MSANews. Volume 18, No. 1 January Straight from the President. World Champion! Congratulations

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1 MSANews Volume 18, No. 1 January 2014 Straight from the President The 2013 skeet season is long past and it was certainly great fun! I trust that each of you had a successful season, enjoying the competition and your many friendships. The Michigan State shoot in August was a huge success. We had 121, 4 gun shooters in attendance! Many people contributed to the success of the shoot! Special thanks to the Detroit Gun Club: Scott, Deb and all the staff including the kitchen, servers and pullers. In addition, recognition for the Board of Directors, individually and collectively for their efforts to make the State Shoot successful. Congratulations to all the winners or those recognized for their shooting success. Thanks to all that attended! If you missed the State Shoot, please plan to attend next year! Please check the MSA website for the results of the Board of Directors elections. Congratulations to those incumbents that were elected. On behalf of the entire MSA we welcome Denny Tanis to the Board of Directors! The World Shoot was held from September 27- October 4. Michigan was very well represented with approximately 20 attending! That is great! David Scott prevailed as the 12 gauge Dave Schiebel World Champion! Congratulations David well done! In addition, many placed in class and or in their concurrents. Please check the NSSA website for the shoot results. The World Shoot is always great fun. If you have not attended, place it on your schedule for next year. The Board of Directors held a meeting on November 2, Before the meeting, Trish Magyar provided the Referee s Clinic. We have many Certified Referees in Michigan! The Shoot Scheduling Meeting was held and proceeded very well with only a few shoot changes. The MSA 2014 Shoot Calendar has been posted on the MSA website, as well as in this newsletter. So please check for the shoots that you will be attending. There are 18 clubs in the MSA that threw registered targets in The number of targets thrown in 2013 totaled 567,875. That is an increase of approximately 20,000 compared to The game of skeet in Michigan is growing! This is evidenced by the increase in targets thrown, the number of clubs participating and our membership, which is 633, as of November 2, This includes 26 new members and 140 new Junior shooters since January 1, Many thanks to all the MSA members that give of their time to assist/coach the youth in our sport. The SCTP reports indicate that participation is growing rapidly. If you have any questions, comments or thoughts please do not hesitate to contact me by or cell phone or contact your nearest Board Director. Please see the MSA website for phone numbers and addresses of all the Board of Directors! Enjoy the winter months as we anticipate the upcoming 2014 skeet season. Good luck to all who will be participating in a winter league! Dave

2 2 MSANews January Board of Directors President Dave Schiebel (14) Riedell Drive Kalamazoo, MI C: (269) Vice-President Brent Edwards (15) 3241 Parker Drive Royal Oak, MI H: (248) Secretary/Treasurer Kathy Warner 397 Division Street Vassar, MI H: (989) Fax: (989) Jane Carpenter (14) N. Gardenia Fraser, MI H: (586) C: (586) John Fournier (15) 370 Highland Avenue Milford, MI H: (248) Trish Magyar (14) 123 Regal Ave Rochester Hills, MI C: (248) Loraine Malloy (14) Brennan Drive. Macomb, MI C: Jim Moll (15) 9449 Bradley Frankenmuth, MI H: (989) Bob O Brien (14) Romeo Plank Ray, MI H: (586) Tom Pavlack (15) 1688 Sycamore St. Otsego, MI C: (269) t-line@accn.org Dave Scott (15) 307 Elliott Street Grand Haven, MI C: (616) dscott28l@yahoo.com Denny Tanis (15) Sparkling Waters Court South Lyon, MI C: dtanis@kadiausa.com Rick Trawinski (14) Strattion Dr. Clinton Township, MI H: (586) C: (586) ricktraw@gmail.com

3 January 2014 MSANews 3 Information You May Want To Know!! PLEASE NOTE: Please send all articles and pictures to the Editor, Jane itzshooter@comcast.net or mail to N. Gardenia, Fraser, MI ) The MSA Board continued their reduction in the minimum target requirements for the 2014 shooting year November 1, 2013 to October 31, The new minimum target requirement are: 12 Gauge, 20 Gauge, 28 Gauge and.410 are 800 targets; Doubles are 500 targets. The MSA may change these in the future. The NSSA returned to original standards in ) Cost of targets to the MSA will remain at two (2) cents and the NSSA will be four (4) cents per target. PLEASE NOTE: When Filing your shoot reports, PLEASE remember to fill out a FIRST 100 S REPORT for the NSSA and KATHY WARNER (MSA). Otherwise our shooters do not get listed in the national publication. ALSO, PLEASE send first 100 S names, date and event to JANE CARPENTER to assure the shooter gets a MSA CERTIFICATE. The MSA offers a lifetime membership for $ There is also a senior lifetime membership for those over 60 for $ If you are interested in buying a lifetime membership, please see Kathy Warner. The Next Board of Directors meeting will be held on April 5, 2014 after the shoot-offs at Detroit Gun Club. Meetings are open and any MSA member may attend. As stated in the previous editions of this newsletter, we will not be mailing this newsletter any longer. So, if your friends don t have a computer or , remember to print them off a copy so they can keep up to date on our association news. Please mail new addresses to Trish Magyar at miskeet@comcast.net with a subject line of emsa news. It is very important that you support our advertisers who do a very important job of off-setting the cost of this newsletter. Next time you do business with one of them, say, I saw your ad in the MSA Newsletter, thanks for your support of the MSA. Send reports/monies/questions to: Kathy Warner M.S.A, Secretary/Treasurer 397 Division Street Vassar, MI (989) ( ) khwarner@charter.net

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5 January 2014 MSANews 5 Michigan Skeet Association Hall of Fame To All M.S.A. Members: On the next page is an application information sheet for nominating candidates to our M.S.A. Hall of Fame. We will put this form in the Newsletter each Fall for your convenience. Even if you have nominated someone in the past, please do so again using this form. Once you have filled out the form return to any Hall of-fame Committee person listed below: 1) Al Magyar, Chair 2) Jane Carpenter 3) Tom Pavlack 4) Dave Schiebel, President Take time to look over this application. Remember to study the criteria closely and to fill in the form completely. This is your opportunity to take part in your Hall-of-Fame. The applicants chosen are installed at the Awards Banquet on Saturday Night of the State Shoot. M.S.A. Committees Constitution & Bylaws Brent Edwards, Chair Trish Magyar Jane Carpenter Finance Dave Schiebel Brent Edwards Kathy Warner State Shoot Trish Magyar, Chair John Fournier Loraine Malloy Tom Pavlack Dave Scott Rick Trawinski Denny Tanis Scott Behnke, Chief Referee Nominations & Elections Dave Schiebel, Chair Brent Edwards Loraine Malloy Jim Moll Denny Tanis Hall of Fame Al Magyar, Chair Tom Pavlack Jane Carpenter All-State Teams Trish Magyar, Chair Jane Carpenter Tom Pavlack Dave Schiebel Rick Trawinski Awards & Trophies Jane Carpenter, Chair Loraine Malloy John Fournier Bob O Brien Rick Trawinski M.S.A. Newsletter Jane Carpenter, Editor Loraine Malloy Bob O Brien MSA Website Sub-Committee Trish Magyar, Chair Brent Edwards Al Magyar The President of the Board of Directors sits on all committees of the Board.

6 6 MSANews January 2014 CANDIDATE INFORMATION SHEET FOR M.S.A. HALLOF FAME The M.S.A. Hall of Fame has two categories under which nominees may be considered; Shooting Achievements and Sustaining Contributions (Chet Crites Service Award). Candidates should be submitted to the M.S.A. Hall of Fame Committee for consideration. Nominees must have been residents of the State of Michigan and M.S.A. members, in good standing, for at least 10 years. They must be 50 years of age or older, or have won a World Shoot Open Title, or have had their shooting career interrupted by an untimely death or disablement. The Committee will select, in any given year, no more than two nominees for Shooting Achievement, and one for the Chet Crites Service Award. If a nominee is not selected, his/her name will be considered again in the future. NOMINEE STATISTICS: Name of Candidate M.S.A. # Address N.S.S.A. # City State Zip Date of Birth Year first registered targets were shot Year last registered targets were shot This person qualifies for consideration in the M.S.A. Hall of Fame by reason of: Shooting Achievements Chet Crites Service Award SELECTION CRITERIA: The following questions should be answered by the person making the nomination or by the candidate. Be specific. FOR SHOOTING ACHIEVEMENTS: 1. How many times has candidate been selected to M.S.A. All State: Team or High Gun Teams? 2. How many times has candidate been selected to an N.S.S.A. All American Team (Open or Concurrent)? 3. List Michigan State Record wins and years. 4. List important wins by candidate in N.S.S.A. State Zone, and list years of wins. 5. List important wins by candidate at any major shoots. List years of wins. FOR CHET CRITES SERVICE AWARD: 1. Has candidate ever been elected Michigan National Director or held any office in the M.S.A.? Specify year or years and which office/offices held. 2. List candidate s contribution to the M.S.A. or any contributions to help promote skeet in general. 3. Other accomplishments Examples: M.S.A. and /or N.S.S.A. committees, club officer, number of registered targets. 4. List candidates shooting career wins as asked for under Shooting Achievement: classification.

