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2005 Gary Anderson Invitational
By Gary Anderson, DCM
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378 competitors from 16 different states including shooters from as far away as Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado and Texas gave the 2005 Gary Anderson Invitational the biggest participation it has had since its inception in 1996. The 2005 GAI took place on the U. S. Army Marksmanship Unit’s Pool Range Complex at Fort Benning, Georgia on 2-4 and 9-11 December.
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| The GAI tournament places a major emphasis on recognizing as many participants as possible. All participants receive a participation medal that features the artistic figure on the GAI team trophy and has the year engraved on the back. In addition there are special awards for new and most improved shooters.
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The GAI has become one of the biggest and most prestigious junior rifle competitions for several reasons. First, it takes place at what is now the finest rifle range of its type in the United States. The Pool Range Complex features 60 or more electronic targets at both 10 meters and 50 meters. It is the only range in the country that can accommodate large numbers of competitors for both 10 and 50 meter rifle events. The GAI now benefits from a growing tradition and history. It began in the Olympic year 1996 at the Wolf Creek Olympic Complex near Atlanta as the Wolf Creek 500 and moved from Atlanta to Fort Benning four years ago. The GAI also attracts junior competitors from great distances because it offers a full program of rifle events, with three-position air rifle, standing air rifle and 50 meter smallbore rifle three position.
Another key reason the GAI is recognized as a premier junior competition is because it is conducted by a staff of some of the finest volunteer match officials in the country. The officials come from the host club, the Wolf Creek Shooting Club. Match Director Bill Wayda and his staff include range and results officers who have officiated in the Olympics, ISSF World Cups and USA Shooting National Championships. Three of the GAI match officials possess ISSF “A” or “B” Judges Licenses.
GAI matches are conducted over two weekends both to accommodate the large numbers of competitors and to assure that school event and testing schedules do not prevent competitors from attending. The program includes sporter and precision three-position air rifle events, sporter and precision 10m standing air rifle events, 50 meter 3x20 events for high school and collegiate women and 3x40 events for high school and collegiate men.
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| Philip Huckaby, 17, from Griffin, Georgia, was the big winner in the 2005 GAI. He won three events, the Precision Three-Position Air Rifle, Men’s Air Rifle Standing and the High School Division 50 Meter Three-Position events.
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The most successful competitor in the 2005 GAI was 17-year-old Philip Huckaby from Griffin, Georgia. The Spalding High School junior won the precision three-position air rifle event with a 586 plus a 102.0 final, the high school division men’s 10 meter air rifle standing event with a 585 plus a 102.8 final and the high school division men’s 50 meter three position event with a 1130 plus a 93.3 final.
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| 15-year-old Carly DeRisi from Knoxville, Tennessee fired a 103.9 final to come from behind and win the women’s standing air rifle event.
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The most impressive final was fired by 15-year-old Carly DeRisi from Knoxville, Tennessee. DeRisi began the women’s air rifle standing final with a 384, one point behind 17-year-old Abigail Fong from New York City, who had a 385 qualification score. DeRisi calmly fired ten consecutive tens, with nothing lower than a 10.1 and a stunning 10.8 on her last shot, to score 103.9. Abigail’s 15-year-old sister Sandra combined a 383 qualification score with an excellent 102.2 final to take second in this event.
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| Sandra Fong, who traveled from New York City with her sisters Abigail and Danielle, won women’s 50 meter 3x20 event.
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Sandra Fong was the winner of the women’s 50 meter smallbore position event where she fired a 569 plus a 95.9 final in cold, difficult conditions.
In the sporter division, Lauren Strebel, a 15-year-old student at Owen J. Roberts High School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, won the three-position event with a 544 plus an excellent 90.4 final. She also had the high score in the sporter division of the 10 meter women’s air rifle event with a 334 and a superb 94.0 final.
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| In spite of unseasonably cold weather, 62 women and men smallbore rifle competitors filled Fort Benning’s Pool Range to near capacity.
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The leading shooter in the collegiate division was Joseph Hall, who competes for Jacksonville State University in NCAA competition. Hall won the 10 meter standing event with a 579 plus 101.0 final and the 50 meter three-position event with an 1139 plus a 94.3 final. 50 meter scores were all adversely affected by unseasonably cold weather, but that was hardly a deterrent to participation; 62 junior and collegiate competitors fired in the 50 meter events.
Special awards are given to the best new shooters, competitors who did not start target shooting until after the 1st of April of this year. The top precision class new shooter was Matthew Savage from Starkville, Mississippi, with a 565 total. The top sporter class new shooter was Jason Tatum from Eagle’s Landing High School in Stockbridge, Georgia with a 505 score. Awards are also given to the most improved shooters and teams.
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| Colquitt County (GA) High School took home the Gary Anderson Trophy this year with a score of 2274.
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The Gary Anderson Trophy is awarded to the winning three-position precision team. This year, the team victor was Colquitt County (GA) High School with a 2274 score. Lithonia (GA) High School had the top sporter team score with a 2005 total.
All results for the 2005 GAI are posted on the CMP web site at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_matchResult.cgi?matchID=1086.
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