2019 September Markham Newsletter

Markham Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays Volume 10 Issue 9

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September 2019

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September 2019

OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS 2019 OFFICERS

Club News - Magazine Review 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—Vacant

DIRECTORS:

Palm Beach Trap/Skeet Pro Shop—Sporting Calender

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Sporting Clays Program and Results

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Skeet Program and Results

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InsideSkeet this Calender issue: FSA

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Contact info:

Trap Program

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Markham Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays

Trap Results

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Youth Program

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

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Club News Well, Dorian was a close call!

Thought shooting in South Florida would certainly be disrupted for a month to come, but we dodged the bullet. The Bahamas didn’t get so lucky. Our hearts go out to them and we wish them the best.

Donate as much as you can to help these unfortunate souls. But for the sake of a high pressure zone, it could have been us.

We only shot 250 targets at the last skeet shoot. Joe Bianculli won the only competitive event by posting a 46x50 in the 12 gauge.

Trap was also sparsely attended by 13 shooters who shot at 1,600 targets. Dax Demena posted his usual 99x100 in Singles followed closedly by Jorge Puignau with a 97. There were not enough participants in the Handicap to register targets so the event was cancelled. Andrew Loitz posted a 96 in the Doubles event to lead all four competitors there.

Local star Rodrigo Mehich led all 44 shooters at the last Sporting Clays event by four targets with a lone 97. Gary Gray followed with

a 93 and Bruce Taylor had a 91.

The big news, Greg Ritch will be taking over the Sporting Clays Program here at Markham. Greg has been a fixture for some time at South Florida as a Referee at many of the shoots. I truly wish him success. He has already reinstated the preregistration through Scoringpro. Greg is a great guy bringing lots of enthusiasm to the position and I wish him great success.

I would be remiss if I didn’t thank Cary Keshen for managing the program over the last year. He got great support from Charlie DeAngelis and Wayne South also and I would like to thank them for their loyal support of the Sporting Program over the years.

Haven’t heard anything out of the Palm Beach Club lately, so nothing to report. There really weren’t many good magazine articles to report on this month. Last month was flush with good stuff and this month was a wash.

See you at the Club!

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TRAP & FIELD – August 2019 Do you have a squad you usually shoot with?

Many of us do. In the Seventies when I shot more seriously, I had two standard squads.

One was a group of guys from Ohio and Pennsylvania and the other was a group from Illinois. I shot well with both. The group from Illinois was not one you would conventionally choose. Roger Stinebring shot Post 1, I shot Post 2, Tony Marucco was on 3, Roger’s wife Sandy shot Post 4, and 5 was filled in by whoever else we could find. If you knew Roger, you may question how I could shoot seriously with him on my squad.

Amazingly, I always shot well with him leading this ragtag crew.

When it came down to game time there was no goofing off on the field.

We were all serious on the field, but between fields we relaxed and joked around. It was just the right mixture.

Bob Palmer has some ideas about how you should approach your squad. He starts off with his standard, give yourself 30 minutes “Me” time before every event. I always did this and it does work. Bob goes into the negative people you can get on your squad and the loud, talkative types. If there is anyone that upsets you when you shoot, you must either kick them off the squad or find another squad. This is important! It will affect your shooting. Create a squad that helps you achieve what you want and do not compromise for the sake of friendship.

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Magazine Review Shotgun Sports – September 2019 Michael J. Keyes, M.D. takes a shot at the “talent does not exist” agreement. The biggest factor that turns someone from an ordinary person into an expert is “deliberate focused work”. This encompasses a great range of activities. Deep thought and understanding about what you are trying to achieve is part of it.

Practice on basics until it is automatic then pushing your limits in a natural progression is another. Perseverance is another important factor.

Almost no one who reached the top did so alone. Good coaching doesn’t just shave time off the learning curve, it directs the learning curve away from wasted effort. Probably the greatest fault I see in shooting is the lack of

perfect fundamentals. In a perfect world I would have shooters practice just one or two target presentations until it looks like a ballet. Most people don’t want to dedicate the time to learn this. I wish they did. .

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CLAYTARGET NATION – August 2019 I was surprised to read Paul Giambrone, III doesn’t like to pattern guns. The only time he wants to go to the patterning board is if he thinks one of his choke tubes is off. If he is going to pattern a skeet gun, he does it at 20 yards and always shoots two shots into the board. What he prefers is to shoot incomers on Station 6 and 7, low houses on Station 7, high houses on 1, and incomers on 1 and 2. If these targets aren’t being crushed or are off high or low, then go to the patterning board to see what’s going on. Finally, he prefers a slightly tighter choke for than skeet, but a little more open than IC. Also, he prefers 60/40 patterning over 50/50.

The power of positive thinking cannot be underestimated or over emphasized. If you think or say negative thoughts, they are surely more likely to occur than something positive. How many times have you heard someone say low 5 in Skeet kills them then sure enough they miss one and it all goes downhill after that. Or maybe it’s rabbits in Sporting. Could be hard rights in Trap. Any negative thoughts about these targets almost guarantees you will miss them. Why haven’t you fixed these targets, so they aren’t a problem is the question I have to ask?

Gil and Vicki Ash tell us to embrace the positive or at least stay neutral. Blank out your emotions, shoot from your heart.

Stop letting your emotions interfere with

something so easy. Gil and Vicki want us to drill positive thinking into our subconscious.