7 January 2014 MSANews 7 Michigan Skeet Association Hall of Fame On Saturday Evening, August 24, 2013, Trish Magyar was inducted into the Michigan Skeet Association Hall of Fame. This event took place at the Saturday night banquet at the Detroit Gun Club. Below is the wording that was placed on her plaque which now hangs, with all the others before her, in the Hall of Fame room at the DGC. Congratulations Trish! You have done a wonderful job of volunteering for the MSA. Trish Magyar Rochester Hills, Michigan Induction August 2013 Chet Crites Service Award Trish Magyar grew up at skeet ranges, but didn t pick-up a shotgun herself until asked by a shipmate in 1982 if she wanted to go skeet shooting. She jumped at the opportunity, and has been an active shooter and NSSA member ever since. Trish has unselfishly volunteered her time from the very start; you can usually find her helping out at just about every shoot she attends, whether it is assisting with registration, posting scores or organizing shoot-offs. Trish has a long list of contributions from the state level through to NSSA s Executive Committee. Volunteer positions she has held include: Michigan State NSSA Director, 2004 to present Michigan Skeet Association Director, 2004 to present Michigan State Shoot Committee Chairman, 2006 to present Michigan All-State Team Committee Chairman, 2004 to present World Shoot Shoot-off Committee, 1988 to 2010 and 2012 NSSA Rules Committee member, 1991 to 2010 NSSA Rules Committee Chairman, 2011 to present NSSA Executive Committee Zone 9 Representative, 1992 to 2004 Additionally, Trish created and maintains the Michigan Skeet Association website, keeping our membership up-to-date on the Association s activities and news, and is a resource for our members and clubs. Trish is also a member of the Armed Forces Skeet Association Hall of Fame and the National Skeet Shooting Association Hall of Fame, both for their respective service awards. In recognition of her continued contributions to the sport of skeet shooting, Trish Magyar is hereby inducted into the Michigan Skeet Association s Hall of Fame.

8 8 MSANews January 2014 CLUB CONTACTS 2014 CLUB CONTACT PHONE NUMBER Bay County Conserv/Gun Club Dale Furst (989) Cass City Gun Club Ron Snider (989) Detroit Gun Club Al Magyar (248) Detroit Sportsman s Congress Pete Pantalena (810) Genesee Sportmans s Club George Gilliam, Jr. (586) Grand Blanc Huntsman s Len Smith (248) Grayling Sportsman s Club Pat Trombley (989) Gun River Skeet & Trap Club Holly Bowker (269) Kent County Conservation Club Tim Wiley (616) Mid-U.P. Shooters, Inc. David Ruokolainen (906) North Macomb Sportsman s Bob O Brien (586) North Ottawa Rod & Gun Club Tim Bakker (231) Northland Sportsmen s Club Mike Brown (989) Reed City Sportsman s Club Dick Nethers (989) Rockford Sportsman s Club Dan Vincent (616) Saginaw Gun Club Jim Moll (989) Wayne County Sportsman s Club Greg Mahalak 313) West Walker Sportsmans Club Rick Zandstra (616)

9 January 2014 MSANews 9 Morrissey Motor State Open by Trish Magyar WALLED LAKE, MI Detroit Gun Club hosted yet another memorable Morrissey Motor State Open, thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, the Morrissey family Mike, Melodie and Tom. The shoot was near capacity, and included entries from as far away as Australia. Overall, the weather conditions couldn t have been better, even with slightly breezy conditions and some of the dreaded white-puffies for the Doubles Event Thursday. A lone 100 posted by Ben Gallup put him on the top of the podium. Four 99s shot-off for the remaining two spots, with Robert Paxton besting the field for the Runner-up position, Clay Baldwin, 3rd; Dan Morris AAA1, and John Fournier AA1. Ninetyeights shot-off for A Class, with Quentin Smith the victor. Classes B, C and D were won outright by James Barnard (98) and also Junior Champ, Craig Hintermeister (94) and Aaron Walton (94), respectively. Lady Champion was Trish Magyar; and Sub Junior Champion, Hunter Staples. 12 Gauge Event Friday morning s 12 Gauge Event was shot under pretty nice conditions (by Detroit standards), with nary a cloud in the sky and only a light wind, resulting in 11 perfect scores. By the time shootoffs rolled around, however, the 12 Gauge Champions wind had picked up a tad and we had a smattering of puffy clouds, just to make it a little more challenging! Much to everyone s delight, and no surprise to him, Junior shooter Gordon Novak claimed the 12 Gauge Championship over Jim Nierzwick, Runner-up; Ben Gallup, 3rd; John Herkowitz, AAA1; Duane Lamley, AA1; and, Richard Smelko, A1. Billy No Toes Nielsen won 28 Gauge Champions B Class outright with his 99; Bill Saylor won his 98 shoot-off for C1; Craig Hintermeister was D1 with a 97; and young Michael Stewart won E Class with an impressive 93 and his first 25 straight, to boot! Nice shooting Little Stewie! Lady Champion was Trish Magyar; and Hunter Staples, Sub Junior Champion. Continued on page 10

10 10 MSANews January 2014 Morrissey Motor State Open Continued from page 9 20 Gauge Event The 20 Gauge Event spanned Friday afternoon and Saturday morning with nine shooters posting 100 straights. Conditions for Saturday s shoot-offs were much improved over the previous day, with yet another Junior shooter claiming the Championship Quentin Smith dispatched Todd Bender, Runner-up; Bob O Brien, 3rd; Kurt Grates, AAA1; and Jim Reese, AA1, to claim the 20 Gauge title. Other class winners were Sam (father) over Samuel (son) Marks in a 3-way shoot-off of 99s for A; John Massman s 99 sealed the deal for A1; Craig Hintermeister s 96 assured him of C1; and (young) Michael Stewart shot another great score of 92 for D1. Susan Huszai was Lady Champion with her 99; and Hunter Staples, Sub Junior Champion with a 97. At this stage of the competition, there were three shooters 2-by: Bender, Gallup and Magyar. 28 Gauge Event The 28 Gauge Event Saturday afternoon saw eight perfect scores, under rather warm and humid conditions, including Skyler Kanode s first way to go! Skyler did his best, but had to settle for A1, with Sam Armstrong, Champion; Kurt Grates, Runner-up; Bruce Christian, 3rd; Clay Baldwin, AAA1; and Al Magyar AA1. John Klida Doubles Champions won his shoot-off of 98s for B1; Jack Belding was C1; and Sasha deborgrave, D1. Susan Huszai was Lady Champion; Aaron Walton, Sub Junior Champion; and Quentin Smith Junior Champion. Gallup and Magyar remained perfect through three events. 410 Bore & HOA Events Sunday s.410 Bore Event saw the best conditions of the weekend clear blue skies and no wind resulting in FIVE perfect scores with the baby bore, including another first for a Junior shooter, Jared Davenport. Nice shooting, Jared! And, there were TWO Juniors with 100s. Even with perfect conditions for the shoot-offs, the.410 being what it is, it didn t take long stations to decide all five places with Sam Armstrong emerging the Champion over Clay Baldwin, Runner-up; Jared Davenport, 3rd and Junior Champion; John Herkowitz, AAA1; and James Barnard AA1. Shoot-offs of 97s were needed for BOTH A and B class, with John Fournier winning A and Kyle Wierzbicki winning B. Bill Brown (C) and Sasha deborgrave (D) won their classes outright. Lady Champion was Trish Magyar; and Sub Junior Champion, Aaron Walton. Alas, there was no 4-by-4, so three 398s were called to the field Continued on page 11

11 January 2014 MSANews 11 Morrissey Motor State Open Continued from page 10 for the High Over All championship. It was decided to shoot a full round of doubles from 3, 4 and 5 total score to determine the winner. At the completion of the round, Baldwin was perfect and the victor over Herkowitz, Runner-up, and Magyar, 3rd. Four 396s shot-off for AAA, with Kurt Grates the winner in that contest. Dan Morris won his shoot-off of 393s for AA; and Glen Walker (A), Josh Penvose (B); Doug Keister, (C); Sasha deborgrave (D) and Michael Stewart (E) were alone at the top of their classes. Susan Huszai claimed the Lady Championship in her shoot-off; Aaron Walton was Sub Junior Champion; and, Quentin Smith, Junior Champion. Mike and Melodie Morrissey presented special awards of a Waterford carafe to the HOA Champion and a Waterford crystal bowl to the Lady HOA Champion, which will be proudly displayed by the recipients for years to come. HOA Champions Thank you, thank you, thank you! No shoot happens without the financial backing and behind the scenes efforts of many individuals. Untold thanks go to the Morrissey family for their extremely generous support to ensure the Motor State s reputation as one of the finest shoots in the country was upheld it couldn t have Continued on page 14 HOA Champions with the Morrisseys

