I think you are thinking of Texas Pullout, something else I have failed to do properly.Is that not the same as Texas Holdout ... lol
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Events 2024 AAFTA National's Registration
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I hope this is a joke ... if not a very low blow attempt to make some sort of point on business between you two that should be kept private.
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Yep, just messing with my buddy remotely since I can't be there to mess with him in person. If it wasn't clear that I was being ridiculous, I must have done too good of a job.
So to be clear for people that have an impaired sense of humor, Jeff Cloud has not made any smack talk to me about Nationals. He does not have a plan to make a big trophy with his picture and name on it.
On the other hand, he does have questionable taste in beer and head wear, and Lauren will almost certainly beat him (and probably everyone else).
So to be clear for people that have an impaired sense of humor, Jeff Cloud has not made any smack talk to me about Nationals. He does not have a plan to make a big trophy with his picture and name on it.
On the other hand, he does have questionable taste in beer and head wear, and Lauren will almost certainly beat him (and probably everyone else).
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Jeff location does matter was my point. Its too far for most of us to travel to. If it was half the distance then maybe. So from us in OH to Boston Mass, yes. Thats the only reason why. Yes, $1,000 sounds about right as even the GP in NC which are about 7-8hrs drive have a cost of about $1,000, which is why i (and many others) elected not to attend. Thats all. Location matters as in relation to shooters.
Sure there are x amount that will travel anywhere anytime, and good for them. The rest will travel some depending on location, time and cost. Others wont travel at all. No biggie. Im just very selective of where I go based on location, thats all. I still have 2 kids at home and dogs to consider, as we all have our own stuff.
Im thinking about getting a little popup camper in hopes to make travel a little more reasonable.
Im sure AAFTA has the geographic numbers but it would be neat to know how many shooters are in each state. Then plan shoot events location based on that info in hopes to get more shooters to attend.
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Sadly I dropped out - 3 days driving to get there and 3 more days to get back … I will definitely miss the people and experience this year. Shoot well everyone
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The US is a big county. You gotta travel. If we only held Nationals near the concentration of shooters in Ohio, we wouldn’t be the AMERICAN Airgun Field Target Association.
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Congrats to the winner of the pistol match at Nationals. I don't want to say his name because my post might get deleted, but great job, buddy! It's great when hard work pays off.
Hopefully someone will post day 1 rifle scores soon.
Hopefully someone will post day 1 rifle scores soon.
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Great weekend. Thanks to everyone who worked really hard to put this match on. Time spent is above and beyond busy lives with jobs, kids, etc. It's a really great offering to the FT community.
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Congrats to all participants. Big time congrats to the life blood of any field target match, the people who worked to make it happen. Quite a good showing in light of the fact that the World’s is happening in a few weeks.
Looking at scores I can’t wait to read the match report.
Looking at scores I can’t wait to read the match report.
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Matt, Matt and Leo pulled off a great event with little help. Lots of new lanes and changes from previous versions kept all on their toes. Judging by the scores the course shot harder than other GPs we've attended this year.
Thanks for all the work, the fantastic camaraderie and perfect weather. Now a little rest....
Thanks for all the work, the fantastic camaraderie and perfect weather. Now a little rest....
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2024 AAFTA Nationals at Massachusetts Rifle Association
Official Match Report
We had a total of 51 competitors for this year's AAFTA National Championships,despite the lower number of participants we had a lot of talent out there on the lanes.The weather was perfect, having warmer than usual temperatures for Fall in New England. The days started out with cold dry mornings and by 10 am things started to warm up and by noon it was officially very warm in the direct sunlight. This year we shot a hybrid format using two 25 lane courses RED and BLUE. Hunter shooters all shot in the traditional AAFTA format with 2 targets per lane taking 2 shots per target on a 15 lane section of each of the courses over Saturday and Sunday for a maximum total of 120 points. The WFTF and Open classes shot 1 shot per target with 2 targets per lane over 25 lanes making it a 50 shot match each day for a maximum total of 100 points. The Pistol match took place on Friday at 2pm using 10 lanes, 2 shots per target and 2 targets per lane for a total of 40 point maximum.
