10/24/10 Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club Clays Match Report

10 Guns Entered

 

2 Guns Entered in the Ladies Class - Class won by Betty Blondin with a score of 36

      2nd Lady - Carrie Morton with a score of 25

 

5 Guns Entered in the Open Class - Class won by Jay Schoonmaker with a score of 45

     2nd Open won by Loren DeShon with a score of 43

      3rd Open won by Ken Bagley Sr. with a score of 42 

 

5 Guns Entered in the Limited Class - Class won by David Lee with a score of 44

     2nd Limited won by Hal Hansen with a score of 37

      3rd Limited won by Jeff Morton with a score of 34

 

     Good afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen, and welcome back to another Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club Clays Match.  Summer appears to be over, as at gametime today the temperature was only 50degrees in the range building, the heaters were out and sputtering, (first usage this fall, I'll fix them)  and it was drumming down rain.  Rain or no rain, the match must go on, and 10 guns

showed up to see to it that it did.  As usual, but with no less enthusiasm, we thank our Match Staff for another great match.  Many thanks go to our Match Director and today's Scorekeeper and DJ, Chuck Nicodemus as well as our Arrays Impressario, Chuck Treat, who brought us Page 4 of The Great Equalizer Series.  Great Job Guys.  let's take a look at what the clays match competitors saw at our match today.

 

Round 1

     Round 1 saw the Open Class orange micros lined up in a straight line on each side of the screen, intersecting a box of 4 Green Standards.  If you are entered in the Open Class,  the orange micros have your attentions, and if entered in the Limited Class, it's the Green Standards.  In either case, IF you are successful in breaking all of your appropriate primaries, the black micro in the middle just dares you to break it.  Do ya feel lucky?  Well, do ya?

 

Round 2

     One of the orange micros changes places with one of the Green Standards, giving an introduction to the need for picking a path through your appropriate clays enroute to the black micro in the middle.

 

Round 3

     Another of the Green Standards has changed places with an orange micro, so now there are 2 Green Standards on the center line and 2 orange micros forming one side of each box on the ends of the screens.  The black micro in the middle still lays in wait for the lucky shooters successful thus far in all the appropriate primary clays.

 

Round 4

     The orange micros now have 3 points of the squares, and 3 of the Green Standards are in line in the center of the screens.  If one uses one's imagination, one can see the 4 Green Standards forming the shape of a pistol aiming at the black micro in the middle. 

 

Round 5

     The roles of the clays are completely changed now.  Now it's the 4 orange micros forming the boxes at the ends of the screens, and the 4 Green Standards all in lines down the middle of the screens.  If, but only If the shooters are successful in breaking their primary clays, the black micro in the middle lies there, taunting the shooters.  Don't miss, cause we have Lots of black micros.

 

     We have a new Lady Competitor who joined our ranks today.  Welcome to Betty Blondin, Mike Blondin's wife, who joined her husband in our Clays Match today.  As you probably know, Mike Blondin is the Match Director for our twice monthly plate matches, and Betty joined him at GHSC for today's Clays Match.  Since she was here anyway, Betty took the opportunity to win the Ladies Class with a score of 36.  Not a bad start at all Betty.  Our 2nd Place Lady today was Carrie Morton, shooting her Glock 19 for a score of 25.  Carrie, it looks like you and Giti have some new, and very serious, competition from now on. 

 

     In the Open Class, Jay Schoonmaker won it with a score of 45.  Jay has had a couple of weeks off now, and he is back with a vengence.  2nd Open was taken today by Loren DeShon, on vacation from Alaska Airlines, but not from GHSCs Clays Matches.  Loren shot a score of 43 today.  3rd Open was taken by Ken Bagley Sr. with a score of 42.  It's good to see some of the shooters bringing out their Open Guns again.  5 Open Guns and 5 Limited Guns makes for a good match all around, but there is always room for more entries in either class. 

 

     In the Limited Class today, David Lee took the honors with a score of 44.  Watching a couple of the duels between David and his competitors, I would expect to see David making very serious bids for returns to the winners circle quite regularly.  There were some fast duels shot today in the Limited Class.  This reporter, Hal Hansen, took 2nd Limited with a score of 37.  Hal had a couple of strings of fire that were "disappointing", but after a part fell off of his Glock 35, things straightened out and the scores improved string for string.  I believe I'll leave it off.  3rd Limited was taken today by Jeff Morton.  Hey Jeff, your wife got 2nd Place in her class!!

 

     So that's it for today's Clays Match.  Well done to all the shooters for shooting a fast, accurate and especially Safe Match!!

We'll meet right back here next Sunday afternoon at 4:00PM and see who is fast next week.  Practice well, and practice properly.

The contests do not always go to the fastest, but assuming adequate accuracy, that's the way to bet.  So until next week, always remember:

 

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

 

Hal