triple classic report - Clay Shooting USA

SHOOTREPORT45FROMLAYOUT 2 OF THE CAESARGUERINI CLASSIC 5-STAND.ranging fromthe standardA/B paircontroller tostandard8 button controllers, many withsolo delay. We also used ourpartner’s, Long Range LLC, radioson the main courses for themultiple single stations.”Having over 300 traps inoperation requires at least thatmany batteries, along with ahealthy number of back-up spares.“We brought a lot of our ownbatteries and making sure theywere charged and looked after wasan exercise in itself,” said Binstead.Throughout the six days of thecompetition, Promatic’s team wasstrategically spaced around thecourses, allowing them to respondat a moment’s notice to anymaintenance issues. Reachable byradio or cell phone, the Promaticteam of engineers, led by JimMoses who heads up the USoperation, had just two minutes tofix any given trap problem – if theycouldn’t fix it in two minutes theywere instructed to call for anothertrap in order to minimize thedelays.“For the Super Finals our trapswere using double springs fortargets such as big battues andlong crossers that were thrown agood hundred and thirty yards,”said Jim Moses. “The trap andtarget combination was perfect – inthe 6-man FITASC Super Final of25 birds each, there was only oneno-bird! My compliments to WhiteFlyer – it’s a real nice target.”Many of the traps, including100 specialty machines, were madespecifically for the event back atthe Promatic factory in the UK andsea-freighted to the States monthsearlier. Additionally, the Promaticsales/support staff each broughta trailer with between thirty andfifty machines each, with RioBrazos supplying about fifty trapsof their own. After the event,many of the machines wereheaded to clubs all around thecountry. “Most of the new trapsthat were shipped from the UKwere presold – we prefer to thinkof them as just about tuned in,”said Moses.“This event was a real showcasefor Promatic – not just asregards traps and targetcontrollers, but also our back upand engineering services andour commitment to the sport,”concluded Moses.“Would we do it again? Youbet!” said Brian Jardine. “I’vealready told the Bruntons thatwe’ll be back in 2012 and will bedelighted to continue our top linesponsorship.”Michael Brunton, Publisher ofClayShootingUSA and organizerof the Triple Classic said,“Promatic’s input to this event,together with the full support oftheir UK and US managementteams, was one of the biggesttrue sponsorship deals of recentyears in this sport. The 300 traps,batteries and controllers on siterepresented close on $1 milliondollars (sales value) ofequipment. We couldn’t havepulled this event off withoutthem – and for Promatic tocommit to match thatsponsorship for 2012 is a shootorganizer’s dream come true.”REPORT BY DANA FARRELLANDY DUFFY ON LAYOUT 1 OF THE5-STAND THAT INCLUDED THEBUDWEISER TOWER.viewed the show birds, it stilllooked straightforward –until youstarted to shoot. The undulatingterrain to your front, and the viewover a lake on Layout 2, madejudging distances no easy task.The use of the Budweiser tower onLayout 1 and specialist battue,rabbit and chondelle traps on theother layouts tested the skills ofevery competitor. A mixture oftarget speeds, rather thandistance, ensured that the eventshot harder than at first glance –despite each layout beingstraighted numerous times. Yetagain, our target setters got it justabout right, with high scores in Dclass of 79 and low 80s in C and Bclass with 13 Master class shootersand 22 Pro-Class shooters scoring90 and over. Of the four layouts, 1and 2 recorded total competitoraverage scores of 18.4 and 18.6respectively, while layouts 3 and 4returned averages of 19.3 and 19.Enter George Digweed – freshfrom his 19th World title at theWorld English Sporting in SanAntonio the previous week.5-Stand was his first of three events– and he immediately caughteveryone’s attention with a mightyCLAYSHOOTINGUSA