William Aten of Kingwood, Texas, placed second in the Springfield match in a tie-breaker over Arland Anderson. Aten is congratulated by CMP Chief Operating Officer Orest Michaels during a medal presentation.

William Aten, 58, of Kingwood, Texas, finished in second place, six points back with an aggregate score of 287-7X in a tiebreaker over third place finisher Arland Anderson, 60, of Las Vegas, Nevada. With one more center-X than Anderson, Aten stayed close to Krupp through the prone series, shooting 98-3X and 98-4X and finished with a 91-0X in standing to clinch second and a gold achievement medal.

Arland Anderson, the High Senior in the Garand Match, fired a 99-4X, 95-1X and 93-1X to finish with 287-6X. He was awarded a CMP High Senior plaque and a new Criterion M1 Garand rifle barrel, compliments of Criterion Barrels, Inc. of Richfield, Wisconsin.

Anderson, the High Senior in the Garand Match, fired a 99-4X, 95-1X and 93-1X to finish with 287-6X. He was awarded a CMP High Senior plaque and a new Criterion M1 Garand rifle barrel compliments of Criterion Barrels, Inc. of Richfield, Wisconsin.

Evan Hawksley was the High Junior shooter in the John C. Garand Match. The 15-year-old from Palmdale, California scored a 253-2X aggregate.

LTC Barry Bean, USMCR, 56, of Vista, California, was the High Handicap winner with an aggregate score of 275-10X and Evan Hawksley, 15, of Palmdale, California, was the High Junior in the John C. Garand Match, compiling an aggregate score of 253-2X. LTC Bean received a High Handicap plaque and Hawksley was awarded a CMP High Junior certificate.

Glendale “Don” Rutherford, 58, Tallapoosa, Georgia, winner of the overall GSM 3-Gun Match, placed first in the Springfield and Vintage Military rifle matches with aggregate scores of 289-11X and 292-9X, respectively.

Rutherford received a CMP Match Winner plaque for each event plus he was awarded a Fancy Grade Springfield A3 rifle stock from the Dupage Trading Company for being an overall two-event winner.
 

Michael Miller finished third and was the High Senior shooter in the Springfield match, firing a 282-10X. Miller also took home a Criterion M1 Garand rifle barrel and an engraved CMP plaque for his efforts as High Senior. Miller also finished third in the overall GSM 3-Gun Aggregate.

John C. Garand Match winner Maury Krupp placed second behind Rutherford in the Springfield Match, firing 98-3X, 96-2X, and 89-0X for a 283-5X aggregate. Michael Miller, 63, of Downey, California, finished third and was the High Senior shooter in the match, firing a 282-10X. Miller took home a Criterion M1Garand rifle barrel and an engraved CMP plaque for his efforts as High Senior. Chief Rick Jones (USN) 52, of Auburn, California, was the high handicap winner of the Springfield Match, firing a 254-3X and was awarded an engraved CMP plaque.
 

Bill Poole, of Scottsdale, Arizona placed second in the Vintage Military rifle match and second overall in the GSM 3-Gun Aggregate.

Bill Poole, 49, of Scottsdale, Arizona, placed second in the Vintage Military rifle match with an aggregate score of 285-4X and took home a gold achievement medal while High Senior, Lee McKinney 64, of Rio Rico, Arizona, placed third with a total score of 281-2X, taking home an engraved CMP High Senior plaque. High Handicap winner Fritz Reuter, 68, of Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a CMP plaque for greatest improvement over his baseline handicap in the Vintage Military match.

For complete results of the John C. Garand, Springfield and Vintage Rifle matches as well as the other CMP Western Games and Creedmoor Cup Matches, log onto http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_matchResult.cgi?matchID=6118. 

To view photographs from the CMP Western Games and activities, log onto http://cmp1.zenfolio.com/p211638274.