Markham Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays January 2024

Volume 14 Issue 01 January 2024 Markham Park Gun Club Youth Program Mondays 6-9 NSSA Skeet Saturday, Jan. 6th ATA Trap Sunday, Jan. 28th NSCA Sporting Clays Saturday, Jan. 27th

TRAIL GLADES TRAPSHOOT SATURDAY, JANUARY 20th

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OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS 2021 OFFICERS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CLUB NEWS MAGAZINE REVIEWS 6 Shotgun Sports 7-9 CLAYTARGET NATION 10 DELTA WATERFOWL 11 SHOOTING SPORTSMAN FOR SALE RC-USA CUP ROYAL SPORTING ARMS Markham Hours and Rules Trap and Skeet Programs CLUB CALENDAR EVENTS 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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TREASURER—Vacant

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SECRETARY— Joe Loitz

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RECORDING SECRETARY—Vacant

DIRECTORS: Jon Roberts Sporting Chair Steve Norris Youth Chair Andrew Loitz Director

Contact info: Markham Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays 11873 NW 30th Street Coral Springs, FL 33065 954-857-5278  www.markhamsportingclays.org  E-mail: jloit@bellsouth.net  Newsletter: jloit@bellsouth.net

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Next General Meeting ON REQUEST FROM SECRETARY

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Club News In case you haven’t seen me lately, I got my right shoulder surgery two weeks ago.

All went well this time and I got my wound dressing off last Friday. All looked good including the X-rays. So far I’m very happy with it. Recovery should be much shorter for this one, already have more mobility with it than I had with the left shoulder after 6 months.

Bud Wolfe shoot went off well. We had several shooters who donated their trophy money to the club and Youth Program.

Sincere thanks goes out to Daniel Bingel, Jr., James Baldwin, Danny Amritt, Wayne Amritt, and Rodrigo Mehich.

Thanks from the club!

Give me another month to recover and I plan on giving some shooting clinics this Spring. Specifically I would like to give a Lady’s clinic, Trap doubles, Trap, Skeet, and beginner Sporting

Clays. If you have any interest in these let me know.

In this issue you will see a “FOR SALE” section. Just so we are clear, I put that together for these two sellers. I am not doing that again. If you have something for sale, put together a flyer in a Word document and send it to me. This way I can edit it if needed.

Putting those pages together takes way too much time. If you want me to do it, the club would expect a commission of some kind, then I would be willing to do all the work.

From what I hear, the Park has a full roster of employees for the first time in quite a while. I for one truly appreciate what they do, especially how they make the club a welcome member of the park. Thanks!

Joe Loitz 954-857-5278 jloit@bellsouth.net 4

SHOTGUN INSTRUCTION BEGINNER, INTERMEDIATE, AND ADVANCED TRAP, SKEET, AND SPORTING CLAYS

JOE LOITZ 5-TIME ALL AMERICAN CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR NRA ATA NSCA NSSA 954-857-5278 JLOIT@BELLSOUTH.NET

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Magazine Review Shotgun Sports – January 2024 Michael J. Keyes, M.D. is back on the Match Stress trail again this month and promises to continue for the next two articles. Michael doesn’t actually give any advice on how to deal with match stress in his article, but he does suggest a few things that I agree with.

First, expose yourself to match stress by becoming familiar with competitive stress. Shoot tournaments as often as possible and at as many different clubs as you can.

There are six sporting clays clubs in the South Florida area that you can get to in two hours or less and shoot registered tournaments: Markham Park, Gulf Coast Clays, OK Corral, Quail Creek, Vero Beach, and South Florida Shooting Club. You can also practice at the Palm Beach Shooting Complex. Depending on where you live pick two or three of these clubs as your regular clubs to shoot monthly. Add in one club that’s outside your usual travel radius every month: Sarasota, FishHawk, Tampa Bay Clays, or Polk Sporting Clays.

You can do the same with Trap or Skeet.

With Trap you can shoot: Markham, Gulf Coast, Palm Beach, and Trail Glades on a regular circuit every month. Same with Skeet: Markham, Trail Glades, South Florida, and Port Malabar. Sadly, most skeet shooting takes place north of Interstate 4 in Florida, but if you want to be a competi-

tive shooter, you need to shoot a tournament at least every other weekend.

