AUGUST 25

Woo whooo!!! We get a much needed break in the hot weather finding our day starting out in the low 50's at 7am to a very comfortable 82 degrees when we finished up at 1:00 pm. Winds stayed fairly calm the entire match with only enough breeze that lightly gusted to gets one's attention a couple times. Great day overall!

22 shooters make it out this month, keeping our club FT match attendance at record levels pre or post-covid years. Way to go guys !!!

The course setters get onsite a tad before 7am and have it all done by 8 am having set 15 lanes. Today's offhand was set up on lane 8 utilizing three bell targets, where 1 bell of shooters choice could be taken kneeling. This gave today's total shots a 62 possible.

As the shooters roll in over the next hour or so we get everyone registered and score cards filled out. Practice is allowed for 45 minutes or so. The practice paper and quads get pulled in and we have our shooters' meeting while also greeting a new shooter to our ranks. The squads of 2 were assigned by previous lottery of the MD's discretion to always mix and match who shoots with who so we all get to know one another as if family. All the squad assignments get handed out and we call the lanes hot and off they go!

TODAY'S RESULTS by Class & Score .. XX/62

WFTF Piston

Son L 49

AJ K 31

WFTF PCP

Dave C 58 * Tie high match score

Lonnie S 52

Mark W 50

Hunter PCP

Scott S 58 * Tie high match score

Dane S 56

John D 56

Chris K 56

Conrad R 55

Erick S 55

Kevin H 52

Sam R 51

Joe B 50

Bill C 50

Weiye Z 50

Larry G 49

Marty G 45

Jeff S 44

Grant S 44

Darren T 44

Mark B 10 * Our new shooter never having shot FT prior.

We finish up before at 1:00pm where chilli dogs with all the condiments! Chips, drinks and cookies!

After some food the crew gets out on the course tearing it back down with bricks on the trailer and targets tossed in their boxes heading up to get fresh paint.

A small work crew gets the targets prettied up for next month and properly stacked into the tubs.

An informal announcement is made on how everyone had done (as many had already bugged out) and we then reopen range for those who wished to stay and play with other airguns. We had about 10 or so stick around for an hour and a half until about 3:00.

So there we have it, another excellent club field target event well attended with loads of laughs and giggles mixed in with groans of missed targets.

THANK YOU to all that attended this month, and those who helped out get an extra thanks!

Until next month when we do it again at range 9 of the Sacramento Valley Shooting Center on September 22nd .... Be well, stay sharp and we'll challenge you all once again !!

Scott Schneider

SVFTC Match Director