Hi everyone. Shooting has really ramped up in the Midwest. As I write this, the Great Lakes Grand, The Missouri State Shoot, the Kansas State Shoot and the U.S. Open have taken place. Illinois shooters have been winning classes, yardage groups and categories all over the place. It would take me forever to list them all out. Please read the shoot reports of all these shoots to see the dominance of our shooters. I am going to mention two young men who are on a tear. Ian Lawrence, at the Missouri State shoot, won the Doubles, HAA and the HOA. At the U.S. Open, he won the Doubles and HOA. Wyatt Williams won the Handicap and the HAA. Great shooting guys.
Now to the Illinois State Shoot. The rain gods decided to make up for several months of dry weather by dumping several inches of rain on us in a two-week timeframe. There was mud but the club held up remarkably well and we had good targets, great scores and lots of smiles by the end of the shoot. I'll talk about the AIM shoot first. It is now a comp factor 4 shoot and several of our young men and women received All-American points. The winners were, in Women's competition, Pre-Sub - Madison Lewis, Sub-Junior - Erin Federle, Junior - Madison Franklin and Junior Gold - Chloe Anderson. In Men's competition, the winners were, Pre-Sub - Elliott Turpin, Sub-Junior - Ryland Douglass, Junior - Mason Doran and Junior Gold - Haydon Sanson.
In the adult state shoot, we were a solid comp 5 factor again. We had fierce competition all week long. After the smoke cleared, we had several worthy winners. In state, the winners were, Singles - Jaxson Wilson, Doubles - Ian Lawrence, Handicap - Brenden Mowen and Ian Lawrence won both the HAA and HOA. The Out-of-State winners were, Singles - Ricky Marshall, Doubles - Jason Kruse, Handicap - Ricky Marshall, HAA - Jason Kruse and Ricky Marshall won HOA.
I have a monster of a list of milestones that Illinois shooters have reached. It's just another indication that the shooting season is in full swing. At the 25,000 plateau, David Firkins, Payton Wottowa, Andrew Verdeyen and Steve Margherio have reached it in Singles. David Firkins and Ignacio Villagomez have reached it in Handicap. Micheal Ruebhausen, Thomas Clark and Tad Horton reached it in Doubles. At the 50,000 plateau, David Gillmore, Richard Drennen and Kent Temple have reached it in Singles. Kenneth Mitchell, Michael Ruebhausen and William Huhn reached it in Handicap. Alan Maly and Jim Olin reached it in Doubles. At the 75,000 plateau, Steven Johnson and John Kravanek reached it in Singles. At the 100,000 plateau, Darrell Osterstag reached it in combined targets and Paul Rogers reached it in Hhandicap. Finally, Fred Moffatt reached the 200,000 Singles plateau. Add this all up and this is a lot of targets shot.
Finally, on a personal note, Brad Mayberry ran against me to be the delegate of Illinois. I can't begin to tell you how grateful, happy and humbled I am by your support. I promise I will do the best possible job in representing all the shooters of the State.
Shoot well and support your local club.
Bill Duncan, ATA Delegate
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