Match Results 9/17/06

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="03c00500dvldtc.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>DeSoto Airgunners</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>     |  </B></FONT><B>           </B><A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Match Info Schedule "><U><B> BACK</B></U></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="03dd2c00dvldtc.png"> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#99FF99" FACE="Arial" ><B>PRECHARGED  DIV.</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#99FF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Dick Otten     37</B></div> <div> <B> USFT, Leupold 35, JSB</B></div> <div> <B> Ed Escue      26</B></div> <div> <B>CR 94, Hakko 8-32,  CPH </B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Gordon</B></FONT><B> </B><B>Hodson</B><B> 25</B></div> <div> <B>ZM Steyr,  Hakko 6-30, JSB</B></div> <div> <B>PISTON DIVISION</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Fred Poole     33</B></div> <div> <B>TX200, Bushnell 6-24, JSB</B></div> <div> <B>Cliff Smith      28</B></div> <div> <B>TX200, Bushnell 6-24, JSB</B></div> <div> <B>Aubrey Miley  23</B></div> <div> <B>TX200, Bushnell 6-18, FTS</B></div> <div> <B>Ron Zeman    21</B></div> <div> <B>TX200SR, Burris 8-32, FTS</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=400 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> Match Results  9/17/06</div> <bR> <div> It was hot and humid (again), but that's par for Southwest Florida this time of year.  There was a puffy breeze that gave (some) shooters added challenge.   The new course layout featured a dog-leg so the breeze was moving at different angles to the shooter depending on which lane you're on.  </div> <bR> <div> The course layout included 7 lanes.   Lanes 1 to 6 featured 3 targets (2 shots at each) while lane 7 was the designated off-hand lane with 2 targets, 3 shots each for a match total of 42 shots. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Turnout was only half of our initial match.  Four no shows were accounted for, the others will need to bring an absence excuse note from their doctor .</div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>Speaking of doctors......check out Dick Otten's ankle :</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="116e0940.jpg" border=0 width="224" height="148" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Sprained during course set-up</B></div> <bR> <div> The afternoon before the match, Dick Otten took a wrong step and severely sprained his ankle while setting a target in a tree. He was a doubtful starter on Sunday but Dick managed to limp through the course with the help of a cane and he shot very well.</div> <bR> <div> Many thanks to those who helped tear down the course while Dick sat in the car enjoying air conditioned comfort while nursing his bum ankle. </div> <bR> <div>  This course had an average TF of 29+.<B>   ("</B><I><B>however the law of averages can be misleading....If you have your right foot in a bucket of boiling water and your left foot in a bucket of ice water...on average you're not feeling too comfortable"</B></I><I>.*)   *</I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFF33" FACE="Arial" >quote of the match -  Ron</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Our next scheduled match is Nov 19.   We need to make a group decision as to whether to hold another 42 shot FT match, or a 30 shot FT match followed by a 20 shot silhouette match. A pistol silhouette match will allow us to all stay in the shade and shoot from the entrance road into the new berm. Let me know your preference sometime in the next Month. </div> <div> Next year's matches are tentatively scheduled for January, March, May, September, and November. Let us know if you want easier, harder courses more, less offhanders etc. </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>