May 1, 2011 Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club Clays Match Report

16 Total Entries In Match

 

4 Ladies - Class won by Gitti Anable with a score of 29

     2nd Lady - Crystal Wasson with a score of 28

     3rd Lady - Chris Holts with a score of 22

 

1 Junior, Thomas Craft.  Welcome to our sport, Thomas

 

9 Open - Class won by jay Schoonmaker with a score of 48

     2nd Open - Hal Hansen with a score of 45

     3rd Open - Tim Kopp with a score of 42

 

7 Limited - Class won by John Iverson with a score of 39

     2nd Limited - Chuck Treat with a score of 36

     3rd Limited - Jeff Morton with a score of 35

 

First, An Announcement:  No Match Next Week, in honor of Mother's Day.  Matches will resume May 15, 2011 at 4:00PM, as usual.

 

     Good afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen, and welcome back to Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club and the first Clays Match of May, 2011 - MAY DAY!!  No parades of military hardware in RED SQUARE, no wood nymphs dancing & spreading flowers in the fields, just a lot of sunshine, puffy clouds, and competitive enthusiasm at the local gun club. 

 

     Our weekly thanks go out to our Match Staff.  Thanks to our Match Director Chuck Nicodemus, our Scorekeeper and DJ Doug McLean, and our Arrays Impressarios Chuck Treat and Darren Foreman.  Chuck & Darren brought us Page 6 of The Great Equalizer Series today, which announces the end of another pass through another series of matches, and is the prelude to another

Helter Skelter Match May 15, 2011.  For this week, let's take a look at what the shooters saw as they traversed Page 6.

 

Round 1

     The top row sports first 2 Green Standards followed by 2 orange micros.  The bottom row starts 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, it's the Green Standards.  In either case, if successful in breaking all of your primarys, head to the center of the screen and engage The Black Micro In The Middle.

 

Round 2

     The top row remains the same, but the clays on the bottom row change position so that they alternate, starting with the orange micro.  If successful in breaking all of your primarys, the Black Micro In The Middle awaits.

 

Round 3

     Now both the top and bottom row have all the clays alternating.  On the top row the Green Standard leads off, and on the bottom row it's the orange micro.   The Black Micro In The Middle though, is still in the middle.

 

Round 4

     Now it's the top row that stays the same, and the bottom row puts the pairs together, starting with the 2 orange micros, followed by the 2 Green Standards.  The omnipresent Black Micro In The Middle however, awaits as always.

 

Round 5

     Now both the top and bottom rows start with 2 orange micros, followed by 2 Green Standards.  This gives the impression of 2 boxes, the first comprised of orange micros, and the second by Green Standards.  The Black Micro In The Middle awaits as always, and is as curious as I about the outcome of the match.  So let's look.

 

     In the Ladies Class, Brigette Anable took the win with a score of 29.  In 2nd Place, Crystal Wasson trailed by 1 single point.  Don't look back Giti,

the ladies are gaining on you.  3rd Place in the Ladies Class went to a new clays shooter, Chris Holts, who turned in a score of 22.  Chris, welcome to

our sport.  Hope we see you every Sunday.

 

     In the Junior Class, we had only one entry, Thomas Craft, another new Clays Shooter.  Welcome Thomas, the match is here at GHSC every Sunday, except next Sunday and when Sundays fall on Holidays, all year around.  Hope to see you often as well.

 

       In the Open Class,  Jay Schoonmaker won it with a dominating score of 48.  Following in 2nd Place was this reporter, Hal Hansen with a score of 45.  This reporter would like to announce that he would have gotten a perfect 50, except he missed 5 clays.  Rats!!

  

     In the Limited Class, John Iverson won it with a score of 39.  Chuck Treat took 2nd Limited with a score of 36 and Jeff Morton followed in 3rd Place

with a score of 35.  Close Races!!

 

    OK Folks, that's it for the first of May, 2011.  We'll see you right back here in two weeks for another clays match.  In the meantime,

don't forget the plate match right here at 6:00 PM tomorrow, Monday May 2, 2011.  There will be a lot of great competition there too.

Come one and come all.  Practice a lot, and shoot safely.  Always remember the axiom:

 

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

 

Hal