95 degrees with high humidity. That describes
the weather away from the protection of the big oak trees at the Widder today.
It was actually comfortable. The occasional breeze rustling through the leaves
made for a pleasant match. Well halfway through the match the occasional breeze
increased to the next level...whatever that is. It made the longer shots a bit
more difficult. We had 8 participants today. I was paired with David Stewart...a
new shooter. This was his second match. He doubled his score from the last match.
That's not bad at all. He was shooting an RWS 350. When he gets his HW77 set
up...watch out.
Harold Rushton was paired with Rod Bradley. Harold was in his normal top form
and only dropped one target all day. Whew! We are discussing bringing an air
horn for when...uhhh, never mind. Rod was shooting International and only dropped
5. This was Rod's first trip to the Widder. I appreciate the effort he made
to get there. He drove about 3.5 hours.
David S. and Dottie were paired up today. David had scope issues. His click
settings suddenly changed and everything was going high...way high. It wasn't
a revolution off either. I hate equipment problems. Dottie on the other hand
was clearing lane after lane and only dropped 3 shots...and she never practices...that's
being in the "zone."
Roz and Pat were paired up. They were always at the other end of the course
from me but I managed to get a photo at lane 1. Roz only dropped 6 shots and
Pat dropped 12. I think this is one of Pat's highest scores.
We had no target issues that caused a change in the score sheet. We had one
target fail at the very beginning of the match. I replaced it immediately and
the match continued as normal. It's funny that I replaced a fairly new target
with a 20 year old target that's seen way more than it's share of matches. The
old squirrel is as dependable as it gets. The tree mounted bear almost fell
off the tree as the screws weren't secured very well about halfway through the
match. It made the target hard to reset but that was the only issue. It worked
fine.
I appreciate all the help at the end of the match to gather targets, wind strings
and pick up the range. And I appreciate Pat getting there early and helping
with the range and running strings.
Shane, we missed you man!
Scores:
Open PCP
Harold 59
David B. 58
Dottie 57
Roz 54
Pat 48
International
Rod 55
David S. 39
Springer
David St 12
Rod and Harold