SEPTEMBER 7, 2015 - MINI - PALMA - RESULTS

Many thanks to Michelle Cormier for sending the pictures and results of the Mini-Palma. She also enclosed the following brief comments:

• Yesterday for the Mini Palma, the winds were up and switching (gusting) insanely ...
  as you can tell by some of the scores. 
• Charlie Bayne appeared at the Mini-Palma ... on his 85th birthday at that.  He looked fantastic, and
  everyone was so happy to see him.
• Mike Lutes did a fantastic job as wind coach!!  John Marshall, as always was Team Captain.
• It was HOT, HOT and more HOT!!  No rain in sight, fantastic weather.  The weather for the two-day Atlantic Championships were basically the same, very light winds but mirage was running steady.  Yesterday for the Mini Palma, the winds were up and switching (gusting) insanely ... as you can tell by some of the scores. 
• Normally an F-Class shooter Sonny D., worked with Bill Giles and a few others to gather borrowed equipment and shot TR for the first time.  He made the team and did exceptionally well.  I believe we may have a new recruit!  

This year, it had been decided that the Mini-Palma would be held in Nova Scotia at the Beaverbank Ranges so that the American Team could join us in shooting the Atlantic Championships. This, according to the rotation, would normally have been held in New Brunswick. The turn out for the Atlantic Championships is traditionally quite high and this would give the organizers an opportunity to select a Canadian Maritime Provinces Team to shoot the following day in the Mini-Palma. From all accounts, this strategy worked well and the Canadian Maritime Provinces Team was composed of the following 8 TR shooters and 4 FTR shooters who had distinguished themselves in the Atlantics, as well as the captain John Marshall, wind coach Mike Lutes, and organizer Bill Giles, (who is also the chairman of the Fullbore group of the Nova Scotia Rifle Assn).

From Left Back Row: Sonny Desrosiers, Mike Lutes, Marcel Kolb, Paul Bastarache, Adam MacDonald, Bill Giles
From Left Middle Row: Matt Wolf, Ray Smeltzer, Barry Langille, John Marshall, Robert Smith, Michelle Cormier, Jeff Jenkins
Kneeling in Front Left: Ian Hogg, and Right Ron Surette

RESULTS - TEAM NEW ENGLAND STATES (USA) - 2223V141

                                    Relay #1   Relay #2   Relay #3

(TR) Ron Leblanc -         75V12        73V3          49V7

(TR) Dan Sales -             69V3          71V6          47V2

(TR) Mark Millett -           70V2          71V3          48V1

(TR) Greg Grosso -          75V5          71V7          48V1

(TR) Holly Stowe -          75V9          72V6          47V1

(TR) Larry Racine -         73V4          73V7          49V4

(TR) Peter deSanto -       73V7          71V4          45V2

(TR) Ron Ouimette -        69V3          72V7          45V1

(FTR) Greg Grosso -        66V3         57V2          41V2

(FTR) Larry Piazza -        69V1         64V2          37V1

(FTR) Peter deSanto -     69V4         64V2          47V3

(FTR) Larry Racine -        62V3         70V6          46V5

RESULTS - TEAM MARITIME PROVINCES (CANADA) - 2306v199

                                            Relay #1    Relay #2    Relay #3

(TR) Michelle Cormier -          70V4           68V1          49V4

(TR) Ron Surette -                  70V5           75V8          48V2

(TR) Barry Langille -              75V11          72V6          50V4

(TR) Jeff Jenkins -                  75V9           72V5          49V6

(TR) Sonny Derosiers -           71V4           67V6          48V4

(TR) Ray Smeltzer -                75V11         73V6          50V6

(TR) Marcel Kolb -                  75V13         73V9          49V4

(TR) Ian Hogg -                       74V7          74V8           49V7

(FTR) Paul Bastarache -         75V9           72V6          47V1

(FTR) Robert Smith -              74V4           72V2          48V2

(FTR) Adam MacDonald -       69V3           71V9          45V2

(FTR) Matt Wolf -                    70V3           68V7          44V1