2017 December Markham Newsletter

Markham Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays NFL Alumni Sporting Clays Shoot Saturday, January 13th.

December 2017 Volume 8 Issue 12

Bud Wolfe Classic Saturday December 30th See page 18 1

December 2017

OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS 2016 OFFICERS

Club News - Magazine Review 4-9 NFL Alumni Shoot Flyer Calender of Events

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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:

Club Calender

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Palm Beach Trap/Skeet Pro Shop—Sporting Calender

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Sporting Clays Program and Results

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Inside this issue: Skeet Program and Results

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FSA Skeet Calender

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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 December 7th Starting at 7:00 PM

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Club News I hope everyone had a filling Thanksgiving! It’s the start of the shooting season here in South Florida and if you are like me you look forward to all the great events coming up in the next few months.

We had a nice turnout of 69 shooters for the Richard Merritt Memorial shoot in November. Rodrigo Mehich led all shooters with a 96 followed closely by Corey Rugg, manager of Gulf Coast Clays, with a fine 95. Lucio Gomez and Alex Riera followed close behind with 93’s.

The Skeet shoot this month drew 9 shooters. Luke Ford led the 12 ga. event with a perfect 50 then followed up with wins in 20 ga., .410, and HOA. Bruce Gordon led the 28 ga. and Doubles. In Trap we also had 9 shooters in attendance.

Angel Estevez led Singles with a lone 94. Dax Demena led Handicap with an 82 and Alex Riera led the Doubles with a lone 89.

The Youth Program has been busy lately with 12 new youths participating in the last two weeks! This trend usually continues through the holidays.

We have the Bud Wolfe Classic at the end of the month on Saturday, December 30th. This is always a big event and should be a successful shoot. The NFL Alumni shoot is Saturday, January 13th. The flyer is on pages 10-11. I hope you can attend and contribute to this worthy event.

With the holidays we will see increased activity on the weekends at the club. I find getting there early in the morning or late in the afternoon after 2:00 means you will get to shoot before the crowds pile in after 9:00. The club will be closed on Christmas and New Year’s day so no Youth Program for those two Mondays.

I want to thank everyone for all the help throughout the year. We couldn’t run the club without your help. Be sure to thank Steve Norris and Gerry Stumm for all their hard work. I know I appreciate their work in making the club a success.

Wishing everyone a wonderful Holiday Season, see you at the Club!

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Magazine Reviews Delta Waterfowl – Winter 2017 I went duck hunting for the first time in years the weekend after Thanksgiving. We hunted STA 3/4 and limited out with twelve Bluewing Teal, four Ringnecks, one Shoveler, and a Mottled. I found long ago 3’ #4 or #3 shot in 1 ¼ oz. loads at 1400 fps work best for ducks whether I was hunting in Minnesota, Illinois, or Florida.

Loads above this in 3 ½’ with loads heavier than 1 ¼ oz. are just too much recoil to make it enjoyable and they really aren’t needed. Kyle Winterstein agrees with me in his article this month. Studies show faster loads don’t deliver qualitatively more in penetration power beyond 40 yards than the 1 ¼ oz. loads. They don’t pattern as well either.

Some manufacturers say the faster loads reduce lead beyond 40 yds.

Do you really get that many shots beyond 40 yds? None of the birds we shot two weeks ago were over 30 yds away. Most came into or over the decoys at 20 to 25 yards. I

have never felt I lost any birds due to my choice of loads regardless of the range. Stick with the basics and you should fill your limit like we did.

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Magazine Review Shotgun Sports – December 2017 Can you prepare for match stress? You can apply the standard solutions, visualization, relaxation techniques, and lots of practice, and maybe that will work for you. Solutions for dealing with the stress however are different for each of us. Michael J. Keyes, M.D. believes you need to learn how to manage the stress by anticipating it and finding the solutions that work for you. Of course, this means putting up with some failure along the way but if you are diligent you can find what works for you and add it to your stress management routine.

