2017 July Markham Newlsetter

Markham Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays July 2017 Volume 8 Issue 7 July 13-16, 2017 ATA Southern Zone Championship Silver Dollar Shooters Club

Starting July 1st all Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays Tournaments have been CANCELLED.

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July 2017

OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS 2016 OFFICERS

Club News - Magazine Review 4-11 Calender of Events Club Calender

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PRESIDENT—Vacant

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VICE PRESIDENT—Vacant

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TREASURER—Vacant

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SECRETARY— Joe Loitz

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RECORDING SECRETARY—Jerry Schwab

DIRECTORS:

Palm Beach Trap/Skeet Pro Shop

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Sporting Clays Program and Results

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Skeet Program and Results

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Inside this Calender issue: FSA Skeet

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Trap Program

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Trap Results

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Youth Program

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Rich Nilsen

Contact info: Markham Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays 11873 NW 30th Street Coral Springs, FL 33065 •

www.markhamclaytargets.com

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www.markhamskeet.org

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www.markhamsportingclays.org

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E-mail: jloit@bellsouth.net

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Newsletter: jloit@bellsouth.net

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Next General Meeting Thursday September 7th Starting at 7:00 PM

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Club News As most of you know by now all of the registered skeet, trap, and sporting clays tournaments at Markham have been cancelled until the new fiscal year starts on October 1st.

This has to do with the 3% raise the employees received. It was not accounted for in the budget so the money was taken out of the operating fund. Meaning the park could run out of money for targets before October 1st. If that happens the club will close until new funding occurs on October 1st. That’s it.

Sadly I need to inform the clubmembers Joe Squarzini died suddenly April 13th. His funeral and burial took place this in Virginia.

Harvey Zipkin one of our skeet shooters also lost his battle with lymphoma in March.

Harvey placed as a Sub-Sub-Senior Second Team All-American in 1984. They will be missed.

In other club news the skeet shoot went well, with 9 shooters firing at 1200 targets.

Neil Woolfolk walked off with the 12 ga. event with a perfect 50 and followed it up with a win in the 20 ga. with a 48.

He also won the HOA followed

two targets behind by Ed Ford, Sr. Robert Vasquez won the 28 ga. event and Asif Sheerahamed won the .410. The Doubles were cancelled by rain.

The trapshoot saw 25 competitors fire at 4,800 targets. Alex Riera broke a lone 99 to lead the Singles and Marcos Vidal followed close behind with a nice 98. Marcos continued his fine shooting with a 95 in the Handicap to lead the event. We threw a mini Doubles marathon, throwing 1,700 Doubles targets alone. Alex Riera and Joe Loitz had the high scores with 93’s.

You can file complaints about the tournaments with the county and hopefully it will have some influence. We are pursuing this and perhaps it will prove influencing enough to bring the tournaments back.

In the meantime we still have the practice fields open, so take advantage of them. I want to wish all of our shooters heading up to the SCTP Championships and the ATA Southern Zone, Good Luck!

Until next time, see you at the club!

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Magazine Reviews Shotgun Sports – July 2017

Monday night with the kids and they love it.

Michael J. Keyes, M.D.’s articles always sound so discouraging. He can’t resist making everything sound impossible to achieve.

In his mind if your practice sessions aren’t as arduous as a Marine Corps boot camp you haven’t done them right! Practice is not necessarily an onerous thing. I enjoy practicing, why wouldn’t I? I’m shooting, so the presumption is that I’m having fun regardless of what I’m trying to accomplish.

Skill sports are arduous when it comes to concentration but physically they aren’t very taxing. If they are, you probably aren’t going to get any good out of the exercise.

I always found Wobble trap to be one of my favorite games. Using the second shot to shoot the pieces has ever been one of my favorite shooting activities. Go out and shoot sporting clays and shoot singles only, also shooting any pieces. Not only is it fun, it teaches you how to stay in the gun and how to shift your eyes to a second target. Something we will address in Phil Kiner’s article. It also teaches something that can’t be taught, only learned, how to really handle your shotgun.

Shoot enough pieces and you become truly unconscious with your shooting!

