18 Guns Entered
2 Ladies - Class won by Carrie Morton with a score of 23 + 4
2nd Place Lady - Carrie Anable with a score of 23 + 2
3 Juniors - Class won by Mary Stevens with a score of 45
2nd Junior - Kirk Foreman with a score of 44
3rd Junior - Brian Tinner with a score of 41
3 Open Guns - Class won by Hal Hansen with a score of 46
2nd Open - Richard Soulam with a score of 42
3rd Open - Dave Anderson with a score of 35
10 Limited Guns - Class won by David Lee with a score of 42
2nd Limited - Jay Schoonmaker with a score of 40
3rd Limited - George Stevens with a score of 34
Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen, and welcome to this week's clays match at Gig Harbor Sportsmans Club. Fall has fell, and the temperatures will soon dictate that the heaters be set out and lit. Today's temperature of the very low 50s, the overcast sky, and the constant threat of rain made the air feel cooler than it really was. The match staff hosted 18 Guns today, and the competition was even closer and more focused than the weather. Doug McLean had the Conn for this match, our Match Director Chuck Nicodemus being at home taking care of wife, Carolyn. Carolyn's condition is improving rapidly, and word has it that she was able to come home a couple of days ago. Now comes the recovery, with the attendant physical therapy. Carolyn, take it from one who has been there, albeit not from a stroke. Always remember Hal's axiom: One has to be alive to complain. Carolyn, You just won a round of life's lottery, so get your money's worth.
Doug was joined in his efforts today by Arrays Impressarios Chuck Treat and Darren Foreman. Chuck & Darren brought us an all orange array today, well almost all orange, anyway. The arrays were shaped like inverted Vs, with the bottom of the inverted V being 4" Orange Standards, the next clays up being 3" orange midis, then followed 2" orange micros which immediately preceded 2" black micros with orange centers, and then of course the 2" black micro in the middle.
First the Ladies, whose class was comprised of Carrie Morton and Gitti Anable. At the end of regular play, the ladies scores were tied at 23. Shootoff!! The screens displayed the fact of all the clays now being 2" orange micros. Doug McLean made the call, and when the smoke cleared, Carrie Morton had broken 4 of the orange micros, to Gitti's 2. Carrie Morton takes the Ladies Class. Well done Carrie. That Glock was working for you today.
Now comes the closest, hardest fought class of the day, the Juniors. 3 Juniors shot it out today, Mary Stevens taking the class win with a score of 45.
Kirk Foreman took 2nd Junior with just one fewer broken clays, at 44. Brian Tinner came 3rd Junior with a score of 41. On most Clays Match Sundays in the past, any one of those scores would have been good enough to win. Not today. Folks, it is my prediction that these Juniors are going to be leading the way to the winner's circle just any week now. None of their scores are giving away anything to anyone anymore, and they are just going to continue to improve, probably at a much faster rate than the "old fogies" in the match. Juniors, congratulations and keep on doing what you're doing to post such improved scores every week. Soon it'll be you Juniors that are looking furtively over your shoulders, instead of us Seniors. Way to go. Keep it up.
Only 3 Open Class Guns competed for the honors today, and the class was won by this reporter, Hal Hansen with a score of 46. You may note that that high score for today's match was only one target higher than Mary Stevens' Junior winning score. Yeah, that gives me a nice secure feeling. NOT!
2nd Open today was taken by Richard Soulam with a score of 42. 3rd Open was claimed by Dave Anderson with a score of 35.
In the Limited Class today, 10 guns contested the win, with David Lee claiming victory with a score of 42. In 2nd Limited, Jay Schoonmaker shot a score of 40. I guess it's going to take a little time before Jay dominates the Limited Class as he sometimes does in the Open Class. Just keep working at it Jay, it might happen. Taking 3rd Limited today was George Stevens with a score of 34. Uh, George, just in case you forgot, your young daughter
Mary WON the Junior Class today. Just wanted to remind you.
OK Folks, that's it for today. Next Sunday at 4:00PM we'll play this game again, and we'll see if the Junior Class Shooters continue to improve as much as they have recently. Until then, don't let up. Keep practicing, and keep improving. Remember, you get out of this sport exactly what you put into it. Remember the immortal words of the pros:
"SPEED IS FINE, BUT ACCURACY IS FINAL."
Hal
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