Seth Wooten - Manatee Day 2 ...Florida State Champion is ....

[CaptainMal]

What a SUPER day for all there. Perfect weather with maybe the best performances by our IBS top shooters. How close? Well many gathered around the monitor screen right until the last shot was fired on the final relay. It was literally a tie going in with Tom Anderson, Seth and Mike Wooten literally tied up.

After the final shot it was Seth Wooten winning the Two Gun overall by 1 point. Look.



We saw a .7" group by Mike Wooten, New shooter Bob Rosenstein shooting a 194, a bunch of 50 pt targets, Seth with a 196, a group egg by Mike of 2.043" Closest to the X won a second day by Tom Anderson with our match director, Al Benarroch winning one also. The food again was spectacular. Seriously - this was an IBS event to cherish.

Mike Wooten won two $100 checks for score and age from Steve Krauss . Everyone won prizes as many sponsors, like VORTEX and Sightron donated major prizes. The prize table was to admire. Now who took the Florida State Championship after two full days of shooting?

Here he is with Al holding his new trophy. The one and only..... TOM ANDERSON - on the right with another unique shirt.



The trophy lights up with switching different colors. If you look at this link you will see it lit up a couple ways.

Florida StateChampion and Day 2 IBS

Explore this photo album by Larry Malinoski on Flickr!

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Now the top three shooters are showing off together. Tom took first, Seth Wooten (left) was second and Mike Wooten (right) took third. Here they are all together for you to see a trio of the finest 600 IBS shooters that exist today.

Super thanks go out to the sponsors. Vortex, Sightron, local sponsors, Vapor Trail, Barts, Blue Collar Reloading, ....wait - I cannot come close to remembering them all.

Get on that link and look at the pictures. They say more than I can in print. Manatee put on a show that was applauded by all. Your turn to enjoy next year?

 

[Stan Taylor]

Looks like a great match congratulations to all that support this event.

 

[Mulligan]

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What a SUPER day for all there. Perfect weather with maybe the best performances by our IBS top shooters. How close? Well many gathered around the monitor screen right until the last shot was fired on the final relay. It was literally a tie going in with Tom Anderson, Seth and Mike Wooten literally tied up.

After the final shot it was Seth Wooten winning the Two Gun overall by 1 point. Look.

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We saw a .7" group by Mike Wooten, New shooter Bob Rosenstein shooting a 194, a bunch of 50 pt targets, Seth with a 196, a group egg by Mike of 2.043" Closest to the X won a second day by Tom Anderson with our match director, Al Benarroch winning one also. The food again was spectacular. Seriously - this was an IBS event to cherish.

Mike Wooten won two $100 checks for score and age from Steve Krauss . Everyone won prizes as many sponsors, like VORTEX and Sightron donated major prizes. The prize table was to admire. Now who took the Florida State Championship after two full days of shooting?

Here he is with Al holding his new trophy. The one and only..... TOM ANDERSON - on the right with another unique shirt.

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The trophy lights up with switching different colors. If you look at this link you will see it lit up a couple ways.

Florida StateChampion and Day 2 IBS

Explore this photo album by Larry Malinoski on Flickr!

www.flickr.com

Now the top three shooters are showing off together. Tom took first, Seth Wooten (left) was second and Mike Wooten (right) took third. Here they are all together for you to see a trio of the finest 600 IBS shooters that exist today. View attachment 1326425

Super thanks go out to the sponsors. Vortex, Sightron, local sponsors, Vapor Trail, Barts, Lapua, Berger, ....wait - I cannot come close to remembering them all.

Get on that link and look at the pictures. They say more than I can in print. Manatee put on a show that was applauded by all. Your turn to enjoy next year?

Great match report, thanks for all the work you put into it.

CW

 

[Dub]

congratulations to all and special congrats to Seth!

 

[Dave Way]

Congratulations everyone. It’s always good to see the smiles.

Dave.

 

[Alibaba]

Hello everyone,

What a great two day match we had this weekend with all my shooting brothers.

I want to thank all that came and that participated.

A special thank you to Mrs Denise Lovitz for feeding a bunch of hungry men for 2 days.

A special thank you to our scorer Eric Bostrom, Dave Chase, Clary Guiterez.

Also a special thank you to our target crew Alex, Zachary, Mrs. Pam Malinoski and Mrs Hoskin.

Can not forget all the volunteers who helped set up and take down targets with out you guys this could not happen.

Also CaptainMal for his side by side and trailer

Congratulations to all the winners.

