November 7, 2010 Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club Clays Match Report

12 Entries

 

     Ladies Class - 2 Entries - Class won by Carrie Morton with a score of 30

                                              2nd Lady - Giti Anable with a score of 20

 

     5 Entries in the Open Class, Class won by Ken Bagley Sr. with a score of 45

              2nd Open - Chuck Treat with a score of 44

              3rd Open - Loren DeShon with a score of 43

 

     7 Entries in the Limited Class - Class won by Hal Hansen with a score of 46

              We have a tie for 2nd Limited between Tim Anable and Ben Olson with scores of 36

               3rd Limited won by Carrie Morton with a score of 30

 

     Good evening Sports Fans, and welcome back to Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club and our weekly Sunday afternoon Clays Match.  As always, but with increasing intensity, we thank our Match Staff for another great match.  Thanks to our Match Director Chuck Nicodemus, to today's DJ and Scorekeeper, Jon lagerquist, and to our Arrays Impressio, Chuck Treat, who brought us Page 6 of The Great Eqaualizer Series.  We said goodbye to Daylight Savings Time way early this morning, so we said hello to the white dots in the center of the black micros in the middle this afternoon.  By the start of the match this afternoon, the necessary range lights were working, the heaters were put into play, and we had another great match.   Thanks guys.  Let's take a look at Page 6 now from the Clays Shooters perspective. 

 

     Round 1

          The top row starts out with 2 Green Standards, then morphs to 2 orange micros.  The bottom row starts with 2 orange micros, morphs to 2 Green Standards.  If you enter the Open Class, engage the orange micros.  If entered in the Limited Class,

engage the Green Standards.  In either class, if successful in breaking all the primaries, then go to the center of the screen and engage the black micro in the middle.  And on to Round 2.

 

     Round 2

          In this round the top row stays the same, but the bottom row starts with an orange micro, followed by a Green Standard,

with the pattern then repeating.  If the shooter is successful in breaking all the primaries, then the black micro in the middle awaits.

 

     Round 3

          Now the bottom row has the different sizes and colors of clays alternating as well.   The bottom row starts with an orange micro, followed by a Green Standard, with the pattern repeating.  Now, every clay on the screen alternates with a different size and color, but no matter if the shooter is entered in open or Limited, if successful in breaking the primaries, the black micro in the middle becomes the objective.

 

     Round 4

          The top row remains the same again, but the bottom row now begins with 2 orange micros, morphing to 2 consecutive

Green Standards.  By now, strategy plays a part in the action, and finding the fastest path through the arrays can save valuable time.

No matter which path one takes however, the black micro in the middle is just waiting.

 

     Round 5

          Now the arrays start off with 4 orange micros forming a box on the ends of the screens, and the 4 Green Standards 

form a box next to the black micro in the middle.  Let's see how the shooters fared today.

 

     We had 2 Ladies forming a class today, with Carrie Morton and her Glock 19 scoring a winning score of 30.  Giti Anable

shot her Ruger GP100 for a score of 20.

 

     in the Open Class, Ken Bagley Sr. showed the way with a score of 45.  Chuck Treat took 2nd Open with a score of 44.  3rd Open was claimed today by Loren DeShon with a score of 43.  All three of our Open Class guns were .22 cal Rugers, and Loren's stood out as it had a peep sight on the rear, while Ken and Chuck's .22s had Red Dot Optics.

 

     In the Limited Class, this reporter, Hal Hansen, took the honors with today's high score of 46.  2nd Limited went to Tim Anable and Ben Olson, tied with scores of 36.  Ben was shooting a Colt Single Action Army while Tim shot a Kimber 1911.  3rd Lmited

went to our Ladies Class Winner, Carrie Morton, shooting her Glock 19.  Carrie, it's good to see you on the podium with a solid 3rd place in the Limited Class.

 

     Ok Folks, that's the action for today.  Next Sunday, having completed another Great Equalizer Series, we will have another

Helter Skelter Match.  The arrays, size and color combinations, and designs, will be up to the people hanging the targets, and their mood can change in the blink of an eye.  So prepare for the worst, then enjoy the best, and be ready for anything.  As always, remember your priorities: 

           1st - Safety

         2nd - Accuracy        

         3rd - Speed

 

     Next Sunday at 4PM then, right here at Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club, we'll see you all for another Clays Match.  Be ready for anything, but always remember:

 

SHOOT FAST!  SHOOT ACCURATELY!! BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, SHOOT SAFELY!!!!

 

Hal