2018 March Markham Skeet and Trap Newsletter

Markham Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays March 2018 Volume 9 Issue 3

Sporting Clays Shoot March 18th Skeet Shoot March 3rd and 31st Trapshoot March 10th 1

MARCH 2018

OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS 2018 OFFICERS

Club News - Magazine Review

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PRESIDENT—Vacant

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VICE PRESIDENT—Vacant

Young Guns Charity Shoot at Quail Creek

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Update on Palm Beach County Club

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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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TREASURER—Vacant

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SECRETARY— Joe Loitz

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RECORDING SECRETARY—Jerry Schwab

DIRECTORS:

Trap Results

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Youth Program

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Newsletter: jloit@bellsouth.net

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

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Club News February is in the books and it’s time to prep for the state championships for Trap in March and Skeet and Sporting Clays in April.

We saw some great Sporting Clays tournaments in February and some great shooting out of our local shooters. Of note, Reanna Frauens won Class C in the main event at the Krieghoff Classic. Great shooting Reanna!

At the club Herbert Kanzki led the 47 shooters who attended the last Sporting Clays event with a lone 93. Lucio Gomez and Alex Riera followed close behind with 91’s.

Michael Pilch won Junior and class B with a lone 90. There some nice Singles scores shot at the last Trapshoot with Dax Demena leading the 19 Singles shooter with a lone 99. He was followed closely by Angel Estevez and visiting shooter from Illinois John Teschky with 98’s.

New Florida resident from South Dakota, Hunter Serfoss won the Handicap with a 90 and the Doubles with a 93. The skeet shoot while only attended by six shooters produced good scores during

windy conditions. Apparently unaffected by the wind, Ed Ford, Sr. won the 12, 20, 28, and HOA with some nice shooting. Bruce Gordon won the Doubles and the .410 events. Nice shooting everyone!

Greg Ritch recently contacted me about information regarding the CZ_USA Southpaw Sterling o/u.

Do any of you own or have shot one of these or any CZ_USA o/u shotguns? If you have, let me know about their reliability, shootability, etc. Get back to me at jloit@bellsouth.net. Always like to help out Markham Park shooters when I can, so let’s help him.

A Reuters reporter spoke with some of our Youth Shooters last Monday about their feelings after the Douglas High School shooting.

I think they did well answering questions and we were treated fairly in the article. It was picked up all over the world from Malaysia, to India, Kuwait, and Switzerland.

Don’t think we’ll get any new students from any foreign lands, but we may get some more local kids.

Pages 12 and 13 have the latest update on the Palm Beach Club.

See you at the Club!

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Magazine Review ClayShootingUSA – January-February 2018 The teal is a presentation some people take to naturally or is one that vexes them terribly.

Pat Lieske presents some suggestions this month to help the ones vexed by this target.

He likes using Maintainedlead, watching the target as it rises underneath your barrels.

For teal showing mainly rim, shift to Pull-away or Swingthrough. You can get a better connection with the target by inserting on it or just behind it and gently pulling away or ahead of it. If you tend to lose sight of the teal target Pull-ahead and Swing-through are also his suggested swing methods.

During your pre-shot routine, make your plan and visualize the shot before you step into the station. Treat teal like crossing targets, set your hold point half-way to the break point. Quartering teal require a hold point 2/3rds of the way to the break point. Pat also believes the teal is broken most consistently while it’s under power, not at its apex. Finally, practice the teal under power, at its apex, and on its descent to really master the presentation.

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Magazine Review CLAYTARGET NATION – February 2018 “Training involves the conscious programming of your pre-planned moves.” John Shima What does that mean? Your pre-planned move is your unconscious move to the target.

That move is comprised of mechanical, visual, and mental elements “integrated into one fluid movement”. That movement only becomes truly fluid when it occurs as an unconscious one. Therefore, we consciously program our pre-planned move into a perfectly executed unconscious swing. This requires a different mentality than the one we use to compete.

Engaging the conscious mind during training

allows it to program how we will eventually execute our pre-planned move.

How did you think we got to the perfectly executed pre-planned move? It isn’t blind trial and error till something by chance works. The conscious mind is turned on during practice to observe how you execute your shots. Done correctly you observe what best works for you. Once you find the right combination of mental, physical, and visual applications all you need do is slip into your “performance vision” whenever you shoot.

What’s performance vision? This is the soft focus at your hold point followed by the transition to total visual concentration on the target until it breaks. The correct focus on the target allows your adaptive unconscious to execute the shot without conscious input. Practice until you find the correct swing, the correct mental state of mind, and the correct visual focus, combine them and let your performance vision lead the shooting process through its unconscious move.

