Thank you everyone for making this match a special one! We had a great turnout and some devious course layouts!
Sunny, not too breezy, but breezy enough to keep everyone honest (humble?) and- don't take this the wrong way- but nobody shot a perfect score. OK, some shot the score they predicted they'd shoot, so that's pretty perfect....
We had three competitors fresh back from the World Championship and the 2017 US overall FT champion participating. The East Coast seems to garnish all the news when reporting FT- there are allot of great shooters out West!
One shot per target, three targets per lane- 9 lanes, but two laps around the course. It was fatiguing in a unique way, although I can't describe why there was mental fatigue... Maybe it's the repeating of the course- personally, I felt that if I was a little lucky hitting a target the first time, I was more apprehensive the second time round- I had already used up my luck and was left with only a slight chance of sluicing the target. The sun was shifting through the day, creating a unique view for the duplicate round, and in my circumstance, the wind shifted in Bay 1 (the long Bay) and went unnoticed by my squad, with predictable results
There were 18 offhand shots, and 9 of those could be taken kneeling. Riz and Scott (and perhaps other delinquents) found a way to insure that the kneelers weren't simple. We had small holes at various distances that stretched everyone's ability to hold steady. Looking at the score cards after the match, pretty much everyone did well on those lanes, despite the groans and preloaded excuses.
I'm hoping to run a similar course next month, but perhaps with 4 targets per lane and only one lap- the comment line is open, callers are welcome to contribute their suggestions! I'll be sure to have more water and maybe less of those protein bars and cookies?
Here's the results and where known, the tools that contributed to everyone's success. High Score was shot by Riz M.
Most missed shooter was Bob K.- it was nice of him to let Fred B. shoot, but there's nothing like a little Bob K. at a match!
PCP Hunter Guess Your Score Result
George M 28 Air Arms S510 (.22) 89%
Martin O’ 43 Daystate Pulsar, .177 10.3 JSB Hawke Sidewinder 94%
Jim M 40 Daystate Wolverine Hawke 8-32 10.34 JSB 93%
Dana Fitz 37 Raw TM1000 12 fpe, 8.44 JSB Hawke Scope 91.33%
John B. 32 Daystate Tsar – 10.34 JSB Aztec Scope 79%
Steve D’ 43 FX Royale 400 Athlon Argos, JSB 10.3
Dave B Practice only 25 Daystate Wolverine Athlon
Piston Hunter
Fred B. 37 AATX200 10.34 JSB Hawke 8-32
PCP OPEN
Scott S. 46 Daystate MK 2 .20 cal Aztec 5.5-25 100%
Dana Wy. 48 Thomas Carbine , March 10-60X scope JSB 13.43 92%
WFTF Piston
Lonnie 37 HW97 10-50 BSA
Cameron K. 37 HW97KT 780fps Hawke 10-50 60 SdWndr Ed 81%
Mark W 28 95%
Jim P. 26 70%
WFTF PCP
Son L. 45
Gabe 39
Riz 50 HIGH SCORE 100%
https://imgur.com/0vusxqS
Sunny, not too breezy, but breezy enough to keep everyone honest (humble?) and- don't take this the wrong way- but nobody shot a perfect score. OK, some shot the score they predicted they'd shoot, so that's pretty perfect....
We had three competitors fresh back from the World Championship and the 2017 US overall FT champion participating. The East Coast seems to garnish all the news when reporting FT- there are allot of great shooters out West!
One shot per target, three targets per lane- 9 lanes, but two laps around the course. It was fatiguing in a unique way, although I can't describe why there was mental fatigue... Maybe it's the repeating of the course- personally, I felt that if I was a little lucky hitting a target the first time, I was more apprehensive the second time round- I had already used up my luck and was left with only a slight chance of sluicing the target. The sun was shifting through the day, creating a unique view for the duplicate round, and in my circumstance, the wind shifted in Bay 1 (the long Bay) and went unnoticed by my squad, with predictable results
There were 18 offhand shots, and 9 of those could be taken kneeling. Riz and Scott (and perhaps other delinquents) found a way to insure that the kneelers weren't simple. We had small holes at various distances that stretched everyone's ability to hold steady. Looking at the score cards after the match, pretty much everyone did well on those lanes, despite the groans and preloaded excuses.
I'm hoping to run a similar course next month, but perhaps with 4 targets per lane and only one lap- the comment line is open, callers are welcome to contribute their suggestions! I'll be sure to have more water and maybe less of those protein bars and cookies?
Here's the results and where known, the tools that contributed to everyone's success. High Score was shot by Riz M.
Most missed shooter was Bob K.- it was nice of him to let Fred B. shoot, but there's nothing like a little Bob K. at a match!
PCP Hunter Guess Your Score Result
George M 28 Air Arms S510 (.22) 89%
Martin O’ 43 Daystate Pulsar, .177 10.3 JSB Hawke Sidewinder 94%
Jim M 40 Daystate Wolverine Hawke 8-32 10.34 JSB 93%
Dana Fitz 37 Raw TM1000 12 fpe, 8.44 JSB Hawke Scope 91.33%
John B. 32 Daystate Tsar – 10.34 JSB Aztec Scope 79%
Steve D’ 43 FX Royale 400 Athlon Argos, JSB 10.3
Dave B Practice only 25 Daystate Wolverine Athlon
Piston Hunter
Fred B. 37 AATX200 10.34 JSB Hawke 8-32
PCP OPEN
Scott S. 46 Daystate MK 2 .20 cal Aztec 5.5-25 100%
Dana Wy. 48 Thomas Carbine , March 10-60X scope JSB 13.43 92%
WFTF Piston
Lonnie 37 HW97 10-50 BSA
Cameron K. 37 HW97KT 780fps Hawke 10-50 60 SdWndr Ed 81%
Mark W 28 95%
Jim P. 26 70%
WFTF PCP
Son L. 45
Gabe 39
Riz 50 HIGH SCORE 100%
https://imgur.com/0vusxqS