A Shooting Journal is critical as an aid for this, especially for the beginning and intermediate shooter. Noting what is going on both exter-

nally and internally helps you develop a plan in dealing with technique and mental issues next time you shoot. Recording what’s going on between your ears highlights problems and allows you to develop solutions later. Try one proposed solution after another until you hit on one that works. Don’t forget to also write solutions that work in your journal. Unless you record the problems and solutions immediately after you discover them your recollection will be muted by the lapse of time and your own dismissal of a problem’s existence.

You may even diminish the importance of the problem after the event. It was important when it affected your shooting so record it as soon as you finish the station or field.

Something that helps is setting up pressure situations during practice. Apply the solutions you develop and try them out on these simulated pressure situations. It only makes sense to try them out before you go into a registered shoot. How can it hurt? Bet a coffee or lunch with a friend on a practice match then try out your solutions. You may pay for a few lunches along the way, but you may find a solution that lets you eat for free at your friend’s expense.

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CLAYTARGET NATION – November 2017 Alignment is obviously an important issue in the shooting sports and John Shima has some important observations this month.

John splits alignment into three parts: mechanical, visual, and mental. The mechanical element has to do with body positioning which usually means your feet. Your feet determine your body’s alignment and getting them right sets you up for success or failure. One of the fundamentals of any clay-target game is setting the feet so your body is positioned at a 45o angle to the break point. In trap this usually means setting yourself for the quarter angle on every post except Post 3 where you set 45o to the dead straight-away. For skeet and sporting the 45o angle is set to the second target if possible or some mild compromise to that position. This setup allows the smoothest transition as your body rotates to the target.

Visually the shooter’s eye must be aligned with the barrel. This means your eyes must be relatively level with the shooting eye centered above the receiver and rib. The shooter’s head must also be “high enough to allow the shooting eye to comfortably look above and beyond the rib”. Properly aligned visual elements prevent visual deceptions that occur during target acquisition and at the “moment of truth” when you pull the trigger.

Finally, your shooting goals must be aligned

with your purpose for shooting. Training goals create an environment designed to create some mental stress as you stretch you shooting skills and hopefully this will relieve some of the pressure introduced by competitive shooting. Learning to deal with mental stress builds confidence, allowing you to concentrate on the process as you enter “the zone” as Bob Palmer so adamantly professes.

If you are not in alignment with all three of these fundamentals maybe you should seek outside help from an instructor.

Sometimes it’s gun fit. Maybe it’s a technical fundamental or just good practice regimens. A qualified instructor can get you back on track.

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Magazine Review CLAYTARGET NATION – November 2017 What do you do when everything felt right but the target didn’t break? We’ve all been there and we’ve also felt everything was wrong when the target didn’t break. What do you do in each situation. Clayton M. Rue has some good advice for both scenarios. If it felt all wrong, some fundamental element of your setup is probably at fault.

Change your focal point is Clayton’s suggestion. I would also suggest you step back and reassess your pre-shot planning. Check you body position and your feet. If this doesn’t get it right change your swing method. Go to your fallback swing method and try again. Change something for the next pair or target or you can expect the same result.

If everything felt right Clayton suggests you change the break point. This means you totally reset. New focal point, hold point, body and foot position will be required.

Trust your instincts to determine whether you need a total reset or only a slight change.

What is proper practice? Gil and Vicki Ash present some good ideas this month and maybe their best suggestion is practicing singles. Too many beginning and intermediate sporting clays shooters get hung-up on shooting pairs, even though they are missing both or one of the pair consistently.

When I teach in the Young Guns program at Quail Creek I usually have the students

shoot a report pair first even though the placard says the station is a true pair setup.

If the student has a problem with either target, we shoot that target as a single three or four times before we go back to a report pair. Then we finish the lesson on that station with the true pair.

Sometimes we never get to the true pair. I note the target the student is having problems with then we look for other stations with that target and practice it again. We may spend 20 or more shots working just on that single, learning how to defeat it under several different circumstances. Perhaps it is a right-to-left target that’s the problem.

