VOLUNTEERS DOMINATE POINTS RACE!


277!  That’s the number that separated father and son. For the first time ever in the history of the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association a father and son finished the year number one and two in the race for the Overall National High Point Champion title. 2009 was a year of many new happenings where points are concerned: Ladies Level 6, Amanda Porter a perennial Top Ten High Point Cowgirl was number three, just behind fellow Tennessean, father and son team Rock and Cody Clark. But it didn’t stop there, John Clark, Amanda Porter’s “significant other” finished 4th. So the top four spots were taken by Tennessee shooters earning 12,313, 12,036, 11,799 and 11,174 respectively.

Newly minted World Champion Kenda Lensiegne finished in at the number five spot, pushing M6 competitor Keith Gentry to the six spot, preventing, what otherwise would have been a Volunteer clean sweep of the Top Five in the National High Point race.

Pushing and traveling hard all year long, the Clark clan of Columbia, Tennessee set a pace that even early on was obviously going to be a tough chase for any who would accept the challenge. From Florida to Texas, Ohio to Georgia, the Clark family traveled the nation seeking the exclusive top spot that can only be held by one, and this time father won it. Watching young Cody run all year and knowing he’s unveiling a new horse for the 2010 season, our advice to father Rock is – whip and ride!

Amanda Porter has proven herself as an amazingly consistent mounted shooter who always finishes strong whether she’s at a 30-shooter local event or capturing another Ladies Reserve National Champion title. A veterinarian by profession, Amanda invests the time and effort to be one of the top lady contestants nationwide and it doesn’t hurt to have a former World and National Champion as your travel partner. Keeping with the family motif, handgun instructor and security consultant John Clark filled out the top four by turning in solid results at large events and small across the nation.

Congratulations are definitely in order to all of those who reached their goals in 2009. To each and every high point winner at the club, state, regional and national level who hit the road to be the best, we salute you.