This post is courtesy of Bob Kidd, the official match report will follow shortly
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California State Field Target Championship AAFTA GP Sept. 14 – 15, 2019
Sacramento Valley Field Target Club took the reins for this year's California State Championship event, staged in Morro Bay on the San Luis Small Bore Association's facility.
Scott Schneider, Jim Cyran and team carved out a challenging “Delta Course' – which surely referred to delta as “change”. Wow. Incorporating a some terrain that had not been used in about 5 years, the course forced shooters to shoot east, west and north in and amongst some devilish topography and greenery that most had never seen before.
Berms, fences, tree lines and thick underbrush played with the wind.
Wind? Yes, the wind was playing, too. But not always in the typical direction or typical temperature! Driving to the range Saturday with 88F temps along the highway was … just weird. Sunday's fog and 60s was at least more of what we might have expected on the coastal site in mid September.
Physical endurance was tested along with marksmanship on Saturday … you definitely needed to remember to keep drinking water to keep your mind fresh.
Meals included a smorgasbord of delightful sandwiches, pasta and side dishes in supporting rolls (ha!) but the stars were the delicious wild game generously provided by Cyran and Chris Merritt – spicy duck sausage, venison, gamekeeper's chili and much more – ah, the mind whirls. The cooking and food service was greatly enhanced by the volunteer work of Dawn Schneider, wife of our match director Scott. Dawn made sure the meals came off without a hitch. Add ice chests brimming with cold beverages and you just know the evenings were refreshing and hilarious.
Saturday's pistol event shown below. One-hundred twelve shots after it began, the two-day rifle GP scores were as follows:
By Captain Kidd!!
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California State Field Target Championship AAFTA GP Sept. 14 – 15, 2019
Sacramento Valley Field Target Club took the reins for this year's California State Championship event, staged in Morro Bay on the San Luis Small Bore Association's facility.
Scott Schneider, Jim Cyran and team carved out a challenging “Delta Course' – which surely referred to delta as “change”. Wow. Incorporating a some terrain that had not been used in about 5 years, the course forced shooters to shoot east, west and north in and amongst some devilish topography and greenery that most had never seen before.
Berms, fences, tree lines and thick underbrush played with the wind.
Wind? Yes, the wind was playing, too. But not always in the typical direction or typical temperature! Driving to the range Saturday with 88F temps along the highway was … just weird. Sunday's fog and 60s was at least more of what we might have expected on the coastal site in mid September.
Physical endurance was tested along with marksmanship on Saturday … you definitely needed to remember to keep drinking water to keep your mind fresh.
Meals included a smorgasbord of delightful sandwiches, pasta and side dishes in supporting rolls (ha!) but the stars were the delicious wild game generously provided by Cyran and Chris Merritt – spicy duck sausage, venison, gamekeeper's chili and much more – ah, the mind whirls. The cooking and food service was greatly enhanced by the volunteer work of Dawn Schneider, wife of our match director Scott. Dawn made sure the meals came off without a hitch. Add ice chests brimming with cold beverages and you just know the evenings were refreshing and hilarious.
Saturday's pistol event shown below. One-hundred twelve shots after it began, the two-day rifle GP scores were as follows:
By Captain Kidd!!