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13 January 2014 MSANews Mid-Michigan Open Championships Genesee Sportsman s Club by Jane Carpenter July 27: The 15th anniversary of this event was held at the Flushing Michigan Club. The weather was great and the shooting better. George Gilliam always offers shooters an even opportunity at the added cash and prizes. There was money for event winners and class winners. Everyone was raring to get started and go after those targets. The Doubles event was won by Jim Nierzwick (94), with Runnerup George Gilliam (93). A1 went to Mike Palmatier; Ed Howe took B1; Bill Saylor, B2; and Doug Haines B3. Brian Long took C1; Jim Schultz, C2 and Gary Schultheis C3. D1 was won by Christina Baning. The 12 gauge event was taken by George Gilliam with 99. Jim Schultz took runner-up with a nice 98. AA1 went to Jim Nierzwick and AA2 to Mike Palmatier. Ed Howe took A1. B1 went to Bill Saylor; B2 to Pete Pantalena; and B3 to Rick Trawinski. C1 was won by Christina Baning; C2 by Jessica Taylor; and C3 by Rich Montel. D1 went to Austin Coe; D2 to Jane Carpenter; and D3 to Paul Bontrager. E1 was taken by Dylan Dick. Next came the wonderful 28 gauge event which found no perfect scores. Mike Palmatier took the event with a nice 97. Runnerup went to Jason Farhat with Jim takes Doubles, 20 Gauge and HAA 96. AA1 was George Gilliam; AA2 to Pete Pantalena; AA3 was Jim Nierzwick. A1 went to Bill Saylor; and A2 to Ed Howe; A3 to Rick Trawinski. Brian Long was B1; John Gilliam was B2; and Bob Refice took B3. Jane Carpenter took C1; Jessica Taylor took C2; and Chrissy Baning took C3. D1 went to Gary Schultheis and Jim Schultz took D2. We then headed upstairs to have dinner provided by George and Lynn Gilliam. A special thanks to Lynn for the great pies we had with dinner. They were great!! Folks began to bid on the Calcutta, and when we were done, headed down to the fields for the Scrap shoot. Lots of fun abounded as several of the shooters had never shot scrap before. When all was done we gathered George wins 12 Gauge event for a few drinks and fun and before you knew it the day was over. Sunday awoke to a beautiful, hot day and the 20 gauge event was underway. As beautiful as the day seemed to be there were no perfect scores again. Jim Nierzwick shot a nice 99 for event, and Rick Trawinski took runner-up. George Gilliam too AA1. Pete Pantalena took A1; Ed Howe took A2; and Bill Saylor was A3. Rich Montel took B1; Bob Refice took B2; and Chrissy Baning took B3. Jessica Taylor C1; Gary Schultheis too C2; and Jim Schultz was C3. D1 went to Austin Cole. The 410 was the last gun shot and was taken by Pete Pantalena after a shoot-off with Ed Howe Continued on page 14

14 14 MSANews January Mid-Michigan Open Championships Genesee Sportsman s Club Continued from page 13 and Jim Nierzwick. Ed took runner-up and Jim was A1. A2 was taken by Doug Haines. B1 was taken by Rick Trawinski, followed by Bill Saylor and Jason Farhat. C1 was Brian Long with John Gilliam and Jim Schultz falling in behind him. D1 went to Gary Schultheis with Brice Worden and Chrissy Baning following in the next two spots. George always offers fun stuff for the shooters so we started with the Rookie shoot-off followed by the Lady s shoot-off. The Calcutta shooters headed to the field and then all shoot-offs were done. Mike takes 28 Gauge event The HOA event winner was Pete Pantalena with 383; Jim Nierzwick, runner-up with 382; George Gilliam took AA1; Ed Howe took A1; Bill Saylor took B1; Brian Long took C1; and Jessica Taylor took D1. The HAA was as follows: Jim Nierzwick, Champion with 476; Pete takes 410 event and HOA George Gilliam, Runner-up; Ed Howe, A1; Bill Saylor, B1; Brian Long, C1; and Gary Schultheis, D1. It was a great weekend spent with good friends and we had lots of fun. Thanks go out to George for such a great time and special thanks to our great referees. We hope to see you next year! Morrissey Motor State Open Continued from page 11 been done without you... Thank you. Thank you also to John Haugh and John Waters for sponsoring the Motor State Madness. Scott Behnke and his Assistant Managers, Danny and Jake, did a fantastic job of throwing great targets; the crew of outstanding referees gave the shooters the targets when they called for them; and the back-loaders were stealthlike keeping the machines full and pads swept. Our new chef, Anthony, along with Debbie, and their kitchen staff and waitresses, made sure that no one went hungry (or thirsty!); and the shoot staff of Ann and Kathy, greeted the shooters with cheery smiles, and made sure the scores were promptly posted and the shoot-off sheets ready to go after the last shot was fired. We like to boast that we have Too Much Fun as if such a thing were impossible! But anyone who has ever attended the Motor State Open will tell you we do have fun. The Motor State isn t just about shooting; it s also about the friends we make and have made and look forward to seeing each year. We hope that those of you who haven t experienced the hospitality of the Detroit Gun Club will do so at the 2014 Motor State or our September shoot, the Kasle Family Charity Open. We can promise you one thing, you will have too much fun!

15 January 2014 MSANews 15 by Jane Carpenter It was a beautiful weekend! Motor homes and Trailers began to arrive mid-week and by Friday, August 23, 2013, at Detroit Gun Club, Scott Behnke had prepared for the annual gathering of the flocks. The day was beautiful with sun and blue skies. Winds and rain had become a regular at the State shoot in frequent years. But this year would go down in the books as simply marvelous. Friday started out with the Doubles event and out to the fields they went. The shootoffs were many in this event but was taken by a 99 from Zachary Hoiles. Runner-up was determined after Dave Scott and Howie Bailey shot off their 98 s, giving Dave the title and Howie 3rd. The AA winner in this gun was John Fournier AA2 went to Dean Rossman; AA3 to Al Magyar; AA4 to Bob O Brien; and AA5 to Dan Adam. A1 went to Lauren Best; A2 to Fred Richard; A3 to Dave Ruokolainen; A4 to Jim Nierzwick and A5 went to Dave Pratt. B1-5 was won by Pete Pantalena; Joshua Penvose; Edward Bowker; Dale Furst; and Bill Saylor. C s went to Terry Eicholtz; Ken Goldsworthy; Doug Keister; Paul Stafford; and Kurt Miller. D s were Sasha Deborchgrave; Garrett Curlett; Christina Baning; Ed Brown; and Bill Primeau. Continued on page 16 Scott takes HOA at the Michigan State Shoot Doubles Champs Zach, Dave and Howie 20 Gauge Champs Dan, Dave and Howie (Dan s First State Championship!)

16 16 MSANews January 2014 Michigan State Shoot Continued from page 15 Congratulations to all of the Concurrent Event winners. They are listed on the following pages: Doubles Sub-junior Champ Jack Belding 89 Sub-junior Runner-up Aaron Walton 87 Sub-junior 3rd Austin Coe 81 Junior Champ Zachary Hoiles 99 Junior Runner-up Joshua Penvose 96 Junior 3rd Gordon Novak 93 Lady Champ I Loraine Malloy 91 Lady Champ II Trish Magyar 90 TS Champ Pete Pantalena 96 TS Runner-up Edward Bowker 96 TS 3rd Michael Palmatier 94 Sub-Sub-Senior Champ David Scott 98 Sub-Sub-Senior R.U. John Fournier 97 Sub-Sub- Senior 3rd Ray Pollister 95 Sub-Senior Champ Howie Bailey 98 Sub-Senior Runner-up Lauren Best 97 Sub-Senior 3rd Dean Rossman 96 Senior Champ Dale Furst 96 Senior Runner-up Fred Richard 96 Senior 3rd Dave Pratt 96 Veteran Champ Chester Kowalski 94 Veteran Runner-up Russ Morgan 92 Veteran 3rd Ron Snider 92 Retired Military Champ Ron Snider 92 Ret. Military Runner-up Trish Magyar 90 Parent/Child Edward & Ed Bowker Parent/Child RU Novak/Novak 2 Man Champs H. Bailey/D. Scott 2 Man Champs Runner-up J. Fournier/R. Pollister 2 Man 2 Champs J. McGinnis/D. Adam 2 Man 2 Runner-up G. Novak/F. Richard Continued on page 17

17 January 2014 MSANews 17 Michigan State Shoot Continued from page 16 Friday afternoon was wonderful with beautiful sunshine and hot temps. The 20 gauge event was underway and brought us four perfect scores. Out to the field they went for shoot-offs. The 100 s were shot by Dan Adam; Dave Scott; Howie Bailey; and Gregory Mahalak. When the smoke cleared the results were: Adam; Event Champ; Scott, Runner-up; Bailey, Event 3rd. The AAA s went as follows: Bill Nielsen; Al Magyar; Dean Rossman. AA s were Larry Crites; Duane Lamley; Mike Stewart; Bob O Brien; and David Pratt. A s went to Gregory Mahalak; Lauren Best; Jim Sykes; Glenn Ulbrich; and Hunter Staples. B s were Dave Ruokolainen; Doug Keister; Pete Pantalena; Mark Edwards; and Jeff Desano. C s went to Paul Stafford, Jr.; Thomas Robb; Jessica Taylor; Terry Eicholtz; and Gary Scheiwe. D s were taken by Austin Coe; Michael Stewart; Ken Fawcett; Sasha Deborchgrave; and Alan Popp. CONGRATULA- TIONS TO DAN ADAM on his first State Championship!!!!! Congrats to Concurrent Event Winners listed on the following page. Continued on page Gauge Champs Dan, Hunter and Dave (Dan s Second State Championship this weekend!) Dave presents Lou Raden Award to Bill (9,950 Targets)

