Monday Match #5 Results

Al G. goes head-to-head with the barrel.

Monday Match #5 was a rousing success!  We enjoyed our biggest turnout ever for a Monday Match--11 shooters!  Thank YOU for making it so much Fun in every way.  Thanks also for your enthusiasm for shooting the same stage 3 times.  It was truly perfect January weather with warm temperature, no wind and cloudless blue skies.  The official high for January 20 in Rimrock will go into the log books as 69 degrees!

Congratulations to Drake M. for winning The Pink Spurs today.  Drake really applied himself to the Barrel Stage and his focus and attention to detail really paid off.  Drake dropped 11.2 seconds off his time between Shoot #2 and Shoot #3 of the Barrel Stage #2, logging an incredible adjusted time of 28.78 seconds.  Although Drake finished 6th on Stage #1, his blazing fast Best Time on Stage #2 propelled him into #1 as the Fastest Shooter today, edging out Gary W. by 97 one hundredths of a second.

Not only did Gary W. finish in the #2 Spot for Best Time today but Gary took the Muy MAS Man Award as well.  This is the first time in three seasons that Gary has finished first as Most Accurate Shooter with a mere 4 points down total.

The Most Improved Award in Accuracy goes to Brad W. for his amazing second place finish with a mere 5 points down.  Brad's Son, Joshua, gave Dad an expensive laser bore dry fire sight for Christmas.  Brad has been practicing dry firing ever since Christmas Morning and his improvement is totally awesome.  We are all very proud of you and hope you can attend at least one of the remaining five matches for this season.

This week, we had time to process some additional statistical information about today's match.  The first graphic shows the rankings for Adjusted Time and Points Down.

The second graphic shows the data for Stage #1.

The third graphic shows a variety of data for the three times we shot Stage #2.  As always, we icked your best adjusted time to use in the final adjusted time calculations.  Note that in fairness, we must also pick the Points Down associated with that Best Time of the three attempts.

We also averaged all three times and did a "Hi-Lo Spread" calculation, too.  Tony G. was simply amazing in shaving over 39 seconds from his worst to his best time on Stage #2.  Tony, that's incredible!

The data clearly shows Al. G. as the most consistent shooter on Stage #2.  The spread between his High and Low times was only a mere 2.41 seconds.  Way to go, Al!

In The Stage #2 graphic we alternated highlighting each shooter's Best Time in Yellow and Blue.  Obviously, by looking at the spread of the times, it was a very good idea for five out of 11 shooters to have a third attempt at the complex stage.  Practice clearly paid off for most of today's shooters.  Only two out of 11 shooters had their best time on the first attempt.

Thank You for the $54 in donations today.  That's puts us back into the black with a cash-on-hand balance of $46.

Monday Match #6 will be held February 3rd at a location to be determined.  The rancher will be putting 60 bulls into this area during the month of February.

Monday Match #6 will see the return of the "Pumping Lead on Old Route 66" Stage. This will be the 2nd of 3 appearances for the stage this season.  It will also appear for the final match of the season in April.

(Editor's Note: Every attempt is made to double and often triple check our math in tallying the score sheets.  Any mistakes are purely inadvertent.  Please let us know if you spot any math error(s) we might have made.

Thanks to Drake, Gary, Tom, Al, Tony, Michael, Turtle, Cyndy, Ben and Brad for making this match so awesome.  Have a Great Day & Happy Shooting!  jp


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Monday Match #4 Results - January 6, 2013

It was a great match!

The Montezuma Marksmen Monday Match #4 was one of The Best Ever.  First, the weather was perfect.  For early January, it's hard to imagine any possible better weather.  Second, the stages synergized well and The Shooters had a lively discussion about which of three stages they wished to reshoot.  Third, five out of eight shooters improved their stage score with the reshoot.  Fourth, The Match Director was pleased with all aspects of the event.  Fifth, The Proverbial Good Time was had by All and Smiles Shined across The Range.  It was a Good Day.

He who has been last (or near last) lately, finished first today.  It is proof positive that practice, persistent and patience pay off.  Gary W. walked away in first place after Monday Match #4 with an adjusted time of 111.71, over two seconds better than the second place participant.  Gary also recorded his personal best "fewest points down" in three seasons!

Gary was shooting an S&W M&P Pro 9mm pistol for the match.  He had only fired it once before today at an indoor range in Show Low for a total of 100 rounds.  WAY TO GO, Gary!

Al G. was The Muy MAS Man with the fewest points down of a mere 5 for the whole match.  Al has a laser like accuracy that's very instructive and educational to watch.  Al's mere 5 points down was half of the nest nearest finish--a three-way tie for second with 10 points down.

The Match Director FINALLY got around to actually taking some photos during the match!  Here is a slide show of the photos.  If the slideshow won't load on your computer, simply use this link:
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THANK YOU ALL for a Great Match Today!