Ohio Event 6 Vintage Skeet Championships

The first officially licensed OSSA State Vintage Skeet Championships was held at the Black Wing Shooting Center September 30th / October 1st , 2006 and was attended by 12 enthusiastic vintage skeet fans.  [Vintage Skeet uses the early skeet rules which include a delayed target release and a low gun mount.  Only side by side or pump guns were permitted.]  The 2006 OSSA Championships consisted of six different 50 target events, which included the standard 4 skeet gauges as well as Doubles and a 16 gauge only event.

HOA was based on a competitor’s best 4 finishes in any of the 6 events.  Any event could be fired on either day.  Rather than using target count to determine HOA, a rank scoring system was used.  The system gives 1 point for First Place, 2 points for Second Place, 3 points for Third Place, etc.  This system places equal weight on each event.

What is a shoot report without a weather disclaimer?  This article shall be no different.  Saturday weather could be described in one word–challenging!  Puffing tempests and threatening cloud cover prevailed most of the day, resulting in constantly changing extreme variances in lighting conditions.  The good only good news about Saturday’s weather was that the wind was blowing too hard for it to rain!  Fortunately, Sunday was another story with perfect Ohio Indian Summer weather and no wind.   It is curious to note that the scores remained constant–despite the weather.  Only a handful of 25 straights were seen over the weekend.

With shooters from Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania we recorded  42 entries for our championship. Here are the results:

HOA Sixth Place went to Columbus [OH] shooter Tom Gasper.  Tom tied for Open Third Place in the 16 Gauge and 20 Gauge Events and finished the HOA race with 15 points.

HOA Fifth Place went to Utica [OH] shooter Bob Horn.  Bob took Open Second in the 28 Gauge Event and tied for Open Third Place honors in the 16 Gauge Event to finish the HOA race with 14 points.

HOA Fourth Place went to Dublin [OH] shooter Bob Darragh.  Bob took Open Runner-Up honors in the 20 Gauge Event and Open Third Place in the 12 Gauge Event to finish the HOA race with 12 points.

HOA Third Place went to Fayetteville [OH] shooter Tom Compton.  Tom took Open First in the .410 Bore Event [with a borrowed M-21] as well as Open First Place in the 28 Gauge Event to finish the HOA race with 10 points.

HOA Runner Up went to Blacklick [OH] shooter Mark Douglas.  Mark finished in a First Place tie for 16 Gauge honors, was Open 2nd in the 12 Gauge, and Open 3rd in the Doubles and .410 Bore Events to finish with 9 points.

HOA Champ went to another Blacklick [OH] shooter, Hal Hare.  Hal took Open First in the 12 Gauge, 16 Gauge, 20 Gauge, and Doubles [as well as Open R/U  in the 28 Gauge and .410 Bore Events] to finish with a perfect score of 4 points.

Thanks to all participants, we appreciate you support and look forward to shooting with you again…..Buckeye Vintagers