18 18 MSANews January 2014 Michigan State Shoot Continued from page Gauge Sub-junior Champ Hunter Staples 98 Sub-junior Runner-up Aaron Walton 94 Sub-junior 3rd Austin Coe 94 Junior Champ Johnny Kleinheksel 97 Junior Runner-up Zachary Hoiles 97 Junior 3rd Gordon Novak 96 Lady Champ Jessica Taylor 96 Lady Runner-up Trish Magyar 96 Lady 3rd Loraine Malloy 95 TS Champ Ryan O Leary 98 TS Runner-up Pete Pantalena 97 TS 3rd Edward Bowker 97 Sub-Sub-Senior Champ David Scott 100 Sub-Sub-Senior RU Ray Pollister 96 Sub-Sub-Senior 3rd John Fournier 95 Sub-Senior Champ Howie Bailey 100 Sub-Senior Runner-up Gregory Mahalak 100 Sub-Senior 3rd Bill Nielsen 99 Senior Champ Dan Adam 100 Senior Runner-up Glenn Ulbrich 99 Senior 3rd Larry Crites 99 Veteran Champ Chester Kowalski 98 Veteran Runner-up Russ Morgan 98 Veteran 3rd Doug Haines 96 Retired Military Champ Trish Magyar 96 Retired Military RU Ron Snider 94 Parent/Child Champ Bowker/Bowker Parent/Child RU Staples/Staples 2 Man Champs Bailey/Scott 2 Man Runner-up McGinnis/Adam 2 Man 2 Champs Malloy/Sykes 2 Man 2 Champs Holton/Day Continued on page 19

19 January 2014 MSANews 19 Michigan State Shoot Continued from page 18 Friends gathered to play cards, visit from RV to RV or just gather round a campfire and the day was over. Many of us spent time celebrating Jerry Barefoot s birthday with a great food provided by Sharon. Saturday started out absolutely beautiful and that is the way it would stay. We started with the.410 event and it brought no perfect scores. Dan Adam took the Championship with a 99, after a shoot-off with Hunter Staples and David Scott. Hunter took runnerup and Dave took 3rd place. The AAA s were as follows: Mike Stewart; Al Magyar; and Howie Bailey. John McGinnis took AA1 followed by: John Fournier; Gordon Novak; Glenn Ulbrich; and Dean Rossman. A1 was won by Duane Lamley followed by: Jim Sykes; Tom Pavlack; Jim Nierzwick; and Fred Richard. B1 went to Ken Goldsworthy followed by: Brett Belrose; Denny Tanis; Ryan O Leary; and Gerald Novak. C1 was taken by Johnny Kleinheksel followed by: Ted Maynard; Paul Stafford, III; Jim Schultz; and Ron Snider. D1 went to Sasha Deborchgrave followed by: Judy Wusthoff; Gary Schultheis; Paul Stafford; and John Gilliam. CONGRATULATIONS TO DAN ADAM on his Second State Championship in the same year!!!!! Congratulations to all of the Concurrent Event winners. They are listed on the following page All-State Team Dave, Bob, Howie, Dan, Dave, George (Missing: Kurt, Al, Brent and Ben) Dan wins Two State Championships!

20 20 MSANews January 2014 Michigan State Shoot Continued from page Event Sub-junior Champ Hunter Staples 99 Sub-junior Runner-up Aaron Walton 95 Sub-junior 3rd Jack Belding 88 Junior Champ Gordon Novak ` 97 Junior Runner-up Brett Belrose 95 Junior 3rd Zachary Hoiles 94 Lady Champ Loraine Malloy 91 Lady Runner-up Trish Magyar 90 Lady 3rd Judy Wusthoff 82 TS Champ Ryan O Leary 95 TS Runner-up Pete Pantalena 92 TS 3rd Jason Farhat 92 Sub-Sub-Senior Champ Dave Scott 99 Sub-Sub-Senior R.U. John Fournier 98 Sub-sub-Senior 3rd Ray Pollister 95 Sub-Senior Champ Mike Stewart 98 Sub-Senior Runner-up John McGinnis 98 Sub-Senior 3rd Tom Pavlack 97 Senior Champ Dan Adam 99 Senior Runner-up Duane Lamley 98 Senior 3rd Glenn Ulbrich 97 Veteran Champ Doug Haines 96 Veteran Runner-up Chester Kowalski 95 Veteran 3rd Brian Harrison 94 Retired Military Champ Trish Magyar 90 Retired Military RU Ron Snider 90 Parent/Child Champ Novak/Novak Parent/Child RU Staples/Staples 2 Man Champ McGinnis/Adam 2 Man Runner-up Bailey/Scott 2 Man 2 Champ Novak/Richard 2 Man 2 Runner-up Malloy/Sykes

21 January 2014 MSANews 21 Michigan State Shoot Continued from page 20 One-half of the 28 gauge would be shot on Saturday and the remainder on Sunday morning. Saturday night at the State Shoot is always special with many awards given out. This is also the night that we do the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony when we have a candidate to enter the Hall of Fame. This year the honor went to Trish Magyar. Trish s service to the Michigan Skeet Association is unmatched and we were proud to honor her with the Chet Crites Service Award. See the wording of the plaque, and picture, of Trish s induction elsewhere in this issue. After our dinner and all the fixins, no one is able to move, so the festivities start. We started our awards by giving out several First 100 s certificates and our All State Team Awards. Congratulation to Bill Saylor for winning the Lou Raden Award by shooting 9,950 registered targets in Congrats Bill! Congratulations also to Bay County Conservation & Gun Club for 2012 Club of the Year Awardee! We followed this with the Hall of Fame presentation for Trish Magyar. Following this ceremony we gave awards won in shooting on Friday and Saturday. The day ended with friends gathering to discuss the day s events and some partied into the night Gauge Team Jim, Fred and Danny (Missing: Ross and Ron) Gauge Team Glenn, Doug, Trish, Gordon and Mike

22 22 MSANews January 2014 Michigan State Shoot Continued from page 21 Sunday started out absolutely beautiful and that was the way the day would stay. We continued with the 28 gauge event and we saw no prefect scores. Although, we did have nine 99 s. After the shoot-offs it was Mike Stewart as champion, Pat Wusthoff as runner-up and Zachary Hoiles taking 3rd. AAA1 was Dave Scott with the other AAA s following: Dean Rossman; and Gordon Novak. AA s were Joshua Penvose; Jim Nierzwick; Bill Nielsen; Duane Lamley; and Glenn Ulbrich. A s went to Hunter Staples; Fred Richard; Tom Considine; Nick Rossman; and Trish Magyar. B winners were Gerald Novak; Lauren Best; Dave Ruokolainen; Doug Haines; and Paul Stafford. C s were won by Rich Curlett; Dick Schroeder; Jim Springer; Paul Stafford; and Brett Belrose. D s went to Jim Schultz; Sasha Deborchgrave; Sharon Barefoot; Tom Fudold; and John Johnson. The Concurrent Events are on the following page Gauge Team Duane, Zach, Pat, John and Pete Bore Team Rick, Jim and Dave (Missing: Jeffrey and Ray)

23 January 2014 MSANews 23 Michigan State Shoot Continued from page Gauge Sub-junior Champ Hunter Staples 99 Sub-junior Runner-up Aaron Walton 97 Sub-junior 3rd Jack Belding 97 Junior Champ Zachary Hoiles 99 Junior Runner-up Joshua Penvose 99 Junior 3rd Gordon Novak 98 Lady Champ Trish Magyar 98 Lady RU Sharon Barefoot 91 Lady 3rd Loraine Malloy 90 TS Champ Nick Rossman 98 TS Runner-up Pete Pantalena 97 TS 3rd Edward Bowker 95 Sub-Sub-Senior Champ Dave Scott 99 Sub-Sub-Senior R.U. John Fournier 97 Sub-Sub-Senior 3rd Ray Pollister 96 Sub-Senior Champ Mike Stewart 99 Sub-Senior Runner-up Dean Rossman 99 Sub-Senior 3rd Jim Nierzwick 99 Senior Champ Pat Wusthoff 99 Senior Runner-up Fred Richard 98 Senior 3rd Duane Lamley 98 Veteran Champ Chester Kowalski 96 Veteran Runner-up Russ Morgan 96 Veteran 3rd Doug Haines 96 Retired Military Champ Trish Magyar 98 Retired Military RU Ron Snider 92 Parent/Child Champ Novak/Novak Parent/Child RU Staples/Staples 2 Man Team Champ Novak/Nierzwick 2 Man Team RU Bailey/Scott 2 Man Team II Champ Novak/Richard 2 Man Team II RU O Brien/Barefoot

