2018 April Newsletter

Markham Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays April 2018 Volume 9 Issue 4

Sporting Clays Shoot April 15th Trapshoot April 22nd Skeet May 5th

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APRIL 2018

OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS 2018 OFFICERS

Club News - In the News

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Magazine Review

Fish to Make a Difference Chari- 12-13 ty Event

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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—Vacant

DIRECTORS:

Calender of Events

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Club Calender

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Palm Beach Trap/Skeet Pro Shop—Sporting Calender

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Inside issue: Sportingthis Clays Program

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Results Skeet Program and Results

Contact info:

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Markham Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays

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

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Club News March was another busy month at the club and around the state. The Spring Grand American and the Florida State Trapshoots were both held at the Silver Dollar Shooters Club and our shooters did well as always. Frank Marshall won Class C Singles at the Southern Grand, Runner-Up in the Class C AllAround and at State he won Class C in the Doubles, Class B in the Singles, and Class C All-Around!

Alex Riera was Runner-Up Class A in the Singles and won Sub-Veteran All-Around. Angel Estevez was Runner-Up in Class B in the Singles and Ruthie Flayderman won Ladies II Runner-Up in the Handicap. Paula Keim won a belt buckle for Ladies I in the Sunshine State Handicap. Congratulations everyone!

The shoots at the club have been well attended this month with 67 sporting shooters at the St. Patrick’s Day Open. Julio Martinez led the field with 93 followed closely behind by Rodrigo Mehich with a 92. The Skeet shoot saw 12 shooters shooting 2,000 targets.

The 12 ga. was won by Michael

Pilch with 47. Luke Ford shot the lone 50 of the day to take 20 ga.

Mario Quesnal took 28 ga. with a 47, the .410 with a 49, and the HOA with a 192. Silvio Gonzalez won the Doubles with a lone 48.

In trap we had a nice turnout of 21 who shot 3,400 targets. Alex Riera won the Singles and Doubles with a lone 99 and 94 respectively. Dax Demena won the Handicap with a lone 90.

I opened up a new page in the newsletter to address things in the news and relevant issues for the club. One thing not in there is the threat of higher ammo prices and price increases for targets. White Flyer is raising their prices 15%, I also hear ammo prices are on the increase. Consequences of a better economy I suppose. Regardless, prices have been stable for quite some time. Some increase is to be expected.

Good luck to those planning on shooting the upcoming state Skeet and Sporting Clays Championships!

See you at the Club.

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Magazine Review Palm Beach Gun Club Latest word on the new club is that landscaping activity continues and the skeet and trap ranges will be under construction soon.

It is still only speculation as to a completion date for the range or when it will open.

They still need to finish a registration building to accommodate the facility and as far as I know no foundation for a building has been completed or started.

Florida State Skeet and Sporting Clays The Florida State Skeet Shoot will be at Palatka running from April 20-22nd.

The Florida State Sporting Clays Shoot will be held at Quail Creek running from April 5-8th.

Alex Churnetski showing off his newly ventilated hat after breaking his first 25 straight!

Pre-registration is advised for both of these events. Contact the clubs or the state association for more information.

Good Luck to all who plan on attending.

In the News There has been some speculation Dick’s and Walmart are no longer going to carry ammunition in their stores. Like most Urban Legends this one is also untrue. They may require you to be over 21 to purchase shells, otherwise they will continue to carry ammo.

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Magazine Review methods other than swing-through.

Some people don’t even know what their swing method is. A good instructor will see what yours is and will help you learn new ones.

DUCKS UNLIMITED – March/April 2018 Taking lessons from a reputable coach, something we have in abundance in South Florida, is always a good idea if you want to improve your shooting. Phil Bourjaily, the shotgunning writer for DUCKS UNLIMITED and several other magazines reflects on five things he learned from taking lessons. First is gun mount. His instructor worked with him to get a better mount and advised him to keep his eye on the target and raise the gun to his face. Second, he learned swing

Third, his instructor noticed he was swinging too fast. This is a problem I often see and students are oblivious to the problem until someone points it out to them. You cannot swing faster than your eyes can keep track of the target and barrel simultaneously in your field of vision.

Too much barrel speed is a problem for many shooters and they never realize it’s hurting them. Fourth, a good instructor will help you break bad habits and replace them with good ones and will catch what your typical mistakes are and advise you on how to avoid them. His final observation follows a commonsense adage, “use it or lose it”. If you don’t follow an instructor’s prescription, it’s no different than getting a prescription from a doctor and never having it filled. Practice is the only way to implement change correctly, turning it into an unconscious move.

