The Nevada State Trap Association Board of Directors would like to thank all those that participated this year making the Nevada State Shoot a success. Numbers were up slightly over last year, thanks to all that took the time to attend.

For those of you that attended this years as well as past Nevada State Shoots know you couldn't ask for better weather. Unlike recent years we didn't have any rain or snow.

Moe Matys and his staff at Spring Creek Trap and Skeet did an excellent job pulling the shoot together. Targets were well thrown and the steak dinner with all the trimmings on Saturday night was very well done.

Out of state shooter, Vince McNamara from California told me he hit a milestone of 100,000 targets at this years shoot. Vince has been attending for several years now, congratulation Vince and hope to see you at next years shoot.

The Board would also like to thank all the SCTP shooters and parents for attending. There were teams represented during Saturdays Nevada State Championship Singles event from Las Vegas , Fallon, Elko, Yearington, and Reno . These young shooters compete in three divisions, varsity, intermediate advanced and rookie . This competition allows Nevada teams participating in the state title shoot to qualify for the SCTP National Championships to be held at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta Ill.

The Board consisting of Tony Delefontie – President, Linda Hand – Vice President, Jim Meeks – Treasure/Secretary, Pam Fine, Randy Long, and John Hebert all did a great job. Their efforts resulted in very good trophy package for both in and out of state shooters as well as putting together the program and a well run shoot. Tell them thanks along with what you like and disliked about the shoot so they can work on making next years shoot even better.

Wednesday, June 11
Event 1 Preliminary Singles
Class AA Sal Mercandante with 100, Class A Gail Jones with 98, Class B James Zeidler with a 99, Class D Doug Carr with a 94, and Class D Kathleen Howland with a 94. Category shooters were Veteran Neil McDaniel with a 97, Senior Veteran Dan Orester with a 98, Junior Casey Gallagher with a 93, Sub Junior Ryan Gallagher with a 96, and Lady Linda Hand with a 94

Event 2 Delegates Handicap
19-23 yard Jim Meeks and Curtis Norris with 95, 24-26 yard Kevin Woods with a 91, 27 Yard Jim Maughan with a 96. Category shooters Veteran Gail Jones with 92, Senior Veteran Don Orester with a 93, Junior Kambra Brawner with a 92, Sub Junior Ryan Howland with a 92 and Lady Tammy Mariluck with a 90.

Event 3 Directors Doubles
Class AA Geran Matys with a 98, Class A Todd Delong with a 94, Class B Ira Howland with a 93, Class C Raleigh Pederson with a 93, and Class D S Mahabir with an 84. Categories were Veteran Gail Jones with a 94, Senior Veteran Carter Miner with a 92, Junior Casey Gallagher with a 88, Sub Junior Ryan Gallagher with a 87, and Lady Kambra Brawner with a 92.

Thursday, June 12
Event 4 Ruby Mountain Doubles
Champion Carl Thome with 100 straight, AA with 97s were Dan Bonillas, Sam Pemelton, Joe Roach, Sal Mercandante, and Tommy Lee. Dan Bonillas took in a carry over with 50-50. Class A Mark Johnson with a 98, Class B Ernie Shepherd with 92, Class C was Raleigh Pederson with a 95, Class D with 86 was Tammy Meralich and Ryan Howland with Tammy taking in the carry over with a 43. Category shooters were Veteran Vince McNamara with a 98, Senior Veterans were Larry Smith and Bill Johnson both with 92 and Larry Smith winning the carry over with a 45, Junior was Evan Fine with a 97, Sub Junior was Ryan Gallagher with an 88, and Lady was Kambra Brawner with a 98.