Until you fix it shooting pairs where that is one of the targets isn’t going to teach anything. Fix the right-to-left target then work on pairs. You must be able to break each single presentation “on purpose” before you can move out of the beginner and intermediate ranks and go into advanced shooting. The same is true in trap or skeet.

Learn each target first then worry about learning how to shoot pairs or doubles.

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Clayton M. Rue’s second article this month is one of the best on the subject on pre-shot routine I have ever read. Pre-shot routine should not be confused with shot planning. Shot planning is the conscious effort to plan your shot: picking a break point, focal point, hold point, body and foot positioning. Pre-shot routine is the mental preparation for the shot. Done correctly it calms your mind and brings focus to the shot process, transitioning you from the conscious pre-shot planning to the unconscious execution of the shot.

Clayton uses the basketball player at the foul line as an example of the pre-shot routine. Some players bounce the ball three times before they lift the ball to their hands. Others bounce twice or maybe they spin the ball in their hands as they look to the exact spot on the rim they want as their focal point. Shooters are no different in finding a way to focus and calm their minds on the process they are about to execute.

closing the gun, taking a deep breath, or raising the gun to the hold point. At that point the pre-shot is triggered and all other thoughts are wiped away.

The post-shot routine reviews the process you have just executed, evaluating the results for improvement and changes to be made to the pre-shot planning. Once the pre-shot routine is started the shot sequence has truly begun and the process is immediately executed. Any delay or interruption allows the conscious mind check back in which is why Clayton is not a fan of overly elaborate routines. Trigger the routine and execute the shot without delay. Definitely an article worth reading twice.

Pre-shot routines are process based meaning they are rooted in the present.

Thoughts of score are banished. Everything is concentrated on the process at hand. A good routine incorporates visualization, is positive, is executed immediately prior to calling for the target, is exactly the same each time, and should include feedback immediately after the shot. Typically, there is a trigger point starting the routine: 9

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Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation.

Jack Nicklaus 12

Calender of events: Gun Shows: January 13-14th Ft. Lauderdale War Memorial Aud.

Skeet this month: Markham

Dec. 2nd

Trail Glades

Dec. 8-9th

$19.95. These are 11/8 oz., 7 1/2’s & 8’s, 1200 fps, 12 gauge.

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

South Florida Dec. 17th

Trap this month: Indian River

Dec. 3rd

South Florida

Dec. 9th

Gulf Coast Clays Dec. 17th Markham

Dec. 31st

Sporting This month: Quail Creek

Dec. 3rd

Indian River

Dec. 9th

Okeechobee

Dec. 17th

South Florida

Dec. 18th

OK Corral

Dec. 23rd

Markham

Dec. 30th

Current shell specials: Walmart: Currently selling Winchester Universal and Federal 4 packs at $19.56 (12 & 20 ga.).

Cabela’s has Herter’s shells on sale for $549.90 for 10 flats. Shipping is

Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.

Jack Nicklaus 13

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6 Skeet Night

12 Skeet Night

19 Skeet Night

26 Skeet Night

7 Trap Night

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Sporting Tourney

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Trap Night

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30 Skeet Night

Trap Night

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Sporting Clays

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25 Park Closed

30 Sporting Tourney

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2018 Schedule of NSCA Sporting Clay Tournaments

Date

Tournament

Saturday - Jan 20, 2018

Snow Bird Open

Sunday - Feb 4, 2018

Honest Abe's Birthday Bash

Sunday - Mar 18, 2018

St. Patrick's Day Open

Saturday - Apr 15, 2018

Spring Blast

Sunday - May 20, 2018

Memorial Day Open

Saturday - Jun 23, 2018

15th Annual Sunshine State Classic

Saturday - Jul 14, 2018

Super Sizzle Open

Saturday - Aug 12, 2018

Summers End Open

Sunday - Oct. 14, 2018

Pumpkin Blast

Sunday—Nov. 4, 2018

Richard Merritt Memorial

Saturday—Dec 29, 2018

Bud Wolfe Classic

The worse you're performing, the more you must work mentally and emotionally. The greatest and toughest art in golf is "playing badly well." All the true greats have been masters at it.

