It was an outstanding weekend at the South Kent Sportsmans Club in Dorr with great participants and an excellent crew of volunteers.
While Saturday started out overcast with intermittent rain and mist it didn't dampen the enthusiasm of our shooters. After the initial welcome we moved right into presenting Aspen with her Orange Hat on her first event as an ITT.
After scoring her Rifleman patch on the first day of the June event at Dorr, Aspen showed the skills and temperament that it takes to be an instructor as she selflessly set aside her time to shoot and helped coach her siblings and friend who were attending at that time. I talked with her that Sunday to gauge her interest in becoming an IIT and much to my pleasure, she signed up in early July. Thank you Aspen for joining our team !
After getting the Safety Briefing done we set about seeing where the shooters were with the Red Coat Hits Count targets. Fidget, Zorak and Pookie gave our shooters the necessary Steady Hold Factors, Sling use, Six steps, NPOA and Trigger Control points of instruction to work on making their groups small. By the third Squares target the majority of the shooters were between 8 and 4 MOA so Zorak presented Inches Minutes Clicks to help them match their point of aim to their point of impact.
At Lunch Zorak held our attention with the story of First strike. In the afternoon the Seated and Standing POIs were presented along with rifleman cadence, NPOA shifts, Mag changes and Transition practice. After Fidget gave us her version of Second Strike the first AQT was shot. The Shoot boss presented Third Strike and the Benediction before the day's final Red Coat was shot.
The weekend's first AQT gave us our first new Riflewoman with Nevada scoring a 219. Jim requalified with a 232 as did Rob with a 216.
On the Red Coat, 10 hit the Morgan's Shingle and 5 Cleared the target. Great Job Adlai, AJ, Rob, Jim and Nevada.
Sunday dawned clear and sunny but unfortunately for yours truly, I was rendered "combat ineffective" by a sudden stomach ailment. I had an excellent crew and with the addition of IIT icychicken to the group the team was still at full strength. I put the event in Fidget's capable hands and rested in my vehicle just yards from the event bay till I felt recovered enough to return to the line.
My crew did an outstanding job of instruction review, drills, coaching and staying ahead of the time monkey and they deserve a lot of credit for the success of this weekend.
Sunday's 6 AQT's gave us 2 new Riflemen in Adlai and AJ with a 210 and 214 respectively, and 2 new Riflewomen in Prairie (the youngest at 12) and Misty with 216. Congratulations to all ! As a plus Misty has decided to step up and take an Orange Hat, HUZZAH !
We broke up the AQT grind with a Parker's Revenge Fun Shoot with 3 teams of 5, each having 2 riflemen. The Riflemen were limited to shooting from the seated or standing positions with the other team members shooting from their favorite position. Team names were Lamson, Davis and Parker. Team Parker edged out a 5 point win over Team Lamson. The winners ( Adlai, Vallee, Ross, Steven & Misty ) got their choice of some premium Appleseed stickers.
Second and third place teams got some nice Appleseed consolation stickers for their efforts as well.
One of the highlights of the weekend for me was Darcie, who was shooting a firearm for the first time went from a 40 on her first AQT to a 151 on her final AQT gaining confidence from her improvement, and enthusiasm for the Project Appleseed program.
Even though they didn't shoot a score that would earn a Rifleman patch, Ross, Steven, Shawn, Justin, Michael, Valley, Seneca, and Darcie, showed the perseverance and determination that it takes to eventually become Riflemen.
Many thanks to our host club South Kent Sportsmans Club for great facilities.
A huge thank you to my instructor team of Fidget, Pookie, Zorak, Aspen, icychicken and jennwilber73 for your outstanding work.
Hope to see everyone again soon.
In Liberty
MI-copperhead
What a great weekend! It was a pleasure meeting some new shooters and instructors, catching up with the friends I'd met before, and seeing so many of you hit new milestones.
Pictures from my phone:
(https://i.imgur.com/jIp5c4Q.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/s47qOXH.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/VRNHaJx.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/HniyuSa.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/0c6CEqz.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/yrFRDsh.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/8jd3LbF.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/589UIRb.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/k16tFkx.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/67pLYGC.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/aDlDKZc.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/aN7bURH.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/pLHte0Q.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/RxTDYGT.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/pKY450v.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/F8rgMCt.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/7G1lPUi.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gXUbwXy.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/MWNI2OB.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/qeJC1Mt.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ugyZnGK.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/1iCYlep.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Z0UMPp5.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dfy5Mpr.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/NSuvSCE.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/OWeVQgH.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/2bypkKP.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gyJdudb.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/O5bn1Wt.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/HRSPxj1.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/wpyL56X.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/PPSmhbL.jpeg)