He does bring up a good finding from his evervigilant research, deliberate fun is just as important as deliberate practice. Too many shooters get so hung-up on becoming better in their chosen discipline they forget how much fun shooting can be. Try to weave some deliberate fun into your shooting regime when you can. For some this is trying to master one of the sister disciplines: skeet, trap, or sporting clays. Playing games on Wednesday night at Markham is always fun. We play the same games on

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Magazine Review TRAP & FIELD – June 2017 Bob Palmer addresses issues from the distaff side of the world this month. I would think women in the shooting sports are an accepted fact at this point but I can only guess there are still some prejudiced individuals out there who think shooting is a man’s sport. I never see it, yet I expect it remains a problem. Truthfully, my best students have almost always been girls. They listen and follow instruction much better than boys. Anyway, Bob has some suggestions for our female shooters.

out help from someone familiar with women and shooting. Don’t assume everyone understands those differences. There are specialists out there and with an internet search you can get help.

When confronted with sexism, image you are standing on one side of a stage (Why a stage? I don’t know.) and your antagonist is on the other side. Now imagine yourself the size of a giant compared to him. Trivialize him and build yourself up into someone who is a giant, crushing targets, and smiling down on your opponent as you do it.

This also works if you feel left out of team activities or coaching assistance.

Build yourself up or look for a better coach, one who wants to help you reach your goals rather than his.

He goes into other female issues such as gun fit and the physical differences women experience in shooting. Seek 6

Phil Kiner and I agree on some of the nuances of Doubles shooting this month. Don’t use open chokes is the first point of agreement. I have always used Modified and Full in my O/U’s. Open chokes on the first target like IC or Skeet won’t get you more targets and may make you sloppy in your approach to such a crucial target. Make a move to the first target and don’t spot-shoot it is the second point of agreement. Spot-shooting will let you down at just the wrong moment.

Break each target on purpose, keep the move slight but do make a move to break the first bird.

When it comes to the second target, slow down and shoot at a speed you can reproduce is probably the best way to describe swinging to it. If you can’t reproduce it then you really didn’t make the shot on purpose. If you aren’t swinging on purpose then it’s nothing more than a guess even when it works. You can only swing a barrel as fast as you can keep track of it in your peripheral vision. Swing too fast and you have to reacquire the barrel when you get near the target. This means you are probably stopping your barrel and looking at it which is never a good idea. Use a steady, smooth swing at a constant speed with no sudden accelerations of the barrel.

We do disagree when he says fire right at the second target. I say stay under the second target.

Most people just learning to shoot Doubles correctly will arrive late to the second target, meaning it’s starting to drop. Shoot at it but stay under it. No lead is required but stay under it.

Practice your eye shift to the second target using your squadmates’ Doubles targets. When they are shooting watch the first target break then shift your eyes to their second target. Personally, I believe shooting Wobble trap is a better exercise.

Shoot your target then shoot any chips left in the air. Either way practicing eye shift is a good idea.

After you break the first target shift your eyes to the second target as you swing in its direction.

This is a skill hunters acquire naturally in the field, at least that’s how I learned it. Practice eye shift either by shooting pieces in Wobble trap or by watching Doubles targets and you will become a better Doubles shot.

We also agree, learn one Doubles post and the rest will fall into place. Post 2 for righties or Post 4 for lefties are the easiest posts. Learn these and you can relate them to the other four posts.

Keep your gun’s POI the same as your Singles POI is another point of agreement. Lastly, he suggests holding lower on Post 4 and 5 than you do on 1 and 2. I don’t know why you would suggest this. I raise my hold point on Post 4. It has to do with keeping the second target in my peripheral vision.

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Magazine Review CLAYTARGET-NATION – June 2017 Perfectionists who want to succeed must develop coping tools to keep their ego disassociated from their shooting success. You can’t control everything and you can’t always be perfect but you can on occasion perform well enough to succeed more than the average shooter. You can’t expect to win every event but it can happen several times in a row and this is what the perfectionist should shoot for not perfection every time. To set this thinking in motion John Shima lays out a three-step success orientation process.

The three-steps are: Analyze, systemize, and automatize. Analyze the cause of any recurring problems in your shooting system.

