NY Hendrick Hudson Post match reivew

Hendrick Hudson, click for larger picture

We had a good time in NY.  We left at 5:30 am from the Hillsborough Park & Ride and Dave kindly drove.  It was my fourth time to HHFG and this is the first time I had the pleasure of being a passenger.  We were there by 7:45 so 2:15 was pretty good.  It was a bit longer coming home due to traffic and we were a tad tired.  I don't think we were pushing it at all getting there, we just have a direct route and it works.

The picture to the right is from the post lunch match where they convert 3 of the 1/5th stands into 1/2 scale animals.  This accomodates all levels of shooters  Those who want to shoot a club SB Cowboy match can and those who want another try at 1/5th can get in a second match in the afternoon.  Since they shoot squaded with two relays there is still "capacity for 8 1/5th shooters in the afternoon.  Or, if you don't make the first match which starts at 9:45 you can sleep in and catch the second match after lunch.  For the long distance traveler such as the NH gang, it lets you shoot twice, standard and hunter, with your spotter.  Not a bad program. Just remember to shoot the top animals first!.

The match was run perfectly with about about 25 shooters.  I don't exactly recall the results.  Rick shot a 28 with the Smallbore Rifle, I shot a 28 with Smallbore Hunter Rifle and Dave shot something a little less.  That made Rick the Match Champion for SBR and me the Match Champion for SBHR.  It was not enough to win the Club trophy as we came in first loser behind a club from Salem.  Maybe next year! Picture to the right is from the far left of the range.  They have 16 identical positions, each bench has a notch for two rifles to stand on the very nice concrete pad.  With 2 relays they can accommodate 32 1/5th shooters.  I don't think we had that many but it would be fun to try!