Weekly Roundup
Weekly Review 13/06/2009
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jun 19, 2009
Bathurst Rifle Club 13th June The F A Wilde Trophy 500 yards
Club Champion Steve Williams, and runner up Graeme Bright fought out the second round of the F A Wilde Trophy in typical fashion. Bright started in less than sparkling form with a string of bulls eyes either through, or touching, the bulls eye line. He eventually dropped a shot for a fortunate 49.03. Williams on the other hand had little trouble posting a 50.06 possible.
In the second stage Bright tightened up considerably to lay a 50.05 possible on the target and throw the ball back to Williams. A wild four o’clock inner, threatened to derail Williams, but a bag of centres and no further mistakes got him home by 5 centre bull’s eyes. There was no such closeness in the B grade scores as Ron Gibson seriously challenged the A grade pair just missing a possible with a last shot inner four. His second stage was equally as impressive with another 49, spoiled only by a late inner four.
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Weekly Review 06/06/2009
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jun 07, 2009
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc. June 6, 2009 The F A Wilde Trophy 300 yards
With the Club Championship concluded, the final two runs through the six ranges commenced with the 300-yard range of the F A Wilde trophy. Although not producing typical frigid winter weather, there was still a chill in the air and the westerly breeze wafted over the nearby SSAA range with just a hint of turbulence.
As the closest of the competition ranges, 300 yards does not guarantee a bag full of bulls eyes as most shooters found out their chagrin. Graeme Bright was again unable to tame the 300 yards and much to his disgust dropped a shot in each stage. He was however clearly the best shooter on the day with a pair of 49.05's and was only really tested by Dennis Lavelle in the early stages of the shoot.
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Weekly Review 30/05/2009
Posted in Weekly Roundup on May 31, 2009
Quirky occurrences for some shooters but Williams shines
NINE hundred yards at the Bathurst rifle range is never easy and tends to throw up some quirky occurrences at times, none more so than at Saturday's final round of the Club Championship. With the championship winners already decided, the day was about claiming the bottle of whiskey called the Secretary's Trophy.
The first strange performance occurred when Graeme Bright, in the middle of a good first stage, pulled the trigger to the sound of a 'pop' instead of a 'bang'. Three tries later he realised that during reloading he had forgotten to put gunpowder in a number of his rounds. Jan Sibera was another to fall foul of the 900yard phenomena when he encountered three 'miss-fires' in a row only to discover he had failed to load a bullet into the breach.
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Weekly Review 23/05/2009
Posted in Weekly Roundup on May 27, 2009
Bright continues his strong year with solid effort in Secretary’s Trophy
SHOOTERS fronting for the 800 yard range of the Bathurst Rifle Club’s Secretary’s Trophy on Saturday could be forgiven for thinking that anything less than a double possible would be considered a disappointment. A favourable easterly breeze, good light and the large target presented a great chance for a perfect score. However, despite some heavy scoring Graeme Bright was the only one to achieve the elusive double possible.
Bright has had a fairly successful year so far and took out his ninth Cock of the Walk (COW) to lead by two wins in the year-long trophy. Bright’s 100.13 was his fifth straight double and his sixth from seven shoots at 800 yards. He had little competition and only one other single possible, that a 50.05 to Gordon Shepherd, was completed.
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Weekly Review 15/04/2009
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Mar 15, 2009
Clear skies mask a hidden terror at Bathurst range SHOOTING
A NEAR perfect day was laid on for all who attended the Bathurst Rifle Range on Saturday for the K Redding 700 yard trophy. However, clear skies and bright sunshine masked a hidden terror for target shooters, a severe mirage, which boiled and swapped sides at will.
Graeme Bright was the day's standout shooter and although he could not achieve a possible, he was the most consistent, droppping just the one shot in each stage. Bright's 98.09 drew him to within one point of club championship leader Steve Williams, who had an up and down day. Williams' first stage 47.02 was off the pace and despite scoring the only possible of the day, a 50.02, he finished one shot shy of Bright.
Gordon Shepherd, with stages of 48.05 and 47.04, couldn't quite match it with the top pair while John Coghill shot a large group resulting in a poor 91.05.
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