Is the underlying issue mechanical, visual, or mental? To fix any problems use training drills to restore or reprogram your adaptive unconscious (subconscious). Systematize your shooting reflex to the correct or corrected form by using the training drills. Finally, shoot normal rounds of skeet to develop an Automatized trust in your shooting reflex.

John doesn’t believe in analyzing weak hits or misses during practice or in competition.

Doing so can lead to getting your Ego involved in the evaluation. Forgive and forget the miss and trust in your shooting reflex is his mantra. I can’t do this. I am constantly evaluating my hits but with the exception, I don’t take it personally. Evaluating what I am doing is second nature and forewarns me about possible missteps I may make in the future. Trust in my shooting isn’t the issue, so I allow myself the shot evaluation. _________________

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Never missing the easy targets places more shooters on the podium than hitting all the hard ones. Clayton M. Rue tells us to give the easy targets the same level of focus as the hard ones. Beyond that his only advice it to work on your mental game. ______________________ It’s hard to detach yourself from your shooting but this has been John Shima’s theme now for several years.

Habits are formed from a cue, routine, and reward and is preceded by a desire or craving. The idea is to break this routine by eliminating the desire or craving or by redirecting it.

Instead of desiring or craving a broken target we should simply be happy to be shooting. This is asking a lot in such a goal oriented sport. Crave watching the target break rather than needing to break it. Crave the experience or process not the score. Concentrate on the process, watching the target break.

Instead of being hooked on the final score, get hooked on the process of shooting. You must respect the power of your cravings and recognize the

relationship between your cravings and their cues. The solution is to release your emotional attachment to the result and to redirect your craving from score to the sensual experience of shooting. This is all part of his mindful shooting philosophy. Be happy watching the target break rather than basing your happiness on a successful shot.

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Magazine Review SHOOTING SPORTSMAN – July/ August 2017 Chris Batha gives us some suggestions this month on finding the right coach. Where do you start? Ask yourself: What is the goal? What do you want to accomplish by taking lessons and what do you expect out of your coach? Do you just want to fix one specific shot or do you want to improve your game in general? Define what you want to learn then communicate that with your instructor.

Keep in mind what you want to learn and your present abilities along with a reasonable improvement goal. Research the instructor’s credentials and their experience. Personality and ability to communicate freely are important contact points between you

and an instructor. Also consider how far you are willing to travel and how often you are willing to do it. For elitetraining you may be more willing to travel. Try several instructors before you decide on one as your primary coach.

What kind of background should your coach have? Top-level competitors turned coach are the ones you seek to raise yourself to the next level as a competitor. They have advice on their experience reaching the highest levels of their sport. Level One thru Three NSCA and NSSA coaches can walk you thru every phase of learning from the beginning stages to advanced training, fixing specific problems in your game.

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Individual lessons are more expensive but are tailored to your problems, addressing your needs specifically. Group lessons can be good if they are aimed at one specific aspect of shooting like Doubles Trap or Skeet or beginning group lessons. If the focus of the group is right for you then group lessons are advised. I have given group lessons on Doubles Trap and have had Ladies Day groups that have been quite successful. I have also

watched coaches profess “secrets” of the game to groups of shooters who really needed individual instruction rather than strategic advice.

Their individual problems were never adequately addressed.

I cannot believe I have come 180o on the idea of instruction. I used to think it wasn’t necessary but now I believe it is the most practical and cheapest way of making leaps in your shooting skills. There is nothing written that will get you to the highest levels of shooting.

Our sport is too dynamic. Much like tennis and golf, you need an instructor to tell you what you are doing right and what you are doing wrong. How would you know what is right and wrong without the vast experience instructors bring? Get instruction from several sources and decide what works for you is the best advice.

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“Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts. ” ― Phil Jackson 12

Calender of events: Gun Shows: August 12-13 Ft. Lauderdale War Memorial Aud.

Dick’s: They are running specials every other week. Watch the papers and check out their website.

