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Competition Videos by Joshua Heacock {May 23, 2011 11:51:05 PM}
Bleaho (Joshua) Heacock has made some videos showing how they set up for a match and some games from their 4/16/2011 competition. Videos of Competition on Youtube - A link to the message Josh posted on the Blowgun Forum.
Results for the April 16 Competition in Carrollton, KY
11 shooters attended, 11 rounds were shot, and the burgers were cooked by Gail and were very delicious!
We had 6 new shooters at this match.
Scores:
- Joel Cary - 67 (9m)
- Joshua Heacock (bleaho) - 126 (10m), 130 (10m)
- Eric Newcomer - 130 (10m), 135 (10m)
- Henry Canine - 104 (9m), 84 (8m)
- Dylan Mejia - 32 (5m), 37 (5m), 57 (5m), 69 (6m), 54 (6m), 90 (6m)
- Brady McDole - 50 (5m), 29 (8m)
- George W McDole - 99 (10m), 100 (8m)
- Shawn Sturdivand - 66 (4m), 29 (5m), 48 (5m)
- Skyler Sturdivant - 30 (4m), 56 (4m), 31 (5m)
- Veronica Dietz - 13 (5m), 51 (5m), 59 (6m), 82 (6m), 62 (6m)
- Vicente Sanchez - 38 (5m), 42 (5m), 50 (5m), 44 (6m), 101 (6m), 40 (7m), 69 (7m)
Ranks/Titles:
- Joel Cary - Eagle/Novice 3 (no change)
- Joshua Heacock (bleaho) - Iron/Expert 1 (no change)
- Eric Newcomer - Silver/Expert 1 (no change)
- Henry Canine - Hawk/Novice 2 (no change)
- Dylan Meija - Wasp/Junior 3 (up from Bee/Junior 2)
- Brady McDole - Wasp/Junior 3 (up from unranked)
- George W McDole - Eagle/Novice 3 (up from unranked)
- Shawn Sturdivand - Bee/Junior 2 (up from unranked)
- Skyler Sturdivant - Bee/Junior 2 (up from unranked)
- Veronica Dietz - Wasp/Junior 3 (up from unranked)
- Vicente Sanchez - Falcon/Novice 1 (up from unranked)
Thanks to everyone who came out and shot with us!
The delay in the score posting is due to procrastination + laziness + Portal 2 and Mortal Kombat. I'm sorry for the wait.
The next event looks to be for the second weekend of May. I'll post more information as soon as I know more.
Thanks!
Joshua (bleaho)
PRIVATE! {Feb 18, 2011 10:33:20 AM}
Something has been bugging me for a long time. I really want anybody that is interested in blowgun sport to have frequent opportunities to participate in a competition.
Allowing homemade equipment has helped a few people get into the game and so has the stranded shooter clause but there are still a lot of guys (and girls) that are reluctant to plan, post and put on a competition because of one or more of the following concerns:
- don't want total strangers in their house
- don't want moochers in their house
- don't want to clean house
- don't want to wear clothes
- don't have permission to invite strangers
- have dogs that eat strangers
Therefore, in the interest of a bunch of people, I've decided to allow private competitions and invitation only competitions.
"OH NO!!" you say, "what about the cheaters?!!"
If somebody wants to cheat the current system, it isn't hard at all. They can just register as John Doe from Wadaheck, Montana and shoot as a stranded shooter with their other brother Earl as their witness. The USBA has been dependent on your honesty and will continue to be so until our numbers grow to the point that nobody is stranded.
Two weeks notice prior to the event is still required.
Hope you like this,
Steve Damon
founder USBA
Results of 2/12/11 Competition shoot in Carrollton, KY
Howdy Blowgunners! Sorry for the delay in posting, I've not been feeling 100% lately. 11 Shooters shot 14 games in just under 5 hours. We had 2 non-shooters, who assisted with verifying scores and running the kitchen for us. Hamburgers, chips, and soda were provided and was delicious!
Here are the scores:
- Mateo (Matt) Newcomer: 67 (7m), 55 (7m), DNF (10m), No score recorded (7m)
- Nate Newcomer: 40 (7m), 39 (7m), 80 (7m), 72 (7m), 61 (7m), 51 (7m)
- Dustin Rosenbaum (new shooter): 54 (4m), 58 (5m), 73 (6m), 93 (6m), 89 (6m), 80 (6m), 96 (6m), 93 (6m), 77 (6m), DNF (10m)
- Steve Rosenbaum (new shooter): 64 (5m), 119 (6m)
- Henry Canine: 101 (7m), 78 (8m), 89 (8m), 75 (8m), 69 (8m)
- Conner Dermon: 65 (6m), 68 (6m), 58 (6m)
- Ellen Moyer: 48 (5m), 27 (5m)
- Joel Cary: 76 (8m), 85 (8m), 92 (8m), 88 (8m), 90 (8m), 46 (10m), 104 (8m), 90 (9m)
- Juggernaut (Sean): 127 (10m), 151 (10m), 137 (10m)
- Eric Newcomer: 156 (10m), 167 (10m), 115 (10m)
- Joshua (bleaho) Heacock: 143 (10m), 126 (10m), 138 (10m), 126 (10m)
Title Changes:
- Joel Cary - Eagle, Novice 3
- Eric Newcomer - Silver, Expert 2
- Dustin Rosenbaum - Wasp
- Juggernaut - Bronze, Expert 1
- Henry Canine - Hawk, Novice 2
- Steve Rosenbaum - Falcon, Novice 1
Not a bad day of shooting! We are looking forward to the next competition, which should be either the second or third Saturday of March. Details will be posted as we get closer to it.