Friday was the first day of the event, it was an early morning of shuffling around a few last minute things and making sure the sight-in range was ready with fresh paper. Leo Gonzales was an essential part of the registration process which opened at 8am, while Matt Brackett and I got the sight in range ready, as well as some final target setting for the Pistol match. The Pistol match was set up and waiting for a 2pm start, during this time the sight in range was closed until the pistol match ended. We had 30% of the competitors registered on Friday with the remaining competitors checking in the following Morning. Throughout the morning and early afternoon all the pistol competitors equipment was checked and chronographed by Leo Gonzales, overall things went smoothly. The Pistol match was a difficult course, set at 35.79 on the Troyer scale, of which the first place winner of Hunter Pistol was Jeff Cloud with an amazing 35/40 followed up by Nathan Thomas with an impressive 33/40 on very challenging course and Brian Van Leiw securing 3rd place with a 29/40. Overall it was a fun match and it was amusing to listen to the comments that followed. After the match Leo, Matt and I went and painted the targets once again in preparation for the following day’s rifle match.
Saturday morning I arrived early around 6:45 am and watched people as they came in to register if they had not already done so. Leo Gonzales was staying about 5 minutes away and met me there shortly thereafter with a coffee in hand which was a wonderful surprise. Matt Brackett arrived not too long after and started helping me with some alteration to the sight in range.Friday we had many targets flipping over we decided to stake down the feet, lucky for us Saturday was not as windy. During the shooters meeting I assigned a few extra match directors to help out over the long stretch of the course. These were some of the competitors I know well, such as Jeff Cloud, Hector Medina, Matt Brackett and Leo Gonzales. I definitely know this adds another level of stress to the match and I greatly appreciate their help, thank you guys again. The Hunter shooters were assigned the Blue course, lanes 11 - 25, the WFTF and Open classes shooters were assigned Red course, lanes 1-25. We had one 3 man squad on each course. We had a late start and competitors were at the lanes by 10:30 am. Things started off a little rough with a handful of cold lines called within the first 40 minutes. There was a critter bitten string, shockingly a pair of 4” screws managed to break on a tree target, then some more standard things such as a hung up target leader and one string on lane 24 Blue that was never unwound it had too much tension and the target could not fall over. Other than that there were a few protests and I’m happy to report that none of the targets were found to be malfunctioning. Once everyone got into the groove things seemed to move along at a decent pace. It was still a long day with the last groups of shooters finishing around 3:15 pm. The food was delivered to the club house where we set up shop in the club kitchen. For lunch we had Lester’s BBQ and it was delicious. After everyone had their fill, we held AAFTA BOG voting and the new BOG members were placed. Then we had the AAFTA auction with a lot of cool stuff donated by our sponsors. We had 2 FX AirKings in .177 we had 2 TX200's, one HC and one standard both in nice Walnut stocks with adjustable cheek pieces. We had a Air Force Texan in .475 cal as well as 2 Umerex Helos in .22 cal in addition to a number of scopes and other accessories. Our very own host of the 2024 WFTF Championships Mr. Garret Kawkkestein was an extremely entertaining auctioneer making the auction very fun to attend even if you didn’t have a dime to spend. After the auction wrapped up I ran around, did some cleaning and general clean up went home to get ready for the following day.
