2009 WORLD - Clay Shooting USA

SHOOTREPORT 15Many of the competitors at thisevent believe that it’s time theNSCA stepped up to the plate toensure future events are giventhe support and enthusiasmneeded to match the standingthat FITASC has in Europe.FITASC VENUE SELECTION BY THE NSCA WAS POOR. PARCOUR 3 WASON A ROAD SEPARATING THE PISTOL RANGES AND TRAP FIELDS.surprisingly, the majority of targets– particularly on Parcours 1 and 2(pistol ranges) were predominantlytrappy going away, quartering andcrossing within the confines of therange berms. It certainly wasn’tentertaining – boring would moreaptly describe these presentationsthat resulted in relatively poorscores for many.After four days of competitionJon Kruger led the field with 88but was finally topped by BradKidd Jr. (89) and then AnthonyMatarese Jr. (90) to take theChampionship title.In the classes and concurrentstop honors went to Cory Kruse(M-88), Marc Richman (AA-80),Anthony Smith (A-76), OleVandborg (B-73), OrlandoDeandar (C-66), Frank Schroeder(D-65), George Callen (E-45),Darby Fennell (L-76), Theo RibbsTHE BLASER SPONSORED 5-STANDRAN ACROSS FROM VENDORS ROWFOR FOUR DAYS.(J-82), Marc Richman (V-80) andRonald Shafer (SV-85).For many, FITASC is theultimate sporting clays challenge.This uninspiring event, coming onthe heels of an equally poorFITASC event at the Nationals in2008, is relegating the discipline tono more than a side-game. Many ofthe competitors at this eventbelieve that it’s time the NSCAstepped up to the plate to ensurefuture events they organize aregiven the support and enthusiasmneeded to match the standing thatFITASC has in Europe andelsewhere in the US.5-StandThe Blaser sponsored 5-Stand ranacross from Vendors Row for fourdays. Quint Roberson setthe targets. Each of thefour layouts included agood mix of standardand specialty targets –with a teal on eachlayout often featuringas the ‘money’ bird.Degree of difficultywas moderate butequally balancedacross all layouts. Early on, 93topped the scoreboard, and for the378 competitors this was tobecome a game of ‘not missing’rather than making the shot.Curtis Mauldin showed theway with a score of 98 that wasnever beaten. Andy Duffy (97) andWendell Cherry (97) took secondand third spot respectively.Matarese (96) took Master class,Grant Huling (93) won AA, ColinMostert (93) A class and StuartSmith (87) topped B class. In thelower classes and concurrents,honors went to Hunter Hopkins(C-90), Andy Waldner (D-77), GaryHollowell (E-69), Cheryl Hall fromEngland (L-94), Jacob Perrine(SJ-88), Joey Bolton (J-94), EdArrighi (V-91), Jack Concannon(SV-92) and Ray Tipton (SSV-87).CURT MAULDIN.CLAYSHOOTINGUSA