New Falcon Requirement {Jan 26, 2011 8:37:16 AM}
We are changing the requirement for the Falcon rank to make it easier to remember how many darts and rounds for each rank.
The old requirement for Falcon was 75 points from 6m with 3 rounds / 15 darts total.
The new requirement for Falcon is 100 points from 6m with 4 rounds / 20 darts total.
This way, all of the Juniors will be 2 rounds / 10 darts total, the Novice class will be 4 / 20, and Expert and Master will be 6 / 30 and it will not change the Avg Score per Dart for the Falcon rank. The new requirements are:
Just by adding one round to Falcon rank you get three easy to remember numbers of rounds and darts (2 / 10, 4 / 20, and 6 / 30) and it also makes the minimum scores easier to remember. We will use a # character to indicate Falcon ranks attained under the old rule.
Two Competition Score Sheet spreadsheets on the Targets and Forms page have been updated due to the new Falcon requirement:
- USBA_Score_Sheet-01252011.xls (Microsoft Excel)
- USBA_Score_Sheet-01252011.ods (OpenOffice.org)
The USBA Ranks and Titles page has been updated as well as the download PDF version linked to at the bottom of the page, USBA Ranks and Titles rev 01262011.pdf.
Results from St. Albans, Vermont January 22
We had four shooters for the scored portion of the meet, with 3 observers. One of the observers wanted to shoot but couldn't due to being sick, the other was a bit timid so she decided to only shoot during the practice time. Several people who wanted to come could not; one was traveling for work, another was scheduled to work as well, a third had car trouble and another was on a cruise with his wife(!).
We had a practice time and then shot two games of 6 rounds each over the course of two hours; we had four shooting lanes but only used two at a time.
Here are the scores:
Shooter: Jeff S.
- Game 1: 15-31-25-21-26-24 @ 4m 4 ft .40 2-piece tube {46 46 50}
- Game 2: 18-29-19-17-16-25 @ 4m {47 36 41} = Bee / Junior 2
- Game 1: 26-18-19-16-15-8 @ 4m 2 ft .40 tube {44 35 23}
- Game 2: 20-16-18-22-12-9 @ 4m {36 40 21} = Mosquito / Junior 1
- Game 1: 20-23-11-25-27-18 @ 4m 3 ft .40 tube {43 36 45}
- Game 2: 18-12-11-10-12-27 @ 4m {30 21 39} = Mosquito / Junior 1
- Game 1: 27-29-31-27-31-29 @ 4m 3 ft .40 tube
- Game 2: 24-27-27-33-24-27 @ 5m {51 60 51} = Wasp / Junior 3
We had lots of 'guy' food, and had a great time. Everyone agreed that we need to do this on a regular basis, so we will be planning the next event soon. Even better, several of my friends pastoring in the area thought the idea had such a 'cool factor' that they are thinking of hosting events.
Not bad for our first time, I'd say.
Blessings,
Ray Mann
Champlain Valley Church of the Nazarene
Carrollton, KY News for January 15
Our first official competition of the year was a great success. Fourteen total shooters, six of them were in their first USBA shoot. Nine or ten games were officially shot. There was a little confusion, as some scores were not added up for a previous game when people shot in a new one, which resulted in some people shooting at a distance below their rank (though we did not know it, as they had not added up their scores!) It was a very good day for everyone, as we are still learning how to make the process smoother. We came up with some great ideas for the next competition.
Scores
- Jessica M Kamphouse - 39 (4m), 47 (4m), 41 (5m), 47 (5m), 41 (5m)
- Casey Martin - 50 (4m), 63 (4m), 37 (5m)
- Sean - 64 (4m), 116 (10m), 68 (5m), 96 (10m), 91 (6m), 110 (7m), 76 (8m)
- Ellen - 62 (4m), 42 (5m)
- Dylan Mejia - 52 (4m), 49 (5m), 41 (5m)
- Joshua "Bleaho" Heacock - 122 (10m), 135 (10m)
- Andres Esquivel (Camara) - 103 (7m), 151 (10m)
- Henry Canine - 82 (7m), 70 (10m)
- Conner Dermon - 48 (7m), 34 (7m)
- Matt "Mateo" Newcomer - 69 (6m), 58 (7m), 46 (7m)
- Eric Newcomer - 150 (10m), 137 (10m)
- Nate Newcomer - 34 (7m)
- Ignacio Pascual - 70 (4m), 83 (7m), 58 (5m), 79 (6m), 71 (7m)
- Sergio Pascual - 68 (4m), 71 (7m), 60 (5m), 78 (6m)
Rank/Title
- Eric Newcomer - Bronze/Expert 1
- Joshua "Bleaho" Heacock - Iron/Expert 1
- Andres Esquivel (Camara)- Bronze/Novice 3
- Sean - Hawk/Novice 2
- Ignacio Pascual - Falcon/Novice 1
- Sergio Pascual - Falcon/Novice 1
- Jessica M Kamphouse - Bee/Junior 2
- Casey Martin - Bee/Junior 2
- Dylan Mejia - Bee/Junior 2
- Ellen - Bee/Junior 2
A big congrats to everyone who shot and hopefully we will see everyone again at our next match!
