Fort Bragg Clay Target Center hosted the Azalea Open on April 14-16. Early spring gave us some showers, but the 58 attendees had a fun weekend and posted some great scores. Congratulations to collegiate shooter Anna Wood, who won HOA with the lone 391. Her win was even more special because the former Henry Grubb was her mentor. In her free time, she would practice at Henry and Cheryl Grubb’s range. Anna actually hadn’t lifted her gun since the North Carolina State Shoot last September; obviously, the break didn’t dull her shooting skills. 

Gun champs:

Doubles—Josie Cloninger (99), the lone posted 99
12 Gauge—Chris Brown (100) in a 4-person shoot-off
20 Gauge—Addison Wallace (100), the only posted 100 and her first 100 straight in 20-gauge
28 Gauge—Stuart Brown (99), the only posted 99
.410 Bore—Anna Wood (99), with the single highest posted score

HOA winners:

HOA, Collegiate, Triple-Sub and Lady Champion—Anna Wood
Runner-up; SS champion and RM champion—Stuart Brown
Third—Otto (Chip) Simmons
AA1—Mark Smith
A1—Addison Wallace
B1—Ridge Pearson
C1—Joshua Wayne
D1—Briley Koller
JR CH—Addison Wallace
SU CH—Jason Shell
SR CH—Mark Smith
VT CH—Paul Stemac
SV CH—John Parker
ML CH—Timothy Riordan
MV CH—James Delosh
RF CH—Corrie Cloninger
FR CH—Bill Kluttz
2M CH—Scott Graham and Bruce Colclough

Many shooters look forward to returning for future shoots hosted at Fort Bragg Clay Target Center over the summer, including the U.S. Open.

– Contributed by Belinda Tiner