2021 January Markham Newsletter

Markham Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays Volume 12 Issue 1 January 2021 Markham Park Gun Club Youth Program Every Monday 6-9 PM ATA Trap Sunday Jan 17th NSSA Skeet Saturday February 13th SNOWBIRD OPEN Sunday, Jan 17th

LUIS HERRERA BREAKS 100X100 ON MARKHAM SPORTING CLAYS COURSE 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS 2020

PAGE 4 CLUB NEWS 5 STEVE NORRIS SHOOTING INSTR. 6-13 MAGAZINE REVIEWS

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SHOTGUN SPORTS

7-13 CLAYTARGET NATION FOR SALE PAUL GIAMBRONE ZOLI CLASSIC MARKHAM SNOWBIRD OPEN CORRAL CLASSIC EVENTS CALENDAR CLUB CALENDAR SPORTING CLAYS CALENDAR SPORTING CLAYS PROGRAM AND RESULTS SKEET PROGRAM AND RESULTS FSA SKEET CALENDAR TRAP PROGRAM TRAP RESULTS YOUTH PROGRAM

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PRESIDENT—Vacant

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VICE PRESIDENT—Vacant

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TREASURER—Vacant

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SECRETARY— Joe Loitz

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RECORDING SECRETARY—Vacant

DIRECTORS: Greg Ritch Sporting Chair

Contact info: Markham Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays 11873 NW 30th Street Coral Springs, FL 33065 954-857-5278 

www.markhamsportingclays.org

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E-mail: jloit@bellsouth.net

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Newsletter: jloit@bellsouth.net

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Next General Meeting ON REQUEST FROM SECRETARY

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Club News The Bud Wolfe Classic was cancelled in December because of equipment problems in the woods.

These have been resolved and the Snowbird Open is on. Look forward to it being another great shoot under Greg Ritch’s guidance.

The Skeet shoot for February is being moved to February 13th since the Flamingo at Trail Glades has been cancelled. Notice will go out to Cheryl Schofield with the FSA in the next week.

On page 12 you will see a perfect score card recorded by Gerard Geick for Luis Herrera. Luis broke the first perfect score out in the woods at Markham. Gerard would know, he’s been here from the start.

Congratulations Luis on your fine shooting!

The last Trapshoot saw 16 shooters shoot 16 yard targets and Doubles.

Dax Demena broke a near perfect 99 to lead the Singles with Tom Jett trailing by two for a Runner-Up score of 97. Alex Riera broke a 91 to lead the Doubles.

The Skeet shoot this month saw six shooters shoot three guns. Michael Gelles turned in the high score of the day breaking a 49x50 in 12 Gauge. Geoffrey Peters led the 20

Gauge with a 46x50 and Stan Gorgacz led the 28 Gauge with the same score.

The first ATA Trapshoot at Trail Glades will be Saturday, February 20th. I will run the first shoot with the assistance of the Trail Glades club personnel and Robert Vazquez from their Skeet Club.

Really looking forward to it.

Hope you can all attend.

Haven’t heard anything from the Palm Beach club. Their installation problems must be true. Will let you know if I hear anything in the future.

Welcome to the height of the Trap, Sporting, and Skeet season in Florida. Hopefully, the temperatures will start to rise again here and drop in the north.

Can’t think of anything else to say this month other than, get vaccinated when you get the chance.

Have talked to a close friend who got the first shot and had no side affects. As a Biochemist and he being in the first responder group, we urge you to trust the system and get vaccinated. Hey, if they put a tracker in me all they’ll see is me at work, home or at the club. See you there.

Joe Loitz jloit@bellsouth.net 954-857-5278

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STEVE NORRIS SHOTGUN SHOOTING LESSONS

With over 30 years of experience Steve Norris has established his reputation as one of the premier shotgun instructors in South Florida. Whether he is guiding a beginning shooter through their first shots or perfecting an advanced shooter’s game, Steve is the go to coach at Markham Park. He has worked with over 1,000 Youth shooters in

Markham’s Youth Program and has helped guide six of them to national championships. Steve is available for lessons in Trap, Skeet, and Sporting Clays. At $200 for three hours of instruction, targets included, Steve is by far the best shotgun instruction your money can buy!

