WWCCA September 21, 2008
Field Target Match Report

I was wondering what the day would bring, as it was foggy when we arrived at the range at 8:30 am. But the fog lifted while we were on the practice range and by the time we completed the course of fire the sun had shown its wonderful face. It was in the lower seventies with a 5 to 7 mph wind, you couldn’t ask for a better September day in Michigan. Dan Delproposto and I set up the range on Saturday and it was sure nice to see some standard sized kill zones on the field targets after our experience at the Nationals last week. Fritz Sanders resolved his elevation knob issues on his TX 200 and shot his best match this season for first place in the piston division. James Sumpter gave Fritz a run for his money, as James and Fritz shot the same score. However, Fritz shot a longer string of targets with no misses for the tie breaker. Congratulations Fritz on some great shooting.

Shooter	Gun	Scope	Pellet	Cal	Score	Class
Jim Stanis	Theoben MFR	Leopold	JSB	.177	56	PCP
Rick Broughton	Theoben E Type	Hawke 3-12	JSB	.22	52	Hunter
Fritz Sanders	TX 200 HC	Swift 8-32x50	CPL	.177	49	Piston
James Sumpter	TX 200 SR	BSA 10-50x60	JSB	.177	49	Piston
Tim Engelhardt	Prosport	Bushnell 6-24x40	JSB	.177	46	Piston
Rick Stewart	HW-97	Swift 8-32x50	CPL	.177	40	Piston
Karen Engelhardt	HW-97	Nikko 10-50x60	CPL	.177	20	Piston

We were all blessed to be out on the range and it sure was nice to see some of our local shooters that we haven’t seen at the club this season. Everyone that attended the match commented on the great weather and how much fun it was to shoot the targets, it wasn’t nearly as difficult as the Nationals were last week as the scores show. Thanks to Dan Delproposto for cleaning up the practice range as the shooters headed to the walk through range for the field target lanes. Special thanks to Fritz Sanders, James Sumpter, Rick Stewart and Karen for their help in cleaning up and storing the equipment after the match. Jim Stanis and Rick Broughton had family commitments to attend to as did Dan, but it was great to have everyone take time out to enjoy our wonderful club. We all need to squeeze in any time at the range we can.

This was our last scheduled field target match for the season and as in past years we will have our family fun shoot next month to close out our season. It’s been quite a learning experience for me and Karen in that we have shot field target for several years and there is much more involved in actually setting up and running an event than we anticipated. Thanks to everyone for their support and encouragement in our new responsibilities as air gun chairpersons at WWCCA.

Tim Engelhardt

WWCCA Air gun Chairman