16 Guns Entered
3 Ladies - Class won by Gitti Anable with a score of 31
2nd Place Lady - Carrie Morton with a score of 26
3rd Place Lady - Betty Blondin with a score of 21
2 Juniors - Class won by Brian Tinner with a score of 32
2nd Place Junior - Kirk Foreman with a score of 14
5 Open Class Entries - Class won by Jay Schoonmaker with a score of 47
2nd Open - Chuck Nicodemus with a score of 38
3rd Open - Thor Palm with a score of 31
11 Limited Entries - Class won by Hal Hansen with a score of 45
Tie for 2nd Limited between Steve Tinner and John Iverson with scores of 41
3rd Limited - Chuck Treat with a score of 37
It was a dark and stormy Sunday afternoon. All right, so March is going out like a lion as well. April has a head start on it's showers, and we can only hope for May Flowers. We have 3 heaters, they were on and roaring, so we don't care.
16 hardy souls turned out for today's Clays Match and it was a good one. Lots of intense competition and close scores. Our
Match Staff brought us another winner. Many thanks to our Match Director Chuck Nicodemus. Chuck commented before the match today that he was tired. This reporter told him he had a lovely day for it. Tired or not, the match went on smoothly, and more importantly SAFELY!! Many thanks to our Scorekeeper and DJ, Doug McLean. Doug's legubrious voice calls the duels, and his computer-like mind computes the scores and records the winners. Well done, Doug. Now get off my range!!
Our Arrays Impressarios, Chuck Treat and Darren Foreman, brought us Page 2 of The Great Equalizer Series today.
Gentlemen, we thank you and appreciate your efforts. Chuck & Darren went back to orange micros & Green Standards today,
featuring the Black Micro In The Middle. A note on the black middle micro. It was darker today, with clouds and rain and not much ambient light to illuminate the black micros. The area between the arrays on each side of the screens could best be described as an astronomical phenomenon: i.e. Black Holes. As we may remember from last winter, the black holes are totally devoid of light, and the blackness is dense. The trick is to aim about 2" below the clothespins and see if you get motion from the bullet hitting the black micro clay. The projected location of The Black Micro In The Middle does lend an aura of mystery to the arrays. Look at the innermost clays on each side of the screens as Event Horizons, the thresholds into the Black Holes. Challenging!!
16 shooters took the challenge, and with those 16, we have 4 Classes of competitors. Let's take a look at the arrays those 16 faced.
Round 1
Straight forward. A line of 4 orange micros on the top row, and a line of 4 Green Standards on the bottom row. If entered in the
Open Class, shoot at the orange micros. If entered in the Limited Class, shoot at the Green Standards. In either class though,
if the shooter breaks ALL of his/her primarys, go to the center of the screen, cross the Event Horizon and engage The Black Micro In The Middle.
Round 2
Now the 2nd clays from the outer edge of the arrays switch places, with the orange micro going to the bottom row, and the
Green Standard immigrating to the top row. The Black Micro In The Middle hasn't moved though, it's still firmly between the
Event Horizons, hiding in the middle. Pity the shooters can't see it.
Round 3
Both the 2 middle clays switch rows now, so the center 2 Green Standards are on the top row, and the 2 orange micros are on the bottom row. IF the shooter is successful in breaking all the primary's, the Black Micro In The Middle awaits. No really, it's out there, right in the middle.
Round 4
The clays alternate now, with the top row starting out orange, and the bottom row starting out Green. The shooter is well served by finding the fastest route through the arrays, and doing it accurately. No matter which route is chosen, the objective is to break all the primarys and thus be invited to engage The Black Micro In The Middle. The one between the Event Horizons, in the middle of
The Black Hole.
Round 5
X Marks The Spot. On each side of the screens, starting at the outside top, 4 Green Standards traverse from the outside top to the inside bottom, while 4 orange micros traverse from the outside bottom to the inside top. This forms 2 Xs bracketing the Black Micro In The Middle. Aw heck, just aim 2" below the clothespins. So let's see how the shooters did today.
In the Ladies Class, Gitti Anable continued her recent unbroken string of wins with a score of 31. 2nd Place in the Ladies Class was claimed by Carrie Morton, who shot a score of 26. Betty Blondin took 3rd Place in the Ladies Class with a score of 21. Well done, Ladies.
2 Juniors competed for fame and fortune today, with Brian Tinner taking the win, shooting a score of 32. Kirk Foreman followed with a score of 14. Observe Shooters, The Wave Of The Future. Time for the Seniors to start looking over their shoulders.
5 Open Class shooters took the field today, with Jay Schoonmaker leading the squad at the end of the festivities. Jay shot a score of 47, as is his habit, but uncharacteristically, today he did it shooting Right Handed. Jay is by nature a SouthPaw, which explains a lot, but today he shot the match weak-handed. Well done Jay. 2nd Place was claimed by our Match Director, Chuck Nicodemus, shooting a score of 38. Thor Palm got the nod for 3rd Open today, with a score of 31. And finally,
11 limited Guns competed today, and at the end of regulation play, this reporter, Hal Hansen took the win with a score of 45.
I would have gotten a perfect 50, but I missed 5. There was tie for 2nd Limited, between Steve Tinner and John Iverson, both shooting scores of 41. Our Head Arrays Impressario, Chuck Treat, took 3rd Limited, with a score of 37. Well done, Gents.
OK Folks, that's the report on the action for today. We'll meet right here next Sunday at 4PM. In the meantime, practice hard
and remember your priorities: 1st - Safety 2nd - Accuracy and only when those priorities have become second nature does one worry about Speed!! We'll see you next Sunday, but in the meantime always remember:
"SPEED IS FINE, BUT ACCURACY IS FINAL!!!"
Hal
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