BCSA August 11th, 2018 Match Report
Well……Here we go again!! The forecast for Match day changed quite a few times throughout the prior week. The forecast went from bad to worse to great to bad to worse! Yep…it was gonna be an all day rain! My wife Pat and I talked it over as to whether we should cancel, but decided to go for it and see what would happen. Pat, Dave Lee and myself did the setup on Friday afternoon so we were ready to go come Saturday. I sent out an email warning the competitors of the possibility of a wet day and said it was up to them if they wanted to attend. I also told them if they wanted to attend that we’d be there for them.
Saturday came and there was a moderate rain, so off to the course we went. We pulled all the strings than my wife and I figured we’d sit and watch the rain before setting out the sight-in targets. Wouldn’t you know after a little bit of time people started arriving! Then they kept arriving!And kept arriving! We ended up with 22 competitors for the day! What a turnout for what was a not so pleasant day. I’m pretty sure they all know we would have the canopies set-up so they decided to chance it!
Below are the weather stats for the match. The rifle match started at around 9:15am and ended a little after noon. The pistol match ended about 2:15pm…….yep, just over a half inch of rain for the match:
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Of the 22 rifle shooters, Mike Harris, Rick Vaeth and Shawn Pragle made their first trips to BCSA……Welcome! We also had 3 women on the line today, Betsy Dunlap, Sue Burley and Rosalie Paulsen! There was 1 cold line that was a string tangle where the string got wrapped around the base of the target. With all the rain that took place, I was pleased that the string issue was the only problem!
Of our 3 WFTF Piston shooters for the day, Ray Apelles and Nathan Thomas shot the entire course either kneeling or standing! The easiest target on the forced standing lane was a 47T and by the looks of how the rest of us did on that lane, we probably all could have used that kind of practice!
After the conclusion of the rifle match, Pat and Janet Manktelow tallied all the results while Betsy Dunlap brought out a cake to celebrate Doug Dunlap’s upcoming 70th Birthday! Match High for the day Sean McDaniel led everyone in a chorus of “Happy Birthday to You”. After a quick sugar injection, we handed out the rifle awards and got the pistol match started!
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4 people shot the pistol match while 6 of us sat around and shot something else! At the conclusion of the pistol match we had a tie for first place between Eric Brewer and Nic Gregoris for 1st place in Hunter Pistol! Each took a shot at a 1.5 inch target at 31 yards and both knocked it down. I then had them shoot at 1 of the rifle targets that was a 0.5 inch KZ at 19.3 yards……a 60.8T target for pistol. Eric knocked it down on the first shot but Nic was unable to match Eric and ended up settling for second place.
The awards were handed out and the remaining people jumped in and helped with the teardown. Thanks ALL!!!
The Pictures from Saturday’s match can be seen here: https://imgur.com/a/ou9KSEv
The Results:
Rifle Match Results (60 shot match):
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Brian VanLiew |
Open - PCP |
FX Bobcat |
Kahles 10-50 |
AA 8.44 |
48 |
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Hans Apelles |
Open - PCP |
Crosman 1720T Rifle |
Mueller 8-32x44 |
AA 8.44 |
28 |
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Rosalie Paulsen |
Open - PCP |
Crosman 1720T Rifle |
Mueller 8-32x44 |
AA 8.44 |
16 |
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Mike Harris |
WFTF - PCP |
Steyr LG100 |
Sighton SIII 10-50 |
AA 8.44 |
43 |
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Glenn Thomas |
WFTF - PCP |
FWB 800 |
Bushnell 8-32 |
AA 8.44 |
36 |
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Nicolas Gregoris |
WFTF - Piston |
HW 97K |
Sightron 6-24 |
AA 8.44 |
32 |
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Nathan Thomas |
WFTF - Piston |
Walther LGU |
Bushnell 8-32 |
AA 8.44 |
24 |
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Ray Apelles |
WFTF - Piston |
Diana D54 Bullpup |
March FX 5-40x56 |
AA 8.44 |
21 |
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Sean McDaniel |
Hunter - PCP |
FX Streamline |
Hawke Airmax 8-32 |
JSB 10.34 |
49 |
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Ken Burley |
Hunter - PCP |
Benjamin Marauder |
UTG |
AA 10.34 |
36 |
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Shawn Pragle |
Hunter - PCP |
Benjamin Marauder |
Aeon |
JSB 10.34 |
35 |
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Doug Dunlap |
Hunter - PCP |
FX 400 |
Hawke |
JSB 14.3 |
32 |
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Rick Vaeth |
Hunter - PCP |
Daystate Air Wolf |
Sightron STAC 5-20x50 |
AA 10.34 |
24 |
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Betsy Dunlap |
Hunter - PCP |
Benjamin Marauder |
Hawke |
AA 10.34 |
23 |
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Sue Burley |
Hunter - PCP |
Crosman Challenger |
UTG |
AA 8.44 |
22 |
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Dave Lee |
Hunter - PCP |
Daystate CRX |
Bushnell 6-24x40 |
JSB 10.34 |
18 |
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Louis Hopewell |
Hunter - PCP |
Gamo Urban |
Centerpoint |
CP 14.3 |
7 |
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Bill Campbell |
Hunter - PCP |
Benjamin Maximus |
Centerpoint |
CP 14.3 |
2 |
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Eric Brewer |
Hunter - Piston |
Walther LGU |
Sighton SIII 10-50 |
JSB 8.44 |
37 |
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Greg Shirhall |
Hunter - Piston |
Walther LGU |
Bushnell 6-24x40 |
AA 8.44 |
34 |
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Paul Manktelow |
Hunter - Piston |
Walther LGU |
Hawke 10-50x60 |
AA 10.34 |
20 |
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Jim Wilcox |
Hunter - Piston |
AA TX200 MK-II |
Hawke SR Pro 8-32 |
AA 8.44 |
10 |
Pistol Match Results (40 shot Match):
Eric Brewer |
Hunter - Pistol |
Crosman 1720T |
Optisan Viper 4-12 |
JSB 8.44 |
33 |
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Nicolas Gregoris |
Hunter - Pistol |
Crosman 1720T |
Hawke 4-12 |
JSB 10.3 |
33 |
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Sean McDaniel |
Hunter - Pistol |
Crosman 1720T |
MTC Viper |
JSB 9.4 |
31 |
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Nathan Thomas |
Limited - Pistol |
Crosman 1720T-Custom |
Hawke 4-12 |
AA 8.44 |
25 |
Greg & Pat, Once again another awesome match and report! The effort you and your crew put into Your matches shows in your attendance especially in bad weather. Hope I can make it down to your next one. I certainly appreciate your expedient match reports as I am sure many others do. It seems some clubs are no longer recognizing the importance of getting the results out. I nominate BCSA as the Northeast FT club of the year. Great Job!
