By SALINA POST
Seven Central Kansas Extension District (CKD) 4-H BB Gun Team members traveled to Rogers, Arkansas to compete in the 2024 Daisy National BB Gun Championship Match on June 30 through July 3. To participate at the national event, teams must have placed in the top three at a state qualifier earlier in the year.
In total, there were 380 youth representing 57 teams from 13 different states. Those making the trip from CKD were Callan Rensink of Minneapolis, Landon Wisbey, Troy Wisbey and Traven Dotson of Bennington, J.J. Riedel of Salina, and Andrew Knopf and Gauge Fritz of Gypsum. This is the second year in a row CKD has had a team qualify for the national match.
The youth showcased their skills in several positions including Prone (laying down), Standing, Kneeling, and Sitting. They also took a 100-point written exam over firearm safety, marksmanship, national rules and guidelines, and match information. Combined scores from the four positions and test made up their Aggregate Score.
While CKD did not make the podium, the team did achieve a season high Aggregate Score. Under the Daisy-NRA process, six members shot or tied their season high in Prone, three in Standing, four in Sitting, five in Kneeling, five scored their personal best on the exam, and four had their highest individual Aggregate Score of the year.
The Daisy Nationals has been held since 1966, making it one of the longest-running youth shooting competitions in the country.
Seven members of the Central Kansas Extension District (CKD) 4-H BB Gun Team traveled to Rogers, Arkansas to compete in the 2024 Daisy National BB Gun Championship Match on June 30 through July 3. To participate in the national event, teams must have placed in the top three at a state qualifier earlier in the year.
In total, there were 380 youth representing 57 teams from 13 different states. Those making the trip from CKD were Callan Rensink of Minneapolis, Landon Wisbey, Troy Wisbey and Traven Dotson of Bennington, J.J. Riedel of Salina, and Andrew Knopf and Gauge Fritz of Gypsum. This is the second year in a row CKD has had a team qualify for the national match.
The youth showcased their skills in several positions including Prone (laying down), Standing, Kneeling, and Sitting. They also took a 100-point written exam over firearm safety, marksmanship, national rules and guidelines, and match information. Combined scores from the four positions and test made up their Aggregate Score.
While CKD did not make the podium, the team did achieve a season high Aggregate Score. Under the Daisy-NRA process, six members shot or tied their season high in Prone, three in Standing, four in Sitting, five in Kneeling, five scored their personal best on the exam, and four had their highest individual Aggregate Score of the year.
The Daisy Nationals has been held since 1966, making it one of the longest-running youth shooting competitions in the country.