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TrapShootingUSA – March/April 2018 Over-trying is a conscious effort to shoot better and ultimately is counterproductive. Done correctly we are supposed to consciously look at the target and unconsciously shoot when the sight picture is right. Actively trying to break the target means we are consciously shooting at the moment of truth when the sight picture is right rather than allowing our subconscious to make the decision. Over-trying implies even more conscious control of the situation. You can do this for a short span of targets but to keep it up for 50 to 100 targets is tedious.

the day. How do you short circuit it and keep it from leaking into your thoughts?

Bob Palmer suggests visualizing winning and ink-balling targets. In his mind this creates a “déjà vu type of feeling” where the shooter has been here before and there is nothing to fear, this is normal. “The more you do it the more it feels normal.” This isn’t enough for me personally. Total concentration on the target is where I lose any fear. Dispense with everything else and just try to see the target break.

Lanny Bassham believes over-trying comes in several forms: being extra careful, working to hard (to concentrate) during a competition, and thinking about the outcome. None of these behaviors will get you more targets in the long run.

Give your conscious thoughts over to the process: mount, stance, pre-shot prep, soft focus to hard. Once the target hits the sky it should all be an unconscious move to the target. Enjoy the process and stop trying, do!

TRAP & FIELD – March 2018 Fear is ever a challenge with any sport.

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Magazine Review SHOOTING SPORTSMAN – March/April 2018 This month Ralph P. Stuart interviewed four of the top sporting clays coaches in the world on common mistakes seen in their clients. The most common physical mistake is consistent head position on the stock. Finish your gun mount correctly, practicing your mount at home in front of the mirror until it is automatic is the suggested fix.

This assumes you have good gun fit. If you have doubts about your gun fit, see a professional.

The most common mental mistake seen by the professional coaches is lack of hard focus on the target and developing a plan after seeing the look pair. Hard focus on the target is generally where all good mental plans start. Commit to total visual concentration on the target and your mental plan will take care of itself. Sadly, we just can’t get out of our own way when it comes to concentration.

Our conscious will sneak in to give its two-cents-

worth. Focus on the target and everything will fall into place mentally.

As far as developing a good plan, this is also a mental mistake but really takes the form of a strategic error rather than a shot execution mistake.

Planning how you are going to execute the first shot then transition to the second bird will always save you targets on tricky pairs. Sometimes even apparently easy pairs will get you if you don’t plan properly and shoot the pair in your head at least once before closing the gun. Execute your preshot routine and your pre-shot plan on every station not just the difficult ones.

Each instructor has their own preferred swing method. Chris Batha teaches Pull-away for general sporting clays shooting, Swing-through on trap, and Maintained-lead for skeet. Don Currie teaches a form of the Churchill method where you concentrate on the bird and don’t worry about the method. Anthony Matarese teaches a combination of pull-away and maintained-lead. Insert on the bird on close targets and insert ahead of the target on longer shots.

The coaches were in close consensus that swinging with the whole body, ankles up, turning the whole body with the target. Connection with the target and matching its speed was another point of agreement. Connect with the target, matching speed with it, then focus on it. The final point of accord was the belief in practicing your gun mount. Practice, practice, practice.

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CLAYTARGET NATION – March 2018 John Shima believes it is a coach’s responsibility to help each student find his Inner Path to success as a shooter. The Inner Path each shooter follows is defined by their thoughts, perceptions, and actions.

Good mental discipline allows you to prevent your thoughts from interfering with your technical and visual skills. This means mental discipline keeps your thoughts from altering your unconscious move to the target and keeps your vision focused on the target. John is a process person when it comes to the mental game. Trust to your soft focal point and your hold point and let your conscious lock on the target visually as you turn with the target for your preplanned move.

Always remember when reading an advice column, what a coach advises is sometimes only comfortable for that coach and not necessarily the best advice for you. Clayton M. Rue is correct when advising a stance where your heels are 4-6 inches apart with a centered body weight and a slight forward lean. I do not agree with his suggestion to have a toes-out stance. This would be extremely uncomfortable for me.

He also is correct when he suggests you should set your feet to the break point.