Lastly I would like to thank all of our sponsor for donating to are prize table.

Kelblys
Forester Products
Vortex Optics
Hornady
21th Century
Brux Barrel
Redding Reloading
Lee Precision
Sightron Inc
Blue Collard Reloading
Bart’s Bullets
Wilson Tools and Gages
Eric Bostrom Gunsmith
Mark Niezabitowski
Steve Krauss
Affordable Landscaping Service and Design
Bat Machine Co. Inc.

Thank you Thank you

Al. B
Manatee Match Director

 

[Piper]

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What a SUPER day for all there. Perfect weather with maybe the best performances by our IBS top shooters. How close? Well many gathered around the monitor screen right until the last shot was fired on the final relay. It was literally a tie going in with Tom Anderson, Seth and Mike Wooten literally tied up.

After the final shot it was Seth Wooten winning the Two Gun overall by 1 point. Look.

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We saw a .7" group by Mike Wooten, New shooter Bob Rosenstein shooting a 194, a bunch of 50 pt targets, Seth with a 196, a group egg by Mike of 2.043" Closest to the X won a second day by Tom Anderson with our match director, Al Benarroch winning one also. The food again was spectacular. Seriously - this was an IBS event to cherish.

Mike Wooten won two $100 checks for score and age from Steve Krauss . Everyone won prizes as many sponsors, like VORTEX and Sightron donated major prizes. The prize table was to admire. Now who took the Florida State Championship after two full days of shooting?

Here he is with Al holding his new trophy. The one and only..... TOM ANDERSON - on the right with another unique shirt.

View attachment 1326424

The trophy lights up with switching different colors. If you look at this link you will see it lit up a couple ways.

Florida StateChampion and Day 2 IBS

Explore this photo album by Larry Malinoski on Flickr!

www.flickr.com

Now the top three shooters are showing off together. Tom took first, Seth Wooten (left) was second and Mike Wooten (right) took third. Here they are all together for you to see a trio of the finest 600 IBS shooters that exist today. View attachment 1326425

Super thanks go out to the sponsors. Vortex, Sightron, local sponsors, Vapor Trail, Barts, Lapua, Berger, ....wait - I cannot come close to remembering them all.

Get on that link and look at the pictures. They say more than I can in print. Manatee put on a show that was applauded by all. Your turn to enjoy next year?

Hello everyone,

What a great two day match we had this weekend with all my shooting brothers.

I want to thank all that came and that participated.

A special thank you to Mrs Denise Lovitz for feeding a bunch of hungry men for 2 days.

A special thank you to our scorer Eric Bostrom, Dave Chase, Clary Guiterez.

Also a special thank you to our target crew Alex, Zachary, Mrs. Pam Malinoski and Mrs Hoskin.

Can not forget all the volunteers who helped set up and take down targets with out you guys this could not happen.

Also CaptainMal for his side by side and trailer

Congratulations to all the winners.

Lastly I would like to thank all of our sponsor for donating to are prize table.

Kelblys
Forester Products
Vortex Optics
Hornady
21th Century
Brux Barrel
Redding Reloading
Lee Precision
Sightron Inc
Blue Collard Reloading
Bart’s Bullets
Wilson Tools and Gages
Eric Bostrom Gunsmith
Mark Niezabitowski
Steve Krauss
Affordable Landscaping Service and Design

Thank you Thank you

Al. B
Manatee Match Director

Thank you Al - It was a Great time as always!
Congratulations to all the winners on some remarkable shooting.

 

[big john 5394]

WHAT A GREAT 2 DAY SHOOT NEVER HAVE I SAW SO MANY SMILES, I WANT TO THANK EVERY ONE THAT MADE IT HAPPEN I DID NOT MY A GAME BUT I HAD A GREAT TIME ,I MEET A BUNCH OF NEW SHOOTERS AND HAD A LOT OFF LAUGHS AND FUN.
BIG JOHN GRANAURO

 

[David 0306]

Thank You to Manatee for some great hosptality and a very well run matches. Al and crew you guys and gals do a great job. The food was great as well as all the laughing and joking around . Capt Mal Thanks for a great match report and for making sure there is never a dull or quite moment at the match. LOL you really do put you heart into these matches and its does not go unnoticed. Al you do a first class job of making this and all of your other events a success. To everyone that had a part in this weekends match from helper to sponsors Thank You . I got Tom home around 11 and cant wait to get started tomorrow to get things ready at the RWB for our friends from Fla and all around that afe coming for a great show in 2 weeks.Yall travel save and see ya soon.

