Markham Newsletter - 2024 November

Free Clinic is back!

Fourth Saturday of the Month November 23rd See page 16 for details.

Volume 14 Issue 11 November 2024

Trail Glades Trapshoot November 16th Skeet Shoot November 30th Markham Park Gun Club Youth Program Mondays 6-9 NSSA Skeet Saturday, December 7th ATA Trap Sunday, November 24th NSCA Sporting Clays December 3rd

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CLUB NEWS MAGAZINE REVIEWS 6-7 Trap & Field 8-9 Delta Waterfowl 10-11 CLAYTARGET NATION ROYAL SPORTING ARMS Markham Hours and Rules Trap and Skeet Programs CLUB CALENDAR EVENTS CALENDAR SPORTING PROGRAM & CALENDAR SPORTING CLAYS RESULTS SKEET PROGRAM AND RESULTS FSA SKEET CALENDAR TRAP PROGRAM TRAP RESULTS YOUTH PROGRAM

OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS 2024 OFFICERS  PRESIDENT—Vacant  VICE PRESIDENT—Vacant 

TREASURER—Vacant

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SECRETARY— Joe Loitz

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RECORDING SECRETARY—Vacant

DIRECTORS: Jon Roberts Sporting Chair Joe Loitz Youth Chair Andrew Loitz Director

Contact info: Markham Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays 11873 NW 30th Street Coral Springs, FL 33065 954-857-5278  www.markhamsportingclays.org  E-mail: jloit@bellsouth.net  Newsletter: jloit@bellsouth.net

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Next General Meeting ON REQUEST FROM SECRETARY

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Club News We have received 17 new trap, skeet, and sporting clays machine recently.

These will allow the sporting clays course to throw a wider variety of targets on some fields. Really looking forward to the new variety of targets.

The Free Clinic has returned and will be every 4th Saturday of the month. Price is $22.63 for a practice round ticket and a box of shells.

Price is reduced if you bring your own shells.

getting 5-8 on the advanced field and 5-8 on the beginner field. If you are interested in Youth coaching or just getting experience as a coach, come and see us on a Monday night and get the paperwork started.

See you at the club.

Joe Loitz 954-857-5278 jloit@bellsouth.net

The last Sporting Clays Tournament saw 56 shooters in attendance.

Trap did well again last month with 18 shooters attending and 3,300 targets thrown.

The skeet shoot was attended by two shooters who shot 200 targets.

Attendance on Mondays have been well attended by 12-15 students. We are still

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SHOTGUN INSTRUCTION BEGINNER, INTERMEDIATE, AND ADVANCED TRAP, SKEET, AND SPORTING CLAYS

JOE LOITZ 5-TIME ALL AMERICAN CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR NRA ATA NSCA NSSA 954-857-5278 JLOIT@BELLSOUTH.NET

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Magazine Review Trap & Field – October 2024 Correct shotgunning stance eliminates more problems than most shooters want to believe. The greatest of those is shooting off your heels. Ian Darroch weighs in this month with his beliefs on stance and gets most of the

points correct. He starts with the feet. Correct foot positioning allows you to swing the gun freely over the expected targets’ range of flight. Shoulder width apart has been the standard measure from most experts and Ian agrees. This also agrees with the standard set forth for the Modern Stance. Modern Stance suggests the front foot be pointing at 12:00 to 1:30 on the clockface and the trailing foot be 2:00 to 3:30.

Comfort dictates their placement.

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As to weight distribution, 60-70% of your weight should be on the leading leg and again Ian agrees.

Ian advocates locking the training leg and keeping your back straight.

He is where we meet our first divergence. Many shooters do lock the trailing leg and for some this is a comfort issue. I suggest a relaxed knee on the trailing leg is more athletic than a locked knee. Also, Ian suggests keeping your back straight, I prefer a more relaxed forward lean over the leading leg. Again, I believe this is more athletic and brings your face forward and into the gun. Ian also believes that too much lean forward will cause a shooter to dip the gun downward as they start to move the gun. I’ve stood directly behind over 2,000 beginning shooters and observed them swing a shotgun at a target.

This isn’t a thing.

Ian likes a tight grip on the gun. While I’ll agree the trigger hand needs a tight grip, pulling the gun into your shoulder and face, the forearm hand should be relaxed. Both golf and tennis experts will tell you to hold the club or racket like you are holding eggs or a bird.

Only on contact with the ball

should you tighten your grip.

Tension is the enemy of freeflowing athletic movement.

Stiffening your back leg and back or tightening your grip on the forearm are counter7 productive.

Magazine Review Delta Waterfowl – Fall 2024 It’s that time of year and many shooters are dusting off their waders and preparing for duck hunting. Brad Fitzpatrick has some suggestions to impr ove your chances during the rapidly approaching season.

If you shoot out of a blind where you’re seated, practice rising from the chair and shooting.

The more I think about this the more I think it’s something you do at home with an unloaded gun. Trying is on a skeet or trap field may be problematic at most clubs for perceived safety reasons.