Sunday, the final day of the 2024 AAFTA Nationals was here and all the hard work leading up to this event becoming a reality set in and I definitely was feeling a little less pressure once the match started. The sight-in range was open for 7 am and the match set to start was for 9 am which was more like 9:15. Once the match started we were an hour or so into the course before any cold lines were called and overall the second day of the rifle match seemed to be going much more smoothly. I believe the last squad finished shooting around 2:30 but most of the shooters seemed to finish up between 1:30 and 2:00. After the match had been completed and score cards were all tallied we had ourselves a few ties, which meant shoot off time. For the shoot off we had a set of 1” targets at 45 yards and a set of ½” targets set at 25yards with 2 back up 1 ½” for kneeling at 45 yards if needed. The shoot off for WFTF Piston was between Matt Brackett and Leo Gonzales to decide the 2nd and 3rd place awards. The second shoot off was between Paul Cray and Rich Gauvin for WFTF PCP 2nd and 3rd place with Paul Cray coming out on top. With the final shoot off for Hunter PCP between Barbra Pelligrino and Greg Vaughan and Greg Vaughan securing the win for 2nd place. After the shoot offs were over we had lunch waiting for us. It was Italian food this time, Chicken Parm and Chicken Broccoli Ziti as well as Pepperoni Pizzas and Cheese Pizzas. Once everyone had time to eat and enjoy chatting about the match and relaxing we handed out the Medals for this year's winners. After the awards ceremony we hung out for a while and then started to put stuff away, collect coolers and air tanks and anything else left behind and stored it in the shotgun house. After all the guests had left it was a pretty easy clean up in the clubhouse and just like that the event was over and it’s time to start thinking about next year's 2025 AAFTA Nationals in Connecticut at Rockville Fish and Game. I am very happy and proud to have had the confidence of the BOG and fellow competitors to have made this year's event a success. Below are the results and the competitors list as well as some photos that I have collected from myself and some of the competitors.
Official Match Report
We had a total of 51 competitors for this year's AAFTA National Championships,despite the lower number of participants we had a lot of talent out there on the lanes.The weather was perfect, having warmer than usual temperatures for Fall in New England. The days started out with cold dry mornings and by 10 am things started to warm up and by noon it was officially very warm in the direct sunlight. This year we shot a hybrid format using two 25 lane courses RED and BLUE. Hunter shooters all shot in the traditional AAFTA format with 2 targets per lane taking 2 shots per target on a 15 lane section of each of the courses over Saturday and Sunday for a maximum total of 120 points. The WFTF and Open classes shot 1 shot per target with 2 targets per lane over 25 lanes making it a 50 shot match each day for a maximum total of 100 points. The Pistol match took place on Friday at 2pm using 10 lanes, 2 shots per target and 2 targets per lane for a total of 40 point maximum.
Friday was the first day of the event, it was an early morning of shuffling around a few last minute things and making sure the sight-in range was ready with fresh paper. Leo Gonzales was an essential part of the registration process which opened at 8am, while Matt Brackett and I got the sight in range ready, as well as some final target setting for the Pistol match. The Pistol match was set up and waiting for a 2pm start, during this time the sight in range was closed until the pistol match ended. We had 30% of the competitors registered on Friday with the remaining competitors checking in the following Morning. Throughout the morning and early afternoon all the pistol competitors equipment was checked and chronographed by Leo Gonzales, overall things went smoothly. The Pistol match was a difficult course, set at 35.79 on the Troyer scale, of which the first place winner of Hunter Pistol was Jeff Cloud with an amazing 35/40 followed up by Nathan Thomas with an impressive 33/40 on very challenging course and Brian Van Leiw securing 3rd place with a 29/40. Overall it was a fun match and it was amusing to listen to the comments that followed. After the match Leo, Matt and I went and painted the targets once again in preparation for the following day’s rifle match.
