Wonderful weather and targets greeted roughly 60 shooters at the James Bealmear Memorial skeet shoot, held September 11-13. For the fourth time this year, Loch Raven Skeet and Trap center hosted a vigorous competition, this time over the substantial prize packages afforded via Mr. Bealmear’s generous estate. James was a lifelong competitor whose final act for the sport was to offer this wonderful opportunity to shooters.
The doubles and 20-gauge event saw no 100s and were instead contested via 99s. Alessandro Vitale took the doubles and Jonathan Myrick the 20-gauge. Saturday afternoon’s 12-gauge brought three perfect scores, with Sam Armstrong emerging as the victor. On Sunday, Gilbert Traore won the 28-gauge and .410 outright via a flawless performance for the day. The HOA winner ended up being Mark Gay with a 395. Thanks to Jimmy, these shooters were treated to $500 gun champ prizes ($250 runner-ups) and a $1000 HOA prize ($500 runner-up).
If you have never been to Loch Raven and would like to have your chance at the next Bealmear Memorial, contact Jonathan Myrick at skeetchair@lochravenskeettrap.com. We look forward to seeing you!
– Jonathan Myrick