Weekly Roundup
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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Weekly Review 22/12/2018
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Dec 23, 2018
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc. 22nd December 2018, Diggers and G James Cups (Round two), 600yards.
It started out as a Christmas gift to shooters as the gentle southeaster wandered through the trees on the left of the range However that was not to be as one by one competitors were forced to admit failure due to a multitude of problems visited on themselves through reloading errors and wrong equipment choices.
The first stage was a good one for early TR shooters but not so for all. John Coghill and Graeme Bright set the tone with 48.03 each followed by Gordon Shepherd on 47.02 but almost indiscernible changes to wind strength thwarted their efforts to post the elusive possible. Steve Williams (44.03) got lost in the shifts whilst Ron Gibson got confused with his rear sight choices and had to retire.
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Weekly Review 15/12/2018
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Dec 16, 2018
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc. 15th December 2018, Diggers and G James Cups (Round two), 500yards.
This years’ start to summer has been a little different in that the breezes and mirages have come from some unusual corners of the range. Little or no wind is not the usual feast dished up to shooters coming into Bathurst’s windiest month but that is what has been presented to shooters for the past two weeks.
The first shooters on the mound found conditions to their liking as the easterly breeze filtered through the trees, but as it swung around to the north the resulting rear fishtail created a totally different set of conditions.
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Weekly Review 08/12/2018
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Dec 09, 2018
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc. 8th December 2018, Diggers and G James Cups (Round two), 300yards
It’s only eight days into summer and the heat has already arrived making the conditions on the mound on Saturday very uncomfortable. Fortunately there was little wind and surprisingly not a lot of mirage to think about as the flags displayed no interest in moving away from the flag poles.
The target rifle group sprang a surprise with B graders Dennis Lavelle and John Coghill setting the standard, dropping just the one point each in their first stages. Gordon Shepherd still running his new barrel in had a 48.02, Steve Williams dropped his last two shots for a 46.02 and Graeme Bright querying his wind settings jagged a magpie three in his 45.03;
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