For those of you who were not at the shoot. Yes, there was a shoot. Yes, it was cold, but it’s been colder. Yes, there was some interesting wind deflection of as much as 4 inches.
Our President, Mike Rybak, and his lovely wife, Casey (our Schutzenmeister), are taking advantage of a wonderful professional opportunity which requires they move to Connecticut.
JP Sherkus has volunteered to take over as Schutzenmeister, and proved his ability to select almost impossible targets at the match. (Spoiler Alert) But he was felled by his own doing when Mike Rodzianko took First Place in the aggregate score.
So we need one of two things: 1) A volunteer to take over as BRML President, or 2) A couple of volunteers to become candidates for a Special Election.
Unless we get a volunteer my thought is to collect candidates from now to the February shoot. Then open voting at the shoot and continue it via emails to me until the March shoot when the winner would be announced. This way the maximum number of members would have the opportunity to select a new president.
The president position is probably the second easiest positionon the BRML Board with vice president being the easiest :o) You run the monthly meeting by calling on the other members of the Board to make their reports.
We could also do with a third Prize Getter to spread the load a little. This involves buying about $200 of groceries for either an Aggregate or Individual Target competition. If done right it would happen 4 times a year. Plenty of advice and guidance would be available. Come on, people. Let me hear from you.
It was a TERRIBLE day for a shoot, but it was fun. It was cloudy and the temperature started at 36° and dropped to 34°; Humidity did drop from 97% to 65% but the NW winds ranged from 5 to 26 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. The barometer did hold fairly steady at 29.2 inHg.
Welcome Barry Carlisle and Bob Drake!! They looked to be having fun and promised to come back.
Shutzenmeister Shurkus chose the White Groundhog for 5 shots at 25 yards for the first target. John Marhefka saw this one coming and scored a solid 48 for First Place. JP Sherkus was Second with 47 and Rob Capp took Third with 46. Art Twichell rounded out the top four with a 45.
Shapes was the next target. Mike Rodzianko took First Place with 39X and JP Sherkus was Second with 39. Art Twichell and Dwight Hlustick both shot 30.
Next was the Half and Quarter Bull. Rob Capp was First with Dwight Hlustick was Second with 25 and Mike Rybak tied with Mike Rodzianko at 24.
The 25-yard Standing Groundhog made an appearance at 50 yards amid many moans and groans. And for 5, not 3, shots. Eagle Eye John Marhefka came through with a 42 for First Place while JP Sherkus managed a 28X for Second. Third was taken by Mike Rodzianko with 26 while Dwight Hlustick scored 24 for Fourth.
Then we had a special appearance by the Mosquito at 25 yards again. This time Rob Capp was closest to the X with 1 mm for First Place. JP Sherkus was Second at 3 mm. Then Dwight Hlustick was Third with 13.5 mm and Mike Rybak was Fourth at 20 mm.
In the pistol competition Mike Rodzianko decided that there was too much wind for him. Indeed getting good rifle shots consumed a lot of time with the wind. At 25 yards JP Sherkus scored 45 while John Marhefka scored 40. At 50 yards JP Sherkus managed a respectable 44 for 89 total and First place. John Marhefka scored 21 for 61 and Second place.
Adding up the total rifle scores showed Mike Rodzianko in First Place with 163X. JP Sherkus was close behind with 159XX and Second Place. Third Place belonged to John Marhefka with 154X. Rob Capp was Fourth Place with 152X. Then came Dwight Hlustick, Art Twichell, Mike Rybak, Bob Drake, Rich Burkhart and Barry Carlisle.
The next match will be February 17, 2019. It will be an Aggregate Score Competition.
You get 3 of each rifle target and, if competing, three of each pistol targets. Score your own, hand in your best. Please, do not stock pile or delay handing in your targets.
You have 3 of each. After you shoot your best score of the three and score your own, turn it in so we can keep the score sheet current.
All shots are from the free-standing, off-hand position. Shooting begins at 8 AM and ends at 12 PM.