Saturday morning I arrived early around 6:45 am and watched people as they came in to register if they had not already done so. Leo Gonzales was staying about 5 minutes away and met me there shortly thereafter with a coffee in hand which was a wonderful surprise. Matt Brackett arrived not too long after and started helping me with some alteration to the sight in range.Friday we had many targets flipping over we decided to stake down the feet, lucky for us Saturday was not as windy. During the shooters meeting I assigned a few extra match directors to help out over the long stretch of the course. These were some of the competitors I know well, such as Jeff Cloud, Hector Medina, Matt Brackett and Leo Gonzales. I definitely know this adds another level of stress to the match and I greatly appreciate their help, thank you guys again. The Hunter shooters were assigned the Blue course, lanes 11 - 25, the WFTF and Open classes shooters were assigned Red course, lanes 1-25. We had one 3 man squad on each course. We had a late start and competitors were at the lanes by 10:30 am. Things started off a little rough with a handful of cold lines called within the first 40 minutes. There was a critter bitten string, shockingly a pair of 4” screws managed to break on a tree target, then some more standard things such as a hung up target leader and one string on lane 24 Blue that was never unwound it had too much tension and the target could not fall over. Other than that there were a few protests and I’m happy to report that none of the targets were found to be malfunctioning. Once everyone got into the groove things seemed to move along at a decent pace. It was still a long day with the last groups of shooters finishing around 3:15 pm. The food was delivered to the club house where we set up shop in the club kitchen. For lunch we had Lester’s BBQ and it was delicious. After everyone had their fill, we held AAFTA BOG voting and the new BOG members were placed. Then we had the AAFTA auction with a lot of cool stuff donated by our sponsors. We had 2 FX AirKings in .177 we had 2 TX200's, one HC and one standard both in nice Walnut stocks with adjustable cheek pieces. We had a Air Force Texan in .475 cal as well as 2 Umerex Helos in .22 cal in addition to a number of scopes and other accessories. Our very own host of the 2024 WFTF Championships Mr. Garret Kawkkestein was an extremely entertaining auctioneer making the auction very fun to attend even if you didn’t have a dime to spend. After the auction wrapped up I ran around, did some cleaning and general clean up went home to get ready for the following day.
Sunday, the final day of the 2024 AAFTA Nationals was here and all the hard work leading up to this event becoming a reality set in and I definitely was feeling a little less pressure once the match started. The sight-in range was open for 7 am and the match set to start was for 9 am which was more like 9:15. Once the match started we were an hour or so into the course before any cold lines were called and overall the second day of the rifle match seemed to be going much more smoothly. I believe the last squad finished shooting around 2:30 but most of the shooters seemed to finish up between 1:30 and 2:00. After the match had been completed and score cards were all tallied we had ourselves a few ties, which meant shoot off time. For the shoot off we had a set of 1” targets at 45 yards and a set of ½” targets set at 25yards with 2 back up 1 ½” for kneeling at 45 yards if needed. The shoot off for WFTF Piston was between Matt Brackett and Leo Gonzales to decide the 2nd and 3rd place awards. The second shoot off was between Paul Cray and Rich Gauvin for WFTF PCP 2nd and 3rd place with Paul Cray coming out on top. With the final shoot off for Hunter PCP between Barbra Pelligrino and Greg Vaughan and Greg Vaughan securing the win for 2nd place. After the shoot offs were over we had lunch waiting for us. It was Italian food this time, Chicken Parm and Chicken Broccoli Ziti as well as Pepperoni Pizzas and Cheese Pizzas. Once everyone had time to eat and enjoy chatting about the match and relaxing we handed out the Medals for this year's winners. After the awards ceremony we hung out for a while and then started to put stuff away, collect coolers and air tanks and anything else left behind and stored it in the shotgun house. After all the guests had left it was a pretty easy clean up in the clubhouse and just like that the event was over and it’s time to start thinking about next year's 2025 AAFTA Nationals in Connecticut at Rockville Fish and Game. I am very happy and proud to have had the confidence of the BOG and fellow competitors to have made this year's event a success. Below are the results and the competitors list as well as some photos that I have collected from myself and some of the competitors.
