by Rob W
This was an awesome day to be out in the woods shooting Field Target. The temperature was comfortable, not too hot and humid, the sun came a went making the shadows change in the forest, and the breeze was a bit gusty, but not crazy.
Thank you to everyone who came out to make this a fun day. We had 17 shooters with a few of our regulars away, also a few of our regular shooters were out sick – best wishes to all for a speedy recovery. A different group of our regular shooters were waaay out of town at the WFTF World Championship in Northern Ireland. (Well done Team, and Way to go Joel!!) It is always great to have Bob at our matches, but I wish that he could have been with Team Canada for the Worlds instead this week, unfortunately the Air Canada strike took him out of the game.
In preparation for the Canadian Nationals coming up in less than 3 weeks, I wanted to try out a few different target positions and some lanes that have not seen action this season. It likely will not surprise anyone that not everyone was in love with all my targets…. A 1 inch squirrel target on a standing lane at a distance of only about 11 yards would not have been controversial at ground level, but it was slightly elevated and introduced a challenge to most shooters. The Troyer factor for this target including the extras for Standing and Extreme Elevation, still only came out to 22 – exactly the same as Woody on lane #2, but the squirrel only dropped 29% of the time while Woody dropped 76% of the time.
Shooters might be surprised that the longer target on that lane for standing shooters (the moose with the full sized KZ) actually had a higher Troyer (27) and got knocked down exactly the same number of times as the elevated squirrel. They were tied for the stingiest on the course. Marc was the only shooter to drop the squirrel with both shots, and Dennis was the only one to get the moose twice. (For those who wonder if the course designer has an advantage…. I hit the squirrel twice but did not drop it with either shot, and I dropped the moose once and hit one face-plate). Modified shooters on this lane had two different targets set out at longer-than-usual distances for the size of the KZ.
The highlights in terms of scoring were Tom AGAIN posting the best score in Hunter at an impressive 112 (he hit every target on the course and only 8 failed to drop). David D is still dancing on the verge of triple digits. In the Modified division, Rob G again lit things up with a 56 only missing 4 targets (he made ALL of the unnaturally long ones). Larry had a great day and set a new personal best for lanes cleared – his practice time at the club is paying off! In Open division, Dennis and Lanny were trading the lead back and forth all day and Lanny was up by two coming to their final lane…
Thank you to everyone who helped with setup and tear down and to our Marshalls for the day: Jeff, Ted, and Dennis.
Thank you to the Port Colborne club and members for making the range and facilities (and hot dogs!) available.
Upcoming FT Events:
HAHA September 6
Canadian 2025 Championships – Port Colborne September 13 & 14
Grenville September 20
Port Colborne September 27
See you all again soon,
Rob Wright
Match Director
Full results below.
| Modified Division | |
| PCP /60 | |
| Rob G | 56 |
| Larry Y | 43 |
| Peter E | 40 |
| Open Division | |
| PCP /60 | |
| Dennis E | 52 |
| Lanny H | 52 |
| Geoff M | 36 |
| Piston / 60 | |
| Ted M | 42 |
| Hunter Division | |
| PCP /120 | |
| Tom K | 112 |
| Tony L | 108 |
| David D | 99 |
| Marc S | 95 |
| Peter S | 87 |
| Piston /120 | |
| Rob W | 98 |
| Dave W | 67 |
| Arpan D | 55 |
| WFTF Division | |
| Piston /60 | |
| Bob W | 43 |