The AZ State Championship Competitors. Photo by Mick Walker, courtesy of http://www.proneshooting.blogspot.com/
The 2010 Arizona State Smallbore Outdoor Championship was held April 10th and 11th. You can download the complete results here: 2010-AZ-Smallbore-State Championship (Excel, 61KB) and read a recap of the events written by Rick Curtis below:
Arizona State Conventional Small-bore Prone Championship
Day Two Any Sight Championship
Hosted By the Phoenix Rod and Gun Club
April 11, 2009Day two of the Arizona State Small-bore Championship began with the promise of a lot less wind than the day before. However the morning calm soon gave way to more switching winds, albeit with less intensity than yesterday. Pete Church, Day 1 Metallic sight winner, turned it up a notch with a brilliant 400-36 to win the Anysight Dewar Match. Frank Fisher’s 399-25 took the Expert class. In the Sharpshooter class Mick Walker and Bob Del Cotto both posted 400’s with Bob’s 31X’s edging out Micks 22X’s. Jay James (Jr.) fired a sterling 398-25X’s to take the Marksman class.
As the competitors moved to the line for the 100 Yrd match the wind, reminiscent of yesterday, had also begun to move. Undeterred, Mick Walker moved to the top of the heap to claim the match win with an outstanding 399-20X as well as grabbing the early lead for the daily aggregate. The Master class was won by Nancy Tompkins with her hard earned 398-25X. Doug Frerichs 397-18X bested all comers in the Expert Class while teenage sensation Zach Kofron’s 398-21X topped the Sharpshooters and Jay James continued his domination of the Marksman class with an inspired 398-22X.
The competition at 50 Meters began with the wind at it’s zenith in terms of velocity and direction changes but Rick Curtis managed it the best by firing a match winning 399-30X. Pete Church’s 399-29X just squeaked by Tyler Rico’s 399-28X for the Master class win. Doug’s 399-27X was tops in the Expert class with Zach Kofron’s 397-28X clinching the Sharpshooters class and Jay James posting a very fine 393-22X to win the Marksman class.
With a sigh of relief by all, the wind, which had been testing all the participants in this years State Championship for over a day and a half, finally began to subside as we moved to the line for the 50 yard match. Pete Church finished the match the same way he began it by handily posting the winning score of 400-34X. Nancy Tompkins secured the Master class win with an almost perfect 399-36X. In the Expert division Jim Evenson grabbed the class win with a great 399-27X. In the Sharpshooter class Mr Del Cotto returned to his winning ways with a class winning 398-18X and Jay James completed the hat trick by securing the victory in the Marksman class by posting a wonderful 398-22X.
The Any-sight aggregate winners read like a who’s who of the top Arizona Prone shooters of recent years with Rick Curtis winning the Anysight Championship with a hard earned 1597-116X. Pete Church narrowly claimed the Master Class win over Nancy Tompkins with his 1596-125 over her 1595-123. Doug Frerichs proved that just because he is short of stature doesn’t mean he is short on talent as he dominated the Experts with an outstanding 1591-83X. A look at the results in the Sharpshooter class reveals a battle of epic proportions between the young and the once young was waged all day as Junior phenom Zack Kofron just edged out the old lion, Bob Del Cotto, with a 1589-105x over Bob’s 1588-101X. Jay James posted a brilliant 1586-91X to handily win the Marksman class. I might add that Jay is not long for the Marksman class!
The two day aggregate winners begins with one of the nicest people anyone will ever meet and now back to back Arizona State Conventional Smallbore Prone Champion Peter Church. Pete’s consistent shooting through two days of mostly treacherous winds secured the victory with a remarkable 3187-229X. Congratulations Pete! Rick Curtis’s 3185-208X just squeaked by Nancy Tompkins 3184-228X for the Master Class win. The Expert Class winner was none other than everyone’s friend and top notch prone shooter Doug Frerichs. Doug’s fine 3161-154X was a mere five point margin of victory over class runner-up Greg Swanson who posted a 3156-177X. Nine points was the margin of victory in the Sharpshooter class as Zach Kofron posted a 3158-172X to best Bob Del Cotto’s 3149-161X. And last but certainly not least Jay James’s 3143-140X was the winning score in the Marksman class. Congratulations to all the winners and remember come back next year and more importantly bring a friend!
In closing and on behalf of every competitor in this years State Championship I would like to thank Jack Arnold, our State Smallbore Director for a very well run match. Also many thanks to Bob Molloy who ran a tight ship on the line as our Chief RSO. Additional thanks goes to Mick Walker, our newly elected Small-bore Division Director for the Phoenix Rod and Gun Club for alot of behind the scenes work that made this match truly enjoyable.
Sincerely,
Rick Curtis
You can also check out some more pictures at http://www.proneshooting.blogspot.com/
for all who have not shot in the great state of AZ, you should make it a point to do so. 9 months a year of good weather, great facilities and best of all some of the finest folks you will meet…. My first trip there was in 1979 and I did not realize then what I know now….
thanks to all who put on these great events.
best regards,
mark delcotto