If you are interested in advice on weight, barrel length, or rib configuration give Todd Bender’s article a read this month. He weighs in with advice on these gun elements as Part I of a series.

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Clayton M. Rue’s first article this month suggests we should focus on the leading edge of the target then tells us what happens when we don’t. We don’t really need to know what happens when we don’t We only need to remember to focus on the leading edge of the target. Simple advice too many times not taken.

Clayton M. Rue’s second article this month profiles how good physical form is needed for shooting, starting with how we hold our head. A good runner’s head doesn’t bob up and down when they run. Same is true of golfers, tennis players, or bowlers when the play. For shooting our head should move with the gun. We don’t turn our head to-

wards the target and follow it into our barrels, we move our barrels and head in sync with each other. Don’t track the target with your head into your barrels.

As far as stance is concerned, Clayton believes in relaxed knees or a bent front knee and a straight back leg. He doesn’t like shooters to lift their back heel and lean too far forward. He would hate Susan Nattress’ stance! No leaning from side to side either as the target passes. Guess he’s not from the Churchill school of shooting either. Finally, like all good articles on shooting, set your feet for the break point so you don’t run out of swing. Another piece of good advice sometimes forgotten 7

Magazine Review Shotgun Sports – March 2018 To rise to the next level in any sport requires an exponentially greater amount of work and training. Consequently, burnout can become a factor as you push yourself physically and to reach a higher performance plateau. Michael J. Keyes, M.D. reminds us that fun is the key to preventing burnout from derailing your efforts. In this regard he proposes you try something called Three Good Ideas.

This is a mental exercise where you write down three things that were happy events for you each day. It is important to write them down not just think about them. Write the three ideas down and for each idea record how they made you feel and the identity of that good feeling. The process of writing them down imprints the ideas in your mind and reinforces the good feeling you got from them. Do this for two weeks and you should feel a reduction in stress and an increase in positive thinking. The studies are clear on this. It has been proven to be a helpful aid in preventing burnout and in keeping fun leaving your game.

It’s tough reviewing your friend’s articles. You want to be objective and at the same time I want to add some critique without sounding overly critical. Dean Townsend has been a friend for over 40 years and this month writes about dealing with pressure in competition.

Pressure comes from your mind leaving the present and moving into the future. Dean like everyone else emphasizes staying in the present and concentrating on the process to prevent the mind from wandering into the “what if ” rather than the “what is”.

In this regard, during the pre-shot routine visualize the difficult targets on each post or station and how you will move to take them. After the mount, go into what John Shima called your “performance vision”. Go into good soft focus at your focal point so you can get the best visual transition to the target once it appears. This allows you to see the target clearly before you move to intercept it. This is directly in line with the Quiet Eyes studies of Dr. Joan Vickers. Dean advises us to watch the target break, again just as John Shima advises. After the shot, relax, reload your mind and gun in preparation for the next shot.

Shoot your own rhythm. Don’t let your squad dictate how quickly you set up to shoot.

These are your targets. You paid for them.

Call for them, and shoot only when you are ready. Next, never give up. If you miss it is simply an opportunity to start a new long run.

And finally, there is no substitute for experience. Jump at every chance to shootoff for trophies or honors. Don’t flip a coin, shootoff. The more shootoffs you experience the better you will be at them. Nice work Dean!

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TRAP & FIELD – February 2018 The Zone, Quiet Eye, Quiet Mind are the topic of Bob Palmer’s article this month. While Bob always talks of the Zone and how to get into it he rarely identifies what it really means. The Zone is a mental state where you are simply doing what you want to do, shoot. All bias, fears, and mental perturbations disappear and you throw yourself fully into the process of breaking the target. Thoughtless action is all it is.

That being said, Bob reminds us that the zone creates a “mental connectedness” to the target. This comes from abandoning yourself to the process of seeing the target and breaking it without conscious interference. Go into the Quiet Eye process. This means you go into soft focus to take full advantage

of the athletic, visual enhancements your peripheral vision gives you. Going into soft focus relaxes your eyes and your mental processes and prepares your adaptive unconscious to react to the target as it should, without conscious input.

This relaxed state is the Quiet Mind mode. Now you are ready to see the target, focus on it, and release your swing naturally and freely. The relaxed feeling you get from achieving the Quiet Mind state reduces pressure and makes the shooting experience more fun and is less taxing on you mentally and physically. When you train, practice this so you can find it when you need it in competition. Finally, training is something you should do away from your shooting pals to reduce outside influences.

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As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

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Calender of events: Gun Shows: March 17-18th Ft. Lauderdale War Memorial Aud.

