As always, thanks to everybody that came to shoot with us.  We had Kentucky and West Virginia well represented, plus Steve L. made the long, cold trip down from Ohio.   It was a COLD (I think under 30 most of the time), windy day, but bright and clear .  Carolyn started us off on the right foot with a meal of ham and beans, santa fe chili (extra good, not exactly like anything Ive had before), corn muffins, various fixings and desserts, which Sterling supplemented with his famous brownies!  Bo and Carl delivered the goods and brought good, dry firewood for the barrel, thanks you all for helping knock the chill off!  PAB and Jerry did the scoring, today, and I owe them a few favors, as they did a great job, and I enjoyed a change .  Steve B. started the formalities and shot the match, while I played with my computer and collected targets most of the time.

10 shooters participated, and the top 5 strings were:
Jeanette H. 2.7650
Bo C. 2.9300
Don R. 3.3850
Bobby G. 3.6120
Carl K. 4.2120

Jeanette started off solidly and never really let up.  Her "worst" shot was 0.44" on the last relay!  Bo  also shot extremely consistently, with only two shots just a hair over half an inch, most well under.  And Don R. in 3rd only had 2 shots over half an inch as well.  This game is getting pretty serious, it looks like to me .  We were especially glad to have Bobby G. back with us shooting after his ordeal with back surgery and recovery.

Carl K. won the Silver Eagle with a best X of 0.0550.  

The 50 yard pot shot went to Don R., with a very nice 0.15" X!  Remember, that is one practice shot and one for record at 50 yards.  It would have been a good X at 25 yards.  

As this is the last match of the year, we also awarded prizes for the season's best performances in memory of our friend Bob Redding.

The shooter of the year was Bobby G. with an incredible string of 7.043" for his best three matches here.  That is an average (for the three best matches) of 2.4377"!  He won the highly prized hornstrap that Sterling made (It says "Aim small, miss small.  Bryan Station Table Shoot." and is a real work of art. Thanks Sterling!).  Bobby also got a Bob Redding Memorial Table Match Travelling Trophy/Plaque with his name on a placard in the first position (where he likes to see it ).  This was no fluke, as Bobby also had the shortest string of the year, 2.1060.

The second and third place shooters for the year also received plaques.  Carl K. was 2nd, with a 3 best string of 8.2720 and a 3 best average of  2.7573.  In 3rd, Bo C had a string of 9.2300 and average of  3.0767.  Very good shooting all around, and three more shooters had averages in the 3's, so this was not an easy competition!

We also awarded a plaque and a 2oz. silver coin for the best X of the year.  That went to Jeanette H., who made an incredible 0.0020" spider on the first relay of the March match.  Talk about not procrastinating!  Steve and I did not even remember that shot until I started compiling the data for the year, but Jeanette apparently knew what we were going to do and put a good one in the bank !    

Once again, it has been a year of good shooting and great fellowship, and we have enjoyed all of you at these shoots.  We hope that every has a great holiday break this winter and look forward to seeing you all back next year!

As always, comments and criticism welcome.     

Last edited by barton (11/10/2018 11:01 PM)