IN Sectional Match

[cougar_guy04]

Well, it was a great match and a definite learning experience. I shot like crap, but I'd do it again in a heart beat. I met some great people and heard some great stories (Dinner on Thursday and Saturday were the highlights of the weekend).

Only downsides to the match was knocking the front sight off of my G34 and the fact that now I'm looking at buying a Limited gun. On the plus side, I brought home a .50 Cal ammo can full of 9mm brass, met a bunch of wonderful people and got to watch a couple GM's blow through my stage like it was nothing.

BTW - To those shooting, I was the "young pup" RO in the Rose-Hulman hat on Stage 2.

[Fenway]

Hey cougar do you run the Rose-Hulman website? Want to trade links with INGO?

[rhino]

Thank you to all who helped run the match and to those who joined us to shoot.

The heat was freakin' unbelievable for so early in the season when we're not acclimated to it. Sunday was the coolest day at 94 deg. F. Saturday was hotter, and Friday (the day the match staff shot) was the hottest and dustiest. It had to be close to 100 deg F.

I shot even more poorly than Ryan's assessment of his performance (I think he did better than he thinks, especially for his first big match). After stage 3 or so, I was "done" physically. One of the ROs only shot one stage and another didn't finish the last three because of the heat. We had some competitors go down from the heat on Saturday.

Aside from the weather, it was an awesome match. With one exception (the bowling ball stage), they were some of the best stages I've seen since I've been playing this game. Had I been able to shoot a few each day or done it in cooler weather, it would have been a lot of fun. As it was, very challenging courses of fire became more a survival situation to me, so I just did what I could to finish. And of course my little expression of fun on stage 10. Heh.

The crew who set-up and ran the match deserve a huge amount of praise and gratitude. They put together and ran one of the best section matches in the history of the sport. It also happens to have been one of the biggest (if not the biggest) section matches ever, with about 260 shooters.

[Fenway]

Sounds like a good time!

[rhino]

Especially inside the portable toilets!

[cougar_guy04]

Originally Posted by Fenway

Hey cougar do you run the Rose-Hulman website? Want to trade links with INGO?

I'm nothing but a lowly Alum anymore . . . I will pass the site on to the new President and webmaster though. I think we could arrange something.

Originally Posted by rhino

I shot even more poorly than Ryan's assessment of his performance (I think he did better than he thinks, especially for his first big match). After stage 3 or so, I was "done" physically. One of the ROs only shot one stage and another didn't finish the last three because of the heat. We had some competitors go down from the heat on Saturday.

44 out of 63 in Production, not my best showing but, like you said, it was my first match outside of Riley. I shudder to think what I was at overall. Seeing Vogel shoot was interesting though . . . I would have loved to pick his brain for an hour or two about the sport.

Originally Posted by rhino

Aside from the weather, it was an awesome match. With one exception (the bowling ball stage), they were some of the best stages I've seen since I've been playing this game. Had I been able to shoot a few each day or done it in cooler weather, it would have been a lot of fun. As it was, very challenging courses of fire became more a survival situation to me, so I just did what I could to finish. And of course my little expression of fun on stage 10. Heh.

The weather on Friday was nuts . . . I've never been so beat after a day. I would say something about the danged bowling ball course and it's designer, but if Dave did it I might not get a good deal on that Para he's selling. It was a nice change of pace though. Definitely different from what we can put together in an hour on Sundays at Riley.