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Friday
was an excellent day for shooting at this Arizona Winter Chain shoot at
the Ben Avery Clay Target Center North of Phoenix. Gerald Wendel led
North Dakotan's in the first half of the 16 yard Singles Championship
with 98 followed by a 99 in strong winds......for Arizona. that is...on
Saturday morning to Win the Veteran's trophy with a 197. Bob Munson
broke the lone 200 to win the Singles. Many shooters after Sunday's
Handicap will leave for Tucson for the Arizona State Shoot. For a
number of shooters their winter shooting season in Arizona will conclude
with the Arizona State Shoot although shoots are schedule at a number of
Arizona Clubs through out the Spring and Summer. This weekend's shoot
was another very successful shoot for Ben Avery which makes it, its'
best Trapshooting season in years. The investment the Center has made
in Parking for Trailers and Campers and other improvements including
computerized administration of registration and cashiering
procedures have helped make this happen.
This is
my last Winter Chain report for this winter season since I will be
leaving for Bismarck late this week. Hope the reports have been of
interest to you and given you an insight in to what Arizona Winter Chain
shooting is all about and how your Trapshooting friends from North
Dakota and the Midwest area who have been able to be down here for all
or part of the chain have done. and I must say we were well represented
with North Dakota's biggest win being Jason Folvag's winning the Spring
Grand American Doubles Championship.
Chet
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Paul Doetsch Ben
Avery's Clay Target Center's ATA Shoot Manager congratulates
Charles Simonson on his 96 in handicap on Friday winning
short yardage. Casey Crawford a good friend of Charles's-
both originally from Plentywood, Montana-joins them for the
photo. Over the years Casey shot a number of Western North
Dakota shoots with his Uncle, Mel Hall, who also frequented
the Arizona Winter Chain for years. Off-road motorcycle
rider Charles and Kayak enthusiast Casey now are Arizona
residents with Casey in Phoenix and Charles in Tucson. |
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John Scanlon
member of the Arizona State Trapshooting Board of Directors
and past President of the Phoenix Trap and Skeet Club joins
Canadian Chain shooters for a photo. Pictured with Scanlon
are Eugene Bert, Saskatchewan, Garry Hill, Les Grabill, Ron
McConnel and Lorne Hooper all of Alberta. Eugene won
Friday's handicap with a lone 97. Eugene and Garry have shot
trap in North Dakota a number of times over the years. |
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Bob Dobbs, Doug
Sims, Larry Mane, all Arizona and Gerald Wendel, North
Dakota. Larry Sims Tucson Trap and Skeet Club Vice President
and State Association Board Member just finished helping
Larry Mane load trophies in his pickup box for next week's
State Shoot at The Tucson Trap and Skeet Club. Retired
Sanborn North Dakota farmer Gerald Wendel won the 200
Singles Vets trophy with a 197. The Arizona State Shoot
Trophies must be valuable because Lexi, Larry Maine's dog,
is already keeping a watchful eye over who comes near the
pickup box. |
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Dan Vogel,
Ballantine, Montana and Art Peyton, Peers, Alberta. Both are
and have been frequent Arizona Winter Chain winners over the
years. |
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Dennis Miller,
Nebraska, Tom Burns Nebraska, Tom Collier, Iowa, Lyle Hall,
Nebraska and Wally Hoyt, Minnesota. Tom Burns led the group
in Friday's singles breaking a 98. Tom began his working
career working for Bell Telephone in Valley City, North
Dakota. |
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Bob Scribner,
Minnesota; Richard McCoy, Minnesota and Don Brown, Arizona |
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Annie and Bob
Munson and their three Yellow Labs-Maggie, Charlie and Tiny.
Although the dogs seem to enjoy the winter chain, I think
they are really waiting for fall when they can go to the
Munson hunting cabin in South East North Dakota to hunt
pheasants. On Friday both Bob and Annie broke the first 100
of the 200 bird singles event. Bob went on Saturday to brake
the lone 200 winning the Singles Championship. Annie broke a
96 in Friday's handicap. Her handicap scores through
Friday's event were 95, 94 and 96. |
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Bob and Cecile
Paradis, Maine and friends. Bob let my dog Maida get in on
the photo. Maida has been with me at Winter Chain Shoots
for the past 11 seasons. |
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Motor
Home Parking Facilities appeared to be full for this shoot. Leonard and
Margaret Raddohl from North Dakota are up here for this shoot and have
stayed at Ben Avery for most of its winter chain shoots.
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Arizona Winter
Chain Shooter Dennis Shaw and Vince Vehook, Range Assistant,
Ben Avery Clay Target Center. Saturday afternoons when we
aren't at the Winter Chain Shoots Dennis and I shoot
practice at Ben Avery and discuss a whole wide range of
topics where we sometimes let our expertise and ideas about
a lot of things go unchecked. Vince is one of the personable
staff who not only makes one really feel welcome, but along
with a lot of other hard working staff does the work that
makes the whole Ben Avery program function so well. |
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