Call him at: 754-264-9584.

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Magazine Review Shotgun Sports – January 2021 When preparing for competition our goal mentally should be to handle stress calmly and coolly. Easy to say when you are calmly and coolly sitting back and preparing to shoot.

Unfortunately, everything seems to go out the window when you step to the line. Suddenly you remember every target you missed on that first station and a cascade of nightmares flood your consciousness. Instead of being in control, your emotions take over and concentration on the target and the process of shooting receive the least of your conscious attention.

Michael J. Keyes, M.D. gives advice this month on staying cool emotionally and avoiding hot emotions that derail our ability to concentrate.

Projecting the outcome before the target is even in the air is an example of emotional response to a stressful situation. Emotions disconnect our ability to concentrate. Keeping a deliberate and logical approach to the game minimizes emotions. To do this we need to identify the mental triggers that cause emotional responses to our game. Missed targets, a chipped target that starts you worrying about your ability to break the same presentation again, fears of how your peers will feel about your score, all are triggers. Learn to

control these triggers and develop ways of deflating them by using successful outcomes from your past. Keep your mind cool and calm. Don’t let your emotions flair.

Keep a shooting log. It’s one of the best ways of discovering strategies to beat any defeatist emotions. Write done what triggered the thoughts or what the thoughts and fears were. Once identified you can develop strategies to beat them into submis-

sion. More importantly, when you have a good day or a good string of stations or traps, write down how you did it. How did you feel as you ran target after target. This is what you want to replicate. Concentrate on repeating what you did during a good run and your scores will surely improve.

More importantly the self-defeating emotions will be kept in check.

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CLAYTARGET NATION - December 2021 High 1 in skeet is one of those targets shooters break dozens of times in a row then suddenly miss repeatedly in an otherwise well-shot round. We just seem to lose their ability to break the target. Maybe it’s because we’ve been breaking it on autopilot and suddenly autopilot stops working.

Paul Giambrone III gives advice this

hoop would be. The look point should be 4”-5” over your gun. I think the look point may be the most important aspect in the disconnect with this target. See the target before it gets to your gun!

month on this target and how to avoid the sudden loss of control over it.

Some shooters could do themselves a favor by shooting it with one eye instead of two is Paul’s first suggestion. Just an idea. If this is a problem target for you perhaps it’s worth a try. As far as stance is concerned, belly button towards station 5-6 area and line up with the center stake. Your gun hold should be at the top of where the

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Magazine Review Gil and Vicki Ash ask us if we’re really committed to the shot this month. Don’t know what this means in relation to their advice, regardless they do throw out some good ideas in their article. I can attest that many times I don’t watch a look bird all the way to the ground. If I had I would have noticed it ended up 15 yards out from me when it hit the ground. I of course tried to shoot it under power when I could have waited and shot it as it floated to the ground.

What seems like the obvious break point sometimes is contraindicative when the whole flight is observed.

Watch the target till it hits the ground.

The Ash’s like to remind you to visualize the shot in as much detail as possible. Their example is very longwinded, but on point. Visualize in detail and your

shooting may improve. Their next piece of advice is something I readily advocate: shoot as many clubs as you can and frequently if possible. I’ve shot at over 90 clubs across the U.S. There are some I hate viscerally and others I love with a passion.

The idea however is to inure yourself to new shooting backgrounds and circumstances. Shoot lots of clubs not just your home club.

Finally, do a post-shot visualization.

What did you do right, what did you do wrong?

An argument could be made this is something that is cursory when in a tournament situation.

When practicing however it should be in depth and detailed.

You are practicing and can step back and evaluate without penalty. This isn’t advised during tournament action where 8 it could affect your mental game. Fix a miss if you can or live with it and move on.

John Shima’s article mirrors some of the teachings in Michael J. Keyes, M.D.’s this month. Cut out emotion from your shooting. Cool and calm not hot and emotional when on the line. Focus on the task of breaking a target. Watch the target break.

Missed targets are a learning opportunity.

