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We shot second squad out and it was probably about 40 degrees with a brisk 20 mph wind that had everyone bundled up. Addison shot the Tucson Singles Class Championship well... but even a 96 does not cut the mustard at the largest Satellite Grand... Addison's 24, 24, 24, 24 fell short against Jackson...

This photo turned out too blurry...will have to retake and repost.

Very late night at observatory. Will tell you all about it tomorrow. Have to get Addison to bed. The doubles was going to look good in that Addison had a 48 in practice just before the event at 8:30 AM. Unfortunately, we soon learned that the putzer shell I had experienced during practice was the st...

Addison shot a 98 in the Singles today, tying Cole Jackson, a AA Sub Junior from WY, for the lead and this carries over to Event 19. :lol: He followed this with a 96 in handicap and received a 1/2 yard punch Below is a photo of Addison receiving his punch. http://www.JimCallan.com/trap/2012SpringGra...

I met am AIM coach named Glenn from San Diego (seen shooting below) that had put together an interesting homemade gun cart. http://www.JimCallan.com/trap/2012SpringGrand/GlennCartOwner.jpg http://www.JimCallan.com/trap/2012SpringGrand/HomemadeCart.jpg Of course, one sees some interesting shell stand...

We were both pleased with our handicap today. Addison has a 92, which was good, but not a winner for this size shoot. A relatively unknown Sub Junior, Brandon Baggs, shot a 98, topping all the Sub Juniors by five birds. Two other Sub Juniors tied for 93. I felt my Handicap starting to come together ...

The Event 14 Preliminary Handicap follows.

Addison was pleased with his 95, but knew at this type of shoot it was not a trophy
maker. Dad (read as moi) struggled with post 5 in singles and seemed to be beat by
ever hard right...barely mustered an 88.

Sharrod Oaks took the Sub Junior, with Ian Recla following a close second.

So, you are probably wanting to know how the first two preliminary events went today. Event 13 was the Prelimiary Singles event. Here is the score sheet (sorry, but zoom in on the photo to see the names in each category).

Someone's wish came true...the skies were crystal clear, the weather reasonably warm for this time of year (a long sleeved shirt was fine) and the winds low (for Tucson). http://www.JimCallan.com/trap/2012SpringGrand/TypicalWind.jpg The targets were crstal clear, as this shot below shows. http://www...