Event 5 Presidents Singles
Champion was carried over between Sal Mercandente, Carl Thome, Todd Delong and Mark Dagher all shooting 100's with Sal Mercandente taking the honors shooting a 50-49. Class AA Carl Thome, Class A Todd Delong, Class B James Zeidler with a 99, Class C had three scores of 93 being Marian Rego, Ryan Howland, and Tammy Mariluch with Marian Rego taking the honors with a 47 in the carry over. Class D was a 97 shot by Shelby Clark. In category there was Veteran Vince McNamara with a 99, Senior Veteran Larry Dastrup with a 99, Junior there was a pair of 98 shot by Evan Fine and Austin Tishler with Evan Fine winning the carry over with a 49, Sub Junior was Travis Puccio with a 97, and Lady with a 100 Kambra Brawner.

Event 6 Sportman's Handicap
Champion was Vince McNamara with a 98, 19-23 yardage was Barton Beatty, Curtis Norris, and James Zeidler all with 93 and Bart taking the shot off with a 22-23. 24 – 26 yardage was also tied with a pair of 95 shot by Josh Woods and Ryan Gallagher with Ryan taking shoot off with a 25. 27 yard shooters were George Runkie and Mark Dagher with a pair of 97's and George taking the shoot off with a 21-25. Category shooters we have Veteran Gail Jones with a 95, Senior Veteran tied with Don Orester and Carter Miner with Don Orester taking honors, Junior was Evan Fine 95, Sub Junior was Ryan Howland with a 90, and Lady was Kambra Brawner with a 91.

Friday, June 13
Event 7 Spring Creek Handicap
Champion Dan Bonillas with a 97, 19-23 yard Gilbert Birdsail 95, 24-26 yard Kevin Woods with a 96, 27 yard was Eli Walker and Sal Mercandante who chose to carry over with Eli taking it with a 25. Category were Veteran Vince McNamara with a 97, Senior Veteran Don Orester with a 95, Junior Evan Fine with a 91, Sub Junior was Ryan Howland with a 94, and Lady was Kambra Brawner and Tammy Mariluch both shooting a 91 with Tammy winning the shoot off with a 23.

Event 9 Memorial Handicap
Chamipion was Charles Woodruff with a 97, 19-23 yard Ryan Howland with a 96, 24 – 26 yard was John Houser with a 95, and 27 yard was Eli Walker with a 96. Category shooters were Veteran Nolan Weldon 96, Senior Veteran Don Orester with a 93, Junior was tied with Evan Fine and Austin Tischler shooting 88 who elected to carry over with Evan taking the Honors, Sub Junior was Derrick Whitten with a 89, and Lady was Kambra Brawner with a 94.

Saturday, June 14
Nevada State Singles Championship In State
Champion Eli Walker and RU Champion Ken neth Clark both with 199 and Eli winning shoot off. Class AA Evan Fine with a 197, Class A Douglas Dack with a 196, Class B Dan Prockish with a 196, Class C Bryce Chisum with a 185, and Class D Shelby Clark with a 186. Category shooters were Veteran Alan B Zehner with a 199, Senior Veteran Jalal Abatahl with a 195, Junior Evan Martin with a 198, Sub Junior was Raleigh Pedersen with a 190, and Lady Linda Hand with a 190.

Nevada State Singles Championship Out of State
Champion Charles Woodruff with a 200 straight, Class AA Vince McNamara with a 197, Class A Gary Hite with a 198, Class B Weldon Nolan with a 193, Class C Norman Baker with a 195, and Class D Joe Baker with a 183. Category shooters were Veteran Gail Jones with a 199, Senior Veteran Don Orester with a 198, Junior Alex Folchi with a 180, Sub Junior Ryan Howland with a 191, and Lady Kambra Brawner with a 194.

Sunday, June 15
Nevada State Doubles Championship In State
Champion Nick Uhart with a 99 wining shoot off over Mark Dagher, Runner Up Champion Mark Dagher with 99, Class AA had Mike Gallagher, Richard Bullard, and Sam Pemelton with 97 and Mike winning shoot off, Class A Walt Bielar with a 97, Class B Howard Hughes with a 94, Class C Duane McDuffee with a 94, and Class D Tammy Mariluch with a 91. Category shooters were Veteran Mike DeWitt with a 91, Senior Veteran Sam Johnson with a 95, Junior Evan Fine with a 98, Sub Junior Ryan Gallagher with a 90, and Lady Linda Hand with a 94.

