Hi everyone. Have I got a list for you! You can tell shooting is going strong by the number of shooters who have reached milestones this month. The number at the top of each column is the milestone they have reached. The S, H, D, or C, after their name stands for singles, handicap, doubles, or combined targets respectively--
25,000 -- Milton Hilton S; Garrett Helms D; Kevin Morrison S
50,000 -- Lawrence Gillum S; Bruce Bennett H; Dale Schlueter H; Jack Reeves S; Paul Rogers D; Sue Staker S
100,000 -- Tony Deangelis H; Gary Crowe C; Kenneth Wubben D; Lynn Gibson S; Dale Schlueter C; Pat Hermes H
Illinois shooters have been doing well at shoots across the Midwest. No major championships, but lot of Categories, Classes and Yardage group wins. I want to mention two shooters who have shot with great consistency. Chase Horton and Ian Lawrence just keep shooting great scores. When you shoot like that, the wins have to follow.
As I have traveled around to small clubs, I have noticed what I talked about last year in one of my columns. The clubs are basically running on volunteer labor. I want to encourage all shooters who go to one of these small shoots to jump in and help. These clubs are being squeezed from all directions and if we don't help them, they will not be there anymore. Please do what you can.
Last month I told you I missed the weekend at the Illinois State Shoot because I came down with Covid. It has been 5 weeks as I write this, and I finally feel that I am getting over it. I am telling you this because I don't want anyone else to go through this. Do not let your guard down! You do not want to get this!
Thanks to incredible generosity on the part of Illinois shooters at the State Shoot, we now have about $43,000 dollars for the new Hall of Fame. Thanks to everyone who gave! It means so much to me that you stepped up like you did. We are going to draw up some plans and break ground as soon as possible. Stay tuned for updates.
Bill Duncan, ATA Delegate