We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you that helped us in raising funds to take these outstanding young people the Daisy National Competition.

The Wyandotte County 4-H Shooting Sports program would like to announce that the BB gun Team that went to Rogers, Arkansas and competed in the Daisy National BB Gun Championship 2010 took 6th place out of 42 teams from 18 different States.

Team members: Lydia Paterson total score 386, Serra Gardner total score 372, Hannah Harrity total score 370, Allison Augustine total score 363 and Michaela Augustine total score 361.
Total team score of 2348 just 36 points out of first place.

The all girl team took home a first place trophy for their outstanding academics. Lydia, Allison, Michaela scored 100% on their test with Serra and Hannah scoring 98%. Way to go girls!!!!

Michaela Augustine won a gift certificate for runner up in her hot pink leopard pattern painted gun, and Hannah Harrity won a gift certificate for best cause with her breast cancer awareness theme painted gun.

Special thanks to Cristi Reynolds and everyone who helped the kids study.

Not to leave our boys out they too did an outstanding job too!

Team Alternates: Blake Tucker, Ashton Findley

Blake shoot a total score of 353 in his first national match, scored an 88%, he also won a BB gun in the boy’s division. Ashton shoot a total score of 342 and also attending his first national match scored 96% on his test.

We would like to have a special recognition for Lydia Paterson who shoot a 386 total aggregate score and took first place National Champion. This is the first time in Wyandotte County 4-H Shooting Sports history that we have brought home first place in the Daisy National Match.

My name is Lydia Paterson and I have been in shooting sports for 6 years now and this year has been my most successful year by far.

It all started when I had won most of the county matches that our county went to so I set my goals higher and wanted to win the state match and get the top shot hat in bb gun. We went to the state match and I won it and got the top shot hat that I had been working for the entire season. After state I knew that I had a chance of placing in the top five at nationals. The team of five and two alternates practiced two times a week to prepare for the national match. We not only had practice shooting but we had to study for a test that we had to take. The test is worth 100 points of our total score and is over the daisy 10 curriculum and the NRA rule book. I had been practicing at home as well and studying at home for extra practice.

The week before nationals I was really nervous because I knew my potential and what I could do at nationals but I was afraid that I would throw a bad shot or forget something that was on the test. Once we had gotten down there we were taken on a daisy plant tour and museum tour that was really cool but then it was time to get down to work and it was day one of our two practice days. The practice days went good for me and my team.

Finally the big day, day one of two days for shooting for score, I was so nervous I didn't know what to do with myself but I knew that I had to focus and just shoot the best that I could. Day one went well but I knew that day two would be twice as hard as day one because you know that you need to finish strong. Then came day two and I stuck it out but I thought that I had blew it in kneeling so I came off the line crying.

Then all I had to do was wait for the awards ceremony. I thought that I was done for when I didn't get called for any position metals but at the end they had to announce the 2010 D.N.B.B.G.C.M. champion and when they called my name I couldn’t believe it. Actually when I went up to the podium I didn't know what I was up there for and when I went to go sit back down I had to ask everyone what I had won.

I had a great time and would like to take this opportunity to thank the K.S.R.A. for their support both financially and for their words of encouragement toward my team and me.