Practice rising and find a rhythm that works when combined with your gun mount. It should be one continuous process. As you rise you bring the gun to your face and shoulder, swinging in the direction the duck is coming from.

Sit down on a stool or chair and mount your gun as you rise and you’ll understand what I mean. If you shoot from a stool or chair without rising, I would still practice this at home before you take it to the range. Clubs will probably let you do this but practice at home first. Can’t have you tipping over on the stool once you’re at the club. This would immediately suspend any other shooting 8 from the stool!

If you’re standing and see a duck coming, move your feet before you do anything else. Get them set correctly based on the direction of the bird’s flight. Waiting till the bird is in the kill zone before you shuffle your feet will ruin any rhythm you thought you were go-

ing to have with your gun mount.

Shuffling your feet as you mount a gun isn’t conducive to good shooting.

If you’re shooting from a layout boat, practice your rise to the target. Brad has done some layout shooting and suggests spreading your feet as far apart as possible

inside the layout to stabilize your side-to-side rotation as you swing.

Finally, practice your low-gun shooting. I see people practice this on trap fields all the time.

Go to a skeet or sporting clays field. Also, start with the gun just off y o u r shoulder with the s t o c k near your ar mpit.

This isn’t International Skeet or FITASC. Bring the gun up with the end of the barrel level with your eye. Practice mounting as you follow the target with your eye and barrel moving in sync. Bring the gun to your face not your face to the gun is the mantra of low-gun shooting. The mount to the shoulder will take care of itself.

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Magazine Review CLAYTARGET-NATION – November 2024 The big shoots of February are quickly approaching shooters here in Florida.

crossing targets. Have everything you need for the shoot prepared and ready to go. Most of the mental training gurus will tell you to have everything pre-

Anthony Matarese gives his take on preparing for major shoots in this month’s issue.

Controlling everything you can control is the primary focus of his preparation. First is practice.

Work on the more difficult targets you will expect to see at these events, especially distant

pared and ready to go and get to your first station 20-30 minutes 10 early to prepare mentally.

Sleep and diet are basic for any athletic performance. Pay heed to your usual routine in that regard.

Interestingly, Anthony is little concerned about who he shoots with, but he does have one caution.

the main event. When the Grand American was in Vandalia I would squad in a later squad during the Preliminary and Grand American Handicap days. Usually around squad

Once his squad is set, he doesn’t like adding additional squad members at the last minute. He does suggest warm-up targets and if they’re not available at least stretch and physically warmed up for the event.

He advises using Preliminary events to warm-up and prepare for

650. This allowed me to shoot the non-registered shoot in Tipp City before the events in Vandalia. Those were ugly targets, but they were true competition targets and I always shot better during the events in Vandalia when I did this.

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We carry new and used Beretta, Perazzi, Rizzini, Krieghoff, Blaser, Syren, Fabarm, Caesar Guerini.

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FLORIDA / USA: (954)-676-0714 / (954)-394-5134 Federico Ramirez Royal Sporting Arms Phone: (954) 394-5134 Email: royalsportingarms@gmail.com Website: https://www.royalsportingarms.com

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Markham Skeet, Trap & Sporting Clays

ATA Trapshoot Sunday, November 24th Signup starts 8:00 Shooting Starts at 9:00 100 16 Yard targets 100 Handicap targets 100 Doubles targets $42 first 100 targets $36 for each additional 100 Additional Shoot Dates See Page 38 22

Trail Trap & Skeet

ATA Trapshoot Saturday, November 16th Signup starts 8:00 Shooting Starts at 9:00 100 16 Yard targets 100 Handicap targets 100 Doubles targets $40 first 100 targets $34 for each additional 100

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Markham Skeet, Trap & Sporting Clays

NSSA Skeet Tournament Saturday, December 7th Signup starts 8:00 Shooting Starts at 9:00 50 targets 12 gauge 50 targets 20 gauge 50 targets 28 gauge 50 targets .410 gauge 50 targets Doubles $22 each 50 targets 24

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954-846-2336

If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.

John Wooden

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Registered Shooting and Events in South Florida Gun Shows Miramar National Guard Armory November 23-24th

Skeet Markham Trail Glades

Decmber 7th November 30th

Trap Trail Glades Markham

November 16th

Gulf Coast

December 1st December 7th

Palm Beach

November 24th

SPORTING CLAYS COURSE HOURS

Tuesday 9-4:00 Thursday 10-3:00 Thurs. Night 6-9:00 Saturday 9-4:00 Sunday 9-4:00 Golf Cart Rental $25.00

Sporting Clays South Florida Quail Creek Gulf Coast Vero Beach Markham

November 16th November 23rd December 1st December 2nd December 22nd

A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

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2024 Schedule NSCA Sporting Clay Tournaments Date

