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
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