March 17, 2007
( St. Patrick's Day )
Maryland State 4-H Shotgun
Tournament PG Trap & Skeet
Range
Our State Shotgun Match was held
today at the PG Trap & Skeet Range
near Goddard Space Flight Center.
Fifty-four 4-H shooters
participated, coming from 4-H
Shooting Sports programs in Carroll,
Charles, Howard, Kent, Dorchester
and Somerset Counties.
Our shooters were broken into age
groups of Junior, Intermediate and
Senior 4-H'ers, with all boys and
girls participating in Trap and
Skeet, then with the Intermediate
and Seniors also doing Sporting
Clays.
The
ranking/scores of the Howard County
4-H Gun Club was as follows:
SENIORS:
5. Peter Severance, 66
8. Gabe Koerber, 62
12. Cory Mullineaux, 58
27. Mark Burchick, 35
29. Kevin Lancaster, 29
30. Tommy Sheets, 28
32. Amanda Betz, 26
35. Matt Sweeney, 18 |
INTERMEDIATE:
3. Chris Grimm, 54
6. Tucker Howard, 51
11. Robert Harriotts, 37
13. Joe Murphy, 29
14. Tony D'Asto, 28 |
Peter and Gabe, representing Howard
County and Maryland, may qualify for
this years National Competition to be
held in South Dakota. A meeting
was held after the competition to
debrief the top 10, Senior shooters
regarding the National. In years
past, the State Shooting Sports program,
4-H Foundation and grant monies have
been able to pay for much/all expenses
related to sending our representatives
to the National.
Congratulations Peter and Gabe!
Benelli Firearms
supplied numerous door prizes
and gifts, then with medals and
other acknowledgements being awarded
to top placing
4-H'ers in various events,
cumulative scores and longest runs.
Peter and Tucker both scored a 20
in Trap, and Chris had a long run
streak, of not missing any clays.
Mark and Gabe had shotgun
malfunctions during the competition
and had to
swap out firearms, midway thru the
competition.
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The following are photo highlights of
the days events (Click to Enlarge) |