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Weekly Review 07/11/2020
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Nov 10, 2020
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 7th November 2020, W Cutler Cup 500 yards.
Saturday saw the second round of the W Cutler Cup from 500 yards with a reasonable roll up of shooters also ready to improve their Club Championship scores. The targets were set up in good time and with the wind flags not very active it looked promising for some good scoring but as usually happens the wind was going to be somewhat unpredictable and hard to read. The flags mostly lifted to a westerly breeze sometimes dropping off and swinging to almost lift from the south as the mirage stopped for a short while before coming back from the west.
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Weekly Review 31/10/2020
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Nov 02, 2020
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 31st October 2020, W Cutler Cup 300 yards.
Bathurst Rifle Club moved back to 300 yards for the start of the W Cutler Cup competition on Saturday afternoon and with a break in the weather quickly completed the days shooting without interruption. The north-westerly breeze had some moments of steadiness but mostly continually changed strength and direction just enough to catch the unwary with the flags appearing very difficult to read.
Steve Williams and Gordon Shepherd battled it out for top honours in Target Rifle with each shooter tightening their group considerably in the second stage but Gordons lack of centre bulls in his first stage left him two centre bulls behind.
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Weekly Review 25/10/2020
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Oct 26, 2020
Bathurst Rifle Club 24th & 25th October, 2020. NSWRA Medal Shoot.
Bathurst Rifle Club conducted the NSWRA Medal Shoot over 6 ten shot matches during the two days which included 800 yards and 900 yards on Saturday afternoon then on Sunday there was to be an early start with the plan to compete four more stages with two at 500 yards then another two at 600 yards in the afternoon. The rain activity over the weekend was going to make it difficult but most shooters were fortunate to compete on Saturday afternoon without the inconvenience of getting wet until nearing the finish of the 900 yards shoot a storm gave most a bit of a soaking and some opted out of laying down to get drenched for a score.
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Weekly Review 19/09/2020
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Sep 24, 2020
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 19th September 2020, J Wilde Memorial Trophy & K Redding Trophy 900 yards.
A mostly overcast Saturday afternoon greeted shooters for the final round of the J Wilde Memorial Trophy & the K Redding Trophy from the 900 yards firing point with a moderate breeze from the south east gusting at times and swinging to a southerly on occasions. It was a day when the seldom used east side tree line flags may have been of some assistance with F Class shooters in particular finding the conditions difficult to read.
Graeme Bright gained top spot for the day again after dropping two points during the first stage he then finished the days shooting without loss of another point to finish two points ahead of Steve Williams who dropped two points each stage although claimed eight centre bulls for the day. Gordon Shepherd couldn’t take a trick during his first stage and even with some improvement in his second stage was never going to make up for the lost points earlier.
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Weekly Review 12/09/2020
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Sep 12, 2020
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 12th September 2020, J Wilde Memorial Trophy & K Redding Trophy 800 yards.
Another great spring day on Saturday afternoon greeted shooters for the second round of the J Wilde Memorial Trophy & the first round of the K Redding Trophy from the 800 yards firing point. A fickle breeze that varied throughout the afternoon picking up a bit from the west then dropping off often to almost nothing as it swung around randomly with less strength from the south west to the south before swinging back to start the cycle from the west again. It was a good day to be watching for subtle changes in the plentiful mirage.
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