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CONTACT: CHARLIE PARDUE
BEND OF THE RIVER
2880 STANDING STONE STATE PARK HWY.
COOKEVILLE, TN 38506-781
931 - 498 - 2829
cpardue@multipro.com
DATE: Nov. 26, 2007
ATTN.: SPORTS
FOR RELEASE: Now
## PITTS AND HARGIS WIN STATE AIR GUN CHAMPIONSHIPS ##
COOKEVILLE, TN - Halie Pitts from Taft was the winner of the Tennessee State Air Rifle Championship held over the Thanksgiving weekend. Pitts had a 562 out of a possible 600. Pitts has been shooting for several years and the hard work finally paid off. Elijah Ellis from Kingsport was second and first Sharpshooter with 545. David Bratcher from Harrison was second Sharpshooter at 536. Dylan Loftis from Cookeville lead the Marksmen with 515. Edward Ledbetter from Indianapolis was second Marksman only one point down at 514. Thomas Byrne returning from a long sabbatical with health problems was first in the Unclassified class with 518. Sophie McDonald from Paducah, Kentucky was match winner with 565. McDonald was not eligible for State Champion since she was from out of state. There were two parent child teams. Stan and Sophie McDonald won over Frank and Elijah Ellis 1084 to 1037.
The Air Pistol Championship went to last year's winner, David
Hargis, with a 535. Hargis has won ten times in the last eleven
years. Second place and first Expert went to Ernest Biles from
Nashville with 515. Art Newby from Beth Page was first in the
Marksman class with 498. There were three shooters that were
firing for the first time in registered competition. Mark Loftis
from Cookeville was the leader of the Unclassifieds with 380.
All the new shooters, Mark Loftis, Marie Murray and David Townsend
shot good for their first match. Edward Ledbetter was the Match
winner with 550. Ledbetter had the same problem as McDonald of
living out of state and not being eligible for the state championship.
The match was open to any one. The Tennessee State Shooting Association and Bend of the River sponsor this match. It was a collection of shooters from around the area. Jim Gatton from Cookeville shot his personal high of 435. A special thanks goes to Larry Stockton the range officer and Thurston Banks chief statistical officer.
The next match at the Bend of the River will be a High Power
Rifle Match on December 2nd, 2007. Contact Charlie Pardue at
cpardue@multipro.com, or 2880 Standing Stone Hwy., Cookeville,TN
38506 or (931) 498 - 2829.
The TnSSA web site is : http://forums.delphiforums.com/TnSSA/start
TENNESSEE STATE AIR RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIP 2007
FIRST NAME LAST NAME R# R CL A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 ATOT AWARD Sophie McDonald 12 2EX 95 97 94 93 97 89 565
Match Winner Halie Pitts 11 3SS 93 91 96 96 93 93 562
State Champ Elijah Ellis 6 3SS 86 91 90 92 90 96 545
1 SS David Bratcher 10 3SS 93 91 89 88 89 86 536
2 SS Stan McDonald 13 3SS 85 91 91 83 82 87 519
Dylan Loftis 1 4MK 82 90 84 83 88 88 515
1 MK Edward Ledbetter 5 4MK 81 89 86 84 88 86 514
2 MK Frank Ellis 7 4MK 77 80 81 85 84 85 492
Meredith Daniel 3 4MK 63 74 66 63 72 75 413
Thomas Byrne 8 5MU 85 84 77 93 90 89 518
1 MU TENNESSEE STATE AIR PISTOL CHAMPIONSHIP 2007
FIRST NAME LAST NAME P# P CL P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 PTOT AWARD Edward Ledbetter 5 2EX 93 92 95 92 92 86 550 Match Winner G. David Hargis 17 2EX 86 88 92 89 87 86 528 State Champ Ernest Biles 4 2EX 93 92 95 92 92 86 515 1 EX Art Newby 9 4MK 82 80 83 84 84 85 498 1 MK Jim Gatton 14 4MK 67 77 76 77 67 71 435 Mark Loftis 2 5MU 80 73 59 29 75 64 380 1 MU Marie Murray 15 5MU 53 46 60 59 55 53 326 David Townsend 16 5MU 15 23 20 32 28 23 141
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