Attach no emotion to them. Realize your mistake and move on, correcting your error.

John brings up purposedriven shooting when setting your shooting goals.

By this he means, what’s your goal when you go shooting? Is it a social vehicle, are you interested in winning competitions, or are just interested in seeing how far you can go, and in the process learning about yourself through shooting? Having a purpose to your shooting allows the setting of goals

that are reasonable and in line with why you enjoy the sport.

There are mindful shooters and there are careful shooters. Careful shooters shoot each target consciously. This causes a great deal of tension at execution and over the course of 100 targets it can be very stressful. John advocates mindful shooting and use of a quiet mind where your unconscious mind (adaptive unconscious) performs the shot as you watch the target break.

Quiet the mind and concentrating exclusively on the target triggers the focus and precision required to shot target after target perfectly.

Trust is the glue that holds our mental focus together. Don’t try to control the outcome.

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Magazine Review Gil and Vicki Ash are never unequivocal about their opinions and this month is no exception. They believe guns should shoot 50/50 to 60/40, should have flat ribs, nonparallel stocks (field/skeet stocks), beads should be seen in a figure 8 (seeing little or no rib), stocks should be narrow and low combed, we should all mount to the target from the low gun position, with a heads-up, light cheek pressure on the stock. They never mis-mount their guns by the way.

All their gun fit advice is nice but if I’ve learned anything about gun fit it’s that everyone is different.

Some shooters like seeing the whole rib and shooting a gun where they float the target. Not everyone likes mounting to their cheek bone either. The only rule that trumps everything is keeping the gun centered in the same spot under your eye. Otherwise, absolutes are not what you think they are. Take Gil and Vicki’s advice with a whole shaker of salt. __________________________________ For many new shooters registering to shoot tournament targets can be a bewildering and stressful experience. Paul Giambrone III throws some good suggestions out there this

month for the new registered shooter. I‘d been working at a gun club for five years before I finally registered targets. I was an old hand at the rhythm of a shoot and all the etiquette that went along with it. Paul suggests going to a club that’s holding a shoot and watching the registration procedures, the squadding, and how shoot-offs work.

Introduce yourself to the shoot management. I personally welcome every new shooter at my shoots and help them through the process of registering and getting ready.

Paul thinks it’s a good idea to have a solid shooting routine established along with good fundamentals before you actually register targets. This doesn’t mean you should be shooting practice scores in the 90’s it just means you should be comfortable in your game and shooting routine.

Towards this end Paul reminds us we have 10 seconds for each target, but that doesn’t mean you should be using all 10.

Watch the targets thrown for the shooter ahead of you on your squad. Pick out hold and look points. Have your first shell in your hand when you step onto the shooting pad. Set your feet, load, and complete your 10 pre-shot routine.

If you can, also find a squad to shoot with on a regular basis. Pick out the shoots you plan on attending over the course of a season and let your squadmates know what those shoots are. Coordinate with them to get your registration done early. Get to the shoot a day early if possible so you can practice. This is especially important when

and check his hold and look points for stations 2-6. This is done quickly and efficiently so as not to hold up the shooting.

If needed, reset the targets. This is permissible but shouldn’t be on a whim. Paul doesn’t like wasting time between rounds either. Finish a round, reload, grab a drink, then head back to the line. Keep

going to a club new to you. Paul says he shoots 100-150 practice targets the day before the shoot starts and maybe 50 on the first day.

you voice low when on the field. It’s simple courtesy. Paul likes to leave the club after he’s done shooting. Get away from skeet for a while then come back for the shootoffs refreshed. Get back to the club at least 30 minutes after the last flight ends.

Paul likes to get to the club 30-45 minutes before his assigned time. Once the previous squad is done he likes to walk the field

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Magazine Review I’ve always been an advocate of shotgunning, not one discipline over another. I was at the annual FSA Youth Skeet Camp many years ago, Andrew was a teenager and was enrolled in the camp, and I was sitting with the parents watching our children shoot. One parent commented, “I hope this doesn’t hurt my son’s sporting clays”. Would have loved to introduce him to Derrick Mein or Reanna Frauens. Other shooting disciplines shouldn’t do anything but make you a better allaround shooter. Tim Le Gras agrees and throws out some positive reasons for cross training in other clay target disciplines.

