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TROPHY winners at the Sept. 7-8 Colfax UML Match were (from left) Chris Peterson, first place, 2×4 Open Division; Kevn Gornicke, first place, limited division; Michael O’Brien, second place Tactical Optics Division and Tac Division Group Shoot-Off winner; Kyle Roble, Open Division Group Shoot-Off winner; Justin Morrissey, second place Limited Division and winner of the Limited Division Group Shoot-Off; Daniel Beste, first place Open Division; Eric Sandstrom, second place Open Division; Max Tomasoski High Junior and part of the winning team in the Team Group Shoot-Off; Dan Tomasoski, second place Free Heavy Division, High Senior, and part of the winning team in the Team Group Shoot Off; Chris Forster, second place 2×4 Open Division. Missing are Sam Monson, first place, Tactical Optics Division; Jack Tomasoski, first place Free Heavy Division and part of the Team Group Shoot-Off winning team; Nokomis Nosker, High Lady. —photo submitted
When Ted Miller, Colfax Sportsmen’s Club multi-gun match director, was contacting sponsors for the club’s 2019 United Multi-Gun League (UML) Finale, Liberty Lubricants said it would cover the entry fee for a randomly selected competitor 17 years old or younger.
Liberty’s idea was to introduce a new, young, shooter to the sport. It was up to the club to come up with the youth.
To meet the requirement, Colfax Sportsmen’s Club put on a drawing for members of it Scholastic Action Shooting Team and Scholastic Trap Team, and any other interested teens under the age of 18. The only requirement was to register for the drawing. Nokomis Nosker, a member of both teams, did just that and was the youth picked. After her parents gave their permission, club members began loaning her the gear she needed.
Within a week she was outfitted with a 9mm pistol, gun belt, magazines and mag carriers, shotgun shell carriers, rifle mag pouch, 12 gauge race shotgun and an optic sighted .223 caliber modern sporting rifle.
Nosker was one of 56 competitors Sept. 7 in the day long UML match at the Colfax/Dunn County Shooting Sports Complex. She shot again Sept. 8 in a UML team match, the second part of the finale.
After two long days and hundreds of rounds down range, Nosker went home with the High Lady trophy, an ammo box full of cleaning supplies from Liberty Lubricants and a plan to return to UML competition next year.
For more information on UML events hosted by the Colfax Sportsmen’s Club, email Miller at eddym90@hotmail.com. More information on the club and its programs is available on the club’s web page http://colfaxsportsmensclub.com, or from George Richards, club president, 715-962-2238, email colfaxsportsmensclub2013@gmail.com.
For more information contact Jim Nosker azen.outdoorbum@gmail.com.