Jack Nicklaus

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SPORTING CLAYS PROGRAM

Markham Skeet, Trap & Sporting Clays Club

BUD WOLFE CLASSIC 100 Targets Shot over 14 Stations

SATURDAY DECEMBER 30TH 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: $75 N.S.C.A., $75 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.

Includes: Targets, Lunch, Awards and Fees.

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

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SPORTING CLAYS RESULTS MAIN EVENT 69 ENTRANTS

CONCURRENTS LADY CH JENNIFER BALUKOFF LADY RU CHARLIE DE ANGELIS VET CH ROBERTO DI MAURO VET RU ALEX RIERA SUPER VET CH W T MUIR SUPER VET RU HANK CARROLL SR SPR VET CH JOE FORDHAM SR SPR VET RU STEVE QUINT HUNTER CH CHRIS WEINGARTNER HUNTER RU BARRY CORWIN HUNTER 3RD KENNY FERNANDEZ

73 73 94 93 92 87 80 76 90 89 87

HOA CH RODRIGO MEHICH RU COREY RUGG M1 LUCIO GOMEZ M2 ALEX RIERA M3 MARIO O'FARRILL AA1 JOHN BALUKOFF AA2 ARMAND LAVINA A1 MARK BAUER A2 JULIO MARTINEZ A3 NATHAN EVANS B1 RAMON PUTTER B2 COLIN BURROWS C1 ROBERTO DI MAURO C2 BILL WEINGARTNER C3 NATHAN BUSSCHER D1 SILVIO PLANT D2 CHRIS LUIS D3 DAN VENUTI E1 FRANCO DI MAURO E2 PEDRO SAER E3 JOHN ALEXANDER

96 95 93 93 92 86 83 91 91 87 90 86 94 85 81 86 85 79 92 76 72

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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

$20.00 $20.00 $20.00 $20.00 $20.00

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 Results

I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without having a very sharp, in-focus picture of it in my head.

Jack Nicklaus

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Trap Program SPECIAL NOTICE Trap Tournaments are usually the fourth Sunday of the month except for December 2017, January, and March 2018.

ATA SHOOT SCHEDULE 2017-2018

December 31st January 14th February 25th March 10th April 22nd May 27th June 24th July 22nd

Trap Program: 100 target 16 Yd, Hdcp and Doubles events.

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

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

16 Yards

SINGLES

CLASS SCORE

ANGEL ESTEVEZ

A

94

DAX DEMENA JOHN PILCH MICHAEL PILCH CARLOS BERNAL

B D C D

90 80 75 69

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Handicap HANDICAP

YARDAGE SCORE

DAX DEMENA ANGEL ESTEVEZ ALEX RIERA RUTH FLAYDERMAN CARLOS BERNAL PAULA KEIM

MARK MORGAN

22 21.5 24 20.5 19 19

82 79 77 75 72 56

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Doubles DOUBLES

CLASS

SCORE

ALEX RIERA DAX DEMENA RUTH FLAYDERMAN MARY NORRIS PAULA KEIM

B D C D D

89 70 69 56 47

ALEX RIERA ANGEL ESTEVEZ CARLOS BERNAL

B C D

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Youth Program

The Youth Program was busy during November.

The last two Mondays of November we had 11 and 12 shooters on the beginner’s field. Of those 23 students 12 of them were new to the program! The intermediate field with Steve has been equally busy with 7 students each night. Thanks again to our other coaches and Staci Hole for helping out on the fields and in the office.

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ADVERTISERS Professional and Industry Vendors

We are going to update this section of the newsletter on a continuing basis as requests come in.

If you would like to advertise your business in this section of the newsletter contact me at: jloit@bellsouth.net Joe Loitz at 954-857-5278 Business Cards - $50 for one year Full Page ads - $200 for one year

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