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Broken Record, T.S. Eliot, and Me…

by Hap Rocketto
Three weeks before my 18th birthday, in January of 1965, the poet Thomas Sterns Eliot died. Oddly enough his wife Vivian died in January of 1947 within a few days of my birthday. Regardless of these curious coincidences I was not particularly a fan of the author of ‘The Waste Land’ [...]

2009 Fall Foliage Squadding

2009 Fall Foliage Squadding

Below is the squadding for the 2009 Fall Foliage Match. Squadding was done by sorting competitors by classification and filling the line in that order.
2009 Fall Foliage Squadding

Tentative 2009 Fall Foliage Award Schedule

Tentative 2009 Fall Foliage Award Schedule

Below is the tentative 2009 Fall Foliage Award Schedule.
2009 Fall Foliage Awards

Entries are now closed for the 2009 Fall Foliage Match

Entries are now closed for the 2009 Fall Foliage Match. Squadding and the award schedule will be posted in the next few days. Competitors are reminded to stop at the clubhouse on the way to the range to pick up their competitor packet.

Shooter Spotlight: Chris Dunphy

Shooter Spotlight: Chris Dunphy

The purpose of the “Shooter Spotlight” is to help shooters get to know their fellow competitors a little bit better. We cover a wide range of shooters from “Marksman to Master.” This is the 6th interview in the series.

Where to you call home?
Near Newark New Jersey
How long have you been shooting?
Since 1975 with a [...]

CT: The Over the Hill Match

CT: The Over the Hill Match

The Over the Hill Match is an annual match that is open to shooters 50 years of age or older. Complete results are below:
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Fellow Seasoned Competitors;
Yesterday was a great day! The weather was great – just a little breeze at 100 yards to make things interesting. The food was great – thanks [...]

RI: Conventional Prone State Championship/Regional

RI: Conventional Prone State Championship/Regional

by Joe Graf
UPDATE, final results are now available below:
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17 shooters competed. This was a 1-day Regional and half of the course of fire was shot with irons sights and the other half with any sights. Conditions were 60 degrees and steady rain all day with 5-15mph winds with gusts to 25 mph. Complete [...]

MA: Harvard Sportsmen's USA Shooting Prone Results

MA: Harvard Sportsmen’s USA Shooting Prone Results

by Rick Johnson
Chilly conditions (45 degrees) greeted the shooters Saturday morning (9/26/09) for the Harvard Sportsmen’s USA Shooting Prone match. This English Match was run using the USA Shooting rules and shot on the international A-50 target. Congratulations to Dan Holmes and Margot Lee for winning the Open and Junior matches.
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Dan Holmes
o
195.004
194.009
195.011
584.024
Gold

Erik Hoskins
o
196.012
194.009
193.007
583.028
Silver

Bob Lynn
o
192.008
189.005
184.001
565.014
Bronze

Steve [...]

GA: 2009 Fall Selection Results (Champion of Champions)

GA: 2009 Fall Selection Results (Champion of Champions)

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GA: 2009 USA Shooting Fall Selection Match [UPDATE]

3P Results for the USA Shooting Fall Selection Match
1. Emmons 2440.9
2. Parker 2440.4
3. Hein 2433.8

GA: 2009 USA Shooting Fall Selection Match

2009 USA Shooting Fall Selection Match
by Jason Squeglia
Fort Benning Georgia is the site of this year’s USA Shooting Fall Selection and Day one of prone has proven to be a very competitive match. The weather was low nineties sunny and humid. Eric Uptagraft went clean with everyone hot on his tail. Day two [...]

GA: Conventional Prone State Championship

GA: Conventional Prone State Championship

Complete resuts from the GA Conventional Prone State Championship can be downloaded below:
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The “Tutsie-Fruitsie” Wagon

by Hap Rocketto
My loyal fans will remember that I am a classic movie fan.  I have just finished watching the Marx Brothers’  A Day At The Races.  While trying to regain my breath after the gut wrenching comedy a thought shot  through my mind.  One of the great comedic scenes is that of Chico [...]

Squadding now available for RI Prone State Championships

Squadding now available for RI Prone State Championships

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1
Joe Graf
NH Junior #1

2
Hap Rocketto
NH Junior #2

3
Erik Hoskins
NH Junior #3

4
Dan Holmes
NH Junior #4

5
Sarah Downing
Danielle Makucevich

6
Dan Makucevich
Libby Mastert

7
Michele Makucevich
Garreitt Magiera

8
Catherine Green
Hunter Sheckley

9
Steve Rocketto
Austin Collier

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Last chance to register for MA USA Shooting Match

UPDATE: Last chance to register for this match…this Saturday 9/26/09.
Harvard Sportsmen’s in Massachusetts will be hosting a USA Shooting sanctioned 60 shot prone match on September 26th. Relays are 9 and 11am. This is a good warm up match for the Fall Foliage 3200 the next weekend. The match program can be downloaded here.

