A 60 shot match will be held on Saturday March 23 at DIFTA at the IWLAWAC chapter, 26430 Mullinix Mill Road, Mt Airy MD 21771. This is the opening match of our season.
The course is 10 lanes, with one kneeling and one offhand lane, with three targets per lane shot twice. The Troyer value for the course is 30.05; with six targets > 40T, six targets with 0.375”or 0.5” kill zones and eleven targets set out at > 40 yards.
WE NEED A FEW HELPERS AT 8:30 AM TO SET OUT STRINGS. The sight in range will be open from 9:00 – 9:50. Mandatory shooters and safety meeting and squad assignments at 9:50. Match starts at 10:00 am sharp.
Match fees are $10 for IWLAWAC members and $15 for guests. We need a minimum of 4 shooters to run the match, SO PLEASE SIGNUP IN ADVANCE. If we don’t reach a quorum by 10:00 pm on Thursday 3/21 we will post a cancellation notice that evening.
Mark & Paulo
We have a good sign up for the match, but unfortunately the forecast is 100% rain on Saturday, with a steady rate or around 0.2" per hour for the duration of the match.
DIFTA Match Report Sunday, March 24, 2024
Eight shooters turned out for the opening match of the season. This was a 60-shot match with an average difficulty of 30.9 T, with six targets > 40T, six targets with 0.375”or 0.5” kill zones, and eleven targets at > 40 yards. The match started out sunny and windy, with below freezing temperatures, gradually warming up to 40° by the end of the match. Despite steady rain on Saturday, which caused the match to be postponed, the ground was frozen solid but turned into mud as the temperature climbed. The major challenges were frozen fingers, which made single shot loading a challenge, and variable winds with gusts above 10 mph.
The match high score of 46/60 was shot by Greg White in Hunter Division, followed by Scott Broom, with a tie between Tae Chung and Tom Strong. Mark King led WFTF, with a tie between Paolo Amadeo and Mike Beyerle.
Greg White took the lead in Hunter Division sharing the 2nd highest score of the day of 63/72.
As always many thanks to those who travel long distances to compete and keep our sport alive
Paolo Amadeo acted as match Director.
The next match at DIFTA is on Saturday April 20.