Skeet this month: Port Malabar

July 28-30th

Trap this month: South Florida

July 8th

Markham

July 22nd

Sporting This month: OK Corral

July 8th

Markham

July 15th

South Florida

July 16th

Quail Creek

July 22nd

Current shell specials: Walmart: Currently selling Winchester Universal and Federal 4 packs at $21.74 (12 & 20 ga.).

Cabela’s has Herter’s shells on sale for $579.90 for 10 flats. This includes shipping. These are 11/8 oz., 7 1/2’s & 8’s, 1200 fps, 12 gauge.

“If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.” ― Ilie Nastase 13

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Sporting Clays

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10 Youth Program Cancelled

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11 Skeet Night

18 Skeet Night

25 Skeet Night

12 Trap Night

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Trap Night

9 Skeet Night

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Sporting Clays

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Sporting Clays

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2015-2016 Schedule of NSCA Sporting Clay Tournaments

Date

Tournament

Saturday - Jan 21, 2017

Snow Bird Open

Sunday - Feb 5, 2017

Honest Abe's Birthday Bash

Sunday - Mar 26, 2017

St. Patrick's Day Open

Saturday - Apr 16, 2017

Spring Blast

Sunday - May 21, 2017

Memorial Day Open

Saturday - Jun 24, 2017

15th Annual Sunshine State Classic

Saturday - Jul 15, 2017

Super Sizzle Open

Saturday - Aug 12, 2017

Summers End Open

Sunday - Oct. 8, 2017

Pumpkin Blast

Sunday—Nov. 5, 2017

Richard Merritt Memorial

Saturday—Dec 30, 2017

Bud Wolfe Classic

“Rhythm is everything in boxing.

Every move you make starts with your heart, and that’s in rhythm or you’re in trouble.

Your rhythm should set the pace of the fight. If it does, then you penetrate your opponent’s rhythm.

You make him fight your fight, and that’s what boxing is all about.” ― Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray

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SPORTING CLAYS PROGRAM

Markham Skeet, Trap & Sporting Clays Club

SUMMER SIZZLE OPEN 100 Targets Shot over 14 Stations

SATURDAY JULY 15TH Registration: Opens 8:30 a.m. and will close at 10:00 a.m.

All scorecards must be turned in by 1:00 p.m. in order to be posted.

Entry Fee: $50 N.S.C.A., $50 Hunter, $35.00 SubJunior, Junior No Scorers or Trappers will be provided.

Shooters will be asked to squad themselves into groups of at least 4 and designate a field judge to verify scores for the squad.

This is a Targets Only format with No Lunch served.

COURSE RULES: All shooters and spectators are required to wear ear and eye protection on the course.

MAXIMUM LOADS PERMITTED: 12GA, 3 DR EQ, 1 1/8 oz. Shot 7 1/2.

For additional information contact: Steve Haynie (954) 980-4240 email: sdhaynie@comcast.net For Tournament Schedules and Shoot Results Please Visit Our Website: www.markhamsportingclays.org 18

SPORTING CLAYS RESULTS

CONCURRENTS LADY CH REANNA FRAUENS LADY RU LUCIANA RIBEIRO SUB-JR JOSEPH PINCHIN SUB-JR RU REANNA FRAUENS JUNIOR CH MICHAEL PILCH JUNIOR RU FEDERICO RAMIREZ VET CH DANIEL SAAB VET RU DANIEL ADUM SUPER VET CH GERRY STUMM SUPER VET RU W T MUIR SR SPR VET CH JOE FORDHAM SR SPR VET RU LARRY CRISMOND HUNTER CH BARRY CORWIN HUNTER RU GIL NEHAMKIN HUNTER 3RD JAKE TENOPIR

74 63 79 74 83 82 96 94 93 90 84 78 81 71 67

MAIN EVENT HOA 60 ENTRANTS CH DANIEL SAAB RU GARY GRAY M1 GERRY STUMM M2 BRIAN DU QUESNAY M3 ALEX RIERA AA1 DANIEL ADUM AA2 HANK CARROLL A1 JULIO MARTINEZ A2 STEVEN DEUTSCH A3 BRUCE TAYLOR B1 JOSEPH LOITZ B2 NATHAN EVANS B3 FEDERICO RAMIREZ C1 RAMON PITTER C2 NATHAN BUSSCHER C3 ASIF SHEERAHAMED D1 MICHAEL PILCH D2 JAMES OLYMPIOS D3 SILVIO PLANT E1 JOHN PILCH E2 CHRIS LUIS E3 REANNA FRAUENS