24 24 Michigan State Shoot Continued from page 23 Michigan has an unusual event for the 12 gauge teams. We call it the Friendship Teams and we are matched by averages so that each team has an equal chance of winning. This is also great for meeting and shooting with folks from all over the state that you may not have previously known. A great experience for all involved! Our winning team this year consisted of: Ron Snider: Jane Carpenter; John Glynn; Jason Johnson; and Gerald Novak. They shot 478/500. The 12 gauge event brought us six 100 s and a first 100 for Justin Broecker and Jessica Taylor! Two of Junior shooters. Congratulations to Justin and Jessica! Well done!! The six heading for the fields were: Justin; Jessica; Bill Nielsen; Dave Scott; George Gilliam; and Rich Curlett. When the smoke cleared it was Nielsen that took the championship, Justin took Runner-up, and third went to Jessica Taylor. AAA1 went to Scott; AA2 to Gilliam; and AAA3 to Bob O Brien. AA1 was Hunter Staples followed in order by Ross Szarenski; Dave Schiebel; Tom Pavlack; and Mike Stewart. A1 went to Gerald Novak; A2 to Bryce Baker; A3 to Bob Pantier; A4 to Larry Crites; and A5 was Brett Belrose. B1 went to Rich Curlett; B2 to Bill Saylor; B3 to Jerry Barefoot; B4 to Dave Pratt; and B5 to Lauren Best. C1 went to Garrett Curlett; C2 to Jason Farhat; C3 to Don Ruokolainen; C4 to Mike Baker; and C5 to Ron Snider. D1 went to Jane Carpenter; D2 to Jim Springer; D3 to Judy Wusthoff; D4 to Tom Fudold; D5 to John Johnson. E1 was taken by Paul Stafford; E2 by Michael Stewart; E3 by Ken Fawcett; E4 by Ira Place; and E5 by John Gilgallon. The Concurrent Events went as follows: MSANews January Gauge Sub-junior Champ Hunter Staples 99 Sub-junior Runner-up Aaron Walton 96 Sub-junior 3rd Jack Belding 94 Junior Champ Justin Broecker 100 Junior Runner-up Jessica Taylor 100 Junior 3rd Bryce Baker 99 Lady Champ Jessica Taylor 100 Lady Runner-up Trish Magyar 98 Lady 3rd Loraine Malloy 94 TS Champ Ryan O Leary 97 TS Runner-up Jason Farhat 97 TS 3rd Jason Johnson 95 Collegiate Edward Bowker 94 Sub-Sub Senior Champ Dave Scott 100 Sub-Sub Senior RU John Fournier 96 Sub-Sub Senior 3rd Ray Pollister 96 Sub-Senior Champ Bill Nielsen 100 Sub-Senior RU Bob O Brien 99 Sub-Senior 3rd Jim Nierzwick 99 Senior Champ George Gilliam 100 Senior RU Dave Schiebel 99 Senior 3rd Bill Saylor 99 Veteran Champ Russ Morgan 98 Veteran RU Ron Snider 96 Veteran 3rd Chester Kowalski 96 Retired Military Champ Trish Magyar 98 Retired Military RU Ron Snider 96 Parent & Child Champ Novak/Novak Parent & Child RU Staples/Staples 2 Man Team Champ O Brien/Barefoot 2 Man Team RU Bailey/Scott 2 Man Team II Champ Novak/Richard 2 Man Team II RU Broecker/Hollingshead Continued on page 25

25 January 2014 MSANews 25 Michigan State Shoot Continued from page Gauge continued 5 Man Team Champ R. Snider/J. Carpenter/ J. Glynn/ J. Johnson/G. Novak (478) 5 Man Team RU J. Penvose/J. Wusthoff/ J. Broecker/L. Crites/R. Kossa (477) 5 Man Team 3rd T. Fudold/J. Klida/ D. Schiebel/M. Hollingshead/W. Nielsen (476) 2013 Doubles Team John, Lauren, Edward and Mike (Missing: Chester) Great scores on a great weekend. There were many shoot-offs as you can see by the scores below. Congratulations to all of our many winners. The HOA scores ran as follows: Champion Dave Scott 398 Runner-up Hunter Staples 395 3rd Bill Nielsen 394 AAA1 Dean Rossman 389 AAA2 Al Magyar 389 AAA3 Gordon Novak 386 AA 1 Mike Stewart 392 AA 2 Jim Nierzwick 392 AA 3 Howie Bailey 392 AA 4 Bob O Brien 387 AA 5 John Fournier 386 A 1 Dan Adam 393 A 2 Duane Lamley 391 A 3 Glenn Ulbrich 390 A 4 Fred Richard 388 A 5 Jim Sykes 387 B 1 Gerald Novak 384 B 2 Lauren Best 384 B 3 Doug Haines 384 B 4 Aaron Walton 382 B 5 Denny Tanis 382 C 1 Terry Eicholtz 372 C 2 Loraine Malloy 370 C 3 Jim Schultz 370 C 4 Gene Hill 365 C 5 Don Ruokolainen 362 D 1 Paul Stafford 381 D 2 Sasha Deborchgrave 356 D 3 Ken Fawcett 346 D 4 Jane Carpenter 340 D 5 John Gilgallon 340 Continued on page 26

26 26 MSANews January 2014 Michigan State Shoot Continued from page 25 Sub-junior Champ Hunter Staples 395 Sub-junior RU Aaron Walton 382 Sub-junior 3rd Jack Belding 368 Junior Champ Zachary Hoiles 387 Junior RU Gordon Novak 386 Junior 3rd Brett Belrose 378 Lady Champ Trish Magyar 382 Lady Runner-up Loraine Malloy 370 Lady 3rd Jessica Taylor 361 Collegiate Edward Bowker 374 TS Champ Ryan O Leary 382 TS RU Pete Pantalena 381 TS 3rd Jason Farhat 374 Sub-Sub Sr. Champ Dave Scott 398 Sub-Sub Senior RU John Fournier 386 Sub-Sub Senior 3rd Ray Pollister 383 Sub-Senior Champ Bill Nielsen 394 Sub-Senior RU Mike Stewart 392 Sub-Senior 3rd Jim Nierzwick 392 Senior Champ Dan Adam 393 Senior RU Duane Lamley 391 Senior 3rd Glenn Ulbrich 390 Veteran Champ Chester Kowalski 385 Veteran RU Doug Haines 384 Veteran 3rd Russ Morgan 382 Ret. Military Champ Trish Magyar 382 Retired Military RU Ron Snider 372 Parent/Child Champ Novak/Novak Parent Child RU Staples/Staples 2 Man Champ Bailey/Scott 2 Man Champ RU Ubrich/Rossman 2 Man Champ II Novak/Richard 2 Man Champ II RU O Brien/Barefoot 2012 Club of the Year Award--Kelly, Dale and Dave Cass City Boys Checking out the Scoreboard

27 January 2014 MSANews 27 Michigan State Shoot Continued from page 26 Congratulations to Dave Scott on his 398 to take HOA. A really great score on any day. It was really nice, once again, to see such a large number of Yoopers come down into Troll country. As you can see they took their fair share of awards. Thanks for coming so far to compete with your entire state and meet up with old friends! The Most Improved Shooter from 2012 at the State Shoot was Garrett Curlett who went up 53 targets over last year (he was highest last year also with 33 targets). Terry Eicholtz went up 33 targets; Hunter Staples went up 24 targets; and Gerald Novak went up 22 targets. Congratulations to all four of you! We need to send a few words of thanks here to Scott and Debbie Behnke and their great crews who gave us a great week-end. They worked over and above the normal and always give us a wonderful weekend and a wonderful shoot! Also, our deepest thanks to the State Shoot Committee for a job well done. They are Trish Magyar, Chair; John Fournier; Loraine Malloy, Tom Pavlack; Dave Scott; Rick Trawinski; and Scott Behnke, Chief Referee HOA Concurrent Champs Bill, Hunter, Loraine, Kyle, Sharon (for Roger) Bret, John and Ron (Missing: Mike and Ed) The results of the Board of Directors election on Sunday were Brent Edwards, John Fournier, Jim Moll, Tom Pavlack, Dave Scott and newly elected to the Board is Denny Tanis. Continuing on for one more year are Jane Carpenter, Trish Magyar, Loraine Malloy, Bob O Brien, Rick Trawinski and Dave Schiebel. I hope you were there for the great time. If you weren t, you missed a lot of fun. We ll look for you next year - you could go away a Champion, just as Dan Adam or Dave Scott!!!! Continued on page 28 Zach Junior HOA Champion

28 28 MSANews January 2014 Michigan State Shoot Continued from page 27 First 100s JIm, Hunter, Bret, Kyle, Dale, Kelly, Brett and Gerald Kent and Jim Just Watching! Yoopers from Negaunee The Grand Blanc Group Genesee Bob, Gary, Johnny, Jessica, George and Austin The Rockford Boys

29 January 2014 MSANews 29 Michigan State Shoot Continued from page Gauge Champs Mike, Pat and Zach Just Hanging at the End of the Day Bryce, Bret and Brett Rick, Bob and Jerry Just Talking Guns Al, Trish and Ray Best Seats in the House Fun Flying Planes Happy Guys Bill, Jason and Frank

30 30 MSANews January 2014 Michigan State Shoot Continued from page Gauge Champs Bill, Justin and Jessica Jessica and Justin shoot First 100 s in 12 Gauge Friendship Team 1st Place Gerald, Jane and John (Missing: Jason and Ron) Friendship Team 2nd Place Joshua, Larry, Judy and Justin (Missing: Ronald) Friendship Team 3rd Place Dave, Bill, Murray and John (Missing: Tom) Hard Working Crew!