You might want to read a nice article on local Skeet shooter, Howard Chin. Nice bio on Howard and it’s great to see a local profiled.

Also, in this issue is an article on the Vero Beach Clay Shooting Sports Club. This is the old Indian River Trap and Skeet Club.

They have some great things planned for this club. Mick and Emma are staying on and will be running this wonderfully recharged club.

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I would like to see every woman know how to handle guns as naturally as they know how to handle babies.

Annie Oakley

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Calender of events: Gun Shows: July 27-28th Miramar National Guard Armory

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

Skeet this month: Markham

Sept 7th

Trap this month: South Florida

Sept 7th

Markham

Sept 22nd

Sporting This month: OK Corral

Sept. 6th & 22nd

Quail Creek

Sept. 10th

South Florida

Sept.15th

Indian River

Sept. 21st

Okeechobee

Sept.29th

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 $549.90 for 10 flats. Shipping is $19.95. These are 11/8 oz., 7 1/2’s & 8’s, 1200 fps, 12 gauge.

I ain't afraid to love a man. I ain't afraid to shoot him either.

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Sporting Clays

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2018 Schedule of NSCA Sporting Clay Tournaments

Date

Tournament

Saturday - Jan 19, 2019

Snow Bird Open

Sunday - Feb 3, 2019

Honest Abe's Birthday Bash

Sunday - Mar 17, 2019

St. Patrick's Day Open

Saturday - Apr 13, 2019

Spring Blast

Sunday - May 19, 2019

Memorial Day Open

Saturday - Jun 22, 2019

15th Annual Sunshine State Classic

Saturday - Jul 13, 2019

Super Sizzle Open

Saturday - Aug 10, 2019

Summers End Open

Sunday - Oct. 13, 2019

Pumpkin Blast

Sunday—Nov. 3, 2019

Richard Merritt Memorial

Saturday—Dec 28, 2019

Bud Wolfe Classic 13

SPORTING CLAYS PROGRAM

Markham Skeet, Trap & Sporting Clays Club PUMPKIN BLAST 100 Targets Shot over 14 Stations

SUNDAY OCTOBER 13TH 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.

Lunch will NOT be 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: Greg Ritch (561) 271-5319 email: gregsritch@gmail.com

Please Preregister using: scoringpro.com

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SPORTING CLAYS RESULTS MAIN EVENT HOA 44 ENTRANTS

CONCURRENTS

CH RODRIGO MEHICH

97

RU GARY GRAY

93

M1 ALEX RIERA

85

M2 TED GRAY

83

M3 WAYNE SOUTH

82

AA1 ROCKY LONG

88

AA2 STEVE PASKOSKI

86

A1 BRUCE TAYLOR

91

A2 DAVID KORDZIKOWSKI

89

A3 DONOVAN AMRITT

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B1 GREG RITCH

89

B2 BILL WEINGARTNER

88

B3 JOHN PILCH

82

C1 JOEL BRUNO

85

C2 ANTONIO MATOS

80

D1 RICHARD THOMPSON

85

D2 RON TREBBI

84

LADY CH ANN LITTLE

80

D3 RICHARD REBER

82

LADY 2ND CHARLIE DEANGELIS

70

VET CH RODRIGO MEHICH

97

E1 PETER DOMOTKIY E2 REX BELCHER

81 75

VET RU BILL WEINGARTNER

88

SUPER VET CH BRUCE TAYLOR

91

SUPER VET RU DAVID DORDZIKOWSKI

HUNTER CH BILL ELMORE

89 78

HUNTER RU TROY DELISSER

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HUNTER 2ND NAJEEB HABER

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HUNTER 3RD CHRIS WEINGARTNER

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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 16

Skeet Results

Aim for the high mark and you will hit it. No, not the first time, not the second time and maybe not the third. But keep on aiming and keep on shooting for only practice will make you perfect. Finally you'll hit the bull's-eye of success.

Annie Oakley

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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. $40.00 (Includes ATA and FTA daily fees)

ATA SHOOT SCHEDULE 2018-2019

Additional 100 target events.

September 23th

$32.00

October 28th November 25th December 23rd

See Joe Loitz for details: 954-857-5278

January 27th February 24th March 31st April 28th May 26th June 23rd July 28th

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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

DAX DEMENA

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JORGE PUIGNAU

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ALEX RIERA

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ANGEL ESTEVEZ

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RAFAEL CARBALLIDO

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NELSON REGALIDO

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ISAIAS VARGAS

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STUART DYE

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DAMIEN CRELLER

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ORACIO RICCOBONO

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PABLO GONZALEZ

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GARY ROTHSTEIN

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99 97 93 93 91 90 85 83 82 81 73 59

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Handicap No Handicap Inadequate Number of shooters

Doubles DOUBLES ANDREW LOITZ ALEX RIERA ANGEL ESTEVEZ DAX DEMENA

CLASS A B C C

SCORE 96 91 81 80

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Youth Program

August came in with a bang this year! We have had three or more new shooters almost every night last month. Many nights it looked like rain would wash us out, but we still had a very active month. One night all of the fields were underwater. The kids still wanted to shoot and we did, up on the grass behind the traphouse!

I want to welcome Dave Glowacki to our coaching team.

We can’t do this without the help of our coaches and we are incredibly happy to add another coach. Welcome, Dave!

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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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