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Kentucky Bluegrass Regionals

Match Results - September 19 - 20, 1998

 

BGAC's Sixth Annual Field Target Event - 9/19-20/98 match results: 

Kentucky Bluegrass Regionals
BGAC Field Target Event 1998
                 
  Round
1		 Round
2		 Round
3		 Total Standing Airgun Scope Pellet
 
Match Winner                
Wade Sutherland 26 29 27 82 Winner Anschutz ZM 2002 Burris 8-32x Prem. 10.5
 

Open
Class "A"

                
Stylie Edward 28 28 25 81* 1st Place Ripley Nightforce 36x Prem. 10.5
Ken Hughes 29 25 27 81 2nd Place NJR-100 Nightforce 36x Prem. 10.5
Thomas Itterly 27 26 26 79* 3rd Place Ripley AR-5 Nightforce 36x Prem. 10.5
Bob Duncan 29 27 23 79   CR-94 FT 36x Prem. 10.5

   * shootoff

Open
Class "B"

                
Walt Roller 27 23 31 81 1st Place RN-10 Burris 8-32x Prem. 10.5
Don Vande Werker 29 23 28 80 2nd Place CR-94 Nightforce 36x Prem. 10.5
John Long 27 21 25 73 3rd Place CR-97 Tasco 8-40x Prem. 10.5
George Gardner 25 21 23 69   RN-10 B&L 4-16x Prem. 10.5
Chris Oldfield 24 21 24 69   various various various
 

Unlimited Piston Class "A"

                
Ken Reeves, Sr. 29 25 22 76 1st Place TX-200 Burris 8-32x Prem. 7.9
Bob Ellis 23 25 23 71 2nd Place TX-200 Tasco 8-40x Prem. 7.9
Roz Sumpter 22 20 26 68 3rd Place HW-77 Custom Leupold 6.5-20x Prem. 7.9
 

Unlimited Piston Class "B"

                
James Sumpter 19 20 22 61 1st Place HW-77 Custom Leupold 6.5-20x Prem. 7.9
David Still 21 18 21 60 2nd Place TX-200 B&L 6-24x Prem. 7.9
Philip Janes 18 14 12 44 3rd Place TX-200 SR Tasco 8-40x Prem. 7.9
Aaron Hackey 9 4 8 21   HW-77 Tasco 8-40x Prem. 7.9
 

Standard Piston Class "A"

                
Rick Stoutenburg 24 23 26 73 1st Place TX-200 SR Leupold 6.5-20x Prem. 7.9
Clifford Smith 27 21 24 72 2nd Place TX-200 Leupold 6.5-20x Prem. 7.9
Jim Everett 22 20 19 61 3rd Place TX-200 SR Simmons 6.5-20x Prem. 7.9
 

Standard Piston Class "B"

                
Robert Frederick 18 17 20 55 1st Place RX-1 Simmons 6-18x Prem. 7.9
James Lykins 17 16 15 48 2nd Place FWB 124 RWS 3.9x Prem. 7.9
Kentucky Bluegrass Regionals
State Teams                
Tennessee 103 103 104 310 1st Place      
Georgia 102 87 102 291 2nd Place      
Kentucky 77 68 71 216 3rd Place      
 
 

Bluegrass Match Results
by David Still

Steve Cox, Kentucky Regional Match Official, gave a sigh of relief as rain arrived Friday morning after 18 weeks of drought. After the morning rain subsided, airgun competitors, mostly pre-charged, displayed their new stocks and elegant metal finishes as they engaged in the site-in process. On Saturday, 12 spring and gas piston shooters arrived at the pre-match site-in.

Saturday's morning course began with a yellow (32 shots) course and a blue (36 shots) course. Two groups of airgunners were formed to shoot each course. After a complimentary lunch, provided by the BGAC, each group returned to complete the next color course.

The blue course seemed a bit easier as compared to the yellow course. The course presented multiple 35 to 45 yard targets and one very small bat target poised on a tree limb. What made the "bat" lane difficult was each shooter had to sit on a 20 to 30 degree slope with their back leaning downhill; some shooters remarked the lane was "designed for Robert Crocker - a lefty's lane".

The yellow course was set with numerous 45 to 50 yard targets; one 50 yard "bird on a fence post" target had an unbelievable ½ inch kill zone. To add to the difficulty of this shot, there was "Kentucky windage" of 5 to 8 mph that lingered for most of Saturday's match. [A special prize was awarded to the only shooter that hit this target twice.]

Sunday's Round 3 (32 shots) used lanes from both blue and yellow courses with the addition of two new lanes. Lane 10 presented an off-hand shot at 33 yards and Lane 9 had a 3/8 inch kill on a small quail sitting on a limb at 17 yards. Even with little wind, this round remained quite challenging. With the exception of Walt Roller, scoring 31 of 32 targets, most competitors shot in the mid 20's.

At the completion of Round 3, there were two shoot-off matches for the Open - Class "A" division. Stylie Edward and Ken Hughes shot head to head for 1st and 2nd place positions with Stylie Edward winning the shoot-off. Thomas Itterly and Bob Duncan shot four, nail biting, shoot-off rounds to determine a 3rd place winner. In their fourth shoot-off round, Steve Cox entered a very difficult field target, with reducer, resulting in Thomas Itterly breaking the tie.

All 22 shooters seemed to enjoy the Regional match including Steve Cox. Door prizes were awarded at random with a special prize presented to the only shooter to hit the ½" 50 yard target twice on the yellow course.

Special thanks to Steve Cox and the match volunteers that made the event such a success.

    

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