This is called setting yourself in the Natural Point of Aim (NPA) position. The NPA is how you would stand if someone asked you to mount your gun and point off into the distance. This is how you feel most

comfortable just mounting a gun without thinking. For most coaches this means a 45o turn of the shoulders towards the break point, heels 4-6 inches apart, and with a lead foot at approximately 12 o’clock and the trail foot at 3. If having your lead foot at 1 o’clock and trail at 2:30 is comfortable then you are within the guidelines. The important thing is having both feel pointing between 12 and 3. If you like a toed-out stance then do it. Your heels would still be within the 12 and 3 position.

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Magazine Review Your second practice round, shoot all the outgoers. Doing incomers and outgoers together reinforces each of them rather than in a normal round where you alternate with incomers and outgoers. Another practice rotation is to shoot three low house targets on each station followed by a round of three high houses. Again, keeping all the low house and high house targets together during a round reinforces your technique both visually and mechanically in ways alternating targets can’t. Finish with one or two regular rounds.

Yet one more practice suggestion is to shoot a station, step away for a minute, then go back and shoot it again. This works your pre-shot routine for the station. Shooting target after target on a station is fatiguing physically and mentally. Stay sharp and break up the routine, even if you are only shooting one or two stations. I like to shoot a station then move to the next for four shoots before I come back to the station I really want to work on. If Station 2 is a problem, shoot 4 shots, step over to Station 1 for two or four shots, go back to 2, shoot, step to Station 3 for some shots, then back to 2.

.Paul Giambrone III provides some good suggestions this month on skeet practice. Quality over quantity is always paramount. Practice at home in front of a mirror: mount, swinging the gun, and rotating your body. Getting some help with your mount and swing is a good idea before you do this. Any flaws would be corrected by a good coach before you drill them into your form in front of the mirror.

Some of his suggested practice routines include shooting baseline (1, 7, 8) incomers along with the ones on 2, 3, 5, and 6 for your first round. John Shima does the same exercise with his students.

It isn’t important how many you miss at a Station. What is important is whether you feel satisfied with how you practiced it. You are supposed to miss during practice unless you are working on long runs and I’m not sure doing that is ever a good idea. Also, don’t always practice just with the .410, shoot with the 20 and 28 also. Perfect your technique on the larger gauges before perfecting the .410. Finally, finish your practice session with doubles on 3, 4, and 5, but only after you have perfected the best first bird you can hit on those stations. Practicing doubles without perfecting the first bird of those pairs won’t help you become a better doubles shooter. Perfect the first bird before expecting improvement on doubles.

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Practicing your shooting routine until it becomes more than a habit transforms it into an unconscious response. This has been the heart of John Shima’s philosophy for years and is also espoused by Gil and Vicki Ash. The closer your shooting routine comes to an automatic, unconscious response the less aware you are of outside interferences and the greater is your focus on the target. This takes a tremendous amount of practice and visualization will assist in making your practice more effective.

Quality practice is demanded when perfecting your shooting routine. Concentration on repeating your shooting routine consistently is adamant in getting to the automatic, unconscious move. Shooting round after round of practice without strict adherence to your shooting routine doesn’t get you where you want to be. You need to make every shot count as you build the habit of your unconscious move.

Visualization works to aid this

process. The goal of an unconscious move is to free your mental state to concentrate solely on the process of breaking the target. As this happens less and less of your awareness is drawn away from your shooting and your focus is then drawn only on the target.

I can’t begin to summarize effectively the article John Shima has written on target engagement this month. It is his whole shooting philosophy in one endowment.

Let me just say he starts with detection of the target during soft focus, acquisition of the target as it passes from the peripheral to central vision, pre-programmed move in reaction to the target, watching the target and keeping it primary focus until it breaks. He does speak of the synchronized movement of the body with the speed of the target. Clayton wouldn’t approve of this. John also talks about how he advises his sporting clients to use Pullaway or Diminished-lead.

He finishes by giving advise on developing visual and mental discipline to maintain visual focus on the target. Commit to your break point and don’t let visual deceptions from interfering with the Shooting Reflex.

Giving unconditional trust over to your Shooting Reflex stops the Ego Self from interfering with your shooting and your enjoyment of the sport. Release the shot without conscious interference by giving everything to your focus on the target.

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Magazine Review

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A great coach can lead you to a place where you don't need him any more.

Andre Agassi

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Calender of events: Gun Shows: May 5-6th Ft. Lauderdale War Memorial Aud.

