Contributor: Mike Boyd

The Egg-Shoot side match began after a slight delay from the extended USPSA pistol match with 15 shooters entered. The objective was to shoot 5 eggs from 100-yards with a maximum of 10 rounds fired. After the initial blast (with a few range failures noted and quickly repaired by the lovely Miss DeeDee and her escort, Nick Boyd), 6 shooters remained in the running and advanced to the next round.

    Nbr  Name                 Class           Score
    1    Michael Boyd         Open            5
    2    Joe Lee              Open            4
    3    Nick Boyd            Open            3
    4    Mike McArthur        Open            5
    5    Ron Brown            Open            DNF
    6    Jim Davis            Open            0
    7    Chris Howard         Limited         1
    8    Bud Berthold         Open            3
    9    Bryant Chaffin       Open            5
    10   John Heiter          Open            2
    11   Ernie Hillard        Open            5
    12   Steve Newman         Open            5
    13   Dan Miller           Open            1
    14   Kevin Cox            Open            5
    15   DeeDee Holiday       Open            1

Round 2, a sudden death shoot-off, was comprised of Ernie Hillard, Bud Berthold (designated shooter for Mike [It's an age thang] Boyd), Mike McArthur, Kevin Cox, Steve Newman, and Bryant Chaffin. After the splatter cleared, Round 2 saw the field of competitors shortened to 3.

    Nbr   Name                 Score
    11    Ernie Hillard        5
    8     Bud Berthold         5
    4     Mike McArthur        3
    14    Kevin Cox            Withdrew
    12    Steve Newman         5
    9     Bryant Chaffin       3

Ernie, Bud, and Steve manned the line for Round 3, with Ernie getting 2 hits, and Bud and Steve both scoring 4 hits.

Round 4 pitted Bud against Steve, with the round ending in a tie; each scoring 5 for 5.

Round 5 was shot against a single scored paper target and ended the day's splatter with Steve scoring a 10(1X), and Bud tagging a 9. The final winners were Steve Newman taking the Open class and Chris Howard taking the Limited class.

Thanks to all that participated in the match. Many lessons were learned about wind, sun, age, and how to keep eggs on a rope (I finally figured it out). A special thanks to Nick and DeeDee for their help in setting up and maintaining the target area.