Submitted by Dennis Lindenbaum
RBGC held its final Smallbore Prone match of the 2010 competition season on November 20th, a Conventional Any Sight 1600. Sixteen competitors enjoyed a fiercely contested match with many outstanding scores achieved once the final results were tabulated. Weather is always a factor in our matches and today was no exception. Temps were cool at the start and didn’t really warm up very much due to cloud cover until the sun appeared during the last target of the day. More importantly, wind was very light with mirage moving gently from right to left most of the day. Conditions were readable and this contributed to the many fine scores.
In the combined Sharpshooter/Marksman class Laura Perry (Top Woman) shot a master level score to win the group with a 1593-109X. Cor Vanderbeek was second and is just finishing his first year of competition. In only his third match and showing great potential, Don Greene placed third. These three are rising and will do exceptionally well next year.
Expert class was won by Keith Perry (1598-125X) who is always consistent followed by Steve Hardin (1591-101X) who excels in everything related to shooting. Steve has had a fine year traveling the globe while winning honors and setting records. A point back was Charlotte Henry with a 1590-98X.
Master class was tight. Tom Suswal is clearly back on form shooting a 1599-111X to take third place overall. He has tried many scopes and sights this year to find the right combination and may have it sorted out now. Second place went to Bill Hocker (High Senior) with a 1599-124X dropping a single point at 50 Meters. Bill always shoots consistently high scores and sets an equally high standard as a competitor for others to follow. Match winner was Dennis Lindenbaum with a 1600-123X. This was his first clean 1600 and I have it on good authority that he was more than a little nervous on those last targets of the day. On a much more important note, Jim Hinkle (1592-111X) fired his first complete match since major cardiac surgery earlier this year. A few more tweaks and he will be unbeatable once again.
Special thanks to Linda Steadman for the stat office; Tommy Steadman for match director; and Jim Hinkle for chief range officer responsibilities.
The 2011 competition schedule will be released soon with news about some changes to the program schedule and format. We had record attendance this year and the best season in history. This is due entirely to the efforts and contributions by Tom Steadman who worked tirelessly and with no small self sacrifice to make the RBGC program the best in the country.
Complet match results can be downloaded here: 2010-ga-conv-prone-11.20.10 (PDF, 20KB)