The point is, without exposure to tournament shooting you won’t know how to deal with the pressure of the larger shoots in January, February, and March regardless of the discipline. Tournament shooting will expose all your flaws both mental and technical. Only by experiencing tournaments on a regular basis will you be able to reach the higher levels of any sport. Practice cannot prepare you for this. Let’s see what Michael has to say next month.

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ClayTarget Nation – December 2023 There is truth in Gil and Vicki Ash’s mantra to visually rehearse the shot in your mind.

Even in Trap, where you don’t know exactly where the target is going, I would remind myself before every call, there are only three targets on each post: angle, straight-away, and quarter. This reminded me, there are only three possible targets on each post and I am going to get one of them. No surprises, recognize the target as quickly as possible by looking to see one of those three targets leave the house. Granted, I did not review the actual move I would make to the target or the break point. Those things came automatically once I recognized which presentation had left the house.

In Gil and Vicki’s context, Sporting Clays, you know exactly where the target is coming from and where it is going. You can visualize the shot in your mind before calling for the target.

In sporting you factor in the need to set up the second target and you have the whole dance imagined before calling for the

target. Their article this month is about shooting without thinking. They have a large preamble involving practice and memory recall, but the crux of their advice is visualizing the shot so that you can execute it without thinking. Agreed, visualize the shot before calling for your target, regardless of the discipline.

Trigger control and sight picture awareness are two things that go hand in hand.

Holding off on a shot until the sight picture is correct is oddly one of the most advanced skills a shotgunner can develop. It would seem obvious, don’t pull the trigger until the sight picture is right, but we aren’t all wired that way. I remember learning how to break a rightangle target in trap. That would have been 1970 for those of you interested in such things. Every shooter will swing at and shoot behind their first right-angles.

Unlike most beginning shooters, I saw this clearly and diagnosed that I wasn’t holding off on the trigger long enough. I quickly got the hang of it and rightangles have never been a problem for me.

This is a combination of learning trigger control and sight picture awareness.

Skeet shooters are encouraged to make their stance, position on the station, gun mount, hold point, and look point consistent. This includes how and when they rotate their body to the target. If they aren’t consistent, their break point will vary, as will their sight picture. If their setup isn’t consistent, they may have to rely on a “recovery shot” to break the target. A recovery shot is relying on trigger control and sight picture awareness, just like in trap.

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Magazine Review

ClayTarget Nation – December 2023

Are you a predator or prey when you shoot? John Shima equates shooting defensively as a person who is in the prey mode while a person who is focusing on just breaking the next target is in predator mode. To shoot “not to miss” or defensively is to shoot for outcome or score. To focus on breaking the next target means you are focusing on the process of shooting, outcome be damned. Shooting for outcome always gets the conscious mind involved and as we all should know, the conscious mind is not the most effective way to react athletically. Watch the target and commit to the break point is the best approach.

Paul Giambrone, III discusses the recovery shot in skeet this month. He suggests lack of visual discipline is the cause of most recovery shots.

True soft focus at the look point to

pick up the target in your peripheral vision is mandatory. Next is keeping your body relaxed when you call and during the move. Smooth relaxed movement to the target is the key along with 100% attention on the target. Any thing less and you will pull the trigger based on a timing in your mind, “It’s time to pull the trigger”, so you do, regardless of what you see.

When forced into a recovery shot, remember, trigger control and sight picture awareness, but prevent it entirely by consistent setup and soft focus at the look point.

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Become your best self is John Shima’s message in his second article this month. I think the best line in this article is, “Shooters who are emotionally attached to outcomes tend to lose their composure when outcomes are disappointing for them.”

Their emotional reaction to their disappointment will cause failures in their mental and visual discipline, especially their visual discipline.

John suggests that a shooter master their sport by “learning to establish an internal connection with his or her natural shooting ability.” This means learning how you shoot targets, not necessarily mastering “tactics that result in hitting targets.” While it sounds right to master tactics that break targets, there may be a technique that is more natural to you mentally, visually, or physically. Copy-

ing a top shooter’s style may sound good, but it may not be in your best interests. This assumes you can figure out how you approach breaking a target versus the rest of the world’s approach.

Don’t fall into the usual traps where anxiety about missing eats you alive because missing creates a selfrejection due to your failure. Score is not always a good reflection of your progress as a shooter. Let go emotional attachment to the result of a shot and concentrate on executing a perfect shooting process.

Watch the target break.

