BCSA May 12th, 2018 Match Report
Oooopppps I mean BCSA May 13th Match Report! Yep, again, rain 80% to 100% of an all day rain was forecast for Match day! I sent out a few emails earlier in the week wondering how people felt about rescheduling for Sunday………..YES, Mothers Day! Finally!!! I had a few responses that said they were in, so I waited till Friday before making the final call. Yep, match cancelled for Saturday, but on for Sunday!
We had 17 participants with 18 scores for our rescheduled match! Brian VanLiew shot both WFTF PCP and Open PCP. An excellent turnout for a non-scheduled match!
The weather for the day was overcast with a slight wind that would creep up on you from time to time! Dennis Himes commented on how the wind was blowing 1 way on the sight-in range and blowing totally opposite on the FT range even though they both face the same direction! Wish I could say I planned it that way!
The match was underway just a little after 9am and after about 3 hours it was over! The particulars for the match were 10 lanes with 3 targets per lane which gave us a 60 shot match. Besides the normal freestyle lanes, there was 1 Standing lane and 1 Kneeling lane. The average yardage for the day was 36.12 yards. We had 16 targets beyond 40 yards, with 7 of those being beyond 50 yards! The difficulty was 35.11 with no environmental factors applied. There were plenty of compliments about the layout and it being a tough match, but not so difficult that it felt like any of the targets were undo-able!
At the conclusion of the rifle match, Jerry LaRocca & Ray Apelles were tied with scores of 44 in WFTF Piston. The shoot-off commenced. First target up was a 1” target at what was 41 yards, BUT they chose to shoot it from a couple of lanes over which made it about 47 yards+. Both missed…..then both hit..on to the next. The next target was an 1.5” target at 42.5 yards Standing. After going shot for shot for almost a half a dozen times, both decided to call it a tie for the day!
After a brief break and the presenting of the rifle awards, the pistol match was started.
We had 6 pistol shooters with all but 1 shooting Hunter Pistol. Nathan Thomas was the lone limited Pistol shooter for the day!. Another note about the pistol match, Brian VanLiew shot pistol after having just shot 2 rifles during the rifle match! 160 shots on target for the day!
The only cold line for the day was at the start of the pistol match when one of the strings “magically” broke a few feet in front of the target. A quick fix and all was well!
The pistol match came to an end and everyone immediately jumped in and started packing away the targets! Boy do things cleanup quick with many hands!
I want to thank everyone for coming out and spending the day at BCSA (on Mothers Day) for this re-scheduled match! Hopefully this won’t be a sign of what the weather pattern for the summer will be like!
The Pictures from Saturday’s match can be seen here: (Sorry for not putting a few in the report, still figuring out Imgur)
The Results:
Rifle Match Results (60 shot match):
Jerry LaRocca |
WFTF - Piston |
TX200 MK II |
Bushnell 8-32x40 |
AA 8.44 |
44 |
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Ray Apelles |
WFTF - Piston |
Diana D54 Bullpup |
March FX 5-40x56 |
AA 8.44 |
44 |
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Nathan Thomas |
WFTF - Piston |
Walther LGU |
Bushnell 8-32x40 |
AA 8.44 |
36 |
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Brian VanLiew |
Open - PCP |
FX 400 Royale |
Nikko Diamond 10-50 |
AA 10.34 |
46 |
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Art Deuel |
Open - PCP |
FWB 800 Basic FT |
Sighton SIII 10-50 |
JSB 10.34 |
44 |
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Hans Apelles |
Open - PCP |
Crosman 1720T Rifle |
Leupold Comp 35 |
AA 8.44 |
29 |
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Rosalie Paulsen |
Open - PCP |
Crosman 1720T Rifle |
Mueller 8-32x44 |
AA 8.44 |
9 |
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Brian VanLiew |
WFTF - PCP |
FX Bobcat MKI |
Nikko Diamond 10-50 |
JSB 7.87 |
39 |
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Glenn Thomas |
WFTF - PCP |
FWB 800 Basic FT |
Bushnell 8-32x40 |
AA 8.44 |
34 |
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Dennis Himes |
Hunter - PCP |
Daystate Airwolf MCT |
Hawke Sidewinder 4-16 |
JSB 10.34 |
53 |
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Tom Himes |
Hunter - PCP |
Daystate Airwolf MCT |
Hawke ED |
AA 10.34 |
50 |
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Sean McDaniel |
Hunter - PCP |
FX Streamline |
Hawke Airmax |
AA 10.34 |
38 |
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David Lee |
Hunter - PCP |
BSA Ultra |
Leapers 4-16 |
JSB 13.4 |
21 |
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Louis Hopewell |
Hunter - PCP |
Benjamin Maximus |
CenterPoint |
CP 14.3 |
11 |
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Bill Campbell |
Hunter - PCP |
Benjamin Maximus |
Hawke |
CP 14.3 |
2 |
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Greg Shirhall |
Hunter - Piston |
Walther LGU |
Bushnell 6-24x40 |
AA 8.44 |
39 |
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Eric Brewer |
Hunter - Piston |
Walther LGU |
Optisan Viper |
JSB 7.87 |
34 |
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Paul Manktelow |
Hunter - Piston |
Beeman R9 |
Hawke |
Kodiak |
29 |
Pistol Match Results (40 shot Match)
Eric Brewer |
Hunter - Pistol |
Crosman 1720T |
Optisan Viper |
JSB 8.44 |
31 |
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Brian VanLiew |
Hunter - Pistol |
FX Elite Custom |
UTG 3-12 |
AA 8.44 |
26 |
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Sean McDaniel |
Hunter - Pistol |
FX Ranchero |
Hawke |
JSB 8.44 |
20 |
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Bill Campbell |
Hunter - Pistol |
Marauder Pistol |
4x |
CP 14.3 |
12 |
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Louis Hopewell |
Hunter - Pistol |
Marauder Pistol |
Red Dot |
CP 14.3 |
2 |
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Nathan Thomas |
Limited - Pistol |
Crosman 1720T |
Hawke Airmax 3-12 |
AA 8.44 |
34 |
Greg, Sweet to read about the FT results of your match today. Good turn out and some great shooting. I made my first event of the season last weekend and still haven't seen the match write up. Your match reports are always very timely and I'm sure all the participants appreciate it. Great Job!
