March 8, 2015 Club Match Results
Another good turnout of 10 competitors showed up on Sunday; not bad since rain was forecasted and we lost a valuable hour of sleep as we advanced our clocks by an hour this morning.
It turned out to be a fine day of shooting with considerable breezes and occasional strong gusts keeping things interesting and challenging. It was a bit overcast early morning when we started but cleared through the day with comfortable humidity levels. Occasional clouds kept the temperatures moderate. So much for the accuracy of that weather forecast.
Today's 48 shot course followed our usual configuration with Lane 7 being designated an offhand lane. Shooters again had the option of taking this lane from ground level or from atop our boarding ramp. Between the shifting winds and the challenging target set-ups this week's course was reasonably difficult. There was a problem with the mounting of a single target in a tree. The backstop slipped and forced the target to lean forward, and then a tree branch began to block clear sight of the kill zone. In the end target 3 on lane 3 was declared invalid and everyone got the points credited.
There was a good mix of competitors shooting within the AAFTA (Open and Hunter Divisions) and WFTA (International) rules . In spite of increased difficulty new shooter Lindsey Matthews managed to double the score of his previous match. Way to Go ! A special shout out to Bill Shade who helped with the course setup on Saturday afternoon. THANKS !! (Bill also had a new FTP900 rifle to break in this weekend. nice )
For simplicity I divided the competitors scores along Piston and PCP equipment.
The scores and equipment matrix follows:
Name
|
Rifle
|
Scope
|
Pellet
|
Score
|
PISTON Div.
|
|
|
|
(48 Possible)
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Ron Zeman (O)
|
TX200SR
|
Burris 8-32
|
AA 8.4
|
33
|
Gene Childers (W)
|
HW77
|
Bushnell 6-18
|
CP-H
|
28
|
Lindsey Matthews (W)
|
HW 50 ( R8)
|
Bushnell 6-18
|
JSB 8.4
|
24
|
|
|
|
|
|
Precharge Div.
|
|
|
|
|
Donovan Taylor (W)
|
I S P
|
March 10-60
|
JSB 7.9
|
46
|
Cliff Smith (W)
|
TM 1000
|
BSA 10-50
|
AA 8.4
|
41
|
Tod Claytor (W)
|
AA EV2
|
Sightron 10-50
|
AA 8.4
|
34
|
Emilio Mazzuco (W)
|
AA EV2
|
Sightron 10-50
|
AA 8.4
|
33
|
Bill Shade ( O )
|
AA FTP 900
|
Bushnell 8-32
|
JSB 8.4
|
29
|
Paul Stakun ( H )
|
TM 1000
|
Hawke 6-24
|
AA 10.3
|
27
|
Bill Liebke ( H )
|
TM1000
|
Viper 7-16
|
AA 8.4
|
25
|
(O) AAFTA Open Division
(H) AAFTA Hunter Division
(W) WFTA Division
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