     OK Folks, that's it for today.  Next week we start over with The Great Equalizer Series,

Page 1.  In your daily practice, remember the fundamentals.  Sight Alignment, Trigger prep, Grip, Stance & Follow Through.  When you practice, a lot or a little at a time, pretend there is $$$$$Money$$$$$ riding on every shot.  More importantly, always remember:

 

                      SHOOT FAST!!  SHOOT ACCURATELY!!  BUT MOST OF ALL, SHOOT SAFELY!!!!

 

Hal