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Field Target Match Concord Ca - 2/17/19 Results!

Quick summary- we had a beautiful day, skies blue and full of white fluff. Redtails danced and shrieked overhead as the targets fell, and fall they did.
There were some tricky setups- a red cardinal with a 1/2" kz at 29 yards, a black owl, 1" kz at 42 hidden in the dark shade of the corner of bay 1.

The KZ was black rimmed and almost unknowable. One had to shoot by feel.

5 offhand stations, with a tributary "mulligan" in honor of Dane Fitzgerald, if needed. We lost one of the good ones with Dane passing, but two of the other good ones returned to us and knocked off the rust. Welcome back Robb and Jack, good to see you in good health. A final welcome back to the man in the bowler- still shooting one of those windup guns.

The range was especially hard to set up today- we had to convert the Action Pistol range into an air gun range, moving heavy wooden shooting stations for access to the land beyond. Jim Mizer, Eric Shieh, Dana and Steve D' really put their backs into both setting up and tearing down. Everyone did something, and it was a great result.

Eric Shieh shot his 4th match with his Swedish pop gun and tied for 1st in Hunter PCP- and won his Sharpshooter metal to boot.

Here are the totals- Riz is heading to Puerto Rico Tuesday morning for warm weather and high winds at their GP.
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Next month- Diablo has their match on the 3rd Sunday (St. Patrick's Day!) and then Sac. Valley kicks off their season on Saturday the 23rd, in Ione.
It's going to be a great Spring!









 
I guess all the complaining about power, water, etc. in Puerto Rico was fake news.....again



Frank, I guess you don't live anywhere near hurricane territory. The Island was hit hard, by 2 hurricanes. The recovery took time but I can vouch for the determination of the Field Target shooters from Puerto Rico. The last several Gran Prix matches I attended (Pyramyd Air Cup in Ohio and the AAFTA Nationals in North Carolina) the PR FT guys were there in force. They are a great, dedicated bunch and they were not going to let mother nature affect their spirit. 

Good luck to all of the competitors at the 2019 AAFTAC Gran Prix match and hello to all my friends there. Sadly, I'm not attending. 

Gary
Venice, FL
 
We've a great community here, joined by the one passion- put that little pellet through a tiny hole at an unknown range. Like Soccer, I keep thinking the US is close to understanding how much fun it is, yet so challenging and that the shooting crowds will swell in number. Of course, Soccer isn't a real sport, but my point still stands :)

A lady friend of one our shooters came out and tried shooting a match and drew a parallel between Field Target and Yoga- both are kinetic meditations. FieldTarget announces your "oneness" a little quicker and more evidently than holding a pose.

Or maybe, rubs your face into your failures, but let's take the high road.

FT-> Kinetic Yoga