14 Guns Entered
3 Ladies in Class - Class won by Giti Anable with a Score of 37
2nd Lady - Carrie Morton with a score of 27
3rd Lady - Betty Blondin with a score of 22
6 Open Guns in Class - Class won by Hal Hansen with a score of 46
2nd Open tied between Tim Kopp and David Lee with scores of 42
3rd Open - Giti Anable with a score of 37
8 Limited Guns in Class - Class won by Mark Wuesthoff with a score of 39
2nd Limited - Darren Foreman with a score of 36
3rd Limited - Tim Anable with a score of 35
Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen, and welcome to Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club and another Sunday afternoon clays match. It was a pretty day for a match today, pretty cold, that is. At the start of the match the temperature was hovering in the lower 40s, and by the end of the match had dropped to the upper 30s. All 3 heaters were on and roaring, to the delight of the waiting shooters, and they sure felt good. It was only lightly overcast though, and dry, so for a February afternoon, we won't complain.
Thanks go as always to our Match Staff for another great match. Doug McLean did double duty today, taking over as Match Director in Chuck Nicodemus' absence, and acting in his usual role as ScoreKeeper, Shuffler and dealer of the duels, and DJ.
In his spare time, Doug frequently mentioned his newly discovered interest in bird watching, with an emphasis on the Albatross.
Thanks also to our Arrays Impressarios, Chuck Treat and Darren Foreman, who brought us Page 6 of The Great Equalizer Series today. This completes another series, and next week will be another Helter Skelter Match. let's take a look at Page 6 from the shooters point of view.
Round 1
The top rows start out with 2 Green Standards, followed by 2 orange micros. The bottom rows start with 2 orange micros followed by 2 Green Standards. If entered in the Open Class, the orange micros are your targets. If entered in the Limited Class, the Green Standards are your targets. Either way, if successful in breaking all of your primaries, the black micro in the middle awaits your attentions.
Round 2
The top row remains the same, but the bottom row now alternates between an orange micro and a Green Standard, then repeats. If successful in breaking all of your primaries, the black micro in the middle awaits.
Round 3
Both the top and bottom row now alternate between orange micros and Green Standards, one on one, in both rows. The constant in the contest is the black micro in the middle, just waiting.
Round 4
The transition is almost complete at this point, with the top row starting with a Green Standard followed by an orange micro, then repeating, while the bottom row starts with 2 orange micros followed by 2 Green Standards. If successful so far, the black micro in the middle waits, and watches.
Round 5
The transition is complete. On the outside of the screens, a box is formed by 2 orange micros on the top row, followed by 2 Green Standards, with the sequence repeated on the bottom row. The black micro in the middle, nervous now, awaits. Let's see who did what, today.
In the Ladies Class, Giti Anable took the honors with a score of 37. 2nd Place Lady today was Carrie Morton, shooting a score of 27. In 3rd Place in the Ladies Class was Betty Blondin, who turned in a score of 22. Good shooting Ladies.
In the Open Class, this reporter, Hal Hansen, won it with a score of 46. 2nd Open resulted in a tie between Tim Kopp and David Lee, both with scores of 42. Tim Kopp's firearm deserves special notice. It was a Ruger 10/22 rifle, fitted with a pistol grip,
and outfitted with a red-dot optic. In this configuration it was indeed a pistol, held only by the grip, and completely eligible for the Open Class. It was carried in a holster about the same length as Tim's leg, and would be "challenging" to draw in a High Noon
Main Street duel in Dodge City or TombStone. Tim shot it well enough to collect a score of 42 however, so it may become the wave of the future. 3rd Open was claimed by Giti Anable with a score of 37. Giti seems to have developed an affection for the score of 37, having gotten that score the last several weeks in a row. It was good enough for a victory in the Ladies Class, Giti.
In the Limited Class, Mark Wuesthoff returned after a long absence, and claimed victory with a score of 39. Usually shooting strictly revolvers, Mark showed up with a 1911, chambered to shoot .38 Special Wadcutters. Now, it must be a serious challenge to get a 1911 Government Model Pistol to cycle dependably with wadcutter ammunition. Mark managed to pull it off well enough to take the class victory, so I guess it worked, usually. Taking 2nd Limited today was one of our Arrays Impressarios, Darren Foreman. Darren took 2nd Limited with a score of 36. And to round out the list of class winners was our 3rd Place Limited Class finisher, Tim Anable with a score of 35.
OK Folks, that's it for today's Clays Match report. Don't forget the Falling Plate Match Monday Night at 6:00PM, right here at
Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club Rifle/Pistol Range Building. The heaters will be on, the plate racks will be up and running, and the intensity of the competition will be enough to challenge anyone's abilities. Come on out and shoot plates with us.
We hope Carolyne Nicodemus, wife of our Match Director Chuck Nicodemus, is feeling better next week. Carolyne has a recurring case of the February Northwest Washington imploding sinus' this time of year, and we hope she is feeling better soon. If she does, we're confident she will let her husband, our Clays Match Director, Chuck, come back out and play soon too. Get well quickly Carolyne.
We'll see you all right here next Sunday afternoon for another Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club Clays Match, so practice hard and show the usual suspects how to play the game. In the meantime, always remember:
"Shoot Fast! Shoot Accurately!! But Most Importantly, Shoot SAFELY!!!"
Hal
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