September 4, 2011 Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club Clays Match Report

14 Guns Entered

 

   2 Juniors - Class won by Kirk Foreman with a score of 30 + 4 + 3 + 4 + 3

       2nd Junior - Mary Stevens with a score of 30 + 4 + 3 + 4 + 1

 

   8 Open Guns - Class won by Chuck Treat with a score of 43

       2nd Open - Hal Hansen with a score of 42

       3rd Open - Jay Schoonmaker with a score of 39  (with the able assistance of a cast on his primary shooting hand)

 

   6 Limited Guns - Class won by Todd Anderson with a score of 40 + 3

        2nd Limited - Darren Foreman with a score of 40 + 1

        3rd Limited - George Stevens tied with Richard Soulam, both with scores of 38       

 

     Good afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen, and welcome to a hot, sunny September afternoon at Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club.  Welcome.  You're just in time for a review of today's Clays Match.  Indeed, the weather on this September afternoon was hot and sunny with the temperature just nudging 80 Degrees.  The sky was blue and cloudless, truly a day to remember in a few months when we break out the heaters.

     14 Guns came out to bask in the sunshine, and our Match Management put forth another great match.  Many thanks for the great event go to our Match Director Chuck Nicodemus, to our Scorekeeper and DJ Doug Mclean and to our Arrays Impressarios Chuck Treat and Darren Foreman.  For our target array today,

Chuck & Darren brought us Page 3 Round 1 of The Great Equalizer Series.  In this array the top row starts with an orange micro followed by 2 Green Standards followed by another orange micro.  That pattern is repeated on the bottom row and mirrored on the opposite side of the screen.  Of course, the catch is the omnipresent black micro in the middle, occasionally switched out for an all white, but mostly black, bottle cap.  Actually it's a white bottle cap festooned with a black Shoot N C Dot in the middle.  Let's see how the competitors did today.

     In the Junior Class, Mary Stevens & Kirk Foreman ended up with tie scores of 30 at the end of regulation play.  The Juniors are going to shoot off for the class victory.  The screens stay at 10 yds, and since both Mary & Kirk are shooting Open Class guns, the screen is hung with 8 black micros all in a line with    

an all white, but mostly black bottle cap in the middle.  Our Scorekeep and DJ Doug McLean makes the call.  Shooters to the line, load 5 rounds.

Shooters ready?  Fire!! Mary & Kirk engage the array at 10 yds, and shoot a tie score of 4 & 4.  Let's do this again.  Again the line is set, Mary & Kirk are loaded and ready, and Doug shouts Fire!! over the microphone.  When the .22LR thunder ebbs, both Mary & Kirk have each scored 3.  Another tie.  And string number 3 is set up.  Again Doug gets the line set, and once again he commands Fire!!  When silence returns to the range, both Mary & Kirk have once again tied at 4.  This could go on forever.  Apparently Chuck Nicodemus thinks so too, so he decides to make it just a smidge more challenging.  He directs that the screens

be moved out to 44FT, just shy of 15 yds, and the line was prepped once again.  Once again Mary & Kirk are loaded and ready, and once again Doug shouts the command to Fire!!  Once again the black micros start to explode, and when silence returns to the range, we have a winner!!  Kirk Foreman has broken 3 black micros while Mary Stevens has broken but 1.  Kirk Foreman is today's Junior Class Winner.  Now it's on to the Limited Class.

     At the end of regulation play in the Limited Class, we have another tie score.  This one is between Todd Anderson & Darren Foreman, both having shot scores of 40.  Folks, it's time for another shootoff.  Just to keep it interesting, the Limited Class shootoff will also sport 4 black micros on each side of the screen with an all white, but mostly black bottle cap in the middle.  Darren & Todd are called to the line by Doug Mclean, they are told to load 5 rounds.  They are then directed to Fire!!.  Todd & Darren engage the clays, and when silence returns to the line, once again we have a winner!!  Todd Anderson has broken 3 of the black micros, while Darren Foreman has only broken 1.  The Limited Class Victory today goes to Todd Anderson.  2nd Limited goes to Darren Foreman, and 3rd Limited goes to George Stevens who shot a score of 38.  Now it's on to the Open Class competition.

     In the Open Class, 8 Guns vied for the class win.  At the end of regulation play, we have a winner without a shootoff.  Chuck Treat pulled out a win by 1 clay,

with a score of 43.  This reporter, Hal Hansen,  finished 2nd Open with a score of 42, while Jay Schoonmaker, replete with a cast on his strong left arm from Carpal Tunnel Surgery Friday, placed 3rd Open with a score of 39.  Jay, this is a pistol match, and extra gear isn't allowed.  Just your pistol, magazines and ammo.  Casts on your arm just aren't fair.  I want that cast removed in a couple of weeks, or at least as soon as possible.  Next you'll be wanting to put Duct Tape on your pistol, Or On Your Arm!!!!

     OK Folks, we have another week to enjoy the heat and blue skies of our Indian Summer, then we'll meet right here next Sunday, 9/11/11, for another match.

Enjoy it while you can, Fall is coming and soon weather like this will just visit us in our dreams.  We'll see you next Sunday, and in the meantime always remember:

 

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

 

Hal