The 1st annual King Phillip Challenge was held on January 2st at Metacon Gun Club in Simsbury, CT and was a great start to a new shooting tradition. It is a tall order to continue on with the Middlebury tradition of shooting in the basement of a church every January, but the Bridgeport Rifle Club, Blue Trail Range, Montville High School, Niantic Sportsmen’s Club, Stratford PAL, and host Metacon gathered to make the match a success and start new traditions.
The 46 junior shooters shot three positions on the A17target with Blue Trail Range’s Kaitlin Kutz shooting a 295 to take the match. Closely following was team mate Jacob Legace, 293, and a 292 from Tyler Glynn shooting for Montville. Metacons’ Lillian Davenport closed out the individual awards as high female with a 291.
Blue Trail Team #1 won the team competition with a score of 1153 compiled by Kutz, 295, Josh Lindgren, 289, Harrison Callahan, 287, and Gillian Riordan, 282.
Sixteen sub-juniors competed in a 30 shot prone event on the A-17 target with Emma Acampora, of Blue Trail shooting a 297 to take the match. Closely following were Bridgeport’s Haley Reynolds, 295, Blue Trail’s Kyle Kutz, 294, and Kiera Ulmer, of Niantic, closing out the individual awards as high female with a 294.
Blue Trail’s Sub Junior Team #1 won the prone team competition as Acampora, 297, Kutz, 294,Lisa Courville , 288, and Sydney Hawk, 280, combined for a 1159.
The Metacon Gun Club will continue to sponsor and host this annual event on the first weekend of the new year, carrying on the great tradition of the Middlebury Junior Rifle Match.
