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Rob Leatham, followed closely<br />
by Mike Voigt. This was the<br />
only non-published course. It<br />
was received just prior to the<br />
match and no one had a chance<br />
to practice it.<br />
Stage VII, Bagman, was an<br />
agility drill and one of the World<br />
Shoot stages. Matt Burkett<br />
jumped up off the low platform,<br />
threw off a blanket, shot 3<br />
targets at 10 yards, ran 12 yards<br />
and popped 3 more targets<br />
which were poised at a 15 degree<br />
reclined position 2 times<br />
each in 6.77 seconds. Think<br />
about it--that was quick! Matt<br />
took top A honors and won the<br />
stage.<br />
Stage VIII, Practice Well,<br />
found a strong Michael Voigt<br />
winning the stage. He started<br />
in Box A, shot 3 targets at 12<br />
yards, ran down range 10 yards<br />
and slightly to the left and shot<br />
3 more targets around a well.<br />
Stage IX found Russ James<br />
blowing out all comers by 9<br />
percentage points.<br />
The last stage, Take Cover,<br />
was a modified World Shoot 16-<br />
round stage. The competitor<br />
shot from either of two ports<br />
around two 50 gallon drums.<br />
Rob Leatham won with Ron<br />
Avery and Mike Yorke close on<br />
his tail.<br />
The overall found Ron Avery<br />
match winner with Rob Leatham<br />
6 hundredths of a point in second<br />
place. Ron took Top Cop<br />
award also, which gave him a<br />
Leffel and Leffel custom gun for<br />
match winner and a Barlow's<br />
Custom Gun for Top Cop.<br />
The rest of the top 16 were<br />
Mike Yorke, Mike Voigt, Doug<br />
Boykin, Arnt Myhre, Charlie<br />
Putman, Brad Hertz, Russ<br />
James, Larry Spain, Ron Dean,<br />
Bennie Cooley, Doug Evancic,<br />
Dan Nigro, Gary Wilburn and<br />
Bob Ryckman. The final round<br />
found Mike Voigt and Doug<br />
Boykin facing each other for Top<br />
Gun. When the smoke cleared,<br />
Doug Boykin was shoot-off<br />
winner.<br />
The top 8 ladies were Debby<br />
James, Kippi Boykin, Carol<br />
Wine, Shirley Hamilton, Ann<br />
Livingston, Diane Lamb, Kathy<br />
Barnes, and Claudia Ingoglia.<br />
The winner of the ladies' shootoff<br />
was Shirley Hamilton.<br />
In summing up the match--<br />
the stages were well thought out<br />
and gave away little advantage<br />
to high capacity guns, and no<br />
advantage whatsoever to scoped<br />
guns. It comes right down to<br />
match design as to what dictates<br />
a good stage, one that is fair to<br />
all guns and tests only the skill<br />
of the competitor. All other<br />
arguments are moot!! I will<br />
comment that the shoot-offs<br />
were just the opposite. If you<br />
didn't have a scope—forget it--no<br />
brass ring. The targets were a<br />
little too challenging for fast<br />
open-sight shooting. This is<br />
something that all match directors<br />
will have to start considering<br />
in the future.<br />
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