Shooters...
That was our biggest and best State Shoot, so far. Great targets, three days of perfect weather...with one day that was ok, Greg and Sharon prepared some great food, and we had record turn out. Can't ask for better than that. We do want to apologize to all those that didn’t get in. Hopefully, we can find a way to expand the course so we don't have to cut off registration in the future.
PUBLIC SPORTING CLAYS
The Main event course and the Pelletier Memorial course will be open this Wednesday 9am - 4pm and next Sunday from 10am - 2pm. Come on back to Scarborough, and try them again...we have plenty of ammo available to work on those lift birds!
RESULTS
The 100 target 20 gauge event is just a lot of fun to shoot, and seems to be growing in popularity. This year's targets were very fun. We had a tie for HOA between Brian Porter and Carl Musilek, both with 94. Brian won by tie breaker. Congratulations to both.
Every year we remember, and celebrate the life of our original member, our founder, and our friend, George Pelletier, with the George Pelletier Memorial shoot. The state shoot was always George's favorite shoot of the year. Without George, none of this would be possible today. Dan Parks took HOA with a 95. Wray Lessard was close behind, for RU, with 94...Congratulations to both.
The 100 target Super Sporting course was fun and quite shooter friendly. This year we had one of those talked about big scores with Brad Newell shooting a 99...very impressive! Devin Anderson took runner up with a 95. Congratulations to both.
The sub gauges were very popular, again, and very well attended. It was a challenging course with a couple of combinations that were fast, and the famous trampoline was back. We even snuck in a Whiffle trap.
Congratulations to the following 12ga event winners:
12 ga: CH Devin Anderson 48; RU Robert Carpenter 47
Super Sporting 50: CH David England 49; RU Devin Anderson 48
Fluff 50: CH Michael Burton 50; RU Mike Keene 50
Congratulations to all the new 2022 Maine State Sub Gauge Champions:
20ga: CH Brian Porter 50; RU Dan Hurley 45; OOSCH Sam Foulds 48
28ga: CH Brian Porter 48; RU Steve Hogan 45; OOSCH Sam Foulds 48
.410: CH Dan Burke 39; RU Dan Burke jr 39; OOSCH Steve Edwards 47
Pump: CH James Arsenault 42; RU Pam Rich 40; OOSCH Grey Hagwood 46
SxS: CH Dave Bernier 43; RU Dan Burke jr 39; OOSCH Chuck DeVinne 45
And now for the 2023 Maine State Sporting Clays Champions:
Concurrent Champions:
SJ: Colton Copp
JR: Nolan Card
LYCH: Kim Noyes
VET: Steve Card
SV: James Clemons
SSV: Dave Bernier
LG: Anton Rice
Out of State Champion: Dan Linker with a very impressive 95, great shooting Dan- that was great shooting on that course!
This year's 2023 Maine State Sporting Clays Champions are:
Finishing third place...Bub Copp Copp with 86
Finishing Runner Up...Steve Card with 87
And, the 2022 Maine State Champion...Adam Copp with 87
Congratulations to all of this year's new champions! Great shooting to you all!
As always, all the scores are out on ScoreChaser.com.
THANK YOU
It takes a village to run a shoot this size. We need to give special thanks to Greg and Sharon Berry for providing lunch each day and to Leisha Nadeau for her help and hospitality. They do such a great job! Thanks to Lisa and Bill for handling registration and scoring for all those events and shooters. Thanks to John Wilson for coordinating and managing all the referees. Thanks to all the people that volunteered to be referees - it works great having one ref per squad and we heard a lot of compliments on a job well done. Thanks to Randy and Leisha Nadeau for spending the week with us to help make the shoot run so smooth. Thanks to Jim Clemons, Bernie Raimo, Steve and Pam Rich, Tom Fenderson, and Bill Scarborough who worked almost full time to get the course ready. There was soooo much work to be done, and this group came together and just made it happen. Thanks to Andy, Matt, Dale and Randy for keeping the courses filled and running so smoothly. Also, special shout outs to Heidi & Wray Lessard, Mary & David Hewitt, and Bub Copp, Nolan & Steve Card for all their extra help this weekend! Thanks to our sporting clays committee (there were way too many members to get all the names in), that helped to put this shoot on. We have the best sporting committee anywhere! Most of all, thanks to all of you shooters that came out to support us. Without your continued support, none of this is possible. We hope every one of you enjoyed your weekend with us.
Well, that is a wrap on our favorite event of the year.
Hope to see you in July at our next shoot!
Kim