| Name | Saturday | Sunday | Total | Place | Class |
| Philip Hepler | 56 | 48 | 104 | 1st | Hunter PCP |
| Greg Vaughan | 53 | 50 | 103 | 2nd | Hunter PCP |
| Barbara Pellegrino | 51 | 52 | 103 | 3rd | Hunter PCP |
| Brian Wagner | 46 | 48 | 94 | Hunter PCP | |
| Lynda Hepler | 44 | 49 | 93 | Hunter PCP | |
| Stephan Hottenrott | 48 | 45 | 93 | Hunter PCP | |
| Gerard O'Toole | 45 | 45 | 90 | Hunter PCP | |
| Bill Day | 49 | 38 | 87 | Hunter PCP | |
| Khoa Tran | 44 | 43 | 87 | Hunter PCP | |
| Geoffrey Sugarman | 42 | 39 | 81 | Hunter PCP | |
| Karen Reis | 40 | 41 | 81 | Hunter PCP | |
| Khoa Tran Sr | 37 | 43 | 80 | Hunter PCP | |
| Lan Nguyen | 36 | 44 | 80 | Hunter PCP | |
| John Dearcangeles | 36 | 44 | 80 | Hunter PCP | |
| Glenn Thomas | 37 | 34 | 71 | Hunter PCP | |
| Calvin Cieslak | 30 | 40 | 70 | Hunter PCP | |
| David Ferro | 41 | 27 | 68 | Hunter PCP | |
| Mark Marini | 32 | 34 | 66 | Hunter PCP | |
| John Hauser III | 28 | 25 | 53 | Hunter PCP | |
| Tom Wade | 39 | 39 | Hunter PCP | ||
| Ed Griffin | DNF | Hunter PCP |
| Greg Shirhall | 34 | 47 | 81 | 1st | Hunter Piston |
| Kieran Pierce | 42 | 23 | 65 | 2nd | Hunter Piston |
| Jim Wheeler | 26 | 28 | 54 | 3rd | Hunter Piston |
| Bill Milewski | 21 | 29 | 50 | Hunter Piston | |
| Paul Manktelow | 24 | 23 | 47 | Hunter Piston | |
| Cindy Milewski | 15 | 16 | 31 | Hunter Piston |
| Brian Van Liew | 44 | 32 | 76 | 1st | Open PCP |
| Scott Verch | 31 | 34 | 65 | Open PCP | |
| Rick Vaeth | 29 | 33 | 62 | Open PCP |
| Ken Hughes | 42 | 41 | 83 | 1st | WFTF Piston |
| Matt Brackett | 39 | 40 | 79 | 2nd | WFTF Piston |
| Leo Gonzales | 40 | 39 | 79 | 3rd | WFTF Piston |
| David D'Agostino | 41 | 34 | 75 | WFTF Piston | |
| Nathan Thomas | 40 | 35 | 75 | WFTF Piston | |
| Son Lu | 39 | 34 | 73 | WFTF Piston | |
| Hector Medina | 35 | 30 | 65 | WFTF Piston | |
| John Cerne | 35 | 27 | 62 | WFTF Piston | |
| John Eroh | 34 | 27 | 61 | WFTF Piston | |
| Jim Poh | 18 | 25 | 43 | WFTF Piston |
| Tyler Patner | 46 | 48 | 94 | 1st | WFTF PCP |
| Paul Cray | 45 | 41 | 86 | 2nd | WFTF PCP |
| Rich Gauvin | 43 | 43 | 86 | 3rd | WFTF PCP |
| Lauren Parsons | 40 | 43 | 83 | WFTF PCP | |
| Matt Sawyer | 40 | 43 | 83 | WFTF PCP | |
| Garrett Kwakkestein | 44 | 38 | 82 | WFTF PCP | |
| Chas DiCapua | 44 | 38 | 82 | WFTF PCP | |
| David Alsup | 41 | 39 | 80 | WFTF PCP | |
| Lukas Richter | 38 | 42 | 80 | WFTF PCP | |
| Jeff Cloud | 39 | 40 | 79 | WFTF PCP | |
| Mark King | 35 | 36 | 71 | WFTF PCP | |
| Pete Sweeney | 25 | 29 | 54 | WFTF PCP |
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