96 95 96 92 91 94 80 92 86 85 87 86 82 90 85 79 83 83 79 82 77 74

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MONTHLY SKEET PROGRAM Price per 50 targets includes $5/100 NSSA/FSA Fee

.410 gauge 28 gauge 20 gauge 12 gauge Doubles

50 Targets 50 Targets 50 Targets 50 Targets 50 Targets

$19.50 $19.50 $19.50 $19.50 $19.50

Shoots usually held the first Saturday of every month.

Gauges may be shot out of sequence with the permission of management. More than one 50 target program may be shot in the same gauge as a preliminary event.

AWARDS Break a 50, 75, or 100 Straight and get one of these guaranteed awards!

50 Straight Kennedy Half Dollar 75 Straight Eisenhower Dollar 100 Straight Morgan Silver Dollar 50 Straight Doubles Liberty Silver Half 20

Skeet Shoot Results

“The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not” ― Charles Barkley

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Trap Program SPECIAL NOTICE

Trap Program:

*** PROGRAM CHANGE ***

We are changing our Trap Tournaments back to Sundays for the 2016-2017 season.

100 target 16 Yd, Hdcp and Doubles events.

First 100 targets. $37.00 (Includes ATA and FTA daily fees)

ATA SHOOT SCHEDULE 2016-2017

February 26th March 12nd April 23th May 28th June 25th July 23th August 27th

Subsequent 100 target events. $32.00 See Joe Loitz for details: 954-857-5278

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOOTING IS STILL POPULAR WITH THE SHOOTERS. SIGN UP WITH STEVE NORRIS AND THE REST OF THE REGULARS AND TRY YOUR SKILL AND LUCK AT ALL THE GAMES.

Come out and join the fun!

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TRAP RESULTS SINGLES

16 Yards CLASS

SCORE

ALEX RIERA

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99

MARCOS VIDAL

B

98

KEN CARLSON

B

96

STEPHANIE CARLSON

C

95

STEVE NORRIS

A

95

BILL SCHAEFER

D

92

DAX DEMENA

D

92

MICHAEL PILCH

D

91

LARRY CRISMOND

C

90

NICHOLAS JARRIEL

D

88

REANNA FRAUENS

D

88

FRANCISCO AMADOR

D

87

MARY NORRIS

D

87

THOMAS SCHMIDT

D

87

JOHN PILCH

D

87

BARRY FRAUENS

D

86

RUTHIE FLAYDERMAN

C

85

TED VANDLING

D

84

ED GREENE

C

80

PAULA SIMON

D

77

ED FUSTACI

D

74

GREG SCHMIDT

D

66

ANNA SCHMIDT

D

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Handicap HANDICAP

YARDAGE

MARCOS VIDAL DAX DEMENA STEVE NORRIS PAULA SIMON LARRY CRISMOND TED VANDLING

23 20.5 25 19 25 19

SCORE 95 87 86 81 80 80

Doubles DOUBLES

CLASS

ALEX RIERA JOE LOITZ ALEX RIERA ALEX RIERA ALEX RIERA

B A B B B

LARRY CRISMOND

D

MICHAEL PILCH JOE LOITZ STEVE NORRIS MICHAEL PILCH

D A C D

REANNA FRAUENS

D

DAX DEMENA

D

NICHOLAS JARRIEL LARRY CRISMOND

D D

MARY NORRIS DAX DEMENA

C D

KRISTINE JARRIEL BARRY FRAUENS JOHN PILCH

D D D

SCORE 93 93 91 91 86 85 84 84 79 78 75 75 74 74 71 64 63 62 58 27

Youth Program

Monday night Doubles practice, getting ready for the SCTP National Championships. Michael Pilch and Reanna Frauens will be competing with the Young Guns at Quail Creek. Their teams have an excellent chance to take home the gold this year and we are all hoping they do well and have a safe trip.

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