DAY TWO: BLACK HAWK OPEN MATCH
More beautiful weather to match some really nice targets! Eric Uptagrafft continued his winning ways taking the Iron Aggregate and the Harry Tevis Memorial Trophy with a 1599-141X over first aster Mark DelCotto who shot a 1599-133X. Uptagrafft was winner of the first three matches of the day with Kevin Nguyen earning the laurels in the 100 yard match. Howard Pitts took second Master in the aggregate. Master/Senior was won by Ed Foley with a 1597-113X to David Bay’s 1596-111X. Richard Bordelon sports a large lead in F-Class with 1588-105X over first-time F-Class participant Simon Bailey 1578-101X. First EX/SS/MK is Matthew Sanchez’s 1595-113X and in second is Bill Hughes 1582-88X.
About Hap Rocketto
Hap Rocketto is a Distinguished Rifleman with service and smallbore rifle, member of The Presidents Hundred, and the National Guard’s Chief’s 50. He is a National Smallbore Record holder, a member of the 1600 Club and the Connecticut Shooters’ Hall Of Fame. He was the 2002 Intermediate Senior Three Position National Smallbore Rifle Champion, the 2012 Senior Three Position National Smallbore Rifle Champion a member of the 2007 and 2012 National Four Position Indoor Championship team, coach and captain of the US Drew Cup Team, and adjutant of the United States 2009 Roberts and 2013 Pershing Teams. Rocketto is very active in coaching juniors. He is, along with his brother Steve, a cofounder of the Corporal Digby Hand Schützenverein. A historian of the shooting sports, his work appears in Shooting Sports USA, the late Precision Shooting Magazine, The Outdoor Message, the American Rifleman, the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s website, and most recently, the apogee of his literary career, pronematch.com.
