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20 Guns Entered        2 in the ladies Class - Class won by Gitti Anable with a score of 26             2nd Lady - Carrie Morton with a score of 21        5 Open Guns - Class won by Chuck Nicodemus with a score of 40           2nd Open - Ken Bagley Sr. with a score of 37           3rd Open - Herb Shahan with a score of 36        15 Limited Guns - Class won by Mark Wuesthoff with a score of 46           Tie for 2nd Limited between Hal Hansen & David Lee with scores of 45            3rd Limited - Loren DeShon with a score of 43        Good afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen, and once again welcome to another Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club Clays Match review. We had a very large turnout for a clays match today, 20 Guns entered, appropo for a day so steeped in minor history.  Did you know that the day today rates a perfect 10?  Look at the calendar:  10/10/10.  this lineup of 10s hasn't been seen for 100yrs, and won't be seen for another 100 yrs.  Ooooh.....  And it gets better.  This month, October 2010, has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays & 5 Sundays.  This phenomenon hasn't happened for the last 823 years, putting the last occurance back during the Middle Ages, in year 1187.  It is appropriate that a date so steeped in minor history would occur on the day of a Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club Clays Match.  Today had it's own incident that should go down in history.  This reporter, Hal Hansen, actually got a higher score than fellow competitor Loren DeShon.  If history is any teacher, it may well be sometime well in the future before this particular phenomenon happens again.       Many thanks go to our Match Staff in the persons of our Match Director, Chuck Nicodemus, our Scorekeeper & DJ, Doug Mclean, and our Arrays Impressario Chuck Treat, who brought us Page 2 of The Great Equalizer Series.  Thank you Genlemen for putting together another fine Clays Match.  The weather even cooperated today.  A temperature of 58 degrees, no rain until after the match, and no need (YET!!) for the heaters.  It was a perfect Fall Day in Gig Harbor.       We have an addendum to our scoring system to report, starting today, as well.  From now on all the classes will be divided into performance levels.  From now on shooters will be graded either "A" or "B" .  Shooters who have not yet won their class during a Sunday Clays match will be graded "A" Level.  Shooters who have won their class during a Sunday Clays match, or who do in the future will be graded "B" Level.  The difference in the grading levels is that no longer will "A" Level shooters be able to be "Closed Out" during a string of fire by a faster shooter.  From now on, if an "A" level shooter breaks a clay target, he gets the point for doing so, no matter if his opponent has already broken the black micro in the middle.  If he breaks 4 clays during his string of fire, he gets a score of 4.  An "B" Level shooter continues scoring just as before, and if his opponent shuts him out, he is done.  This protocol for scoring is done to level the playing field and to encourage beginning shooters to continue competing and to continue to strive to improve.   Today was the first time the new scoring system was instituted, and it worked well, without any noticeable confusion.        Our Arrays Impressario, Chuck Treat, brought us Page 2 of The Great Equalizer Series today.  The plan has been, and will continue to be, that if a competitor is entered in the Open Class, he or she shoots at the orange micros.  If the shooter is entered in the Limited Class, he or she shoots at the Green Standards. In either class, If the shooter is successful in breaking all 4 of the primary targets, then the shooter shifts his/her attention to the black micro in the middle.  Let's take a look at Page 2, from the shooter's perspective.   Round 1        The top row has 4 Orange Micros and the bottom row has 4 Green Standards.  As always, if one is successful in breaking the primaries, the black micro in the middle awaits.   Round 2        Now the 2nd clay from the outside of the screen has changed places with the same clay in the other row.  Now the factor of finding the fastest route through the string raises it's head.  Take the odd clays first, then finish with the clay closest to the black micro in the middle.   Round 3           Two of the clays originally in each row have migrated to the other row.  There are now two orange micros and 2 Green Standards in each row.  Now it becomes necessary to plan a route through the clays that finishs as close to the black micro in the middle as possible.    Round 4        The top row starts with an orange micro, is followed by a Green Standard, and repeats.  The bottom row follows suit, starting with a Green Standard.  Break all of your primaries, and then engage the black micro in the middle.  And on to.....   Round 5      This array could be called X marks the spot.  From the top left of the left side of the screen lies a diagonal line of Green Standards.  Crossing the Green Line diagonally is a line of orange micros with the right side of the screen a mirror image.  Track your appropriate clays, break them, and then engage the black micro in the middle.  Now all one can do is sit back and await the results.        There were but 2 ladies competing today, Giti Anable & Carrie Morton.  Giti Anable took the Ladies Class with a score of 26.  Carrie shot a close score of 21 to take second.         In the Open Class, 5 Guns came out to play, and our Match Director, Chuck Nicodemus ended up in the winner's circle after a long absence.  Well, Chuck doesn't get to shoot the match very often, only when the number of entries needs another gun to make an even number of shooters. Chuck's score of 40 means he hasn't lost his touch during his absence. Welcome back, Chuck.  2nd Open was taken today by Ken Bagley Sr. with a score of 37.  3rd Open was taken by Herb Shahan with a score of 36.  Close!!        Our largest field today and for a very long while, was the Limited Class.  15 guns entered, and the winner of the class, Mark Wuesthoff, had the high score for the match with 46.  We had a tie today for 2nd Limited between David Lee & this reporter, Hal Hansen, both shooting scores of 45.  3rd Limited went to Loren DeShon with a score of 43.       Congratulations to the winners of each class and congratulations to the entire field for a hotly contested, and SAFE Match.  Wel'll do it again next week, so practice well.  Remember your priorities.  Gun Safety 1st, Accuracy 2nd, and Speed a distant 3rd.  Join us here next Sunday afternoon at 4PM and we'll play this game again.  In the meantime always remember:                                   "SPEED IS FINE, BUT ACCURACY IS FINAL!!"   Hal