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THE 1996 AREA 8 CHAMPIONSHIPTodd Jarrett is apparently not puzzled by "Greg's Conundrum."by Mike Martin, A-6647photos by Mitzi Davis, 7'Y-9499It was 13 stages, 237 roundsminimum, 286 competitors,1200 IPSC targets. 70,000 pasters,68,640 rounds fired (minimum),more than 1,000 hoursof planning and design—and2 minutes, 35.66 seconds toshoot it. That's how long ittook Todd Jarrett to shoot,and win, the match.The match ran from Thursdayto Sunday over MemorialDay weekend at theFredericksburg Rod and Gunr -LMosier Card,THE SHOOTERS BEST FRIEND"The Knife"We Carry Most popular Models hayBENCHMADE CQC7. AFCK, Tsunami, AFO, Pardue. Reflex, and many other,.SPYDERCOClub. By Sunday morning,Todd Jarrett, Joe Kessler, MikeLovett Jr., Ron Avery, MikeVoigt, and Brian Enos had allshot. Todd and Man looked tobe in the lead, but both JerryBarnhart and Frank Garciawere on Sunday's schedule.Brian had gone to New Mexicoto shoot the Area 2 match, butTodd was at the range workingas a range master and keepingan eye on Jerry.Halfway through Jerry'smatch, Todd told me that Jerrywas going to beat him by 14match points. I told Todd thatthe match was only half-overEndura. Police. Military. Renegade, and many others*we carry a full line of AUTOMATIC Knives**AUTOMATIC Knives available to qualttied military and law enforcement ONLY (call for details)TO ORDER F.A.S. 602 953-1092CALL 5632 E. Voltaire, Scottsdale, AZ 85254 10-5 M.S.Tfor Jerry, how could Todd call itthen? Todd just smiled andsaid, "He's going to take me by14 match points." Well, I neverargue with Todd, and Jerry wasshooting like Jerry Barnhart.But on Jerry's last stage, a 35-round field course that simulatedan airplane rescue, JerryBarnhart proved he was mortalafter all. He ran past a targetwithout engaging it, and thenmissed a popper that openedthe airplane door and had to goback and re-engage it. He finishedthe stage 8.5 seconds and30 points behind Todd.Meanwhile, Frank Garciawas shooting his usually superbmatch. Frank had won the Area8 Limited match for the previoustwo years, and he continuedhis torrid streak, beatingBrian Enos by eight matchpoints to earn his third straightvictory.We had worked for tenmonths to plan and design thematch, and our number onegoal was maximum shooter enjoyment.To achieve this, we selected13 stages requiring aminimum of 237 rounds. Nostage required more than eightshots from any one position.Some of the stages gave theshooter the option of firingmore than eight rounds, but theadditional rounds were alwaysfired at more difficult targetswhich were more easily en-Page 20 September/October 1996