Clay Target Nation, August 2019

Bert Stelly completing strong weekend performances to finish second and third Gary Greenway delivered a dominating performance to win the Super Veteran title by 10 targets Ladd Webber was able to best Pete Hedrick by the slimmest of margins a single target to take second Vance Barnes posted the only two Senior Super Veteran scores in the 90s on both courses in route to winning the SSV title with Clyde Barnes and Bob Davis capturing second and third FREEDOM CUP The Freedom Cup presented by Federal Premium Ammunition was contested over the same terrain that would later become the Blue course for the Main In one of the tightest finishes of the tournament Derrick Mein won a four way shoot off to capture the championship while Payton Meyer finished runner up and Junior Champion Continuing the shootoff trend the Ladies Veteran and Super Veteran titles all came down to shoot offs with Ashleigh Alexander winning the Ladies title Rick Mein winning Veteran and Tim Murphy winning Super Veteran Joseph Fanizzi won the Sub Junior title with Bob Davis taking the Senior Super Veteran title KOLAR CLASSIC FITASC Typical of FITASC the course required your complete attention as many of the targets involved more speed and distance combined with some tougher angles than many other events Combine 50 WWW NSSA NSCA ORG AUGUST 2019 that with the additional challenge of finding a black target among a backdrop of dense green foliage and the course demanded complete concentration even a split second lapse would surely result in a lost target While the difficulty and terrain could easily get the most skilled shooter out of rhythm it also delivered great satisfaction if one were able to run a peg or parcour as doing so meant you had really accomplished something significant With the competition involving 200 targets over eight different parcours Gregg Wolf was able to get through the gauntlet better than anyone else posting a 186 to earn HOA Derrick Mein finished runner up while Tony Rivera came in third The Ladies competition saw Haylyn Hanks finish all eight parcours with scores in the 20s highlighted by a 25 on parcour 7 capturing the Lady Champion title Grace Choes strong performance earned her the runner up position in the Ladies division Joseph Fanizzi won the Junior title besting Todd Hitch in a shoot off The weekend continued to be a golden one for Tony Rivera as he won the Veteran crown by 12 targets over runner up John Francis David Cole rode some great consistency all eight parcours with scores of 21 to 23 to the Super Veteran title by one target over Gary Walstrom Ronald Shafer bested the Senior Super Veteran field by six targets over runner up Bill Hogg WHITE FLYER 5 STAND Resembling a Kansas tall grass field overflowing with pheasants the 5 stand field featured targets that varied between distance speed edgy and a multitude of angles to test the breadth and depth of the competitors skills Even though the competition involved 50 targets being shot at each of the two stands the variance between report true pairs and the target setters mix of combinations gave the q The FITASC course featured beautiful terrain and foliage p Claythorne Lodge welcomed 536 entrants to the Regional