I hope everyone had a joyous holiday season and are ready to shoot some targets in the new year. When you read this it will be less than two months to shooting starting up again in Illinois. Since we are still in hibernation, I want to mention some achievements and accomplishments of our shooters.
First some target milestones -- Brian Frost has shot 25,000 Singles and Ivan Gunter has shot 75,000 Doubles. Now I want to mention the 2021 All-American Team members from Illinois. We don't have quite as many as normal due to Covid and shell shortages rearing their ugly heads. Still Illinois is well represented by our best shooters. They are as follows:
Open First Team - Chase Horton
Lady 1 Second Team - Lauren Dunn; Elise Baker
Lady 2 First Team - Janice Rigler
Junior Gold First Team - Ian Lawrence, Captain; Garrett Helms
Sub-Veteran Second Team - Brian Hezel; Dan Staker; Dave Dressler; Frank Haynes
Veteran First Team - Mike Dennis; Frank Payne
Senior Vet First Team - Mike Westjohn; Charlie Bickle
Chair Shooter Team - Ziggy Tkaczenko, Captain; Larry Norton
Nice job guys and ladies! We are all proud of your dedication and talent. While we are talking about our All-Americans, check out the shoot reports of the Dixie Grand and the Autumn Grand. Several of our best tore them up at these shoots as they make a run at the 2022 team.
Next month I will talk about Illinois shooters at the Grand. Stay safe and get your guns ready for the new target season. It will be upon us in no time.
Bill Duncan, ATA Delegate