September 19, 2010 Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club Clays Match Report

14 Guns Entered In Match

 

      7 Open Guns, class won by Ken Bagley Sr. with a score of 45

            We have a tie for 2nd Open between Walt Stephens and Jay Schoonmaker, both with scores of 44

            3rd Open won by Hal Hansen with a score of 38, and lucky to get that

 

      7 Limited Guns, class won by Chuck Treat with a score of 39

            2nd Limited won by David Lee with a score of 36

            We had a tie for 3rd Limited between Loren DeShon & Tim Anable, both with scores of 35

 

     Good evening Ladies & Gentlemen, and welcome back to Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club and another Sunday afternoon clays match.  It was a cloudy, overcast afternoon with the temperature in the mid-sixties, and perfect for shooting.  Our match staff did another great job, and brought us another great match   Chuck Nicodemus did double duty today, acting both as the Match Director, and also as the scorekeeper and DJ in Doug Mclean's absence.  Doug got, well, crunched, stapled, spindled and generally banged up working on our range project last week, and we wish him a speedy recovery.  Doug, next time let the professionals and the younger people handle jobs like that.  They get paid more and they move faster.

     We had 14 guns entered in today's match, 7 in each division, and we saw Page 6 of The Great Equalizer Series on the screens. Page 6 was brought to you today by our Arrays Impressario, Chuck Treat.  It was  obviously a challenging series of arrays, as the scores were down a bit at the finish.  The arrays were all comprised of orange micros, Green Standards, and of course the ubiquitous black micro in the middle.  Let's take a look at what the shooters saw today.

 

Round 1

     The top row in round 1 started out, from the outside to the inside, with 2 Green Standards, then 2 orange micros.  The bottom row, from the outside in started out with 2 orange micros and then 2 Green Standards.  If your are entered in the open class, the

orange micros are your targets.  If entered in the Limited Class, you engage the Green Standards.  No matter, engage and break all of your designated targets, then go to the middle of the screen and engage the black micro in the middle.

 

Round 2

     The top row stays the same as Round 1, but the bottom row, from the outside, alternates between orange micros, and Green Standards, alternating with each clay. After breaking all of your designated targets, engage the black micro in the middle, and prepare for Round 3.

 

Round 3

     The top row now starts with a Green Standard, morphs to an orange micro, then repeats.  The bottom row is laid out exactly the opposite, starting with an orange micro.  If ya get lucky, engage and break the black micro in the middle, if ya can.

 

Round 4

     The top row starts with a Green Standard, morphs to an orange micro, and repeats.  The bottom row is comprised of, first,

2 orange micros followed by 2 Green Standards.  If you are successful in breaking your primary designated targets, the black micro in the middle awaits.

 

Round 5

     Now, the top row starts with 2 orange micros, followed by 2 Green Standards.  The bottom row is exactly the same.  The 4

identlcal clays, top and bottom, each form a box.  Pick your box, break them if you can, and then, if successful, engage the black micro in the middle.

 

     At the end of regulation play, we have 2 winners, and some ties for 2nd & 3rd.  In the Open Class, Ken Bagley Sr. showed the way with a score of 45.  We had a tie for 2nd Open between Walt Stephens and Jay Schoonmaker with scores of 44.  All alone in 3rd Open languished this reporter, Hal Hansen, with a score of but 38.  sigh....

 

     In the Limited Class, Chuck Treat led to the wire with a score of 39.  David Lee finished 2nd with a score of 36.  The tie for this class came for the 3rd place finishers, Loren DeShon & Tim Anable, both with scores of 35.  Remember sports fans, I told you Pg 6 was tougher.   Our Arrays Impressario, Chuck Treat, has advised us that it is not going to get any easier next week.  Next Sunday afternoon, September 26, 2010 we will be looking at HELTER SKELTER,  an array series to be made up as we go along.  Just remember your fundamentals, and do what you do best, just faster.  And remember while practicing this week:

 

                           SPEED IS FINE, BUT ACCURACY IS FINAL!!!

 

Hal