Weekly Roundup
Weekly Review 04/05/2019
Posted in Weekly Roundup on May 05, 2019
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc. 4th May 2019. 500yds. L Williams Cup.
After a pleasant sunny morning a brisk SW wind developed during the afternoon and with increasing cloud cover made shooters scramble for whatever warm clothing they could find in their vehicles. The wind was variable in both strength and direction and was reflected in the scores posted on the day.
With several TR shooters away only 3 competed for the 500-yard trophy. Gordon Shepherd returning from a couple of weeks R&R showed the way dropping 4 bullseyes due to the fickle breeze. Second was Graeme Bright two points behind Shepherd and Ron Gibson two points further back.
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Weekly Review 27/04/2019
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Apr 28, 2019
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc. 27th April 2019. 300yds. L Williams Cup.
Following a week or more of stable autumn weather Saturday was forecast to produce gusty SW winds which really did not eventuate except for the very last shooters of the day. Together with the short range of 300 yards some good scores were expected from the nine shooters competing.
Of the two TR shooters that competed, Graeme Bright top scored finishing with a 49 to recover from a poor fist stage, to beat Ron Gibson’s 86.
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Weekly Review 13/04/2019
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Apr 14, 2019
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 13th April 2019. 900yds. Captains Trophy & Championship.
Last Saturday gave us some great weather to finish the Captains Trophy at 900 yards. With a couple of the Target Rifle shooters away contesting the Victorian State Championships at Bendigo numbers were down a little for the opportunity to get a good score in for the club championship round. During the afternoon the fickle breeze proved difficult to manage, coming from the west to slightly north westerly early on then changing to be more southerly to south westerly and occasionally dropped off leaving the flags to hang down the poles.
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Weekly Review 06/04/2019
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Apr 08, 2019
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 6th April 2019. 800yds. Captains Trophy.
Last Saturday was thankfully a vast improvement in weather to the previous week with sunshine and very little cloud in the morning. From about midday on the west to north westerly wind strengthened a little and continued to drop off and gust at times as it swung occasionally to come from the south west. Scores were much improved over the previous week although there was still a reasonable level of difficulty overall.
The top target rifle score for the day and CoW went to Graeme Bright who also had the best stage of the day with 50.5, Steve Williams was only one point away with next best score for the day.
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Weekly Review 30/03/2019
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Mar 31, 2019
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 30th March 2019. 700yds. K. Redding Trophy & Club Championship.
After some discussion about the prevailing weather, all who had come to brave the cold wind eventually decided to go ahead and shoot. The west to south westerly wind was gusting up to 30 kph at times. Looking up the flag line the flags were tipping toward the skies in a random fashion then dropping off and occasionally swinging to slightly from the north west. All making it extremely difficult to get a steady run in the conditions for a decent score and centre X’s were hard to get.
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