Weekly Roundup
Weekly Review 20/07/2019
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jul 22, 2019
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 20th July 2019. 300yds. J Sibera Trophy.
Saturdays light winds and sunshine had plenty of shooters out to contest the first round of the J Sibera Trophy from 300 yards. A light breeze mostly from the northwest gave plenty of steady patches to allow high scores for some shooters. Numbers were also boosted with the return of a couple of Bathurst Rifle Club shooters who had been in Brisbane recently attending the National Championships and also as members of the Australian Rifle Teams competing in the Trans-Tasman F Class competitions against their New Zealand counterparts, with Australia taking out the F Open and FTR Class competitions.
The day’s honours in TR Class went to visiting former Bathurst club member Darren Crimston who has been shooting very well recently with Steve Williams only a couple of points away and Gordon Shepherd one more point down.
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Weekly Review 13/07/2019
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jul 15, 2019
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 13th July 2019. 900yds. C R Kelly Cup.
Saturday’s third and final round of the CR Kelly Cup and 900 yards championship round saw the shooters who decided to venture outdoors dealing with a day of bitterly cold and gusting westerly wind varying from approximately 25 to 40 kph easing at times later in the afternoon.
Steve Williams again led the TR shooters as he skilfully lost only three points in the trying conditions and claimed ten centres with Gordon Shepherd five points away after having his shots blown about too much in his first stage. Graeme Bright finished the day a further four points down after scoring in the magpie three ring too many times.
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Weekly Review 06/07/2019
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jul 08, 2019
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 6th July 2019. 800yds. C R Kelly Cup.
The second round of The CR Kelly Cup was contested on Saturday at 800 yards with shooters having to deal with a northerly breeze that blew up the range from behind as it switched from one side to the other. Most shooters managed to get at least one good stage for the day with a couple not so lucky.
Steve Williams showed how a break away may help by taking out the days honours in TR class with an excellent double possible for the day with Gordon shepherd next after a good first stage but finishing five points behind after finding the magpie ring in the second stage.
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Weekly Review 29/06/2019
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jun 30, 2019
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 29th June 2019. 700yds. C R Kelly Cup.
Saturday’s sunshine brought a good number of shooters out to play and with a couple of visitors again trying out it was quite busy for the afternoon. A light to moderate breeze persisted most of the day swinging from a north westerly through to slightly from the north east on some occasions to reverse the direction of mirage. All the while the strength continually varied up and down from approximately 5kph to 16 kph contributing to a greater than normal vertical dispersion of shots at times as well as the usual horizontal caused by drops in strength and angle changes. Although this made for one of the most difficult wind reading days seen at the range for some time a couple of shooters managed to get through without suffering the lost points that most did.
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Weekly Review 22/06/2019
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jun 27, 2019
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 22nd June 2019. 600yds. FA Wilde Trophy.
Saturday saw the second round of the 2020 Club Championship series and the third and final round of the FA Wilde Trophy which has been contested over the last three weeks at 300, 500 & 600 yards. Several shooters have been away training with the FTR development squad for the next F Class world championships to be held in South Africa in 2021 and also contesting the National Championships held in Brisbane last week. Although the weather has been cold several visitors have attended over the last two Saturdays to try out long range target shooting with some achieving quite good scores for their efforts.
Saturday 15th at 500 yards. In TR class Gordon Shepherd and Dennis Lavelle battled it out for the day’s honours with Gordon holding a two centre bull advantage. Graeme Bright finished one point off the lead in next place with Ron Gibson a few more points away.
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