Weekly Roundup
Weekly Review 08/02/2020
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Feb 09, 2020
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 8th February 2020, 600yds. Gilmour Cup.
The final round of the Gilmour Cup competition from 600 yards was held on Saturday with overcast and cooler weather. Variable easterly winds at up to 20 kph kept shooters entertained and occasionally eased until bringing a storm through later in the afternoon that halted shooting briefly before clearing again.
It was a close contest amongst the top three of the Target Rifle shooters present with Graeme Bright keeping ahead of Gordon Shepherd by only two centre bulls for the day’s top honours after Shepherd started well with just one point lost in his first stage. Steve Williams finished next only one point further down but managed the best centre bull count for the day to be six points ahead of Ron Gibson who had a slow start to his second stage score.
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Weekly Review 25/01/2020
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jan 28, 2020
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 25th. January 2020, 500yds. Gilmour Cup.
Saturday’s second round of the Gilmour Cup competition from 500 yards started with a brief delay due to rain then saw light but inconsistent and switching winds during most of the afternoon to again hamper shooters chances of an exceptional score although there were some short periods of lull that may have been capitalised on before the last few to shoot were treated to strong winds as the clouds rolled back in.
Of the Target Rifle shooters Ron Gibson had a consistent day dropping three points in each stage to be six points down for the day and take the honours over Dennis Lavelle who started off with a high group and low score for his first stage but managed to keep all but one in the middle for his second stage to finish one point behind.
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Weekly Review 18/01/2020
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jan 20, 2020
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 18th. January 2020, 300yds. Gilmour Cup.
Saturday’s 300 yard shoot was the start of the Gilmour Cup competition over 300, 500 and 600 yards. With two electronic targets in use for the afternoon the good roll up of shooters enjoying the milder temperatures was no problem. The east to south easterly breeze appeared to offer good conditions although there was little mirage evident to help read the changes and some shooters discovered the flags did not show what the conditions were offering at all times with a few unexplained wind shots.
Graeme Bright led the way for the Target Rifle shooters dropping only two points in each stage to be four points down for the day with a two points lead over Steve Williams and Gordon Shepherd with Williams having a two centre bull advantage.
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Weekly Review 11/01/2020
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jan 12, 2020
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 11th. January 2020, 900yds. T W Willman Trophy & K Harvey Trophy.
Saturday’s slightly milder temperatures brought a few more shooters out for the first competition shoot of the new year from 900 yards competing for the T W Willman Trophy and the final stage of the K Harvey Trophy which has seen two ranges cancelled in the last few weeks due to extreme weather conditions. During the afternoon the breeze changed direction nearly as often as you looked at the flags going from north west to north east then back to westerly sometimes dropping to nothing then occasionally steady later on but never easy to keep up with, the mirage often a good indication of the changes happening.
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Weekly Review 28/12/2019
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Dec 30, 2019
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 28th December 2019. 700yds. K Harvey Trophy & W Northcott Memorial Trophy.
After extreme conditions led to the cancelled previous weeks shoot some adventurous shooters returned to the 700 yard line on Saturday. The heat was severe but the wind had eased considerably in strength although still very difficult to manage with subtle and unpredictable changes having elevation and wind effect on most shooters scores.
Most Target Rifle shooters had a similar level of difficulty during the afternoon but Steve Williams broke the trend to finish three points ahead of Graham Bright and Gordon Shepherd who both lost a total ten points each for the day with Bright having a one centre bull advantage. Dennis Lavelle had a poor start to the afternoons shooting to finish another four points behind although he managed the highest centre bull count.
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