2021 Illinois Service Rifle Championship

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	2021 Sherwood Coul Trophy Tim Klauer
	2021 Bliss Trophy Finding Liam Liam McKenna, Ben Pickel, Jim Appleby, Konrad Powers

There were gloomy skies above but that certainly wasn't going to stop the ISRA from conducting its annual Illinois Service Rifle Championship. Held every year at the Milan Rifle Club this is always a match filled with tough competition and a friendly atmosphere.

The first stage was 20 shots fired at 200 yards in the standing position. Winning here was last year's Service Rifle Champion, Liam McKenna with his 198-8x. While this score would normally be above and beyond anyone else, three-time Service Rifle Champion Tim Klauer was right up there with a 198-4x. Also in the mix was Mark Aussieker's 196.

Remaining on the 200 yard line, competitors now fired 20 shots in the sitting position. This comprised of two strings of 10 shots each. An avalanche of perfect scores of 200 followed. Seven of them in fact. Leading that charge was Konrad Powers and his 13x followed by the three 11x scores from McKenna, Klauer, and Jim Appleby.

Half-way through the tournament, McKenna and Klauer were tied for the lead. Two points behind was Aussieker and eight-time Service Rifle Champion John Holliger three points back.

We added another 100 yards of distance to the target for the rapid-fire prone stage from the 300 yard line. Jim Vaughn came out on top here with his impressive 200-14x. McKenna and Ben Pickel both shot 200-7x

By cleaning all of his rapid-fire strings, McKenna showed no intention of relinquishing his lead on the Championship. Klauer was still only a single point back while Aussieker and Appleby were four points behind. With such a tight race it was going to be the final stage that would be the decider.

Everyone moved to the top of the hill and Milan's 600 yard line for the slow-fire prone stage. By methodically putting all of his shots into the 12 inch diameter 10-ring, John Lowe won the final stage with his 200-14x. The two other cleans were Don Bauer's 12x and Vaughn's 11x.

But how did our leaderboard fare at the end of the day? Well, pretty good if you're Tim Klauer. He captured his fourth Service Rifle crown. As icing on the cake, his 794-31x set a new record for the Sherwood Coul trophy as well. Aussieker was only a single point behind and Vaughn and McKenna finished two points down.

The ISRA thanks the Milan Rifle Club for providing the great facilities for this match. Additional thanks to Mike James, Charley Appleby, Liam McKenna, and Mike Symmers for helping conduct the match in an efficient manner. We look forward to the same level of competition and camaraderie at this match next year.

Individual Championship September 4, 2021
Class	Competitor	200SF	200RF	300RF	600SF	Aggregate
Service Rifle Champion	Tim Klauer	198-4	200-11	199-9	197-7	794-31
HM	Mark Aussieker	196-6	200-7	198-9	199-11	793-33
HM	James Vaughn	193-3	199-10	200-14	200-11	792-38
HM	Liam McKenna	198-8	200-11	200-7	194-6	792-32
HM	Benjamin Pickel	195-4	197-6	200-7	199-11	791-28
HM	Konrad Powers	193-6	200-13	199-9	197-7	789-35
HM	John Holliger	195-5	200-8	198-9	196-7	789-29
HM	James Appleby	194-4	200-11	200-5	193-5	787-25
HM	Donald R. Bauer	189-2	199-12	197-9	200-12	785-35
HM	John J. Lowe	188-5	198-6	194-6	200-14	780-31
HM	Michael A. James	185-4	199-7	198-5	192-6	774-22
HM	Jon B. Casillas	186-1	193-5	197-6	198-6	774-18
MA	Cole Aussieker	192-5	200-9	196-3	190-4	778-21
MA	John Pingilley	184-2	194-10	198-6	197-4	773-22
MA	Craig A. Zuidema	179-3	192-4	195-7	196-6	762-20
MA	Mike Symmers	175-2	194-8	196-9	196-3	761-22
MA	Maia Pickel	172-0	191-8	194-6	190-8	747-22
EX	Ben Holliger	189-5	195-5	197-7	197-9	778-26
EX	Michael Curry	171-0	192-8	196-6	198-8	757-22
EX	Scott M. Dzekute	176-0	197-5	196-4	187-5	756-14
EX	Scott Ding	178-2	178-4	186-2	180-4	722-12
SS	Charley Appleby	171-1	185-1	192-2	195-6	743-10