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Magazine Review DELTA WATERFOWL – WINTER 2023 Brad Fitzpatrick, Tom Roster, and L.P. Brezny are the country’s current ballistic guru when it comes to shotgunning science. In this issue of DELTA WATERFOWL, Brad tested barrel length and its impact on ammunition velocity. Testing different barrel lengths and different ammo loads proved there is less than a 25 fps difference between barrel lengths. Barrel length is more important in the handling and balance than any velocity difference. In his opinion there is, “no reason to lose sleep over barrel length”.

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SHOOTING SPORTSMAN – January-February 2024 As I said earlier, Tom Roster is one of the country’s ballistic gurus.

This issue Tom reviews HEVI-Metal Extreme waterfowl loads. HEVIMetal is a mix of 70% steel beneath a layer of 30% tungsten. The tungsten pellets are three sizes smaller than the steel pellets in these loads. Tom states these loads provide very dense patterns with significantly increased pellet counts.

The shells are produced in 20 and 12 gauge, 3” loads. There Is a longrange load with No. 4 Tungsten mixed with No. 1 steel and a mid-range with No. 6 Tungsten mixed with No. 3 steel. There’s also a goose load with No. 2 Tungsten and BB steel. They are all 1 ¼ Oz.

at 1450 fps. These sound like good loads for a second or third shot in the field.

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FOR SALE

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MX8 O/U and MX8 two barrel set.

Both O/U barrels are 29 7/8” Single barrel is 33 7/8” Contact: Tom Lieberman 561-852-7409 telieberman@aol.com 15

FOR SALE

#4- .380 SIG P36 with ex-mag, 2 h sters, NIB never $575. #1- Ruger Ranch Mini 14 SS, 2-30rd & 2-10rd clips.$650

#2- Golden Eagle .338 Win Mag with scope. Made by Nikko Arms.

Weatherby look alike. $600

#3- .380 SIG P365xl with ex-mag, 2 holsters, NIB never fired. $575.

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65xl holr fired.

#5 Browning Hi-Power 9mm luger with ex clip.

Aso comes with older shoulder holster. $875

#6- .Beretta BL1 OverUnder Double trigger, 28"bbl F/M.$525.

#7- Browning B 2000 12 ga 2 bbls luggage case. 1-30" full choke bbl and 1-26" Skeet bbl with vent ribs. $600

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FOR SALE

#8- Remington 700 SS .50cal Synthetic Stock Black Powder $425

#9- Browning B 2000 12ga 26" skeet bbl vent rib. $475. #10- Browning B 2000 12ga 18.5" bbl $395.#11- Browning B 2000 20ga. 28"bbl Modified vent rib.$475.

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#12– AP-74—.22 Cal— No Clip - $200.

#13 - One Flat—10 boxes - $75

Contact: Don Bonner 954-243-1100 debeeser@aol.com 19

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Markham Skeet, Trap & Sporting Clays

ATA Trapshoot Sunday, January 28th Signup starts 8:00 Shooting Starts at 9:00 100 16 Yard targets 100 Handicap targets 100 Doubles targets $42 first 100 targets $36 for each additional 100 Additional Shoot Dates See Page 34 28

Trail Trap & Skeet

ATA Trapshoot Saturday, January 20th Signup starts 8:00 Shooting Starts at 9:00 100 16 Yard targets 100 Handicap targets 100 Doubles targets $40 first 100 targets $34 for each additional 100 2023 Trail Shoot Dates Saturday September 16th 29

Markham Skeet, Trap & Sporting Clays

NSSA Skeet Tournament Saturday, January 6th Signup starts 8:00 Shooting Starts at 9:00 50 targets 12 gauge 50 targets 20 gauge 50 targets 28 gauge 50 targets .410 gauge 50 targets Doubles $22 each 50 targets 30

South Florida Shooting Club

NSSA Skeet Tournament Saturday, January 27th Signup starts 8:00 Shooting Starts at 9:00 Lunch is available in the clubhouse

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The most fun I ever had in my life was hittin' a baseball. And the best sound I ever heard in my life was a ball hit with a bat. Powww!