Tim believes the biggest benefit of cross-training is learning how to deal with the unexpected. Skeet targets in windy conditions, no problem, shoot some sporting clays and you’ll know how to deal with rising targets. Trap might be a better example of how to deal with rising targets in windy conditions, but this is CLAYTARGET Nation and the sport that shall not be named is of course never given any mention. Regardless,

Tim suggests practicing in a variety of conditions, wind, cold, rain, so you are prepared for them. All good ideas.

Should you get separate equipment? Andrew shoots sporting, skeet, and trap with the same gun. I think Derrick Mein and Reanna also do. You can get a separate gun.

I have different guns for skeet, trap, and sporting. I’m not as good an example as the previous named shooters however.

Honestly, cross-training in a different shooting discipline is no big deal. When I think of cross-training that can help your shooting I think of tennis, golf, racket ball, badminton, squash, ping pong, something that has an object ball you have to hit. The best sports psychology books are tennis and golf. Hit tennis balls against a wall.

Hit golf balls at a driving range. This improves your concentration, athleticism, and rhythm. If you want to shoot skeet targets to improve your sporting clays fundamentals, yeah, that works` also. Otherwise, don’t sweat it, just go out and have fun shooting something different.

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This gun was made by FN for Winchester for several years around the turn of the century (2000)

Fired less than 50 shells - asking $1,000 (negotiable) Call Gary: 954-240-6967 garylea@bellsouth.net 14

Beretta 682 Golden Skeet 30� barrels excellent condition with choke tubes Stock has a high gloss finish done by Pedro Bernal asking $3,000 Give a call to: Phil Keagy 954-258-0085 15

Paul Giambrone III will be in Flori- January 8-9: Winterhaven, FL da the following dates as well as at January 11-12: Naples, FL January 22-24: Miami, FL Vero Beach on January 10th.

February 12-14: Jacksonville, FL

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10704 Wiles Road, Coral Springs, FL 33076 954-846-2336

Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.

Michael Jordan

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Registered Shooting and Events in South Florida Gun Shows Miramar National Guard Armory Jan. 30-31st

Skeet Markham Trail Glades So. Florida Markham

February 13th January 16th January 23rd January 29-31st

Trap Gulf Coast January 10th South Florida January 16th Markham January 17th

Sporting Clays Gulf Coast Clays January 16th

South Florida

January 10th

OK Corral

January 22-24th

Markham Quail Creek

January 17th February 9-14th

The minute you get away from fundamentals – whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation – the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you’re doing.

Michael Jordan

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JANUARY Sun

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2 Skeet Tourney

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4 Youth Night

5 Skeet Night

6 Trap Night

7 8 Sporting Clays

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11 Youth Night

12 Skeet Night

13 Trap Night

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19 Trap & RANGE Skeet Sporting CLOSED Night

20 Trap Night

21 22 Sporting Clays

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27 Trap Night

28 29 Sporting Clays

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Tourney

25 Youth Night

26 Skeet Night

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8 Youth Night

9 Skeet Night

10 Trap Night

11 12 Sporting Clays

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15 Youth Night

16 Skeet Night

17 Trap Night

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22 Youth Night

23 Skeet Night

24 Trap Night

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27 Sporting Tourney

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13 Skeet Tourney

28 Trap Tourney

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2021 Schedule of NSCA Sporting Clay Tournaments Date

Tournament

Sunday - Jan 17

Snow Bird Open

Saturday - Feb 27

Honest Abe's Birthday Bash

Saturday - Mar 27

St. Patrick's Day Open

Saturday - Apr 24

Gerry Stumm Memorial

Saturday - May 15

Memorial Day Open

Saturday - Jun 19

21st Annual Sunshine State Classic

Saturday - Jul 10

Super Sizzle Open

Saturday - Aug 14

Summers End Open

Saturday - Sept. 11

Markham Fall Fest Shoot

Sunday—Oct. 10

Pumpkin Blast

Sunday - Nov. 7

Richard Merritt Memorial

Sunday—Dec. 26

Bud Wolfe Classic 25

SPORTING CLAYS PROGRAM

Markham Skeet, Trap & Sporting Clays Club

SNOWBIRD OPEN 100 Targets Shot over 14 Stations

SATURDAY JANUARY 17TH Registration: Opens 8:00 a.m. and will close at 10:00 a.m.

