PALO ALTO MID-RANGE SPRING REGIONAL RESULTS
SATURDAY MAY 2
Saturday was a great day for
shooting. We were treated to blue skies and puffy white clouds all day.
Conditions were almost summer like, with steady winds from the south giving the
usual pick ups and let offs but no reverses. Many were shooting with two
to three minutes of left wind. Miss Ashlyn Kliebert put a wooping on the
F-TR boys. (Again). Ashlyn fired a very nice 576-10x. Ted
Torres was second in class with his 558-13x. In the Open class, Mark
Miller shooting “David” the Giant Killer (6-BR) was tops with his
593-21x day. Joe Bougard who
is quickly learning this game was second with 581-17x. On the Prone
side, Norman Bennett was the ‘leader in the clubhouse’ with his
556-9x. In the combined Master/Expert class Buck Kliebert was first day
leader with 584-17x, followed by Mike Liuzza’s 579-15x. The High
Master prone class was led by Gary Henry with 594-32x, followed by Kenny Porter’s 589-18x. The HM class was
filled with drama both days. Competition was very close, as it should be
as all of these guys are very good. After the gun smoke had cleared, we
all feasted on barbequed pork (cooked by Gary Henry and his famous smoker),
coleslaw and drinks and snacks. Saturday’s cash drawing winner was Kenny Porter, who took home a crispy Benjamin, along
with a bunch of my money for his great gunsmithing work.
SUNDAY MAY 3
Sunday skies were low hanging dark clouds with
the threat of rain, which thankfully never materialized. There was no
mirage to speak of, so it was a wind flag day, but at least it was cool. Norman
Bennett continued his lead in the prone Marksman class with 549-11x, as did
Buck Kliebert in the Master/Expert class. Mike Liuzza kept his place
also, finishing second for the day with 580-24x. The High Master drama
continued again Sunday. Bill Jenkins and Kenny
Porter tied for high score of the day with identical 592-28x’s.,
followed closely by Rob Westfall with 591-35x. Shaun Sanford led the F-TR
shooters with his 564-12x, followed by Ashlyn Kliebert and her 561-9x. Mark
Miller got even better Sunday, posting a fine 594-28x score to lead Joe Bougard (591-25x) and Donald Conner (592-20x).
Donald made a big jump on Sunday, increasing his score from Saturday by 32
points. Keep an eye on him in the future.
FINAL RESULTS
Gary Henry is Prone Regional
Champion, and took home the gold medal. Gary’s score was 1181-61x. The
Silver medal went to Kenny Porter of
Lake Jackson, Texas who also shot 1181, but with 46x. Bronze
went to Bill Jenkins who was close behind with 1179-56x. Class winners
were Buck Kliebert in Master/Expert with a nice 1172-37x. Second was Mike
Liuzza with 1159-39x. Norman Bennett was first place in the Marksman
class with 1105-20x. The drama mentioned above included a HM contender
cross-firing on Saturday, along with another contender having two bullets blow
up on their way to the target. On Sunday another contender also had a
cross-fire. It got very interesting.
There was no drama in the F-Class Regional
Championship race. Mark Miller dominated both days and deservedly so.
His was the highest score posted for the weekend in any category. Mark,
shooting one of the smallest cartridges showed once again that accuracy and
wind reading are the twin pillars to good scores. Congratulations to all
the winners, and a big thank you to all of our competitors. Our next big two
day match will be the State Championship on October 3-4, 2009. Our next
monthly match will be Saturday June 6.
A special thanks to Palo Alto R&P club
for the excellent facility, and to Carolyn Russell and Vicky Billiot-Miller for
running the stat house and scoring. Thanks also to Gary Henry for the great cooking,
and thanks to all those who worked diligently behind the scenes over the past few
weeks to make this all possible.
PRONE
HIGH
MASTER
Bill
Jenkins 197-10 198-12
192-6
587-28
197-8 197-13 198-7 592-28
1179-56x
Bronze
Bob Jenkins
195-10 199-8 176-6
570-24
186-6 195-11 189-4
569-21
1139-45x
Rob Westfall
188-12 198-7 200-8
586-27
199-14 196-11 196-10 591-35
1177-62x
Kenny
Porter 197-7 196-4
196-7 589-18
198-10 196-8 198-10
592-28
1181-46 x
Silver 1st HM
Gary
Henry 196-10 200-10
198-12
594-32
200-13 197-9 190-7 587-29
1181-61x Regional
Champion
MASTER/EXPERT
Emmett Roan
183-4 193-4 191-6 567-12
Buck Kliebert
196-4 194-5 194-8
584-17
195-6 196-7 197-7
588-20
1172-37x 1st
MA/EX
Mike
Burke 187-6
194-6 187-6 568-18 191-5 197-4 194-5 582-14 1150-32x
Mike Liuzza
193-5 193-3 193-7
579-15
194-9 196-5 190-10
580-24
1159-39x 2nd
MA/EX
Rob
Stevens 192-5 189-3
194-8
575-16
198-8 190-9 189-7
577-24
1152-40x
Richard Bordelon
192-4 187-6 192-3 571-13
Dave
Polan
190-4 189-6 182-2 561-12
Angelo
Spagnola
185-3 187-6 176-3 548-12
MARKSMAN
Norman Bennett 190-3
185-5 181-1
556-9
179-2 188-6 182-3
549-11
1105-20x 1st
MK
Gerald Liuzza
166-1 168-1 176-0 510-2
153-0 168-0 166-2
487-2
997-4x
George Fournet
169-0 168-0 175-1 512-1
F CLASS
F OPEN
Paul
Mills
187-2 191-3 186-1
564-6
190-6 190-4 193-9
573-19
1137-25x
Lyle
Soniat 195-1
191-0 185-0 571-1
Mark
Miller 200-9
196-3 197-9
593-21
199-9 199-10 196-9
594-28
1187-49x Regional
Champion
Donald Conner
192-2 185-2 193-6 570-10
198-6 196-4 198-10
592-20
1162-30x
Joe
Bougard 194-5 195-8
192-4
581-17
198-8 197-7 196-10
591-25
1172-42x 1st
F-Open
John
Bartus 199-8
192-4 193-5 584-17
F-TR
Ted
Torres 189-6
187-6 182-1 558-13
Shaun Sanford
188-4 187-3 172-1
547-8
190-4 190-3 184-5
564-12
1111-20x 2nd
F-TR
Jim
Street 183-3
183-3 179-0 545-6
183-2 178-1 190-4
551-7
1096-13x
Bryan Richman
180-1 172-1 182-2
534-4
182-1 181-2 185-2
548-5
1082-9x
Ashlyn Kliebert
194-3 196-3 186-4
576-10
186-2 186-3 189-4
561-9
1137-19x 1st
F-TR
Pictures from the match:
1st F-Open Joe Bougard
1st F-TR Ashlyn Kliebert
1st MA/EX Buck Kliebert
1st MK Norman Bennett
F Class Regional Champion Mark Miller
Prone Bronze Bill Jenkins
Prone Regional Champion Gary Henry
Prone Silver Kenny Porter
2nd F-TR Shaun Sanford
2nd MA/EX Mike Liuzza
Your 2009 Spring Regional Champions