31 January 2014 MSANews 31 Michigan State Shoot Continued from page 30 Hunter Sub-Junior HOA Champion Two Happy Champions! HOA Champions- Dave, Hunter and Bill

32 32 by Rick Trawinski On August Detroit Sportsman s Congress hosted the 2013 Ted Hanaford / Great Lakes Open. The parking lot was full of campers and competitors for DSC s summer event. The first order of business for the weekend was the Hodgdon Powders Doubles event. Nineteen competitors took the field in search of the first title of the weekend. Coming out victorious was Steve Nelson with a fine 98 to take the first title. A pair of 94 s shot off for runner up and third with Ross Szarenski defeating Mike Palmatier. Class winners were Jim Nierzwick, Ed Howe, Brian Long and Austen Fischer. The 12 gauge Medical Weight Loss Centers event started us off on Saturday morning with 36 competitors going for the gusto. Mike Palmatier with the only 100 in the event was the champ with Kelly Vliet of Bay County coming in second with a 98. A pair of 97 s shot off for 3rd with Ross Szarenski edging Jim Nierzwick who finished AA-1. Other class winners were Ed Howe, Chester Kowalski, Kent Dolmyer, John Johnson and Rommel Suelan. After lunch the Mayville Engineering (MEC) 28 gauge competitors took the field. The event MSANews January 2014 Ted Hanaford / Great Lakes Open Doubles Champions 28 Gauge Champions Continued on page Gauge Champions

33 January 2014 MSANews 33 Ted Hanaford / Great Lakes Open Continued from page 32 champion was junior shooter Aaron Walton of Western Wayne County. Aaron posted a fine 99 to take the event while Jim Nierzwick s 97 earned him a runner up spot; Florida transplant Bill Nielsen was in 3rd place. Class winners were A-Kelly Vliet, B- Jason Farhat, C-Austen Fischer and D went to Hart Stuehmer. Our famous Saturday Nite Steak dinner was the next order of business. By the look on everyone s face I would say that it was a hit again. If you shoot the Hanaford you have to make this part of your weekend. With the dawn of a new day comes the Family Dentistry 20 gauge event. 99 s were the order of business of the morning with 3 of them shooting of for the championship. Coming out the victor was Yea Jim Nierzwick with Kent Dolmyer runner up and that Florida guy Bill Nielsen in 3rd place. Class winners were Bob O Brien, Bill Saylor, Steve Nelson, Bill Primeau and Paul Stafford III rounding out the winners. Last but not least was the Clay Delay.410 event. 34 shooters tried to conquer the little gun with Ross Szarenski taking the title. Hall of Fame member Chester Kowalski was the runner up with Paul Stafford III claiming 12 Gauge Champions 410 Champions the 3rd spot. The class winners with the pea shooter were Jim Nierzwick, Bob O Brien, Jason Farhat, Kent Dolmyer and Austen Fischer. Now all that is left to do was to calculate the HOA champ for the weekend. Jim Nierzwick emerged to claim the weekend title with Continued on page 34

34 34 MSANews January 2014 Ted Hanaford Continued from page 33 Bill Nielsen runner up and Ross Szarenski rounding out the top 3. Class champions were Chester Kowalski, Steve Nelson, Stan Gorgacz and Austen Fischer. We would like to thank all the participants for making the Hanaford one of the go to shoots on the MSA schedule. Also we could not make this event possible without the help of our sponsors and volunteers that do all the grunt work to make our shoots great. Now all that is left is to remind you to mark your schedules for our 2014 events. The Snowshoe (February), Shillelagh (March), Clark Brown (April) and Hanaford (August) should be on your schedule to meet up with the friends that you have missed over the winter. See you all then. HOA Champions HOA Class Winners Fun Shoot Winners

35 January 2014 MSANews 35 In Memory of Bill 410 Schymanski by Terry R. Walsh The game of skeet lost a true ambassador on October 31, 2013, with the passing of William.410 Schymanski at the age of 73. A member of the Bay County Gun Club, Bill served on the board of directors, as vice-president, and president. His passion was seeing the club grow from a small membership and a cabinsize clubhouse in the 1940s to being named Gun Club of the Year in 2012 by the Michigan Skeet Association. Bill was always the first to greet visitors to the club and give them a tour of the facilities. He was a staunch supporter of young shooters, and spent considerable time coaching them. Under his mentorship, the club sponsored 4-H Skeet Team, went on to become State Champions. Bill shot for the Love of the Game. He took each day for what it was. His positive attitude, mental toughness, and excellent shooting earned him the club s Top Gun Award several times. Bill was an Army veteran and believed everyone should know how to shoot, and he taught all his kids proper gun handling and how to hunt as well as fish. He will be greatly missed by all of us. Note from the Editor: When I started shooting skeet back in the 90 s, my Coach Lou Raden and I spent a lot of time at Bay Bill Schymanski will be missed Bill Schymanski County Gun Club shooting registered targets with Chrissy Baning. Bill was always around and always made us feel welcome. His daughter Tammy was club manager in those days and did a wonderful job of making every one welcome. It was the small clubhouse when I first started Bill Schymanski shooting there, and I watched as Bill put his all into raising money to build and finish the new clubhouse. Bill was a great guy and we send our sympathy to his wife Andrea; his children Tammy, Scott, Midge and William. Thank you for sharing Bill with all of us! He will be missed!

36 36 MSANews January Zone 3 Championships by Trish Magyar Walled Lake, MI Over 80 contestants from all the states in the Zone Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia went at it over two-and-ahalf days at Detroit Gun Club to determine the top shooter in Zone 3. The weather for the entire weekend was near perfect even the dreaded white puffies remained at bay. Ninety-nines were the high score in Doubles event, with Fred Boom-boom Tschantz the victor of Bruce Christian. The 98s took the field next to duke it out for event 3rd with Dave Starrett the winner of that contest. Class winners were: Howie Bailey (AAA); Jeff Moore (AA); Jim Nierzwick (A); Tom Considine (B); Nathan Eisenhardt (C); and Jim Rogers (D). Lady Champion was Susan Huszai; Sub-Junior Champion, Jack Belding; and Junior Champion Zac Hoiles. Expectations were high for Saturday s, given the great shooting conditions. Everyone put forth their best effort, producing six perfect scores in the 12 gauge and five in the 20 gauge. In the 12 Gauge Event, Junior shooter Quinten Smith emerged the victor, with Bob O Brien, Runner-up and Duane Lamley, 3rd. Bruce Christian (AAA), Dave Schiebel (AA), Don Nelson (A), Pete Continued on page 37 Doubles Winners 12 Gauge Winners

37 January 2014 MSANews Zone 3 Championships Continued from page 36 Pantalena (B), Nathan Eisenhardt (C), Wesley Laipply (D) and Ken Fawcett (E) were at the top of their classes. Lady Champion was Trish Magyar; and Sub-Junior Champion, Aaron Walton. When all was said and done with the 20 gauge shoot-off, ANOTHER Junior shooter, Gordon Novak, claimed the Championship, with Justin Broecker, yet ANOTHER Junior shooter, in the Runner-up spot, and Fred Tschantz 3rd. Jim Nierzwick topped AAA; Duane Lamley, AA; Larry Israel, A; Ken Williams, B; Frank Pantalena, C; and Tiffany Williams, D. Lady Champion was Trish Magyar, and Sub-Junior Champion, Hunter Staples. After the first two events, there was only one contender perfect: Junior shooter Quinten Smith. Our good streak of weather continued for Sunday s events. Three 100 s in the 28 Gauge headed for the shoot-off field... Once again, a Junior shooter took the Championship Quinten Smith, who was also 3-by for the shoot. Dave Starrett was Runnerup with Bill Wainscott, 3rd. Fred Tschantz was AAA1; Dennis Trice, AA1; Frank Pantalena, A1; Ken Williams, B1; Justin Broecker, C1; and Ed Brown, D1. Hunter Staples was Sub-Junior Champion; and Sue Huszai, Lady Champion. Continued on page Gauge Winners 28 Gauge Winners

38 38 MSANews January Zone 3 Championships Continued from page 37 Two shooters were able to make it through the baby bore unscathed... But, alas, Quinten was not one of them, but it s only a matter of time before he posts his first 400X400. Howie Bailey won the shoot-off to become the Champion over Fred Tschantz, Runner-up. The 99s took the field to decide the last spot on the podium, which went to Jim Reese. The remaining class top honors went to Jeff Moore (AAA); Jim Gast (AA); Trish Magyar (A) and Lady Champ; Pat Wusthoff (B); Loraine Malloy (C) and Wesley Laipply (D). Aaron Walton, Sub-Junior Champion; and Zac Hoiles, Junior Champion. In the High Over All event Fred Tschantz was the out-right winner with a 398, followed by Howie Bailey for Runner-up and Dave Starrett, Third. The remaining class winners: Quinten Smith (AAA and Junior Champ); David Schiebel (AA); Pete Pantalena (A); Ken Williams (B); Wesley Laipply (C); and Fred Boeheim (D). Trish Magyar was Lady Champion; and Hunter Staples, Sub-Junior Champion. Scott Behnke, his Assistant Managers, Danny and Jake, and their reliable Detroit Gun Club crew and referees, once again, performed to perfection. Our new Chef, Anthony, and his very capable kitchen staff (Janine and Continued on page Winners HOA Winners

