Weekly Roundup
Weekly Review 19/08/2023
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Aug 22, 2023
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 19th August 2023 700 yards Series 1/10
Saturdays cold and windy weather saw only a small field of keen shooters compete at 700 yards for the second last round of the First Series of the 2024 season. The westerly breeze varied during the afternoon moving at up to 20kph with just a few steady patches to make good scores difficult to achieve.
John Coghill was the only Target Rifle shooter to brave the conditions and despite the weather scored above handicap on the day.
Jeff Eppleston top scored the F Class standard shooters with a good lead over Phil Mahon followed by Graham Willis a couple of points away.
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Weekly Review 05/08/2023
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Aug 06, 2023
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 5th August 2023 600 yards Series 1/9
Saturday saw a return to shooting at the Bathurst Rifle Club range after six weeks of delay due to NBN network upgrades. A return to shooting at 600 yards for the ninth round of the first Series in our shooting calendar attracted sixteen+ shooters for what was perhaps the best shooting conditions experienced for some time with just a slight westerly breeze lifting the flags on occasion. This allowed more than half the field to achieve scores to their handicap or better.
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Weekly Review 17/06/2023
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jun 19, 2023
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 17th June 2023 500 yards Series 1/2
Saturdays second round of Series 1 from 500 yards was held in magnificent weather with a light north easterly breeze that remained reasonably steady for most of the time with a few tricky changes during the middle of the afternoon allowing most shooters to better their handicap or go very close.
Graeme Bright was the only shooter to achieve a double possible to lead the Target Rifle shooters with Dennis Lavelle scoring well to finish next ahead of John Coghill. Sporter Class shooter James Clarke had a great day dropping just one point during his second stage score.
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Weekly Review 03/06/2023
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jun 07, 2023
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 3rd June 2023 300 yards Series 1/1
The start of Series 1 of the 2024 shooting program from 300 yards saw very good conditions with just an occasional lifting of flags from the west which allowed the majority of shooters to score to their handicap.
Target Rifle shooter Gordon Shepherd started well dropping just one point during his first stage to hold on to the lead taking the cock of walk position for the day a couple of points ahead of Dennis Lavelle, John Coghill and Graeme Bright each separated by one point. James Clarke shooting in Sporter Class had his best day yet gaining a double possible with fourteen super centres to finish with a very big smile in contrast to Geoff Willis who tried out his Sporter class equipment only to make several costly errors to destroy his scores.
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Weekly Review 20/05/2023
Posted in Weekly Roundup on May 22, 2023
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 20th May 2023 600 yards W & J Brown Consolation Trophy
The W & J Brown Consolation Trophy was contested on Saturday at the 600 yards range in some excellent weather with a light westerly breeze that allowed many shooters to score to their handicap.
Gordon Shepherd kept up the pace in Target Rifle Class with a great five centre bull finish to his second stage possible score to claim top spot on the day with a one point lead over Graeme Bright. Dennis Lavelle was next in line ahead of Ron Gibson and John Coghill. James Clarke shooting Sporter Class got up with a big smile after scoring a second stage possible to finished the day.
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