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Weekly Review 09/01/2021
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jan 11, 2021
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 9nd January 2021, L Williams Cup 600 yards.
The final round of the L Williams Cup was completed on Saturday afternoon at 600 yards with a light east to south easterly breeze that appeared to drop off to nothing at times but often it was very hard to read and keep up with the small changes that appeared to effect the F Class shooters slightly more than the Target Rifle shooters.
Graeme Bright again kept the pressure up to take the day with a one point advantage over John Coghill who has been more consistent lately. Steve Williams finished another point behind after a slow start although he tried to make amends with the day’s top stage score for his second stage to pull five points ahead of Gordon Shepherd who crashed badly at the end of his second stage.
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Weekly Review 02/01/2021
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jan 04, 2021
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 2nd January 2021, L Williams Cup 500 yards.
Saturday saw the start of the L Williams Cup which was planned to start from 300 yards then move back to 500 yards for the second round but due to threatening wet weather and a storm that came through just prior to starting competition it was decided to start at 500 yards as it was also a Club Championship round and with weather permitting then shoot the 300 yards round. After completion of the 500 yards shoot it was then decided to shoot the first round of the L Williams Cup at 500 yards also, due to the time and weather constraints. A very slight and predominately south easterly breeze gave some mostly improved shooting conditions to what has been encountered recently allowing most shooters to score very near or above their handicap.
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Weekly Review 19/12/2020
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Dec 28, 2020
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 19th December 2020, Captains Trophy 900 yards.
Saturday saw the completion of the Captains Trophy from 900 yards during a warm day with the usual north westerly breeze proving difficult for most shooters. The apparent mirage did little to assist in reading the many changes in the spring time breeze.
In Target Rifle Class Graeme Bright held the top spot with an improved second stage score to stay one point ahead of Gordon Shepherd who started well early but couldn’t keep the pace in his second stage. John Coghill scored consistently to finish two points further down but a pair of magpie three’s during his second stage spoilt what could have been a great second stage and top score.
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Weekly Review 05/12/2020
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Dec 08, 2020
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 5th December 2020, K Redding Trophy 700 yards.
The rainy weather during Saturday eased for just long enough to complete the days shooting of the K Redding Trophy and another round of the Treasurers Trophy at 700 yards. The north to north easterly breeze only occasionally showed a little strength but proved difficult to see the small changes with very little apparent mirage to help read the direction or strength with many shooters experiencing unexplained vertical movement in their grouping of shots.
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Weekly Review 21/11/2020
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Nov 24, 2020
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 21st November 2020, W H Cutler Cup 600 yards.
Competition for the final round of the W H Cutler Cup was held Saturday from 600 yards in what turned out to be very difficult shooting conditions at the Bathurst Rifle Range. A sometimes gusty north westerly wind which dropped in strength as it swung from the north occasionally and along with ample mirage gave shooters plenty to think about.
Graeme Bright topped the Target Rifle shooters again but scores overall were well below average on the day with Dennis Lavelle and John Coghill next best six points off the leader also scoring two centre bulls each.
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