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Final Results of the 2023 International Club Team Postal Matches

Here is a report of the final results of the 2023 International Club Team Muzzleloading Monthly Postal Matches sponsored by the UPMLA. The matches began in January and ended in the month of June 2023.

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 the "winning" team for each month is shown in bold print.

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


2023 January February March April May June
Anchorage
Alaska
218
(7)
- - - 1 172
(7)
210
(7)
94 2
(4)
233
(7)
Baraga
Michigan
219
(10)
206
(11)
190
(13)
195-1x
(8)
180
(15)
245
(16)
Menominee
(Wisconsin)
204
(7)
207
(7)
174
(5)
210
(7)
135-1x
(7)
184 2
(4)
Mesa
Arizona
240
(10)
230
(9)
204
(13)
230-3x
(8)
162
(6)
245
(9)
North Bend
Washington
233
(6)
215
(5)
183
(6)
205-2x
(6)
159-2x
(8)
237
(8)
Santa Cruz
California
237
(8)
197
(5)
190
(6)
165
(6)
110
(7)
240
(8)
Sudbury
Ontario
233
(8)
194
(7)
185
(9)
195
(8)
- - - 1 - - - 1
Footnotes

1.   Targets not yet received

2.   Only 4 shooters this month


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In alphabetical order, the seven clubs that participated in the 2023 team postal match are:
  • Baraga Blackpowder Bunch shooting at the Ottawa Sportsmen's Club in Michigan's U.P.
  • 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 Cruz Muzzleloaders shooting at Scotts Valley Sportsmen's Club, California
  • Voyageurs Muzzle Loading Rifle Club from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
How the match works:
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.

[img:nn23-c1] After a club shoots their monthly targets, the club's postal match coordinator sends all the club's targets to the UPMLA scoring person. In scoring a target, the five highest scoring 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 are 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 the number of shooters differ in each club, and because differing numbers shoot from month to month.

After all the targets are scored for a month, 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.

For more information about the International Team Postal Match, go to the web page for UPMLA 2023 Events.


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