39 January 2014 MSANews 39 Detroit Sportsmen s Congress 2013 Junior Invitational by Rick Trawinski On September 8th, 2013 Detroit Sportsmen s Congress hosted their first Junior Invitational. This event, sponsored by DSC members, Randy Kaszeta, David Balaj and Rick Marsh was cost free for all junior particiapants. It consisted of 50 targets in both 12 and 20 gauges and this determined the HOA champ, runner up and 3rd overall and four (4) Lewis Class event winners. With 45 shooters taking the field for the 12 gauge and 47 taking for the 20 the targets began breaking. When the initial smoke cleared 2 shooters, Josh Penvose and Hunter Staples, tied with 50 s. The 12 gauge event winner was determined by a shoot off at with Hunter emerging the champ. After a lunch of pizza and pop, out came the 20 gauge shooters. In the 20 gauge 4 shooters, Gordon Novak, Josh Penvose, John Gilliam and Zach Hoiles, posted scores of 50. When this round of smoke cleared Josh Penvose was the 20 gauge champ. With all the shooting completed the final calculations determined the HOA Champ. Our HOA champ was Josh Penvose with a perfect 100 out of 100. Runner Up was Gordon Novak with John Gilliam third. Congratulations also go out to all of our Lewis winners. Keep up the fine shooting as you are the future of our sport. We at DSC want to thank all the volunteers that came out and refereed, filled houses and just did all the general stuff at a shoot that goes unnoticed. The 2014 Invitational will be August 17th, and we hope to increase sponsorship and make it a 100 target event in both gauges. What a better way to warm up for the State Championships at the end of the month. So look in your for notifications when the time approaches so you can be guaranteed a spot Zone 3 Championships Continued from page 38 Greg) and waitresses (Carol, Jessica and Jenny) made sure that no one went hungry (or thirsty!) with an amazing menu that would rival some of the finest restaurants. Ann Hampton, as always, greeted the shooters with a cheery smile, and with her helper, Kathy, made sure the scores were promptly posted and the shoot-off sheets ready to go when the last shot was fired. Special thanks also go to the NSSA for their $1,000 donation for the HOA event. We look forward to next year s Zone shoot, which will be held at Canton Sportsmen s Shooting Center in Canton, OH.

40 40 MSANews January 2014 Kasle Family Open by Trish Magyar WALLED LAKE, MI Setting the tone for this year s theme for the Kasle Family Open held at Detroit Gun Club September 13th-15th, in the words from Dr. Seuss, From there to here and here to there; funny things are everywhere! The shoot was full and, based on the AAA/ AA entries, will easily be in the Top 10 for All-American points with a difficulty factor of Weather for the weekend was definitely fall-like long pants were the preferred attire. But the wind was absent except for the doubles event and, other than a brief shower, the rain was nearly so. There were no dreaded white-puffies, with clear blue skies Saturday and overcast on Sunday. B2K (Best, Kasle, Kolar) Cup Prelim & Doubles Once again, Scott Behnke and his dedicated staff not only came up with a new theme, but always seem to out-do the previous year s performance... There were three perfect scores, along with four 74s in the Friday morning preliminary Kasle-Best Cup event to automatically qualify for the finals; a shoot-in after the Doubles event was completed of 16, 73 s determined who would fill the remaining three spots. In the afternoon, everyone took to the fields for the Doubles A Target Went By Event, with five shooters perfect. The order of finish, after making it into the 3rd box, was Remington Wheaton, Champion (and Junior Champ) with his first 100; L.P. Giambrone, Runner-up; Wayne Kidd, 3rd; Dave Scott, AAA1; and Jeff Moore, A1. Other class winners were: Mark Vaillancourt (AA), Josh Penvose (B), Doug Keister (C) and Bill Primeau (D). Cassie Douglas was Lady Champion and Aaron Walton, Sub-Junior Champion. 12 & 20 Gauge Twenty-seven shooters posted 100 s in the 12 Gauge Event. Six shooters completed the first box in the shoot-off; and, again, it took three rounds, with a host of continuations, to determine all places, with Mike Schmidt, Champion; Dave Thompson, B2K Cup Winner HOA Champion Runner-up; and Robert Paxton, 3rd. Class First 100s were Wayne Kidd (AAA), Reg Hooper (AA), and Dave Pratt (B). Other Continued on page 41

41 January 2014 MSANews 41 Kasle Family Open Continued from page 40 B2K Cup Cast class top honors went to Larry Crites (A), Sasha deborchgrave (C), and Bill Brown (D). Walton and Wheaton repeated as Sub- Junior and Junior Champ, respectively; and Christina MacMillian, Lady Champion. Twenty went straight in the afternoon s 20 Gauge Event; five made it through the first box, and three the second. On the last pair of the third box, L.P. Giambrone captured the Championship over Todd Bender, Runner-up, with Wheaton, 3rd. Class winners were Mike Schmidt (AAA); Lou Campedelli (AA); Steve Nelson (A); Mike Wilkerson (B); Dean Swance (C); and Alan Popp (D). Trish Magyar was Lady Champion; and, once again, Walton and Wheaton repeated as Sub-Junior and Junior Champs. The end of the first day saw only three individuals 200 straight, despite the number of perfect scores in both guns, with a whole lot more down only one or two targets. Now that the routine matters were taken care of, we could get on with the show! B2K Cup Making it into the finals for the Best-Kasle-Kolar Cup, which started as the Walker Cup thirteen years ago with the idea of putting some fun back into shooting, is the goal of every competitor at the shoot; winning the cup is just icing on the cake. Each year has had a different theme WWF; Rock Stars; West-Side Story (Sharks vs Jets); NFL (AFC vs NFC); Heroes and Villains; NASCAR; Professional Rodeo; Pirates; the Olympics; Woodstock; Caddy Shack; Top Shot; and Slap Shot. Roger Kasle, Lauren Best and Kolar Arms are the sponsors of the 75-bird.410 Event 6 in which the top ten shooters compete for a beautiful Waterford Crystal trophy filled to the brim with cash. But, the shoot-off isn t conducted under the normal rules. This year s theme was Dr. Seuss, with the finalists appearing as ten of his characters, along with our MC, The Cat in the Hat (AKA Billy Ray Suggs), with assistance from Thing 1 (Mike Kremski) and Thing 2 (Robert Paxton), and the referees Little Cat A (Danny) and Little Cat B (Jake). We were introduced to Sam-I-Am (Sam Armstrong), The Lorax (Clay Baldwin), The Rose Horse Cop (James Barnard), The Grinch (Todd Bender), Bartholomew Cubbins (L.P. Giambrone), The Continued on page 42

42 42 MSANews January 2014 Kasle Family Open Continued from page 41 B2K Cup Finalists Once-ler (John Herkowitz), Gerald McGrew (Wayne Kidd), Mr. McMonkey McBean (David Pratt), Mr. Brown (Jim Sykes), and Silly Sammy Slick (Mark Vaillancourt). (I bet this will make a LOT of you Google the Dr. Seuss characters!) In the event you don t know, it s quite a big show. The fireworks done, the finale as loud as big guns; the Cat in the Hat, the stage he did yield, so all of the characters could take to the field. If you think shooting doubles is a cinch, then I suggest that you ask mean ol Mr. Grinch. It took more than a round to knock everyone down, even while acting like a big bunch of clowns. When everything was done, there could be only one. And, who would it be, to win the prized cup? Well it was Todd Bender the Grinch, and it really cheered him up! Surprise, surprise it was his first! I guess he just wanted to win the worst. 28 Gauge &.410 Though overcast and threatening rain all day, the shooting conditions were still pretty good. There were s posted in the 28 Gauge Event, including first 100 for Gerald Novak, but the rain settled in for the shootoffs. Mark Gay claimed the Championship on the last pair of the round, with Les Turner Runner-up and James (NOT J.B.) Barnard, Third and Junior Champ. Top class finishers were: Vaillancourt (AAA); Nick Cianciosi (AA); Gerald Novak (A); Frank Pantalena (B), Stan Gorgacz (C) and Sasha deborchgrave (D). Lady Champ was Debra Perry, Sub Junior Champ, once again, was Walton. With three events in the books, there was only one shooter 300 straight the 28 Gauge Champion, Mark Gay. The wind stayed away for afternoon.410 Event, resulting in eight perfect scores. Among them, was Dave Pratt with his first 100 in the baby-bore. Nice shooting, Dave! It took over a round to decide all places, with Dave Scott, Champion; Vaillancourt, Runner-up; Giambrone, 3rd; Jared Davenport, AAA1 and Junior Champion; and Pratt, AA1. Lou Campedelli (A); Doug Keister (B); Colton Swance (C) and deboarchgrave (D) rounded Continued on page 46

