FT Match Report Arlington Sportsman’s Club 07/24/2021
We had 20 competitors came to challenge the heat for the July Field Target Match! We had 7 shooters from Oklahoma (OKC and Tulsa) cross the Red River to shoot with us. I think the recent internet jabs (all in good fun) and also the fact that some of us Texans have been going to the OKC match helped encourage them to shoot with us. We started at 9:00am to try and beat the heat, but that was to no avail as it was 95 and humid by the time we finished at 12:30. Luckily almost all the shooting boxes are in the shade! I setup the course with 2 targets per lane and strived to have varied distances and difficulties between lanes. I also had time to add a 13 foot high elevated target this month so that we have a balance of up and down shots. I received numerous positive comments regarding the balance of challenging and difficult shots and the elevated shots. I got more than a few complaints about the three very dark targets spread out on the course. Some of those were on purpose and some were by accident. All I can say is that I will try to make them more visible, but these kinds of targets appear at other FT venues and Grand Prix, so perhaps it is also good for shooters to practice. :^) Once again, Terry painted the targets and checked them for proper operation. This course was 14 lanes with 56 shots. The average Troyer this month was 31.2, SD 6.34, Avg Dist 30.4 yds, and Avg KZ 1.08”, which is almost the same as last month.
David Alsup was the high overall of the day with score of 53.
Hunter PCP was once again the most numerous and contested class for the day with 15 shooters. 1st place was Rick Cuccio from Tulsa with an outstanding 48/56 shooting his Benjamin Marauder, barely edging out 2nd place was Paul Walker who shot 47/56 with his Thomas. Right behind these 2 was Dan Rowe in 3rd with 46/56 using his Daystate Redwolf. This was one of our closest FT matches that I can remember with the top 10 shooters within 6 points of each other (there were numerous ties as shown below).
In Hunter Piston, Mark Welker edged out Eric Pianori with an excellent 36/56.
In WFTF PCP, David Alsup beat me with 53/56 and match high score as already mentioned.
You can see all of the other scores and the equipment used in the table below and some pics of the match below that.
We will not have a match in August, but will resume in September on the 4th Saturday (September 24th) starting at 9:00am to beat the heat. Remember that the Republic of Texas Field Target Grand Prix will be the 4th weekend (Fri, Sat, Sun) of October, so mark your calendars and be sure to come out and shoot.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
We had 20 competitors came to challenge the heat for the July Field Target Match! We had 7 shooters from Oklahoma (OKC and Tulsa) cross the Red River to shoot with us. I think the recent internet jabs (all in good fun) and also the fact that some of us Texans have been going to the OKC match helped encourage them to shoot with us. We started at 9:00am to try and beat the heat, but that was to no avail as it was 95 and humid by the time we finished at 12:30. Luckily almost all the shooting boxes are in the shade! I setup the course with 2 targets per lane and strived to have varied distances and difficulties between lanes. I also had time to add a 13 foot high elevated target this month so that we have a balance of up and down shots. I received numerous positive comments regarding the balance of challenging and difficult shots and the elevated shots. I got more than a few complaints about the three very dark targets spread out on the course. Some of those were on purpose and some were by accident. All I can say is that I will try to make them more visible, but these kinds of targets appear at other FT venues and Grand Prix, so perhaps it is also good for shooters to practice. :^) Once again, Terry painted the targets and checked them for proper operation. This course was 14 lanes with 56 shots. The average Troyer this month was 31.2, SD 6.34, Avg Dist 30.4 yds, and Avg KZ 1.08”, which is almost the same as last month.
David Alsup was the high overall of the day with score of 53.
Hunter PCP was once again the most numerous and contested class for the day with 15 shooters. 1st place was Rick Cuccio from Tulsa with an outstanding 48/56 shooting his Benjamin Marauder, barely edging out 2nd place was Paul Walker who shot 47/56 with his Thomas. Right behind these 2 was Dan Rowe in 3rd with 46/56 using his Daystate Redwolf. This was one of our closest FT matches that I can remember with the top 10 shooters within 6 points of each other (there were numerous ties as shown below).
In Hunter Piston, Mark Welker edged out Eric Pianori with an excellent 36/56.
In WFTF PCP, David Alsup beat me with 53/56 and match high score as already mentioned.
You can see all of the other scores and the equipment used in the table below and some pics of the match below that.
We will not have a match in August, but will resume in September on the 4th Saturday (September 24th) starting at 9:00am to beat the heat. Remember that the Republic of Texas Field Target Grand Prix will be the 4th weekend (Fri, Sat, Sun) of October, so mark your calendars and be sure to come out and shoot.
See you at the next match,
Jeff Cloud
Field Target Match Director
Arlington Sportsman’s Club
