April 18, 2011 Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club Plate Match Report

17 Guns Entered   -   Match Winner, Loren DeShon

 

     2nd Place - Hal Hansen

 

     3rd Place - Thor Palm

 

     Good evening Ladies & Gentlemen, and welcome back to Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club, and another Monday evening Plate match.  The weather at the start of the match was typical springtime; light overcast skies, bright, with the temperature at 50degrees.

Knowing it would cool off soon, all the heaters were on and life was good.  Of course, shortly after the match started, a light rain began falling, but it only lasted a few minutes. 

 

     Many thanks to our Match Staff for another fine match.  Mike Blondin, our Match Director, presented another fine and fun match.  George Flaherty ran the scoreboard, the microphone, and shuffled and dealt the duels.  Thanks George.  Couldn't do it without you,   If you ever get bored shuffling and dealing the duels at GHSC, bet you can become a dealer at a casino, with those flying fingers.   Mathew Seagraves, along with help from several others, Mike and George included, had the stage set up and running, on time and ready to rock.  Thanks guys, you all put on a fine match.

 

     17 Guns entered the fray tonight, and by the end of the preliminaries, and the Sudden Death Finale, it came down to 3 Guns;

Loren DeShon, Hal Hansen, and Thor Palm.  Thor was the next one to mount the trailer, leaving Loren with a boardful of numbers, and  Hal with 2.  The results were fairly predictable, and followed the paradigm set out in past matches.  Hal was gone in Two, but kept the duels close.  There is hope for mere mortals, even yet. 

 

     OK Folks, that's it for this week.  We'll see you next Month, on May 2, 2011 at 6:00PM.  In the meantime, you know the drill.

Let's give Loren & George a better challenge this summer.  Until then, remember the axiom:

 

 

"THE RACE IS NOT ALWAYS TO THE FASTEST, BUT THAT'S THE WAY TO BET."

 

Hal