All scorecards must be turned in by 1:00 p.m. in order to be posted.

Entry Fee: $60 N.S.C.A., $60 Hunter, $40.00 SubJunior, Junior No Scorers or Trappers will be provided.

Shooters will be asked to squad themselves into groups of at least 3 and designate a field judge to verify scores for the squad.

Lunch will not be served.

COURSE RULES: All shooters and spectators are required to wear ear and eye protection on the course.

MAXIMUM LOADS PERMITTED: 12GA, 3 DR EQ, 1 1/8 oz. Shot 7 1/2.

For additional information contact: Greg Ritch (561) 271-5319 email: gregsritch@gmail.com

Please Preregister using: scorechaser.com

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SPORTING CLAYS RESULTS No results Bud Wolfe Classic was cancelled

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MONTHLY SKEET PROGRAM Price per 50 targets includes $5/100 NSSA/FSA Fee

.410 gauge 28 gauge 20 gauge 12 gauge Doubles

50 Targets 50 Targets 50 Targets 50 Targets 50 Targets

$20.00 $20.00 $20.00 $20.00 $20.00

Shoots usually held the first Saturday of every month.

Gauges may be shot out of sequence with the permission of management. More than one 50 target program may be shot in the same gauge as a preliminary event.

AWARDS Break a 50, 75, or 100 Straight and get one of these guaranteed awards!

50 Straight Kennedy Half Dollar 75 Straight Eisenhower Dollar 100 Straight Morgan Silver Dollar 50 Straight Doubles Liberty Silver Half 28

Skeet Results

You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.

Michael Jordan

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Trap Program Trap Program: SPECIAL NOTICE

Trap Tournaments are usually the fourth Sunday of the month.

100 target 16 Yd, Hdcp and Doubles events.

First 100 targets. $40.00 (Includes ATA and FTA daily fees)

ATA SHOOT SCHEDULE 2020-2021

Additional 100 target events.

October 25th

$32.00

November 22th December 27th January 17th

See Joe Loitz for details: 954-857-5278

February 28th March 14th April 25th May 23th June 27th July 25th August 22nd

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOOTING IS STILL POPULAR WITH THE SHOOTERS. SIGN UP WITH STEVE NORRIS AND THE REST OF THE REGULARS AND TRY YOUR SKILL AND LUCK AT ALL THE GAMES.

Come out and join the fun!

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TRAP RESULTS

16 Yards SINGLES

CLASS SCORE

DAX DEMENA

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99

THOMAS JETT

A

97

ALEX RIERA

A

96

ERNESTO YAMHURE

C

94

ANTONIO SPADARO

C

92

HENRY OVARES

C

91

ISIDORO LOPEZ

B

91

JOSE LOPEZ

D

88

ORACIO RICCOBONO

C

87

SERVANDO VALES

D

86

TED GALATIS

D

84

GENE BARNES

D

81

GLENN HAAB

D

81

ANGEL ESTEVEZ

B

76

CARSON HAAB

D

75

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Handicap No Handicap event was held.

Doubles DOUBLES

CLASS SCORE

ALEX RIERA

A

91

DAX DEMENA

B

83

THOMAS JETT

B

82

ANGEL ESTEVEZ

C

73

RUTHIE FLAYDERMAN

D

67

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Youth Program

Monday nights have returned to some semblance of normalcy since the COVID-19 protocols have taken over our lives. We are waiting to welcome Larry Gatz as a new coach into our program. His paperwork of course hit during the holiday season, so you can imagine there has been some delay. If you are interested in helping on Monday nights, talk to Tony Boyd about the paperwork. We would be happy to have you!

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If you would like to sponsor our newsletter: contact me at: jloit@bellsouth.net Joe Loitz at 954-857-5278

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