March, 2010 Newsletter

Great start to the new season. The weatherman can miss the forecast like that all year long! It was just a bit nippy on Sunday morning, but at least we weren't brushing snow off of our shoulders this year.

We had 63 shooters and 21 reshoots for a total of 84 guns, tying the previous high set in August 2009. Here's the breakdown by division.

The scorekeepers did pretty good this month, I only had to add up the scores for 3 or 4 stages, but we did miss one time on Saturday. Remember to review your scoresheet and make sure that your hits add up and that the time is recorded.

We had twelve (12) new shooters this month: Chris Lovejoy, Tom Kopfstein, Rick Weikart, Dayl Upole, Moses Cheatwood, Jeff Reynolds, Ralph Spidalieri, Neal Reeves, Scott Jacobs, David Mercado, John Ellis and Joe Mersnik.

Matt Birch and Jeff Whitaker have offered to hold a new shooters orientation class on Saturday, May 22^nd. Start time and more details will be coming. If you know someone that might like to shoot USPSA, here's an opportunity to introduce them to the sport.

LOST & FOUND (holdover from 2009)

1 small Buck knife with USPSA Area 8 inscribed on the blade.

Para Ordinance mag and box of 40 S&W ammo.

If you don't pick it up at the next match, I'm giving it away!

If you now see a U for your classification, then maybe your membership has lapsed. USPSA has instituted a new policy. If you let your membership lapse for more than 60 days, you will lose your classification. If you want to keep your classification, please keep your membership current. Remember, if you sign up for (or renew) a USPSA membership at the match, you can shoot the match for free (that's like getting your USPSA membership for $25).

For the new members, when you receive your first issue of Front Sight, use the PIN on the cover to sign up to receive an e-mail notification when results are posted to the USPSA Local and Major Match results page. Our results are always posted to the USPSA Local Match Results first. It takes a little while to massage the junk HTML pages that come out of EzWinScore.

Don't forget to let me know when you change your membership type. I had two RO's change their membership and I found out when I went to update the classifications. That just slows down the process to post the scores. I have to stop and get confirmation of the membership number changes.

We also have Crooked Creek Conservation Club applications. Ask Bill, Ed or myself for one if you are interested in joining. We hold a pistol practice on Wednesday evening starting about 4:00 PM for members.

I still have Muff Sweats for sale. 1 pair is $14 and two or more are $13 each. See Atto, Ed or Bud at registration if you would like a pair or two.

Our next match will be on Sunday, April 25^th at Crooked Creek in Hartsgrove. Setup will be on Saturday, April 24^th starting at 1:30 PM. You can shoot one gun after setup. And we will continue the practice of running one classifier each match. Now, you don't have any reason not to be classified before that big match.

Signups for Sunday start at 7:30AM. We will run two (2) squads on Sunday at 8:00 AM and 11:00 AM. Please arrive in time to register, gear-up and be ready to shoot at 8:00AM. I will try to design the stages to keep us on schedule so that you don't have to wait for the second squad. The last squad will help with teardown.

2010 Schedule:

April 25

May 23

June 27

July 18 Third Sunday!

August 22

September 26

October 24

Upcoming Major Matches:

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This month's Top Shooters are:

March 21, 2010 Match Results

Bud Connolly
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