Rock and Roll legend “Devious Nevius”

Rock and Roll legend “Devious Nevius”

Shooter Spotlight: Kevin Nevius

Shooter Spotlight: Kevin Nevius

The purpose of the “Shooter Spotlight” is to help shooters get to know their fellow competitors a little bit better. We cover a wide range of shooters from “Marksman to Master.” This is the fifth interview in the series.
Kevin Nevius
Gibsonburg, OH
How long have you been shooting?
Smallbore since 1989, Long Range HP since 1993
How did you [...]

NY: Rotterdam 3200 Prone Match

Complete results to follow but here are the preliminary results for the Rotterdam 3200 Regional  in New York  this past weekend.
Irons Winner: Justin Tracy 1598-117
Any Sights Winner: Peter Fiori 1600-134
Overall Results:
Justin Tracy 3195-256x
Erik Hoskins 3194-245x
Terry Glenn 3192-225
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MA: Taunton JR 3P Match

MA: Taunton JR 3P Match

by James Lee
Congratulations to the overall smallbore match winner of the Taunton JR 3P Freedom Match  Alex Zadrozny with a 556. Second overall went to Mackenzie Martin with a 545 and third overall went  to Kelly Rosales with a 542.  Awards for Juniors…Jessica Mondillo 1st with a 514, Jessica Liston 2nd with a 507, and [...]

2009 Fall Foliage Entries [UPDATED]

As of 9/21/09 12:00pm. There are 3 Two Day Spots left.

1
Jessica
Levine
Junior
Expert
Both

2
Mathew
Murphy
Int Junior
Marksman
Both

3
Jessica
Liston
Junior
Marksman
Both

4
Katelyn
Kraft
Sub Junior
Marksman
Both

5
Timothy
Kraft
Sub Junior
Sharpshooter
Both

6
Thomas
Kraft
Open
Sharpshooter
Both

7
Jacob
Costa
Junior
Expert
Both

8
Richard
Duksa
Open
Expert
Both

9
Dillon
Novak
Junior
Expert
Both

10
Claudia
Duksa
Int Junior
Master
Both

11
Dan
Holmes
Open
Expert
Both

12
Alex
Zadrozny
Junior
Expert
Both

13
William
Neff
Open
Master
Both

14
Justin
Tracy
Open
Master
Both

15
Anthony
Squeglia
Int Junior
Marksman
Both

16
Erik
Johnson
Int Junior
Marksman
Both

17
Margot
Lee
Int Junior
Unclassified
Both

18
Mike
Jylkka
Int Junior
Marksman
Both

19
Brian
Jylkka
Int Junior
Expert
Both

20
Megan
Polonsky
Int Junior
Sharpshooter
Both

21
Warren
Christman
Open
Sharpshooter
Both

22
Robert
Lynn
Open
Master
Both

23
Kyle
Letendre
Sub Junior
Marksman
Both

24
Joseph
Graf
Open
Expert
Both

25
George
Pantazelos
Open
Expert
Both

26
Sam
Porteus
Int Junior
Marksman
Both

27
Hap
Rocketto
Senior
Master
Both

28
Erik
Hoskins
Open
Master
Both

29
Sarah
MacLagan
Int Junior
Sharpshooter
Both

30
Marc
Benjamino
Sub Junior
Unclassified
Both

31
Stephen
Roby
Senior
Sharpshooter
Both

32
Kim
Coffey
Junior
Expert
Both

33
Chet
Ruscio
Senior
Expert
Both

34
Jeffrey
Doerschler
Open
Master
Both

35
Rich
Girvin
Open
Unclassified
Any

36
Hillard
Bowe
Open
Unclassified
Any

37
David
Hennessey
Int Junior
Marksman
Any

38
Ed
Hennessey
Open
Marksman
Any

39
Sean
Corriveau
Junior
Marksman
Any

40
David
Jarry
Junior
Marksman
Irons

41
John S
Cialek
Int Junior
Marksman
Irons

42
Steve
Rocketto
Senior
Expert
Irons

43
Bailey
Urbach
Sub Junior
Unclassified
Irons

44
Kelly
Rosales
Int Junior
Sharpshooter
Irons

45
Henry
Hines
Junior
Marksman
Irons

46
Jeffrey
Caron
Int Junior
Marksman
Irons

47
Connor
Slyva
Int Junior
Unclassified
Irons

Foliage Match T-Shirt Deadline TODAY

Today is the LAST day to Register for the Foliage Match and get a T-Shirt. http://pronematch.com/fall-foliage-regional/foliage-match-registration/