AZ Palma Championship, Final Scores
Things are all finished and the results are posted below. Sunday was fairly challenging and scores reflect that. The last relay of the day , in particular, turned quite nasty. The 2nd-to-last relay finished up in gentle 2-4mph winds, but the winds almost instantly picked up to 15mph as soon as prep time was announced for the final 15-shot string. David and I were shooting and it was quite a way to finish. We were up to about 7 minutes of wind at the peak with the F-Open rigs. Sling shooters were over 10 minutes and scores took a plunge for those on this relay....it was awesome! ;D
The women's F-TR Palma record was broken three times this weekend. Christine started things out on Friday besting the existing record by 1 point with a 441. Today, Christine improved on her score with a 443. But Nancy Tompkins would have none of that and shot a stellar 444 in tricky conditions. Way to go Nancy!
Congrats to local Mike Kelly on his win in the sling division. He shot with a 223 REM and 90 VLDs on Saturday...and performed exceptionally. As mentioned, the winds were up today and the top wind readers took the day.
I want to thank Dave Gosnell for making the trip and turning the f-open match into a real horse race. He shot impressively all weekend, but especially that last relay in difficult winds.
Sling Final Scores:
F-Class Final Scores:
Ben Avery Special Wind-reading Indicators:
Mid Tompkins doing sign-in:
1,000 Yards, dats a long way....
Palma Rifle Winner, Mike Kelly:
F-TR Winner, Christine Harris:
F-Open Winner, Scott Harris:
Conditions were quite mild. I've been testing the 7mm 195s and they seem to shoot just as tight as the 180s: excellent vertical at 1,000 yards.
