Winterseed Saratoga, NY February 11, 2017

[Grumpy1]

This was my first planned Winterseed.... Working with Mother Nature is a logistical nightmare.
Just a few days prior it looked like there was no chance of this working out, highs in the mid to upper 40s in February?  The event was sold out the waiting list was filled, but we were hopeful, that temps would stay close enough to that freezing point, that it could happen.

Well it DID!!

Friday Night into Saturday morning brought a few inches of fresh snow on top of the already in place 8" of base , temps never broke the plus side of the freezing point all day.
This was a Great event, 20 students many returning Rifleman, trying to obtain the elusive patch, along with some first time Appleseeders, just looking to improve marksmanship skills. This Event ran very smoothly, (after some necessary snow removal from the shooting lanes)

After we finished the morning Red Coat and verifying zeros, We moved some of the previous Rifleman and Instructors to the KD range to cycle thru RFAQTs. By mid afternoon, both ranges we on AQTs, and I was beginning to think, that I may not have brought enough patches, but we had enough, and maybe even a few more for the next one.

Congratulations to our New Riflemen!
Chris 224
Mark 218

Congratulations to our requalifing Rifleman!
Casie 223
Georgia 227
Bob  216 
Dave 235 
Sam 240 
Rick 223 
Dan 225
Maisey 222
Greg 224
James 217
Dan 222
Kyla 226
Pat 229
Keith 213

These scores were easy to come by, many vereran Appleseeders commented on many equiptment failures, combined with cold hands and feet, glasses fogging up, slippery mats it was tough, but Rifleman Prevail!

We produced more than Riflemen at this event, Three Qualified Shooters Stepped Up to take Their Appleseed Experience to the next level, and become Instructors.

Noexcuses 

White Paladin 

Madison  (screen name pending)

I want to Thank the members of SaraSpa for the use of their facility.

I also want to Thank my Instructors who made this event possible,,
Sureshot
Drifter52
Noratoga
Gregch44
longrange
HistoryBuff
Sharebare
Keith1

Big Thanks to Dan for providing us with a HOT LUNCH , That was much appreciated!

See You All in April...

[Boru]

 Congratulations Grumpy1, Great event, it ran like clockwork!

[SteelThunder]

WOW!!!  That's the way to run a Winterseed.   

[Cadence]

Congratulations to all - Instructors and students!! 

Mother Nature can be fickle  Glad to hear it worked out.

We had a similar situation here in NW Ohio last month. Temps the weekend before (high 50's) and the weekend after (mid 40's).
Winterseed weekend was just right!

[goodoldfriend]

I was at the event Cadence mentioned. Wonderful that nature smiled on both of these events.

And congratulations to those who are stepping up!

[REDACTED]

It was a great time and the Hot dogs Made all the difference!

[Grumpy1]

Here are the pics....

https://www.facebook.com/hudsonvalley.appleseed

[kimbers]

Sounds like everyone had fun!

[VietVet]

 Congrats to ALL involved. Another very successful NEW YORK event. 

[Dude]

Congratulations to all. Outstanding work. As it turns out, I was in Colorado, where it was 72 that day!  Go figure!

[TaosGlock]

Amazing!!