BCSA (Broome County Sportsmens Assoc. Binghamton, NY) September 8th, 2018 Match Report

BCSA September 8th, 2018 Match Report

3 days after our last match, this happened!

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Yep, the creek decided it had enough of flowing where it was and decided to take a new path! The club’s ground crew were on it…..repair made…….and we were back in business…..well, at least for now since they are forecasting up to 3” of rain over the next 24-36 hours!

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The early forecast for this month’s match was looking pretty good……….and when match day came…….it didn’t disappoint! The day was overcast with temperatures starting out in the mid 50’s and rose to the mid 60’s. There was a slight breeze that arose from time to time which made the participants for the day second guess their holds prior to releasing the shot! Definitely a welcomed day after all the heat and humidity we’ve been dealing with lately. I even decided to leave the canopies off so that we could enjoy the weather!

28 people were on hand for the match…what a great turnout! Miles Howard and Jeff Little made their first trips to BSCA….welcome!! Also on hand were the statisticians, my wife Pat and Paul’s wife Janet…..Thanks for all the record keeping!

My wife and I had things ready to go by the time the first competitors for the day arrived. Sight-in commenced just before 8:00am and ended around 9:10am. We all then made our way over to the range to start the days activities! The course of fire for the day was 10 lanes with 3 targets per lane. There was one standing lane with target difficulties of 46.7T, 45.5T & 45.5T and one kneeling lane with difficulties of 43.2T, 42.8T and 30.0T (no environmental factors added). The course difficulty for the day was a 35.7T with 15 of the 30 targets being over 40 yards………nope………they all weren’t full sized as the competitors for the day can attest to! The rifle match went on without a hitch……no cold lines and no protests!

Ray Apelles opted to shoot the entire match off hand to get some practice in. The difficulty for doing that ended up being a 55.0T. 14 of the targets (shooting standing) were above 60T, with 3 of those being over 70T!

Match high for the day was shared by Brian Van Liew and Dennis Himes, both with impressive 53’s! From my understanding, Jeff Little missed his final shot and ended up with a 52. There could have been a 3-way tie for match high and a Hunter PCP shoot-off! We did end up with a shoot-off for 3^rd place in WFTF PCP between Mike Harris and Glenn Thomas. The target that was chosen was a 1” KZ at 43.5 yards. Each missed on their first shots and Mike was able to connect on his second shot giving him 3^rd place.

After the conclusion of the rifle match, awards were presented and strings were pulled to get ready for the pistol match. There was also plenty of can I try this or that going on. We are always on the lookout for the next best thing!

The pistol match consisted of 10 lanes with 2 targets per lane. There was 1 standing lane with the following difficulties, 46.9T and 29.4T. Guess it didn’t bother Nic Gregoris or Craig Evans since both of them came out with 3 out of 4 for that lane!

There was 1 cold line due to a string break, but a quick fix and all was back on track. Nic ended up with a 34 out of 40 to distance himself from the rest of the field and lock down a first place win!

At the conclusion of the pistol match, 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:

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The Results:

Rifle Match Results (60 shot match):

Pistol Match Results (40 shot Match):