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Bathurst Rifle Club Annual OPM 2016
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Oct 25, 2016
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc Annual Open Prize Meeting 2016 23rd October 2016
A disappointing clash of dates consigned the 2016 Bathurst Annual Open Prize meeting to secondary status and numbers suffered. With the Gosford Rifle Club given the same date only a few trepid shooters ventured over the Mountains, but fortunately Western area clubs turned out in support.
The weather turned on a bright sunny day but refused to relent on the comfort level as the temperature hovered in the low single figures all day. Shooters were greeted by a cold south-south west breeze which turned into a forward fishtail of interesting proportions. Inner fours on the right turned into magpie threes on the left with regular monotony.
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Weekly Review 27/08/2016
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Aug 30, 2016
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc 27th August 2016 W & J Brown Shield 900 yards
The rescheduled 900 yard last range of the W & J Brown Shield was held on Saturday in very pleasant weather conditions; bright sun, little wind but a strong mirage to upset the equilibrium.
Early conditions were quite readable, but as the day wore on gremlins got into the system and scores plummeted. At the start of the second stage conditions suddenly turned upside down with quick wind strength and directional variations resulting in some very unusual results from the very best in the club.
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National FTR Team Selection
Posted in General Shooting News on Aug 30, 2016
Jeff Eppleston makes bid for National Selection
Bathurst marksman, Jeff Eppleston has emerged as a prime candidate for selection in the national team to be named later in the year. The Australian Team will compete in Canada in the World Championships in 2017 in the category known as F Class Target Rifle. This competition is held from ranges out to 1000 yards using telescopes and firing from a light bipod rest.
Jeff has been able to push his name to the forefront for selection due to his excellent form in competitions throughout NSW and also particularly in the recent Queensland State Championships, known as the Queensland Queen's Prize. He has previously won Queen's Prize meetings in both Sydney and Canberra, but on those occasions Jeff shot in the F Class Standard competition, which allowed him to use a much heavier and more stable pedestal rest.
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Weekly Review 20/08/2016
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Aug 21, 2016
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc 20th August 2016
The 900 yard range of the W & J Brown shield was postponed due to very strong winds threatening to snap the target legs and endangering the markers. A practice shoot was organized over 600 yards with smaller targets but the weather almost halted that shoot before it began.
A swirling shower of sleet and rain swept Grahame Willis off the mound after just four shots and, wet and bedraggled, he retired for the day. Others, recently returned from the warm climes of Queensland where they contested the QRA Queens Prize series, either stayed at home or fronted, but chose not subject their bodies and equipment to the savages of the weather.
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Weekly Review 06/08/2016
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Aug 08, 2016
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc 6th August 2016 W & J Brown Shield, 800yards
It’s the Queensland Rifle Association Queens Prize time again and the top Bathurst Rifle Club shooters have decamped and headed off to contest Club and District Rifle Association competitions and the Queens Prize this week. They left a shivering group of stay at home’s to contest the second round of the W & J Brown Shield at 800 yards.
Early on in the shoot a gentle zephyr of a breeze wafted in from the north north-west barely moving the directional flags. It was a prime opportunity to take a bite out of the range that has bitten shooters so hard in recent weeks.
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