submitted by Tommy Steadman
The 41st Dixieland Regional Championship was contested on Saturday and Sunday, May 15 and 16, at River Bend Gun Club in Dawsonville, GA. Twenty-three competitors entered including 4 Masters, 12 Experts, 4 Sharpshooters and 3 Marksmen. The field included 12 Seniors and 1 Grand Senior — Gus Giometti — who recently celebrated his 88th birthday.
The threat of rain and isolated thunderstorms never materialized during the competition and the conditions were generally good to excellent. Winds on both days ranged from calm at 8AM to afternoon winds 7MPH from the southwest. Temperatures reached mid-80s and were on the warm side but the biggest problem was that it was mostly overcast during Sunday’s any sight 1600 making the mirage difficult and often impossible to see.
Charlie Kemp, Mobile, AL, won his second Dixieland Regional in the last four attempts (he also won in 2007). Charlie fired a 1600-122x in the Any Sight Championship to post an outstanding 3199-239x.
Madison Alabama’s Bill Hocker, 3192-229x, took the silver medal and the bronze went to River Bend Gun Club’s own Wayne Forshee, 3192-210x. Wayne also earned a Smallbore Distinguished step (Charlie and Bill are already Smallbore Prone Distinguished).
The class winners were:
1st Master Dennis Lindenbaum 3189-222x
1st Expert Vince Greiner 3187-207x
2nd Expert Fred Scharpenberg 3183-204x
1st SS/MK Cor Vanderbeek 3079- 94x
Fifteen competitors entered Saturday afternoon’s “Odd-Ball” team match in which teams were assigned by the statistical office based on the competitors’ metallic sight Dewar scores. The winner was the team of Bill Hocker and Tom Suswal, 399-29x and the runner-up was the team of Mark Skutle and junior Michael Matthews, 399-26x.
Three teams entered Sunday morning’s 2-man team any sight Dewar match which was won by the Black Hawk Rifle Club team of Charlie Kemp and Tommy Steadman, 799-64x, just one-X better than the runner-up Richards Associates team of Wayne Forshee and Vince Greiner, 799-63x.
Complete results can be downloaded here: 2010-ga-Dixieland Regional-Results (PDF, 12KB)
