Joe Duke
Active member
Utopia Shootout 2014
The 9th annual Utopia Shootout on April 12 is now in the books and Scott Deal gave us all a shooting lesson. Over the last year, we expanded our range from 6 benches to 12 benches so we could host a max of 48 shooters. We were booked up for the match but seven folks had issues arise and could not attend so we had forty one shooters participate.
The day started out cool, cloudy and fairly breezy with a southeast wind blowing up range. As the day went on, the clouds mostly went away and let the mirage build all day long so shooting conditions changed every time you went to the line. As usual, the Utopia range gave most of us all the tests we could handle and then some. However, also as usual, a few shooters made it all look easy. Scott Deal started his day by leaving one small clay on the first board. Then he never looked back as he proceeded to break every clay on the remaining boards and finished with an outstanding score of 970 points. Following Scott in second place was Ron Parker with 880 points for the day, third place Dean Thomason with 870 points, fourth place JB Cason with 860 points and fifth place Lance Modawell with 850 points. Rounding out the top ten were Mike Elliot with 820 points, Joe Duke with 820 points, Chuck Dodson with 800 points, Dennis Reed with 800 points, and Sam Duke with 800 points. Everyone who showed up and shot were ahead of all those who did not attend.
There were a number of new shooters in attendance and we surely do hope you enjoyed coming to our place to shoot as much as we enjoyed having you here. See you all at the next shoot.
By the way, Sam has indicated that for the meal next year we may forgo the BBQ. He figured everyone would approve if we just got Stephanie to make two washtubs of banana pudding and gave everyone a big spoon.
On a serious note, next year will be our tenth anniversary shoot. It is amazing how fast the years have gone by and how much the sport has grown in the last few years. Kudos go to all the range owners for hosting fine shoots and also to all the shooters who show up and participate.
Complete results are available at www.texasbenchrest.com
Joe
The 9th annual Utopia Shootout on April 12 is now in the books and Scott Deal gave us all a shooting lesson. Over the last year, we expanded our range from 6 benches to 12 benches so we could host a max of 48 shooters. We were booked up for the match but seven folks had issues arise and could not attend so we had forty one shooters participate.
The day started out cool, cloudy and fairly breezy with a southeast wind blowing up range. As the day went on, the clouds mostly went away and let the mirage build all day long so shooting conditions changed every time you went to the line. As usual, the Utopia range gave most of us all the tests we could handle and then some. However, also as usual, a few shooters made it all look easy. Scott Deal started his day by leaving one small clay on the first board. Then he never looked back as he proceeded to break every clay on the remaining boards and finished with an outstanding score of 970 points. Following Scott in second place was Ron Parker with 880 points for the day, third place Dean Thomason with 870 points, fourth place JB Cason with 860 points and fifth place Lance Modawell with 850 points. Rounding out the top ten were Mike Elliot with 820 points, Joe Duke with 820 points, Chuck Dodson with 800 points, Dennis Reed with 800 points, and Sam Duke with 800 points. Everyone who showed up and shot were ahead of all those who did not attend.
There were a number of new shooters in attendance and we surely do hope you enjoyed coming to our place to shoot as much as we enjoyed having you here. See you all at the next shoot.
By the way, Sam has indicated that for the meal next year we may forgo the BBQ. He figured everyone would approve if we just got Stephanie to make two washtubs of banana pudding and gave everyone a big spoon.
On a serious note, next year will be our tenth anniversary shoot. It is amazing how fast the years have gone by and how much the sport has grown in the last few years. Kudos go to all the range owners for hosting fine shoots and also to all the shooters who show up and participate.
Complete results are available at www.texasbenchrest.com
Joe