Nevada State Doubles Championship Out of State
Champion Dan Bonillas with 100 straight, Class AA Brad Averett and Bruce Bachman both shooting 87 Brad won with forefeit, Class A Rick Erickson with a 96, Class B Gilburt Birdsail with a 94, Class C Joe Baker with a 81, and Class D Sinha Mahbir with a 83. Category shooters were Veteran Vince McNamara, Charles Woodruff, Tommie Lee all shooting 94 with Vince taking the shoot off, Senior Veteran Bill Johnson, Junior Alex Folchi with a 78, Sub Junior Ryan Howland with a74, and Lady Kambra Brawner with 86.

Nevada State Handicap Championship in State
Champion was Douglas Dack with a 97, Scores of 96 in order of shoot off were Runner up Champion Rich Bullard, 3 rd place Tony Delfante, 4 th Place Ryan Gallagher, 5 th Place Barton Beatty. 6 th Place was taken by Weston Ross with a 95, 19-23 yard Barton Beatty, 24-26 Tony Delfante, and 27 Weston Ross. Category shooters were Veteran Dan Prockish with a 93, Senior Veteran Jalal Abtahi with a 93, Junior Evan Fine with a 93, Sub Junior Derek Whitten with a 94, and Lady Linda Hand with a 93.

Nevada State Handicap Championship out of State
Champion George Runkle with a 96, 19-24 yard Helen Kepplinger with a 94, 24-26 yard Jim Veta with a 93, 27 yard Gary Hite, Bruce Manka, and Brad Averett all shot 95 with Gary Hite winning shoot off. Category shooters were Veteran Charlie Woodruff with a 95, Senior Veteran Don Orester with a 92, Junior Alex Folchi with a 88, Sub Junior Ryan Howland with an 88, and Lady Kambra Brawner with a 95.

High Overall in State
Champion was Eli Walker with 870, Class AA Sal Mercandante with 865, Class A Todd Delong with 845, Class B Barton Beatty with 816, Class C Tammy Mariluch 803, and Class D Jundy Legarza with 743. Category were Veteran Tony Delfante with 820, Senior Veteran Sam Johnson with 833, Junior Evan Fine with 857, Sub Junior Ryan Gallagher with 827, and Lady Linda Hand with 827.

High Overall out of State
Vince McNamara with a 870.

High All Around in State
Champion with Rich Bullard, Eli Walker, Nick Uhart, and Mark Dagher with 388 and Rich winning shoot off for Champ. Class AA Nick Uhart 388, Class A Dack Douglas with 380, Class B Sam Johnson with 382, Class C Derek Whitten with 363, and Class D Jundy Legarza with 346. Category Veteran Dan Prochish with 372, Senior Veteran Jalal Abthal with 383, Junior Evan Fine with 388, Sub Junior Ryan Gallagher with 374, and Lady Linda Hand with 377.

High All Around out of State
Champion Dan Bonillas with 391, Class AA Brad Averett with 387, Class A Gary Hite with 385, Class B Weldon Noland with 371, Class C Steven Stewart with 343, and Class D Kathleen Howland with 352. Category shooters Veteran Charles Woodruff with 389, Senior Veteran Don Orester with 374, Junior Alex Folchi with 347, Sub Junior Ryan Howland with 353 and Lady Kambra Brawner with 375.

The Masters 300 Trophy was taken by Mark Dagher with a 285 and Nevada State Rookie was taken by Justin Uhart with a 349.

Right now the board is working on bids for 2009 Nevada State Shoot. As soon as the date and club have been determined it will be published the Nevada State Delegates article in Around the ATA section of T&F.