43 January 2014 MSANews MICHIGAN SCHOLASTIC CLAY TARGET PROGRAM by Loraine Malloy The 2013 Michigan SCTP Program has concluded another successful season. We continue to see an increase in participation. We would like to welcome Lowell High School and Saginaw Gun Club to our list of participating teams. We would also like to welcome back De La Salle High School and the St Joe County Straight Shooters. In Fall of 2011, the Michigan SCTP incorporated, and applied for a 501C(3) designation as a Non-Profit Corporation. We received approval on our application in Fall of 2012, in time to allow us to submit a grant request to the Midway Foundation. We would like to thank Larry and Brenda Potterfield for their support of our program, and also for their support of junior shooting nationwide. We would like to thank Western Wayne County Conservation Association for again allowing us to use of their Clubhouse for the February Coaches Meeting that started off our Michigan SCTP season. This meeting gives us a chance to meet the new coaches, and renew our friendships with the returning ones. It also gives us a chance to discuss rule changes and share coaching tips and practices. The National SCTP program had a lot of new sponsorship opportunities that were discussed at this meeting. We also distributed schedules for all of the 2013 Fun Shoots, and State Shoot for all of the disciplines involved in the Program. We threw three fun shoots again this year and would like to thank Grand Blanc Huntsman s Club, Kent County Conservation League and Detroit Sportsmen s Congress for hosting these shoots. The growing size of the program makes it necessary for these clubs to close their fields to their membership to allow us to have the facilities necessary to run our shoots. We thank these Clubs for their commitment to youth shooting, and for assembling the manpower necessary to host these events. The purpose of these fun shoots is to introduce the young shooters to each other, and to provide them with the experience of shooting in a competitive format. The coaches work with the shooters during these fun shoots to further instill gun safety and shooting fundamentals, as well as methods to keep the teams focused and moving. The program is a team focused program. A group can be a gun club, school district, 4-H group, boy scout or girl scout troop; or any other group that supports a youth program. This format has allowed us to squad two teams together to shoot on the same field, thus allowing the shooters Continued on page 44

44 44 MSANews January MICHIGAN SCHOLASTIC CLAY TARGET PROGRAM Continued from page 43 to meet each other and form lasting friendships. Our State Shoot format changed for We held a two day event at Detroit Gun Club on the weekend of June 15th and 16th. The senior division competed on Saturday and the Intermediate and Rookie Divisions competed on Sunday saw both an increase in the number of teams competing and an increase in the number of athletes participating. This new format resulted in two awards ceremonies, one held at the conclusion of each days shooting. As in the past, medals were supplied by the SSSF for the top three teams in each division. The Michigan SCTP Program awarded Savings Bonds to the top three teams. Team awards were also given to the top three finishing High School Teams in the Senior Division. It is very exciting that this program is being accepted in our High Schools. In some districts our shooters can earn varsity letters in shooting, while in other districts our program is recognized as a club sport. We continue to work with school administrators, and gun club managers to grow our SCTP Program. The 2014 season will see the Plymouth/Canton School district joining us as a club sport. We are hopeful that we will be successful in bringing other school and club teams into our program as well. We also recognize the Individual High Gun in each age division with an SCTP High Gun Belt Buckle. Lonesome Charlie Leather Shell Pouches were awarded to the high guns in the Varsity and Junior Varsity category as well as in the Intermediate Entry and the Intermediate Advanced category. Through the generosity of three SCTP Sponsor s we had three shotguns that were awarded to three lucky participants at the conclusion of the days events. The only requirement to be eligible for a gun, was that the participant had to be on the grounds when the drawing was held. We would like to thank Mark Murphy, Gerald & Julie Novak and the Saginaw Gun Club for their generous donation to the program. We would also like to thank the Pathfinders Foundation and Lauren Best for their contributions. These contributions allowed us to give participation t-shirts to each athlete and coach this year. Thanks to all our gun sponsor s, field sponsor s, our coaches, parents and athletes for another successful state shoot. Please visit our website at com to view all the scores from this years events. The final Event of the 2013 SCTP Shooting calendar is the National Event which was held at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex, in Sparta, Illinois. The skeet event was shot over four days this year, July 15th through July 18th. The National Event is a 200 target event, that was shot by each team on two of the four days, one hundred targets per day. Participation in the Skeet Event was up about 75 athletes as compared to last years event. Total participation was 600 shooters. Michigan was represented this year by teams from Flat River Conservation Club, Lowell High School, Kent County Conservation League, North Macomb Sportsman s Club, Multi Lakes Conservation Club and Mattawan Shooting Team. The format of awards was changed this year to reflect the growth in the number of participants. Awards were given to the top 5 finishing teams, as well as to the top five finishing athletes in each division. Michigan was represented on the podium this year by the teams on the page that follows. Continued on page 45

45 January 2014 MSANews MICHIGAN SCHOLASTIC CLAY TARGET PROGRAM Continued from page 44 North Macomb Eagles Rookie Division 2nd Place 504/600 John A Johnson Jr, James Johnson and Josh Petrusha North Macomb Eagles Intermediate/Advanced 2nd Place 557/600 Aaron Walton, Jack Belding and Hunter Staples Kent County Conservation Junior Varsity 5th Place 555/600 Logan Wilcox, Johnny Kleinheksel and Bretton Kooistra Kent County Conservation Varsity 1st Place 584/600 Kyle Wierzbicki, Hunter Derenski, and Brett Belrose Kent County Conservation Open Division 1st Place 572/600 Zac Hoiles, Hunter Brander and Tyler Moore Mattawan Shooting Team Open Division 3rd Place 562 Annabelle Ayres, Dempsy Bluman and Tyler LeRoy This is the third year that Individual accomplishment has been recognized at the National level in SCTP. We are very proud of the showing made by our Michigan Shooters. Shooters receiving individual medals were as follows: John Johnson Jr Rookie 4th Place 173/200 James Johnson Rookie 5th Place 172/200 Jacenta Jacob Int/Entry High Lady 177/200 James Rasmussen Int/Entry 4th Place 181/200 Annabelle Ayres Int/Advanced High Lady 193/200 Aaron Walton Int/Advanced 4th Place 190/200 John Hallada Int/Advanced 5th Place 190/200 Brett Belrose Varsity 2nd Place 198/200 Joshua Penvose Varsity 4th Place 198/200 Continued on page 46

46 46 MSANews January MICHIGAN SCHOLASTIC CLAY TARGET PROGRAM Continued from page 45 Two members of the Kent County Conservation League team, Brett Belrose and Logan Wilcox, shot their first 100 straights during the competition. Really nice shooting!! Scores from the National SCTP Event can be viewed at www. shooterspost.com. We would like to thank the MSA and the skeet shooters of Michigan for their support of this wonderful program. Your financial support has allowed us to award medals to the top teams at each of the fun shoots and Savings Bonds at our State shoots for each of the past nine years. We would also like to thank our gun sponsors and all of the organizations who sponsored a field for the State Shoot. This money was used to complete the funding of the savings bonds and for the purchase of the belt buckles and shell pouches that were awarded at this year s State Shoot. The Friends of the NRA continue to support our teams as well. Several of our teams received grants from this organization. We thank The Friends of the NRA for is support of youth shooting. If you are interested in the 2014 Michigan Scholastic Clay Target Program either as a coach, shooter, or a sponsor, please contact either Bob Martin, Jeff Grendysa or Loraine Malloy, or visit our website at Kasle Family Open Continued from page 42 out the class winners, with Hunter Staples the Sub Junior Champion; and Trish Magyar, Lady Champion. High Over All & High All Around There were six tied at 398, and it took over a box and a half shooting doubles at 3, 4 and 5 for Clay Baldwin to claim the HOA title over L.P. Giambrone, Runnerup; Mark Vaillancourt, 3rd; Mike Schmidt, AAA1; Fran Kosmack, AAA2; and Pratt A1. Other class winners were James (NOT J.B.) Barnard (AA and Junior Champ); Jerry Barefoot (B); Stan Gorgacz (C) and Dean Swance (D). Trish Magyar was Lady Champion and Walton Sub-Junior Champion. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Scott Behnke and his crew did a fantastic job, as usual, at this year s Kasle Family Shoot. Without the support of our sponsors Roger and Matt Kasle; Lauren Best and Kolar Arms, this event and the attendant show would not be possible. Once again, a grand time was had by all at the best gun club in the country. Untold thanks go to all our sponsors for their generous support and donations; Scott Behnke and his assistant managers, Danny and Jake, for a great job of ensuring the targets flew true; the excellent referees for keeping their thumbs on the buttons and giving the targets to us when we called for them; Chef Anthony, his kitchen staff (Janine and Greg) and waitresses (Angie, Jessica and Jenny), who made sure that no one went hungry (or thirsty!); and our shoot staff Ann, and Kathy, who greeted the shooters with cheery smiles, did an outstanding job making sure the scores were promptly posted and the shoot-off sheets ready to go after the last shot was fired. Thank you one and all! The Morrissey Motor State will be held July 10-12th, and the Kasle Family Open, September 12-14th, look for our ad in the SSR; we hope to see you at either or both. One final word If you never have, you should; our shoots are fun, and fun is good!

47 January 2014 MSANews 47 Michigan Skeet Association - NSSA Association of the Year The prestigious NSSA Association of the Year Award was accepted on behalf of the entire membership for the Michigan Skeet Association, at the World Championships in November, by President Dave Schiebel. The Michigan Skeet Association was provided the award based upon the following criteria: A strong junior shooting program The e-newsletter Number of shoots held and the number of targets thrown. Thanks to all who contributed significant effort for the Michigan Skeet Association to be granted this award. The award is being passed amongst the member clubs for your recognition.