In one of my scrapbooks from my younger days, I have a postcard sent from the National Championship Skeet Shoot by members of the Sudlersville Skeet Club to their friend, Cliff Green lamenting that he couldn't be with them at the shoot. I don't have the postcard in my hand, but as I recall, more than one of the shooters I actually shot with when I was a youngster. Cliff Green lived in Centerville, MD, just down the road from Chestertown. My great old 20 gauge SC grade single trap two barrel 12-20 set lived in Chestertown about the same time as Cliff Green's even greater BHE two gun four gauge set. Those Eastern Shore guys sure knew how to order Parkers. I shot many skeet shoots at the Sudlersville Skeet Club and met some of the grand old men of NSSA skeet at those shoots. I wrote the Hall of Fame induction for Joe George, an early Sudlersville member and father of Johnny George, proprietor of the sporting clays range that is no longer with us, (what is the name of that great range?). In 1996, I won the Eastern Shore Open at Sudlersville, one of my high spots of competitive shooting. Next month, this shoot will be held again, and Cliff Green and I will not be competing.
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