June 19, 2011 Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club Clays Match Report

4 Entries In the Ladies Class - Class won by Mary Stevens with a score of 33

     2nd Lady - Gitti Anable with a score of 32

     3rd Lady - Melissa (verson with a score of 20

 

1 Junior, Brian Tinner, with a score of 15

 

4 Entries in the Open Class - Class won by Chuck Treat with a score of 44

     We had a tie for 2nd Open between George Stevens & Hal Hansen, both with scores of 40

     3rd Open - Steve Tinner, with a score of 35

 

12 Entries in the Limited Class - Class won by Jeff Guenther with a score of 41

     2nd Limited - John Iverson with a score of 38

     3rd Limited - Chuck Nicodemus with a score of 37

 

     Good afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen, and welcome to a Father's Day Clays Match at Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club.  A most happy day of honor for all the Father's that came to our match today.  It was great to see a couple of Father's bringing their daughters & sons to the match, and the daughters & sons returned the honor by shooting very well indeed.  Congratulations to George Stevens & John Iverson for bringing Mary and Melissa.  Congrats to Steve Tinner for bringing Brian, Congrats to Jeff for bringing Kylie, and if I missed anyone, congrats to them, too. 

     Speaking of congratulations, congrats to all the match staff for another fine match.  Thanks to Chuck Nicodemus for Directing the Match, Thanks to Doug McLean for running the Scoretable & the microphone.  Thanks to Chuck Treat for bringing us Page 5 of The Great Equalizer Series.  Our 2nd Arrays Impressario, Darren Foreman, was absent today, along with his son Kirk, probably out celebrating Dad's Day together.  We know you were both here in spirit.  Page 5 was on the screens today, so let's review what the shooters saw from the firing line.

 

Round 1

     Round 1 presented as 2 straight lines.  The top row was 4 Green Standards, and the bottom row was 4 orange micros.  If entered in the Open Class, shoot at the orange micros.  If entered in the Limited Class,  shoot at the Green Standards.  If you are successful in hitting all of your primarys, go to the center of the screen and engage the black micro in the middle.

 

Round 2

     The transition begins with the first clays, the first orange micro and the first Green Standard changing places.  The black micro in the middle, however, stays right there, in the middle.

 

Round 3

     Now the second clays in line change place also.  This puts the top row starting with 2 orange micros, the bottom row starting with 2 Green Standards, and the last two clays in each row just the opposite.  The black micro in the middle remains right there.

 

Round 4

     Now the top row starts with 3 orange micros, ending with 1 Green Standard.  The bottom row starts with 3 Green Standards and ends with an orange micro.  In the center of the screen though is the ubiquitous black micro in the middle.

 

Round 5

     Now the transition is complete.  On the top row are 4 orange micros.  On the bottom row are 4 Green Standards.  In the middle of the screen is the black micro in the middle.  Let's see how our shooters did today.

 

     In the Ladies Class we had 4 Entries.  Mary Stevens won the class with a score of 33.  Only 1 target back, Gitti Anable had a score of 32.  Rounding out the top 3, Melissa Iverson turned in a score of 20.  We are very pleased to welcome a new Lady to our matches, Kylie Guenther.  Kylie made her debut to the clays matches today, in the company of Dad, Jeff Guenther.  Welcome Kylie, we hope you had a good time and will accompany Dad all the time.  Welcome.

 

     Brian Tinner was our only Junior shooter today, and he turned in a fine score of 15.

 

     We had 4 Open Class entrants today, and all 4 placed in the top 3.  Chuck Treat won the class with a score of 44.  We had a tie for 2nd Open today between George Stevens and this reporter, Hal Hansen, both with scores of 40.  Steve Tinner rounded out the Top 3 Open finishers with a score of 35. 

 

     In the Limited Class, Jeff Guenther took the honors with a score of 41.  John Iverson took 2nd Limited with a score of 38.  Chuck Nicodemus took 3rd Limited with a score of 37. 

 

     OK Folks, that's it for this Father's Day Clays Match.  We'll see you right here next Sunday, June 26, 2011, when it will be

Summer.  This will bring at least 3 Months of Great Weather, Great Shooting, and Page 6 of The Great Equalizer Series.

I was informed today by our Arrays Impressario, Chuck Treat, that there are going to be some curve balls thrown into the mix from time to time.  So be ready.  It seems that the 2 inch micros are becoming perceived as too easy, so there will be changes made.

The fundamentals are all the same.  It's all about sight picture and trigger squeeze.  The rest is just there to confuse you.  However hard you practice though, make FireArms Safety Job #1.  Then Accuracy.  When those requirements are second nature, then start concerning yourself with Speed.  Remember:

 

SPEED WILL COME.  ACCURACY AND SAFETY ARE IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW!!

 

Hal