FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 01/25/2025
Welcome to the first ASC FT match report for 2025! And what a great match it was! Scott and I setup the course on Friday afternoon in the sunny but windy conditions, hoping that the weather forecast for Saturday would be the same or better. The course this month was a little different than usual in that it was 68 shots instead of the usual 60, and there were two offhand lanes. Scott told me there would be lots of griping about the offhand lanes, but I told him it would be okay because I would blame him since he was unable to be there. What a swell Asst to the MD; he helps setup and takes any blame during the match!
We had 11 shooters come out today to challenge the 68-shot course in cool Texas temperatures and somewhat uncommon 15mph winds. Once again, Scott put the targets in challenging locations on the course; partially obscured by trees, behind obstructions that cause the shooter to move in the box, and in dark places. The Troyer was 30.4, SD 5.04, Avg Dist 30 yds, and Avg KZ 1.06”. The wind made the course more challenging that 30.4T for sure!
Here are the results for December:
Brian S won Hunter PCP and HOA with 64/68 shooting his FX Crown (that he just rebuilt the previous day), followed by Billy D in 2nd with 62/68 shooting his FX Crown, and then Rick Cuccio in 3rd with 61/68 shooting is FX Royale. Weird, that’s three FX’s in the top 3. I don’t know if that has happened before. Everyone else was in a single-entry class today. Jerry C shot 43/68 in Unlimited with his FX Crown .22cal rifle. Rick K was unchallenged in Hunter Piston again with 44/68 shooting his HW97K, Jim Byrd made a quick switch to his pistol when his FX Impact started leaking before the match and shot 31/68. I finished up the entries with 50/68 in WFTF PCP with my NJR100 that I’m getting more comfortable with. Scott already has the results uploaded, so take a look at https://airgunshoot.com/ that shows the average score on each lane, your score on each lane, your hit percentage by lane or near/mid/far targets, how you compare to your class average, your class winner, and the HOA winner. Thanks to Scott Cotton for his continuing work on this.
Thanks to everyone for helping take down the course, it was very much appreciated, and thanks for coming out for what turned out to be a very enjoyable first FT match for 2025. Our February match will be on the Saturday February 22nd.
See you at the next next match,
Jeff Cloud and Scott Cotton
Field Target Match Directors
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
Welcome to the first ASC FT match report for 2025! And what a great match it was! Scott and I setup the course on Friday afternoon in the sunny but windy conditions, hoping that the weather forecast for Saturday would be the same or better. The course this month was a little different than usual in that it was 68 shots instead of the usual 60, and there were two offhand lanes. Scott told me there would be lots of griping about the offhand lanes, but I told him it would be okay because I would blame him since he was unable to be there. What a swell Asst to the MD; he helps setup and takes any blame during the match!
We had 11 shooters come out today to challenge the 68-shot course in cool Texas temperatures and somewhat uncommon 15mph winds. Once again, Scott put the targets in challenging locations on the course; partially obscured by trees, behind obstructions that cause the shooter to move in the box, and in dark places. The Troyer was 30.4, SD 5.04, Avg Dist 30 yds, and Avg KZ 1.06”. The wind made the course more challenging that 30.4T for sure!
Here are the results for December:
Brian S won Hunter PCP and HOA with 64/68 shooting his FX Crown (that he just rebuilt the previous day), followed by Billy D in 2nd with 62/68 shooting his FX Crown, and then Rick Cuccio in 3rd with 61/68 shooting is FX Royale. Weird, that’s three FX’s in the top 3. I don’t know if that has happened before. Everyone else was in a single-entry class today. Jerry C shot 43/68 in Unlimited with his FX Crown .22cal rifle. Rick K was unchallenged in Hunter Piston again with 44/68 shooting his HW97K, Jim Byrd made a quick switch to his pistol when his FX Impact started leaking before the match and shot 31/68. I finished up the entries with 50/68 in WFTF PCP with my NJR100 that I’m getting more comfortable with. Scott already has the results uploaded, so take a look at https://airgunshoot.com/ that shows the average score on each lane, your score on each lane, your hit percentage by lane or near/mid/far targets, how you compare to your class average, your class winner, and the HOA winner. Thanks to Scott Cotton for his continuing work on this.
Thanks to everyone for helping take down the course, it was very much appreciated, and thanks for coming out for what turned out to be a very enjoyable first FT match for 2025. Our February match will be on the Saturday February 22nd.
See you at the next next match,
Jeff Cloud and Scott Cotton
Field Target Match Directors
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