Governor's Ten September 4, 2021
	Competitor	200SF	200RF	300RF	600SF	Governor's Ten
1	Tim Klauer	198-4	200-11	199-9	197-7	794-31
2	Mark Aussieker	196-6	200-7	198-9	199-11	793-33
3	James Vaughn	193-3	199-10	200-14	200-11	792-38
4	Liam McKenna	198-8	200-11	200-7	194-6	792-32
5	Benjamin Pickel	195-4	197-6	200-7	199-11	791-28
6	Konrad Powers	193-6	200-13	199-9	197-7	789-35
7	John Holliger	195-5	200-8	198-9	196-7	789-29
8	James Appleby	194-4	200-11	200-5	193-5	787-25
9	Donald R. Bauer	189-2	199-12	197-9	200-12	785-35
10	John J. Lowe	188-5	198-6	194-6	200-14	780-31

Team Match September 5, 2021
Class			200SF	200RF	300RF	600SF
HM	Finding Liam
	Liam McKenna		198-7	199-11	198-10	193-7	788-35
	Benjamin Pickel		193-8	196-9	196-5	193-7	778-29
	James Appleby		196-4	198-9	194-3	191-8	779-24
	Konrad Powers		196-5	200-9	200-12	196-5	792-31
			783-24	793-38	788-30	773-27	3137-119
HM	Mass Confusion
	Tim Klauer		194-6	200-5	199-9	198-5	791-25
	John J. Lowe		189-3	200-12	199-10	195-10	783-35
	John Holliger		191-2	199-7	197-6	194-3	781-18
	Donald R. Bauer		193-2	196-5	194-6	197-11	780-24
			767-13	795-29	789-31	784-29	3135-102
MA	Jerry's Kids
	Michael A. James		180-3	196-7	195-5	188-6	759-21
	Jerry Rapp		182-1	194-9	191-2	196-6	763-18
	Farrell Porter		186-2	193-5	196-5	190-1	765-13
	Mark Aussieker		198-10	197-9	196-9	198-11	789-39
			746-16	780-30	778-21	772-24	3076-91
MA	M.O.W.W.
	Jon B. Casillas		185-3	194-2	196-6	192-9	767-20
	Mike Symmers		178-1	192-3	189-1	192-7	751-12
	Richard D. Hartley		188-3	199-8	193-2	195-5	775-18
	Richard F. Hartley		182-4	195-7	193-5	191-6	761-22
			733-11	780-20	771-14	770-27	3054-72
EX	Hard Dogs
	Cole Aussieker		188-3	200-9	197-10	191-5	776-27
	Ben Holliger		184-2	196-6	197-8	195-8	772-24
	Charley Appleby		179-0	185-1	193-4	172-4	729-9
	Maia Pickel		165-4	193-2	192-4	190-5	740-15
			716-9	774-18	779-26	748-22	3017-75

CMP E-I-C Leg Match September 6, 2021
Eligibility	Place	Name	200SF	200RF	300RF	600SF	Total	EIC Points
Dist.	1	Benjamin Pickel	98-3	99-5	97-0	197-7	491-15
Dist.	2	Tim Klauer	97-3	100-7	98-5	195-6	490-21
Dist.	3	James Appleby	99-2	100-6	99-3	192-5	490-16
	4	Farrell Porter	96-2	99-1	100-5	194-4	489-12	6 Point Leg
Dist.	5	Mark Aussieker	99-3	96-2	94-1	192-8	481-14
	6	Cole Aussieker	92-1	100-6	96-3	191-6	479-16
	7	Jerry Rapp	90-2	96-0	98-2	194-7	478-11
	8	Patrick Boyle	96-1	97-5	98-3	187-2	478-11
	9	Ben Holliger	89-1	95-4	95-0	196-4	475-9
	10	Richard D. Hartley	91-1	99-5	96-0	189-3	475-9
Dist.	11	Richard F. Hartley	95-1	97-3	96-2	186-7	474-13
	12	Michael Curry	90-0	97-0	94-1	193-5	474-6
Dist.	13	Jon B. Casillas	90-0	94-1	95-1	192-6	471-8
Dist.	14	Michael A. James	91-1	95-0	92-0	191-2	469-3
	15	Charley Appleby	86-0	96-1	95-3	188-8	465-12
	16	Scott Ding	88-1	97-3	89-0	190-3	464-7
	17	Joseph Zmia	83-0	96-3	94-0	187-5	460-8
	18	John Pingilley	91-1	85-1	93-1	190-5	459-8
	19	Maia Pickel	84-0	96-2	98-1	179-2	457-5
Dist.	20	Ken Mahl	83-0	98-2	85-0	189-5	455-7
		12 non-distinguished competitors
		8 distinguished competitors
Results are not official until verified by the CMP or appropriate service branch