 

[Wooten]

We made it back home, and back to work. I would like to thank everyone involved in making this shoot possible. Dad and I had a great time, and hope to see everyone again soon. CONGRATULATIONS to Mr. Tom Anderson on being crowned the Florida 600 yard state champ! He had a great weekend, as well as a great year so far.

@Alibaba and @CaptainMal you guys done a great job, and ran 2 very good matches. Thanks for all y’all do, and keep up the good work.

Special thanks to Steve Krauss for his donation for the smallest group, and the highest score. The way gas prices and motel rooms are, the extra money sure does help out. THANK YOU SIR !

 

[CaptainMal]

Think it can be informative to see the top shooters on the bench. You can learn a bit from the pictures on what they use and how they set-up. This is TOM ANDERSON in the foreground with Steve Hoskins to his left.



Here is Seth Wooten.

Now below is Mike Wooten.



Remember that many shooters have different rifles for light and heavy gun and the pictures are but one example of what they might be using.

 

[Rat Rifle]

I would like to offer up a huge THANK YOU to Vortex Optics for their significant generosity in supporting the prize table at this competition. I was very fortunate to receive the Viper HD Spotting Scope they donated ! Many other Vortex products were on the table. I am the proud owner of two Golden Eagle Scopes so this good fortune is especially appreciated.

Jim Hoffman

 

[shoot4fun]

We made it back home, and back to work. I would like to thank everyone involved in making this shoot possible. Dad and I had a great time, and hope to see everyone again soon. CONGRATULATIONS to Mr. Tom Anderson on being crowned the Florida 600 yard state champ! He had a great weekend, as well as a great year so far.

@Alibaba and @CaptainMal you guys done a great job, and ran 2 very good matches. Thanks for all y’all do, and keep up the good work.

Special thanks to Steve Krauss for his donation for the smallest group, and the highest score. The way gas prices and motel rooms are, the extra money sure does help out. THANK YOU SIR !

Congratulations to both Mike and Seth on yet another great match. Both of you seem to pick up where you left off in 2021.
Hope to see you two soon.

 

[andym686]

I knew Seth was good - he even won the match a week early!
Look at the date on the trophy in the first picture.
Congratulations Seth, Mike, and all shooters.
Andy

 

[Wooten]

I knew Seth was good - he even won the match a week early!
Look at the date on the trophy in the first picture.
Congratulations Seth, Mike, and all shooters.
Andy

Yeah I noticed that this morning when I getting all my stuff unpacked. Lol.

Thanks @andym686 hope all is well. Let me know when you are ready to start shooting 600 yard with us. We would be glad to have you !

 

[Alibaba]

Reason for the wrong dates on plaques we had to rescheduled the match and plaques were made 5 months in advance.
(They are not trophies they are Plaques.)
Thank you
Al. B

 

[CaptainMal]

I knew Seth was good - he even won the match a week early!
Look at the date on the trophy in the first picture.
Congratulations Seth, Mike, and all shooters.
Andy

So what happened was this. We first scheduled the matches the weekend of the 26th and 27th. Sent that in to the IBS and had all the awards made up. Then we were made aware of an issue for some shooters.

Over at Port Malabar they run what is called the "Orange Blossom". It is an NRA major event that runs three weeks of near daily shooting. Shooters go there for a week of events in different classes. My brother-in-law, Jack Bockman did not shoot with us because he is an "across the Course" sling shooter that whole week. Many more of us shoot F Class and it happens to be THIS week, ending next Sunday. We switched our weekends for shoots so shooters did not have to make a decision on which event to shoot. Now they can and will shoot both if they choose.

Normally we shoot Steel on the third weekend of the month and paper on the 4th. Since we have a commitment with the range to use it those Saturdays and on the Championship weekend Sunday also, we switched weekends. Darn trophies were already made before our switch.

Then, to prove we are human, I think we forgot. That means Seth and others were so good the won before they shot in the match ... according to the trophies. Goes to prove we are not half-fast but full fast.

 

[Alibaba]

Again they are PLAQUES not trophies. Hahaha
I’m heading to Port Malabar on Thursday for 3 days of more fun.

 

[Wooten]

Again they are PLAQUES not trophies. Hahaha
I’m heading to Port Malabar on Thursday for 3 days of more fun.

I don’t care what you call them, I’m just glad I was fortunate enough to bring some home !

 

[Alibaba]

Seth you deserve them your a great shooter and Manatee is not a easy range to shoot.