Final Results of the 2020 International Club Team Postal Matches

Here is the report of the final results of the 2020 International Club Team Muzzleloading Monthly Postal Matches sponsored by the UPMLA. The matches were held monthly January through the June, 2020.

The scores shown in the table are the sum of the five highest scoring targets submitted by each club for each month. The score of each monthly "winning" team is shown in bold print.

The number of participating shooters on each team is shown in parentheses below the scores.

The effects of the corona virus epidemic caused major disruption in the participation of clubs in the matches. Next year should be better.

2020	January	February	March	April	May	June
Anchorage Alaska	245-6x (6)	134-4x 1 (3)	- - - 2	- - - 2	178-1x (7)	186 (5)
Baraga Michigan	248-11x (15)	249-9x (18)	238-5x (20)	- - - 2	- - - 2	- - - 2
London Ontario	250-13x (5)	250-10x (7)	246-10x (6)	237 (7)	166-3x 3 (4)	- - - 2
Menominee (Wisconsin)	239-4x (5)	233-4x (6)	226-2x (6)	- - - 2	- - - 2	- - - 2
Mesa Arizona	249-13x (8)	248-8x (13)	240-3x (5)	152 (5)	178 (5)	148-1x 3 (4)
North Bend Washington	245-3x (6)	249-6x (7)	239-1x (7)	- - - 2	- - - 2	- - - 2
Santa Cruz California	250-9x (10)	222-3x (6)	- - - 2	- - - 2	- - - 2	- - - 2
Sudbury Ontario	236-5x (8)	214-4x (7)	230-5x (8)	- - - 2	- - - 2	- - - 2
Footnotes 1.   Only 3 shooters this month 2.   Did not shoot because of COVID-19 pandemic 3.   Only 4 shooters this month
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The eight clubs participating in 2020 (in alphabetical order) were:

• Baraga Blackpowder Bunch shooting at Ottawa Sportsmen's Club, U.P. of Michigan
• Crumlin Sportsmen's Association of London, Ontario, Canada
• McKinley Mountainmen Muzzle Loading Rifle Club of Anchorage, Alaska
• Menominee Ridge Runners from Wisconsin, shooting in Menominee, Michigan
• North Bend Muzzle Loading group from North Bend, Washington
• Rio Salado Sportsmen's Club from Mesa, Arizona
• Santa Cruze Muzzleloaders shooting at Scotts Valley Sportsmen's Club, California
• Voyageurs Muzzle Loading Rifle Club from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

At a monthly shoot of each club, every one of the shooters present fires six shots at identical paper targets, one target per individual shooter. The targets are placed 25 yards from the firing line. Every shooter of each club who participates is considered to be "on the team" for their club for that month.

Each club's postal match coordinator sends all the club's monthly targets to the UPMLA scoring person. After scoring each target, the five highest scoring shots on each shooter's target are counted toward the target score of 50 points maximum.

From the set of targets submitted by each club, the top-scoring five targets are selected and the scores summed to make up a club's monthly score. Thus, there are 250 possible points each month per club. Only the best five targets are selected because of differing numbers of shooters in each club, and differing numbers from month to month.

After all the targets are scored, the UPMLA scoring person mails score results to all the clubs in the competition. The results list the names and scores of all individuals from all clubs who shot during the month, and the total team scores based on each team's best five targets for the month.

For more information about the International Team Postal Match, go to the web page for UPMLA 2020 Events.

(The target image above shows that the top of the woodchuck's head has gone missing, just as with the woodchuck on the target posted in last year's match description. You may use your imagination as to the cause of this phenomenon. However, be assurred that no actual woodchucks were harmed in the process.)