Tournament

Saturday Jan. 27th

Snow Bird Open

February

No Shoot in February

Saturday Mar. 30th

St. Patrick’s Day Open

Sunday April 14th

Gerry Stumm Memorial

Sunday May 19th

Memorial Day Open

Saturday June 22nd 23rd Annual Sunshine State Classic Saturday July 13th

Super Sizzle Open

Saturday Aug. 10th

Summers End Open

Saturday Sept. 14th

Markham Fall Fest Open

Sunday Oct. 20th

Pumpkin Blast

Sunday Nov. 3rd

Richard Merritt Memorial

Sunday - Dec 22nd

Bud Wolfe Classic

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SPORTING CLAYS PROGRAM

BUD WOLFE CLASSIC 100 Targets Shot over 14 Stations

SUNDAY DECEMBER 22nd 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: $80 N.S.C.A., $80 Hunter, $60.00 SubJunior, Junior No Scorers or Trappers will be provided.

Shooters will be asked to squad themselves into groups of at least 3 and designate a field judge to verify scores for the squad. Tiebreaker station rankings will be posted during registration.

Lunch will 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:

Jon Roberts (786)-210-9448 email: MarkhamSportingClaysClub@gmail.com

Please Preregister using: scorechaser.com

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SPORTING CLAYS RESULTS 2024 RICHARD MERRITT MEMORIAL HOA 56 ENTRANTS

CONCURRENTS

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LADY CH RILEY SASS LADY RU YENEY GARCIA SUB-JR CH JAKE HOOPER JUNIOR CH RILEY SASS VET CH RODRIGO MEHECH VET RU TED GRAY VET 3RD EMILIO TEJA S VET CH ALEX RIERA S VET RU EDWARD LEE SSR VET CH RICHARD REBER SSR VET RU JAMES JACOBS HUNTER CH RENAUD PIERRE HUNTER RU MICHAEL PETERS HUNTER 3RD BARRY CORWIN

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CH LUIS HERRERA RU RODRIGO MEHECH M1 RTED GRAY M2 EMILIO TEJA M3 DANY BRAVO AA1 DALE FURMAN AA2 DANIEL NARANJO A3 ALEX VILLALBA A1 ALEX RIERA A2 FERNANDO ALVARADO A3 TOM DALY B1 MELVIN SOSA B2 ALLEN FURIA C1 ANDRES GARCIA C2 ANTHONY BALSAM C3 EROS COLLAZO D1 LEGNE ALLEGUE D2 JAKE HOOPER D3 JOE RIVERO E1 MILES RAMOS E2 DWIGHT HYOTTE E3 JAMES JACOBS

91 89 89 88 85 87 86 85 86 78 78 81 67 82 81 79 76 75 74 75 72 67

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

.410 gauge 50 Targets $22.00 28 gauge 50 Targets $22.00 20 gauge 50 Targets $22.00 12 gauge 50 Targets $22.00 Doubles 50 Targets $22.00 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 34

Skeet Results Markham Skeet, Trap, & Sporting Clays

When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur. When you improve conditioning a little each day, eventually you have a big improvement in conditioning.

Not tomorrow, not the next day, but eventually a big gain is made. Don't look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time. That's the only way it happens - and when it happens, it lasts.

John Wooden

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Trap Program Trap Program: SPECIAL NOTICE

100 target 16 Yd, Hdcp and Trap Tournaments are Doubles events. usually the fourth First 100 targets.

Sunday of the month. $44.00 (Includes ATA and FTA daily fees)

ATA SHOOT SCHEDULE 2024-25

Additional 100 target events. $36.00

October 27th November 24th December 22nd

See Joe Loitz for details: 954-857-5278

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOOTING IS STILL POPULAR WITH THE SHOOTERS. SIGN UP WITH 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 Markham Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays

16 Yards

SINGLES SCORE OCTOBER RESULTS SINGLES

FEDERICO RAMIREZ JAKE HOOPER ALEX RIERA ROGELIO FOLCO MARLON LOPEZ JORGE SOLARES ADOLFO MILIANI ANGEL ESTEVEZ ORLANDO PADRON ALEXANDRO CASTILLO DIONATA SIHON JERRY FELBER STEVEN FABRIZIO VICTOR FLUXA HECTOR ACEVEDO BOB MCPHEE AIDA ACEVEDO SERGIO GARCIA

99 97 95 93 92 91 90 90 89 87 87 85 85 84 77 62 59 57 40

Handicap OCTOBER RESULTS HANDICAP YDG ORLANDO PADRON ALEX RIERA FEDERICO RAMIREZ JAKE HOOPER ADOLFO MILIANI MARLON LOPEZ VICTOR FLUXA

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91 87 86 85 84 79 73

Doubles OCTOBER RESULTS DOUBLES FEDERICO RAMIREZ JAKE HOOPER ADOLFO MILIANI ALEX RIERA MARLON LOPEZ JORGE SOLARES ORLANDO PADRON VICTOR FLUXA

94 87 86 85 85 81 76 65 41

Youth Program

Markham Youth Program Ages 10-17 $20 includes targets & ammo Shotguns available free of charge Every Monday 6-9 PM. 42

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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