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March 24th, 2008
Ottawa Sportsmen's Club News
from Jon Henkel, OSC Black Powder Match Chairman
International Black Powder Matches
Last year during the last two months (May and June) of our
monthly shoots we shot a postal target against a Canadian Club
from Sudbury (the Sudbury Voyageurs Muzzle Loading Rifle Club).
It was a trial to see if each club would desire to continue the
next year (2008). The idea of the postal was generated by the
Canadians. I liked the idea and proposed it to our group.
The Baraga group won both matches. The response was very
positive from both groups. So we continued this year. This
means the group that is shooting at Baraga is participating in
an International shooting event.
The postal shoot works this way: three targets were designed by
the Baraga shoot coordinator (Henkel) and three targets were
designed by the Canadian coordinator (Ron Morrison). The Baraga
group shoots its target on the 1st Saturday of each month from
January through June as part of the groups’ monthly shoots at
the OSC. As you recall, we shoot about 18 shots at our shoots.
Six of the eighteen shots are on a paper target and count
towards the postal. The Sudbury group shoots its targets on the
1st Sunday of each month for the same period.
Ron Morrison sends me the Canadian group’s top five targets. I
score all of the targets from the OSC group, and the five
Canadian targets. The top five scores from each club are pitted
against each other to determine the winning team. Every shooter
who participated in the shoot is considered 'on the team'.
However, only the top five are counted against the Canadians.
The reason for the top five only counters is because the two
clubs do not necessarily have the same number of shooters each
month. So far this year the results are as follows, winners in
Bold:
| 2008 |
Baraga
MI
USA |
Sudbury
ONT
Canada |
| January |
208-1x |
216 |
| February |
237-6x |
236-6x |
| March |
217-7x |
173-3x |
Our next shoot is April 5th starting at 11 AM EDT. All are
welcome.
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Please contact me for questions or information.
Jon Henkel
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