Great Lakes Regional Ithaca, MI July 7,8,9
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 7:44 am
The Great Lakes Regional is history. This is one of my favorite matches and I've been going for about 10 years. Something happened Friday night that put a pall on the match the rest of the weekend. A long time member and competitor, Sam Krawczyk passed away on Friday night. He was staying in the clubhouse and one of the other competitors got up around 3 AM to go to the bathroom and found Sam slouched unresponsive in a chair. Sam was a hard worker for the club and had largely built the covered pavilion himself with a little help. He was always looking for something to do to improve the range. He will be missed greatly by the club.
On to the results: Thursday was the 22 match and was shot in off and on rain showers. The iron sight winner was Jim Dietlein with a 34. 2nd was John Green with a 30, followed by Mark O'Malley with a 29. the Scope winner was John Bly with a 33. 2nd was Brad Ryan with a 31. 3rd was Steve Decker with a 31.
Friday was bright sun all day with killer mirage especially on the rams. It was hard to spot hits and misses with the sever shimmering. Scores were a little low because of this. Big bore results were: Iron 1st Jim Dietlein with a 29. 2nd Willie Pool 26. 3rd K Pearsey with a 26
Scope: 1st Ian Egbert 29, 2nd Brad Ryan 28, 3rd Mike Rouch 27.
Saturday was totally different with off and on showers all day with fog and the smoke did not move making shooting and spotting difficult. Ian Egbert hit a good draw on conditions and shot an amazing 35 in those conditions taking 1st place in scope followed by Dutch Grawmyer with a 32. A new young shooter Mike Rouch shot a 31 for 3rd. He was a AA shooter and was immediately moved up to AA class for the rest of the match.
Iron winners were: 1st Jim Dietlein 30, 2nd Greg Vest 24, 3rd Ed Cooksley 19
Sunday was sunny again with puffy white clouds with very light winds. Irons. 1st Greg Vest 30, 2nd Jim Dietlein 28, 3rd Willie Pool 27
Scope: 1st John Bly 29, 2nd Steve Decker 29, 3rd Brad Ryan 26
The 3 day Agg winners were: Irons 1st Jim Dietlein 87, 2nd Greg Vest 77, 3rd Willie Pool 72
Scope" 1st Ian Egbert 84, 2nd Mike Rouch 83, 3rd Brad Ryan 80
Overall it was a good weekend with good friends and tough competition. I was a good warm up for the NRA Nationals later this month in Friendship, IN.
On to the results: Thursday was the 22 match and was shot in off and on rain showers. The iron sight winner was Jim Dietlein with a 34. 2nd was John Green with a 30, followed by Mark O'Malley with a 29. the Scope winner was John Bly with a 33. 2nd was Brad Ryan with a 31. 3rd was Steve Decker with a 31.
Friday was bright sun all day with killer mirage especially on the rams. It was hard to spot hits and misses with the sever shimmering. Scores were a little low because of this. Big bore results were: Iron 1st Jim Dietlein with a 29. 2nd Willie Pool 26. 3rd K Pearsey with a 26
Scope: 1st Ian Egbert 29, 2nd Brad Ryan 28, 3rd Mike Rouch 27.
Saturday was totally different with off and on showers all day with fog and the smoke did not move making shooting and spotting difficult. Ian Egbert hit a good draw on conditions and shot an amazing 35 in those conditions taking 1st place in scope followed by Dutch Grawmyer with a 32. A new young shooter Mike Rouch shot a 31 for 3rd. He was a AA shooter and was immediately moved up to AA class for the rest of the match.
Iron winners were: 1st Jim Dietlein 30, 2nd Greg Vest 24, 3rd Ed Cooksley 19
Sunday was sunny again with puffy white clouds with very light winds. Irons. 1st Greg Vest 30, 2nd Jim Dietlein 28, 3rd Willie Pool 27
Scope: 1st John Bly 29, 2nd Steve Decker 29, 3rd Brad Ryan 26
The 3 day Agg winners were: Irons 1st Jim Dietlein 87, 2nd Greg Vest 77, 3rd Willie Pool 72
Scope" 1st Ian Egbert 84, 2nd Mike Rouch 83, 3rd Brad Ryan 80
Overall it was a good weekend with good friends and tough competition. I was a good warm up for the NRA Nationals later this month in Friendship, IN.