Skeet this month: Trail Glades

April 7–8th

$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 April 15th

Trap this month: Indian River

May 6th

Gulf Coast Clays April 8th South Florida

April 14th

Markham

April 22nd

Sporting This month: Indian River

April 14th

Quail Creek

April 5-8th

South Florida

April 20-22th

Markham

April 15th

OK Corral

April 28th

Gulf Coast Clays April 22th Okeechobee

April 29th

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

If I've learned nothing else, it's that time and practice equal achievement.

Andre Agassi

Cabela’s has Herter’s shells on sale for $549.90 for 10 flats. Shipping is 15

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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

Freed from the thoughts of winning, I instantly play better. I stop thinking, start feeling. My shots become a half-second quicker, my decisions become the product of instinct rather than logic.

Andre Agassi

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SPORTING CLAYS PROGRAM

Markham Skeet, Trap & Sporting Clays Club

SPRING BLAST 100 Targets Shot over 14 Stations

SUNDAY APRIL 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: $60 N.S.C.A., $60 Hunter, $40.00 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: Gerry Stumm (954) 987-1338 email: cityfire1@aol.com For Tournament Schedules and Shoot Results Please Visit : www.Scoringpro.com

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SPORTING CLAYS RESULTS MAIN EVENT HOA 67 ENTRANTS

CONCURRENTS

CH JULIO MARTINEZ

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RU RODRIGO MEHICH

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M1 GARY GRAY

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M2 HANK CARROLL

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AA1 ARMAND LAVINA

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AA2 TED GRAY

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A1 NATHAN EVANS

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A2 EDWARD LEE

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B1 NATHAN BUSSCHER

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B2 RONALD SHYCKO

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C1 SILVIO PLANT

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C2 CHRIS LUIS

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D1 MARCELO VALIENTE

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LADY CH LUCIANA RIBEIRO

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D2 CHRISTIAN KANZKI

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JUNIOR CHRISTIAN KANZKI

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E1 JOHN ALEXANDER

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VET CH ALEX RIERA

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VET RU ARMAND LAVINA

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E2 LUCIANA RIBIERO

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SUPER VET CH HANK CARROLL

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SUPER VET RU SILVIO PLANT

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SR SUPER VET CH MARCOS OLSEN

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SR SUPER VET RU STEVEN QUINT

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HUNTER CH CHRIS WEINGARTNER

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HUNTER RU BARRY CORWIN

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HUNTER 3RD RICHARD THOMPSON

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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 22

Skeet Results

I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens.

Andre Agassi

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Trap Program Trap Program: SPECIAL NOTICE

Trap Tournaments are usually the fourth Sunday of the month

100 target 16 Yd, Hdcp and Doubles events.

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

ATA SHOOT SCHEDULE 2017-2018

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

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 DAX DEMENA ALBERTO LOPEZ STEPHANIE ANADOR ANGEL ESTEVEZ KENNETH CARLSON

A B A B A B

99 96 94 93 92 92

MARCOS VIDAL ORACIO RICCOBONO DAVID GLOWACKI BRETT VANDLING ALFRED PENACHO WILSON McMILLAN ED GREENE TED GALATIS TED VANDLING NOAH LEVY ALEX CHURNETSKI SEBASTIAN COPPOLA JEREMY GREEN KEN BOYCE GARY ROTHSTEIN

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Handicap HANDICAP DAX DEMENA MARCOS VIDAL DAVID GLOWACKI WILSON McMILLAN TED VANDLING ALEX RIERA TED GALATIS ALBERTO LOPEZ

YARDAGE

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23 23 19 22.5 19 24.5 24 27

90 88 85 83 81 80 78 76

Doubles DOUBLES ALEX RIERA ANGEL ESTEVEZ DAX DEMENA ALBERTO LOPEZ WILSON McMILLAN

CLASS A C D D D

SCORE 94 80 80 77 69 29

Youth Program

Congratulations are in order for Reanna Frauens for placing 3rd on the NSCA_SCTP All-American Sub-Junior team for 2018. Reanna started shooting two years ago and has been a regular in our program. She also is part of the Young Guns at Quail Creek team. Congratulations from all of us!

Mondays continue to be incredibly well attended. The intermediate/advanced group have been well lead by Steve Norris, shooting practice and playing games. Great shooting everyone!

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SPONSORS 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 sponsor our newsletter: contact me at: jloit@bellsouth.net Joe Loitz at 954-857-5278

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