July 3, 2011 Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club Clays Match Report

18 Guns Entered        2 Ladies - Class won by Gitti Anable with a score of 34                      2nd Lady - Carrie Morton with a score of 27        2 Juniors - Class won by Mary Stevens with a score of 38                        2nd Junior - Kirk Foreman with a score of 15        7 Open Class Entries - Class won by Jay Schoonmaker with a score of 47                      2nd Open - George Stevens with a score of 43                      3rd Open - Ken Bagley Sr. with a score of 40       11 Limited Entries - Class won by Dan Richards with a score of 36                      2nd Limited - Chuck Treat with a score of 33                      3rd Limited - Tim Anable with a score of 31        Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen, and welcome back to Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club.  It's the 4TH of July weekend and because it's Sunday, it's time for a Clays Match.  Before we get into the match itself, join with me in thanking the Match Staff of our Clays Matches for a job well done.  Thanks to our Match Director Chuck Nicodemus, for organizing and directing the match.  Thanks to our Scorekeeper and DJ Doug McLean for cooking the books and announcing the duels.  Finally, join me in thanking our Arrays Impressarios for designing and preparing the arrays, for maintenance on the target screens and for keeping the match challenging and original.  Speaking of originality, today was the transition match from Page 6 back to Page 1 of The Great Equalizer Series.  Usually this match is titled:  Helter Skelter.  Today however, in honor of the devious minds of both Chuck & Darren, this reporter has named this match:  THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON.  The arrays began with 4 Standards in the top row, and 4 micros on the bottom row.  Now here's a twist.  The clay targets are turned around on the screen so that only the black sides are facing the shooters.  In the place of the black micro in the middle, there is a bottle cap screwed onto the screen, the bottle cap being about the same size as a quarter.        As the match progressed, the Standards on the top row were interspersed with an assortment of midis, micros, and regular sized standards, All with the black sides to the shooters.  The same held true for the micros on the bottom row.  Occasionally one was switched for a standard, and occasionally a standard was turned around with the Green Side facing the shooters.  Likewise, occasionally an orange micro or an orange mini was turned around with the bright side facing the shooters.  Not very often.      More often than one would suspect, all of the primaries were broken, and the successful shooter had the opportunity to shoot at the bottle cap in the middle.  The supply of bottle caps held up quite well today, with only a few incurring perforation.  Let's take a look at the results of this match.      In the Ladies Class, Gitti Anable took the win with a score of 34.  2nd Place Lady was Carrie Morton who shot a score of 27.        In the Junior Class, Mary Stevens won it all with a score of 38, edging out Kirk Foreman who shot a score of 15.        In the Open Class, Jay Schoonmaker took the honors with the high score for the match of 47.  2nd Open went to George Stevens with a score of 43.  3rd Open went to Ken Bagley Sr. who shot a score of 40.        In the Limited Class, Dan Richards won it with a score of 36.  Chuck Treat followed with a score of 33, just edging out Tim Anable who shot a score of 31.          Well, that's the action from Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club today.  Next week is, barring devious and unscrupulous planning by our Arrays Impressarios, Page 1 of the Great Equalizer Series will return.  Who knows from week to week what our Arrays Impressarios will devine, so practice hard and be ready for anything.  Remember the motto:   "SHOOT FAST! SHOOT ACCURATELY!! BUT MOST OF ALL, SHOOT SAFELY!!!"   Hal