The benchrest range features 8 concrete shooting benches. It's not uncommon to have multiple relays to accommodate everyone. Something new; those who had to drive longer distances were offered an option to choose to participate in Relay #1 or in Relay #2 with the later start.

A total of 11 competitors braved what were forecasted to be questionable conditions. There had been flood warnings for the Peace River which flows very close to the DeSoto Gun Club facility. Thunder showers were also predicted but didn't materialize till we were done for the day. This Summer has been a little unusual in that the dew points have remained very high (in the 70's). Combining Florida summer heat with some extrordinary humidity the “Feels Like Index” can hover near 96 degrees at 6:00AM. I had seen it over 115 degrees recently and that's tough even for seasoned locals. Fortunately, partial overcast and shooting from under cover made conditions more tolerable today.

By 9:15AM we had 8 shooters signed-in and began our first relay. Following USARB guidelines we shot at 25 meters distance, 3 target cards, 25 scored targets per card; each card timed at 20 minutes.

Our second relay included three of the later arrivals and since we had the bench space, a couple shooters from the first Relay decided to shoot another target card or two just for fun and practice.

Four shooters scored over 700 points. TOP SCORE Honors went to Dennis D. with a score of 729 points with 24 X's. There was a tie for Second between Bill S. and Jerry M. They both bagged 719 points but Bill had 3 more X's to secure second place.

Shooter *	CARD 1	CARD 2	CARD 3	Total Score
	points x's	points x's	points x's	POINTS X's
Dennis Dickenson	245 7X	241 8X	243 9X	729 24X
Bill Shade	237 5X	244 5X	238 6X	719 16X
Jerry McGee	238 5X	228 4X	243 4X	719 13X
Cliff Smith	234 1X	239 3X	240 5X	713 9X
Linda McGee	232 2X	233 3X	234 2X	699 7X
Bill Frazee	233 2X	232 2X	231 3X	696 7X
Chip Willing	231 6X	228 4X	224 2X	693 12X
Ron Zeman	231 1X	224 2X	231 1X	686 4X
Doug Abbott	219 0X	216 1X	217 4X	652 5X
John Loeffer	224 0X	213 1X	195 1X	632 2X
Lindsey Matthews +	207 0X	194 1X	198 1X	599 2X