Considering the weather didn't cooperate quite like we'd hoped, it looks like The Region made out OK on this one. What with the unrelenting rain Friday, we never got the range open and instead, the few shooters that showed up helped in target preparation in the hangar.

Saturday dawned with no precipitation, but the gray skies quickly gave way to broken clouds and a stiff, gusty wind that kept the paper shooters down to a minimum and bumming extra staples. Thankfully, about a half-dozen people were alert and nearby when a gust cleaned off the not-yet-scored target table and sent its contents headed up the runway for Catawba County.

Sunday morning saw lows in the upper 20's, and needless to say, everyone was a bit stiff for the beginning of the Musket match. Although the winds of Saturday didn't return, there was just enough of a breeze throughout the day that no one felt compelled to slip into some shorts and a tank top!

7 Teams for the team matches across the board put the turnout into the pretty good/could've been better category. Meanwhile on the other end of the range, we had only one team interested in the Individual Mortar event, a brand new experiment for this skirmish, so the 23rd North Carolina won that one. Buncombe Rifles and Iredell Blues joined them to field guns for the Mortar Team Match.

And for another region first, pieces of the 11th Indiana Zouaves, our neighbors in Winchester, fielded a Carbine and Musket Team, handily winning both matches.