Ted Williams

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Registered Shooting and Events in South Florida Gun Shows Miramar National Guard Armory January 13-14th

Skeet Markham Trail Glades So. Florida

January 6th Janury 27th

Trap PBS Complex Trail Glades Markham

January 13th January 20th January 28th

Sporting Clays Quail Creek January 3rd Gulf Coast Clays January 6th South Florida January 7th OK Corral January 13th Vero Beach January 20th Markham January 27th Gulf Coast Clays January 28th

It was always fun for me, I loved baseball so darn much. By the hours I practiced, you'd have to say I was working a lot of hours, but it was pretty near tireless fun for me. I'd rather swing a bat than do anything else in the world. 35 Ted Williams

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2024 Schedule NSCA Sporting Clay Tournaments Date

Tournament

Saturday - Aug 12

Summers End Open

Saturday - Sept 9

Markham Fall Fest Shoot

Sunday - Oct 15

Pumpkin Blast

Sunday - Nov 5

Richard Merritt Memorial

Sunday - Dec 17

Bud Wolfe Classic

Saturday Jan. 27

Snow Bird Open

February 2024

Honest Abe's Birthday Bash

March 2024

St. Patrick's Day Open

April 2024

Gerry Stumm Memorial

May 2024

Memorial Day Open

June 2024

23rd Annual Sunshine State Classic

July 2024

Super Sizzle Open

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SPORTING CLAYS PROGRAM

SNOW BIRD OPEN 100 Targets Shot over 14 Stations

SATURDAY JANUARY 27TH Registration: Opens 8:30 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. Tiebreaker station rankings will be posted during registration.

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:

Jon Roberts (786)-210-9448 email: MarkhamSportingClaysClub@gmail.com

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SPORTING CLAYS RESULTS 2023 BUD WOLFE CLASSIC HOA 65 ENTRANTS

CONCURRENTS

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LADY CH RYLIE SASS LADY RU MEGAN ELROD SUB-JR CH RTYLER ELMORE SUB-JR RU PATRICK BROOK JR CH MATTHEW DANIELS VET CH JAMES SMALLEY VET RU RODRIGO MEHICH VET 3RD EMILIO TEJA S VET CH ALEX RIERA S VET RU EDWARD LEE S VET 3RD RICHARD WILLIAMS SSR VET CH ALLEN FURIA SSR VET RU WILLIAM T. MUIR SSR VET 3RD ELIO CIOCCA HUNTER CH SCOTT WOLFE HUNTER RU VICTOR MORALES HUNTER 3RD CHRIS WOLFE

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CH CHARLES ALVAREZ RU HERBERT KANZKI M1 JAMES SMALLEY M2 RODRIGO MEHICH M3 EMILIO TEJA AA1 MATTHEW DANIELS AA2 DONOVAN AMRITT AA3 EDWARD LEE A1 ALEX RIERA A2 JAMES ANDERSON A3 WAYNE AMRITT B1 DAX DEMENA B2 DAVID DEBRULE B3 JAMES BALDWIN C1 DANIEL BINGEL, JR. C2 ALLEN FURIA C3 DANILO MUNIZ D1 RICHARD WILLIAMS D2 RYLIE SASS D3 TYLER ELMORE

91 87 86 85 84 83 81 77 81 73 67 84 79 75 75 74 69 75 72 67

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

.410 gauge 50 Targets $21.00 28 gauge 50 Targets $21.00 20 gauge 50 Targets $21.00 12 gauge 50 Targets $21.00 Doubles 50 Targets $21.00 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 40

Skeet Results Markham and South Florida Shooting Club

Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.

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Trap Program Trap Program: SPECIAL NOTICE

100 target 16 Yd, Hdcp and Trap Tournaments are Doubles events. usually the fourth First 100 targets.

Sunday of the month. $42.00 (Includes ATA and FTA daily fees)

ATA SHOOT SCHEDULE 2023-2024

Additional 100 target events. $36.00

June 25th July 23rd August 27th

See Joe Loitz for details: 954-857-5278

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOOTING IS STILL POPULAR WITH THE SHOOTERS. SIGN UP WITH 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 Markham Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays

16 Yards

DECEMBER RESULTS SINGLES 96 PEPY GRACIA DAX DEMENA 96 95 ORACIO RICCOBONO DAMIEN CRELLER 91 JAKE HOOPER 87 86 MICHAEL COLLINS TYLER ELMORE 82 JERRY FALBER 78 77 NORMAN MURPHY JEFF GLASBERG 59

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Handicap No Handicap event was held.

Doubles DECEMBER RESULTS DOUBLES 82 DAX DEMENA DAMIEN CRELLER 75 JAKE HOOPER 69

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Youth Program

Markham Youth Program Ages 10-17 $20 includes targets & ammo Shotguns available free of charge Every Monday 6-9 PM. 48

SPONSORS Professional and Industry Vendors

We are going to update this section of the newsletter on a continuing basis as requests come in.

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

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