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Weekly Review 26/01/2019
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jan 27, 2019
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc. 26th January 2019, Hon. R L Gilmour Cup, 500yards.
Another quiet Saturday, wind wise, but the searing heat left its mark on shooters and despite two excellent stages from F–class competitors Grahame Willis and new comer Luke Engle scores were generally mid range at the best.
In the first stage of Target Rifle there were only two points separating all four shooters. Gordon Shepherd as you would expect being the only A grader on the mound led with a 47.04 but only by the skinny margin of one point from Dennis Lavelle and John Coghill who shot 46.04 and 46.02 respectively. Ron Gibson had a run of 3 inner fours and finished with another to record a 45.02.
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Weekly Review 19/01/2019
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jan 20, 2019
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc. 19th January 2019, Hon. R L Gilmour Cup, 300yards
It is rare that the conditions on the Bathurst Rifle Range give much consideration to shooters but Saturday was such a day. There was little to no breeze, and with the cloud cover, only a slight mirage was evident. However the whisper of breeze swapped sides in a show of defiance and cruelled all contestants’ hopes of the elusive maximum with not one possible scored.
Gordon Shepherd came closest but a wild last shot inner four brought a groan from the spectators and ruined a big performance. His 49.06 was however sufficient to secure the Cock of the Walk from Graeme Bright who came close after a magpie in the first stage set him a mammoth task to stay in contention, and despite a 49.01 second stage fell one point and a heap of centres short. Steve Williams who surprisingly had a moderate first stage 46.03 bounced back with a 48.06 second stage but that was too little too late to collect the bickies.
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Weekly Review 12/01/2019
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jan 13, 2019
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc. 12th January 2019, T W Willman Trophy, 900yards
Wind, strong gusty wind was the enemy on Saturday and it came at shooters from a number of directions throughout the day, before settling between south and west, jumping backwards and forwards, and increasing and decreasing in velocity. At times there were four point changes between shots as the wind squared up, and there weren’t many who escaped its wrath as the carnage continued through the afternoon.
Just hitting the target was difficult for some and there was a wide spread of hits on the target. Of the target rifle group Graeme Bright and Steve Williams put in the best performances with Bright shooting a superb 49.06 second stage to secure the Cock of the Walk from Williams who also shot 49 but could not find enough centre bulls eyes. Gordon Shepherd had a one point lead at the changeover but the wind gusts caught him out with two magpie threes ending his challenge.
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Weekly Review 05/01/2019
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jan 07, 2019
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc. 5th January 2019, Norman Rutherford Memorial Trophy, 800yards
The threatened storms did not eventuate but the heat and humidity did, combining with fluctuating wind gusts, which commenced as a rear fishtail and gradually turned to a west-nor westerly breeze. Almost half of the attendees were visitors or first timers trying the sport of long range shooting taking advantage of the scheduled 800 yard N Rutherford Memorial Trophy.
Graeme Bright elected to lead off and found the fishtail breeze a challenge with the flags and mirage swapping sides constantly. Steve Williams unhappy with his performance of late changed rifles and belied his recent scores with a 99.10, his only blemish a surprise inner four midway through his second stage. Brights' second stage 49.06 was a very good solid shoot but his first stage 47.02 left him short.
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Weekly Review 29/12/2018
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Dec 31, 2018
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc. 29th December 2018, W Northcott Memorial Trophy, 700yards.
Was it a westerly breeze or a north westerly or a rear fishtail? Whatever it was it was very light but the accompanying mirage was brutal, rising and falling and swapping sides with little indication, as the flags hung down the flag poles or flapped innocuously in what little breeze there was.
We were graced with the presence of Brisbane Commonwealth Games Queens Prize Individual Silver Medalist Jim Bailey from the Holsworthy Rifle Club in Sydney who was in town visiting relatives. He didn’t seem to find any of the problems with the conditions that the locals encountered, his only blemish being an inner four early in his second stage.
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