NEWSLETTER MAY, 2009
Over Memorial Day week-end, May 23rd and 24th,
the Rangers presented the 24th rendition of our annual “Where the
Old West Stayed Young” match. The
weather mostly cooperated with significant rain only on Saturday afternoon
about 3:45. Side matches were curtailed
a bit, but all main match shooting was completed during the mornings with only
the littlest bit of drizzle here and there.
Lunches were catered by the OP
here in Craig with pork and beef brisket sandwiches, baked beans and all the
rest.
This year’s match was based on “Maverick” with eight stages based on
various scenes from the movie. We got to
do things like shoot snakes, cut cards, bust up a bank robbery and all sorts of
other fun stuff. Ninety shooters
participated and it seemed like everybody had a good time. The Ranger’s goal is always for this to be a
fun match. Rosita Gambler took home his
second set of overalls as the match winner, and if he didn’t sport such a
beautific grin, we’d have to charge him a double fee next year. We had two shooters this year with a clean
match: Sneaky Snake and Badger. The Spirit of the Game award was presented to
Snowy Creek Angel and Exasperilla Summer who inspired the theme of the match,
wrote stages, helped with everything and put up with their dad…
Saturday night at the
American Legion we had a steak cook-out organized by That Away Gal. About sixty shooters and family members
overate, told stories and relaxed for the evening. Thanks, Lois for the fine job.
All the Rangers and
many of our out-of-town guests participated in match set-up on Friday and
everyone pitched after lunch on Sunday for take-down. All that help makes the chores part go a lot
better and is exemplary of the “cowboy way”.
Territorial Governor
The Powder
Regular monthly
matches will continue on the fourth Saturday of the month, June through
September. Our schedule for the
remainder of 2009 follows:
June 27 – monthly match
July 25 – monthly match
August 22 – monthly match
September 26 – monthly match
We are always on the
lookout for ideas for stages and side matches for our monthly and annual
matches. If it can be done safely and
won’t contribute to economic disaster or illegal immigration we’ll likely give
it a try. Keep up with the Rangers on
the Bears Ears Sportsman Club (BESC) web site at: www.bearsears.org.
Thanks,
Sagebrush Burns
akbullen2001@yahoo.com,
970-824-8407
