Weekly Roundup
Weekly Review 09/01/2010
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jan 11, 2010
Bathurst Rifle Club 9th January 2010 The Gilmour Cup
Competition for the 100-year old Gilmour Cup commenced under the best weather conditions experienced this season, and scores certainly took a leap forward. The quest for the elusive first season possible was finally settled late in the day when Steve Williams shot a very handy 50.06. Coupled with his near possible 49.05 first stage, Williams easily won the days Cock of the Walk and gained an early break on the field in the Club Championship race.
Graeme Bright and Ron Gibson equaled Williams' first stage but could not go on with the job and tailed away with second stages of 48.02 and 45.03 respectively. Gordon Shepherd, John Coghill and Dennis Lavelle benefited from the milder conditions all shooting 48.02 first stages, but as the wind picked up they also fell by the wayside.
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Weekly Review 02/01/2010
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jan 04, 2010
Bathurst Rifle Club 2nd January 2010 The T W Willman Trophy
The New Year started as the old one finished, with a strong gusty southwesterly wind sweeping over the range. The conditions coupled with the smaller targets and the 900-yard range made it very difficult to attain any sort of decent score.
Whilst no one excelled, Dennis Lavelle took his new, small calibre, 5.56mm rifle to its maximum potential. Against the theory of, 'long distance, windy day', use a heavy calibre, Lavelle out shot all comers to win the days Cock of the Walk.
A first stage 45.01 was far from dominant but by following up with a 46.0 second stage Lavelle showed that the wind was not totally unreadable. Despite a pair of magpies in each stage he laid most of his shots in the bulls eye, collecting just the single inner four.
Nobody was immune, as the recent magpie blitz continued, with another 28 magpies three's and six outer two's were added to the seasons total.
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Weekly Review 26/12/2009
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Dec 27, 2009
Bathurst Rifle Club 26th December The N Rutherford Memorial Trophy
The wind finally cracked, the dust settled and the weather conditions at last favoured the shooters at the Bathurst rifle range on Saturday. With a chance to bury the ghosts of the past few months, a keen few attempted to overcome the new smaller targets and post some good scores.
It was not to be however as one mishap after another derailed the plans of a number of competitors. The F class shooters were in the majority as visitors Ken and Mathew Eppleston joined regulars Geoff Willis and Jeff Eppleston to carry the fight to the full bore contingent.
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Weekly Review 19/12/2009
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Dec 20, 2009
Bathurst Rifle Club 19th December The W Northcott Memorial Trophy
The run of windy days continued to harass shooters on Saturday, weather some say that has not been seen at the Bathurst range since the late 1970's. The southwest breeze again proved unconquerable with Gordon Shepherd shooting just the one standout stage to set up a one shot win over Graeme Bright and Steve Williams.
Shepherd got down after the first 3 shooters failed to score a single centre bulls' eye and peeled off a 48.03 setting a challenge to all who followed. Bright jagged a consecutive magpie and inner four in his 47.04 whilst Williams 46.0 included a run of three straight inner fours, which straddled the target. Shepherd came back to the pack with a second stage 45.03 including a magpie three, but held off Williams, who could only better his first stage by a single centre bulls eye, and Bright who slumped to a 45.02, two shots worse than his first stage.
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Weekly Review 12/12/2009
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Dec 14, 2009
Bathurst Rifle Club 12th December Diggers & G James Cups Final
Weather conditions again terrorized all shooters with a WSW breeze swinging in a 45-degree ark, but one thing is becoming abundantly clear this season. As difficult as the weeks have been since the introduction of the new targets, class will out, as Steve Williams translates his strong 2009-year in open competition, to the local range.
Williams, like the rest of the club members is not having an easy time of it, but his ability and experience is head and shoulders over his competitors. Despite a breeze which gusted from the right and flicked down range, Williams kept it together in his first stage 47.04 before steaming home with a 49.05 second stage. He blitzed all comers on the day and secured the first of the seasons majors, the off rifle Diggers Cup, by a resounding 7 shots.
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