22 Guns Entered
2 Ladies - ladies Class won by Gitti Anable with a score of 35
2nd Lady - Betty Blondin with a score of 21
Junior Class - Class won by Kirk Foreman with a score of 11
2nd Junior - Brian Tinner with a score of 8
The Junior Class is new as of today. Please in the future, all Juniors (18 yrs of age and under) please indicate your age class wth a "J" on the entry sheet next to your name. Thanks, Hal
9 Entries in the Open Class - Class won by Hal Hansen with a score of 47
2nd Open - Darren Foreman with a score of 46
3rd Open - Jay Schoonmaker with a score of 45
13 Entries in the limited Class - Class won by Dan Moore with a score of 37 + 5
2nd Limited - Steve Tinner with a score of 37 + 3
3rd Limited - Tim Anable with a score of 32
Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen, and welcome to the month of March at Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club. It's Sunday afternoon and time for another Clays Match. This afternoon finds the weather giving our shooters a break. The skies were overcast with temperatures in the high 40s. It was dry, and warmer than it has been recently. With all three heaters on, the ambient temperature of the range building skyrocked to 50 degrees by the conclusion of the match.
We had 22 shooters come out today, quite a number of which to keep track and still make the match progress smoothly. Smoothly is exactly how the match did progress today, and for that we thank our match staff. Doug Mclean did double duty again today, both as Match Director in Chuck Nicodemus' absence, Scorekeeper & DJ. A new feature of the match today is the creation of a Junior Class for shooters 18 yrs and Younger. If there are as many as 2 Juniors entered in the match from now on,
there will be a prize medallion given to the winner of the class. Juniors, be advised, when you sign in for the match, indicate on the scoresheet that you are in the Junior Class. We had a lot of new faces at the match today, and they are all welcome. This reporter's problem is that I don't know everyone by name. So indicate that you are in the Junior Class when you draw your numbers. To all the Juniors, to all the New Shooters, and to all the Veteran Shooters, welcome.
Many thanks to our Arrays Impressarios, Chuck Treat and Darren Foreman. Today's match was a reprise of Helter Skelter,
with the twist that all the clay targets for the entire match were BRIGHT ORANGE. In addition, for the Limited Guns, for most of the match the standard sized clays, weren't. Instead of the standard sized clays being 4", today they were Sporting Clays in Bright Orange, and only 3" across. The 20th of March is the first day of Spring, we clays shooters will shoot at anything. Speaking of variety, today was another HELTER SKELTER match. When the shooters that are standing by to shoot go forward to change the clay targets on the screens, their only limitation is to present 4 micros, 4 Standards and the black micro in the middle. Where the clays are hung, and in what formation, is totally up to the imaginations of those hanging the clays. As for the shooters, if entered in the Open class, shoot at the 2" micros, and if entered in the Limited Class, shoot at the (usually) Green 4" Standards. Today of course, all the clays were Orange, the standards were 3" wide, becoming 4" wide only very late in the match.
We had two Ladies in our match today, and Gitti Anable won her class with a score of 35. Betty Blondin followed with a score of 21. It should be noted that when Giti and Betty started shooting the clays matches, with Betty being a very recent new entry, neither had done much shooting previously. Both Gitti & Betty, as well as Carrie Morton & Shirley Treat who didn't attend today, are much improved in the time they have been shooting the matches. Ladies, if you continue to attend the matches, and apply yourselves, you will be shooting with the frontrunners very soon indeed. Well done ladies, keep on keeping on.
In the Junior Class today, Kirk Foreman took the honors with a score of 11, followed by Brian Tinner with a score of 8. If history is any teacher, the young will improve faster and more consistently than their Seniors, and will one day be the one's receiving the awards for their achievements. Young Ladies and Gentlemen, get the "old folks" to help and work with you, pick their brains and their talents, and then don't look back. It was the same for all of us in our youth.
In the Open Class, this reporter, Hal Hansen, showed the way with a score of 47. Following much too close for comfort, Darren Foreman shot a score of 46 followed by Jay Schoonmaker, close on Darren's heels with a score of 45. This was one of the closest finishes in a long time in the Open Class.
In the Limited Class, regulation play ended with a tie between Dan Moore & Steve Tinner, both with scores of 37. Tim Anable
finished 3rd with a score of 32. Well folks, you know what a tie score at the end of regulation play means: SHOOTOFF!! A target stand was set back to 44 feet, with 4 x 4" Clays in a straight line (well, sort of straight) on each side of the black micro in the middle. Darren Foreman & Dan Moore come to the line and load 5 rounds. Our scorekeeper and DJ, Doug McLean makes the call:
"Shooters Ready?" *FIRE!!!* Dan & Darren engage the arrays in a burst of thunder & Fire, Clays disintegrate, the thunder ebbs,
and a cheer breaks out from the gallery. Dan Moore has broken all 5 of his targets, while Darren has broken but 3. Dan Moore is today's Limited Class Victor with a score of 37 + 5. Congratulations to our winners, and to our entire field for a smooth, efficient, and fun Clays Match. Most especially thanks to everyone for the fact of a SAFE match.
That's it for today folks. We'll meet right back here next Sunday, March 13th at 4PM, and we'll see who's hot then. In the meantime, remember your fundamentals, practice your techniques properly, and always remember:
"SHOOT FAST! SHOOT ACCURATELY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, SHOOT SAFELY!!!"
Hal
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