April 10, 2011 Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club Clays Match Report

Max Entry for the match - 20 Guns

 

     3 Ladies - Class won by Crystal Wasson with a score of 26

             2nd Lady - Jackie Frank with a score of 25

             3rd Lady - Betty Blondin with a score of 18

 

     2 Juniors - Class won by Jacob Iverson with a score of 39

             2nd Junior - Kirk Foreman with a score of 30

 

    10 Open Guns - Class won by Hal Hansen with a score of 46

         Tie for 2nd Open between Jay Schoonmaker and Darren Foreman with scores of 45

         3rd Open - Chuck Treat with a score of 44

 

     10 Limited Guns - Class won by John Iverson with a score of 43

          2nd Limited won by Jacob Iverson with a score of 39         

          Tie for 3rd Limited between Tim Anable and Gifford Silver with scores of 39

 

      Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen, and welcome to Sunday afternoon's weekly clays match review.  We had a pretty nice day for the match today, at least for this time of year.  The temperature at gametime was a moderate 52 degrees, and some sprinkles were in the area, keeping the dust settled.  Clothing for the match competitors ranged from T-Shirts to warm jackets, but with the heaters on and roaring, cool temperatures were not a problem. 

 

     We had a maximum number of entries for today's match, 20, with the entries split evenly between Open and Limited, with 10 each.  Of the 20 competitors, we had 3 Ladies, 2 of whom were new clays shooters.  Welcome to Krystal Wasson & Jackie Frank.  These ladies hit the ground running, placing 1st & 2nd respectively in the Ladies Class.  Betty Blondin, a clays match veteran took third in the Ladies Class today, and the scores were close, very close indeed.  Not a bad start ladies, we hope you had a great time and will return each and every Sunday afternoon at 4:00PM.  Several other ladies didn't make the match today, and when all the Ladies that shoot clays at Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club get together, we will have a great class in which to compete.

 

     We had two Juniors in attendance today, Jacob Iverson & Kirk Foreman, who finished 1st & 2nd respectively.  Juniors, you are going to have to recruit some more shooters, if your class is going to keep up with the Ladies.  When Brian Tinner rejoins the ranks of the clays shooters, that will make 3, and that's a good start.

 

     Since we're on the subject of match results already, we still have the Open and Limited Classes to review.  In the Open Class,

the results were once again separated by very, very little.  This reporter, Hal Hansen, won the Open Class by one point, with a score of 46  The three class winners were each separated by one point, making the spread but 3 points for the top 4 finishers.  It doesn't get any closer than that.   A tie happened for 2nd Open, between Jay Schoonmaker and Darren Foreman, both with scores of 45.

Chuck Treat took 3rd Open, with a score of 44.  WOW!!

 

     In the Limited Class, John Iverson took the win with a score of 43.  Son, Jacob Iverson took 2nd Limited with a score of 39,

which was also good enough to win the Junior Class as well.  John & Jacob are making the Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club's Clays

Matches their family business. We had a tie for 3rd Limited between Tim Anable and another new clays competitor, Gifford Silver,  both with scores of 35.  It's great having new blood in our matches, and even better with the new shooters being very skilled and competitive.  Welcome and congratulations on a competitive and SAFE match. 

 

     Thanks and congratulations as well to our match staff, for presenting such a competitive, SAFE and fun match.  These thanks go to our Match Director, Chuck Nicodemus, our Scorekeeper and DJ, Doug McLean, and our Arrays Impressarios Chuck Treat and Darren Foreman.  Gentlemen, the match was great, smooth and well run as usual, and we competitors appreciate it.  Thank you. 

 

     Our Arrays Impressarios, Chuck and Darren, presented Page 4 of The Great Equalizer Series today.  Next week it'll be Page 5 as we approach the end of another series.  They don't get any easier as time goes on, so practice a lot, study and practice your priorities for efficient shooting:  1st - Safety  2nd - Accuracy and not until those prerequisits are firmly in hand does the shooter become concerned with SPEED!!  The axioms;  You can't miss fast enough to win comes only right after A SAFE MATCH IS A FUN MATCH.  Practice a lot, practice properly, and always remember the shooters Creed:

 

"SHOOT FAST! SHOOT ACCURATELY!!  BUT MOST OF ALL, SHOOT SAFELY!!!"

 

Hal