Skeet this month: Markham

March 3rd

Trail Glades

March 10-11th

for $549.90 for 10 flats. Shipping is $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 March 24th

Trap this month: Indian River

March 4th

Markham

March 10th

Gulf Coast Clays March 11th South Florida

March 24th

Sporting This month: Indian River

March 3rd

Quail Creek

March 11th

South Florida

March 17th

Markham

March 18th

OK Corral

March 24th

Gulf Coast Clays March 25th Okeechobee

March 31st

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

If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.

Ben Hogan

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CALL FOR CURRENT PRICES ON FIREARMS/AMMUNITION

561-793-8787 THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR BUSINESS JOE FORDHAM 18

2018 Schedule of NSCA Sporting Clay Tournaments

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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 secret of concentration is the secret of selfdiscovery.

You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge.

Arnold Palmer

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SPORTING CLAYS PROGRAM

Markham Skeet, Trap & Sporting Clays Club

ST. PATRICK’S DAY OPEN 100 Targets Shot over 14 Stations

SUNDAY MARCH 18TH 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: 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 HOA 47 ENTRANTS

CONCURRENTS LADY CH RACHEL JECKELL LADY RU BROOKE ROBERTS JUNIOR CH MICHAEL PILCH JUNIOR RU CHRISTIAN KANZKI VET CH ALEX RIERA VET RU RICHARD LEEDS SUPER VET CH SILVIO PLANT SUPER VET RU GERRY STUMM SR SUPER VET CH LARRY CRISMOND SR SUPER VET RU HENRY RABINOWITZ HUNTER CH SIMON BLOOM HUNTER RU JUAN CABANILAS HUNTER 3RD JIM BURNLEY

72 70 90 74 91 81 84 84 78 67 78 75 72

CH HERBERT KANZKI

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RU LUCIO GOMEZ

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M1 ALEX RIERA

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M2 GARY GRAY

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AA1 ROCKY LONG

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AA2 TED GRAY

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A1 RICHARD LEEDS

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A2 DAVID KORDZIKOWSKI

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B1 MICHAEL PILCH

90

B2 GLENN CRAWFORD

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C1 SILVIO PLANT

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C2 LARRY CRISMOND

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C3 ANTONIO MATOS

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D1 PEDRO SAER

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D2 CHIRS LUIS

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D3 ASIF SHEERAHAMED

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E1 CHRISTIAN KANZKI

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E2 RACHEL JECKELL

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E3 MAX JECKELL

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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

Golf challenges you mentally at any age, and when you become my age, it's a challenge physically to try to make your game work as well as it ever did. That's close to impossible, but that doesn't keep you from trying to hit the ball where you used to hit it and make the putts you used to make all the time.

Arnold Palmer

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Trap Program SPECIAL NOTICE

Trap Tournaments are usually the fourth Sunday of the month except for March 2018.

Trap Program: 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

DAX DEMENA ANGEL ESTEVEZ JOHN TESCHKY ALEX RIERA STEVE NORRIS HUNTER SEFOSS ALBERTO LOPEZ DENNIS MCCARTHY MICHAEL PILCH ED GREENE ALEX CHURNETSKI FRANK MARSHALL ENRIQUE BERNET ALFRED PENACHO TED VANDLING JEREMY GREEN TIM PERRELL CODY BEHN MARK MORGAN

16 Yards CLASS

SCORE

B A B A B A A D B C D B D D D D D D D

99 98 98 97 95 94 92 91 90 89 88 88 86 85 81 77 68 64 57

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Handicap HANDICAP HUNTER SEFOSS DAX DEMENA DENNIS MCCARTHY MARCOS VIDAL FRANK MARSHALL TED VANDLING ALBERTO LOPEZ ENRIQUE BERNET TIM PERRELL JOHN TESCHKY STEVE NORRIS MARK MORGAN

YARDAGE

SCORE

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89 88 86 85 84 83 81 73 71 69 67 59

Doubles DOUBLES HUNTER SEFOSS MICHAEL PILCH JOE LOITZ ANGEL ESTEVEZ DAX DEMENA MARY NORRIS DENNIS MCCARTHY ALBERTO LOPEZ STEVE NORRIS JOHN TESCHKY

CLASS

SCORE A B B C D D D C C B

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Youth Program

We were recently visited by a Reuter’s reporter who wrote an article on our program in response to the Douglas High School shooting. It was picked up all over the world. I feel Zack Fagenson treated us fairly in his article. He took quotes from several of our Youth shooters. Sometimes you need to present both sides of an argument and I think our kids did it well. We should be proud of all of them.

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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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