Cowboy Mounted Shooting in the Land of Enchantment
and the Great Southwest
Well... as the song says the "Weather outside was frightful..." and so on, so the pass was snowed in and we had to cancel the Tequila Rose shoot, which to turn a phrase is A DAMN SHAME!
We joke that if you don't like the weather here just wait 5 minutes for it to change but unfortunatly in January it's more like "Wait a day or two for it to change!"
A great big western THANK YOU to Dave and Randi Sue Goode for all the work they put in just to be frustrated by mother nature!!!
The next shoot is the Sweetheart shootout in Tularosa
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NMTCMS' 2010 season is underway after a great time in Carlsbad. Our next shoot is the Tequila Rose Shootout in Las Cruces. More information is now available on the EVENTS PAGE
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News from around NM There's plenty to talk about in the Cowboy Mounted Shooting world these days and New Mexico is again shaping up to be one of the centers of the sport. The first shoot of the year is in the books as Judith and Charles Ortego, with lots of help from Shanna and the rest of the Carlsbad gang, put on a super balloon blast on the 14th and 15th of November at the Eddy County Sheriff Posse arena. The weather was decent and the facilties are real nice and as cliche as it is to say so "A GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL..." On Saturday night after the shooting was done and the potluck supper was consumed we had an "end of this year, beginning of next" meeting in the Sheriff's Posse meeting room which beat the heck out of meeting in the grand stands! Much was accomplished as the NMTCMS continues to grow and evolve. Vice President Jim Huff went over (word by word) the NMTCMS by-laws so that we could bring them up to date and get them approved by the membership in the interest of preparing to apply for non-profit status with the Infernal Revenue Circus. After some brief discussion and a rousing motion for acceptance by El Paso Bob- the by-laws were approved and once the proposed changes are complete they will be posted on the NMTCMS membership news page. Overall, if I might editorialize a bit, I thought this was the most productive NMTCMS meeting I have attended and the Ortegos, et al, were fantastic hosts!I think the membership can look forward to a great year ahead. Bobby Goode has been taking some great mounted shooting photos at the Roswell and Artesia shoots over the last couple years. They are available for preview and purchase at Bobby's website..www.southeastmagic.net
We had 20 some shooters on hand for the Membership Appreciation shoot which was free to NMTCMS members and we welcomed some new members as well as some familiar faces for the 6 stage shoot. The results are posted in the usual place.
President Dr. Paul Whitwam "prescribed" next years shoot schedule and explained that the linecamp concept where each individual club put on shoots and sent money to the NMTCMS has gone by the wayside as the state club is now capable of putting on shoots as a stand-alone entity. This brings up the need for match directors at each venue and I'm happy to report that folks jumped right up to take those duties on.
The by-laws discussion brought up the need to restructure the board of directors since we no longer have the ramrods from the 6 linecamps to serve as the board. Pres. Whitwam asked past presidents Clay Whaley and Donny Mac Dougall to serve as well as veteran members Hugh Bishop and Johnny Nelson to round out the board which includes Vice President Jim Huff and Secretary- Treasurer Pam Horner.
Mark Marley will be asked to serve as our direct liason to CMSA and Alan Eggleston remains our CMSA national advisory board member from the Southwest Region. Mark and Alan's input will be invaluable to us in the years to come.
The original presidential sucession procedure remains in place with V.P. Huff being Pres for 2011 and choosing a VP for next year who will then, in turn, take over the helm in 2012.
There was also some discussion regarding the selection of State Finals and End of Year awards and Donny MacDougal agreed to head an awards committe in 2010 in order to relieve the president of the entire decision making process. President Whitwam also pointed out that other board members will most likely be tasked to coordinate other areas of responsibilty such as Range Masters and Arena Management.
The photos featured here are curtesy of Mike and Lucy Nelson... and here are some more...
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