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Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 17th December 2022, L Williams Cup 300 yards.

          The improved weather of late continues to see good attendances at the Bathurst Rifle Club and Saturdays first round of the L Williams Cup from 300 yards saw several shooters try out long range target shooting for the first time under supervision of experienced club members. The light south easterly breeze rarely settled to allow high scores and only one shooter managed to score to their range handicap on the day.

          Target Rifle class was won by Graeme Bright with just a countback of the final scores placing Gordon Shepherd in second place. Charlie Bennett was disappointed with his first stage score but improved considerably for his second stage to finish in third place just ahead of John Coghill and Ron Gibson with Dennis Lavelle tailing the field. Pat Moran came along to try out long range shooting in Sporter class and improved his scoring during the afternoon.

          F Class had some shooters starting off well with their first stage score but Jeff Eppleston kept the pressure up scoring consistently to finish ahead of Graham Willis and Col Howell who followed two points away next. Visiting shooter Garry Café finished a further point down and one point ahead of Mal Wright then Geoff Willis and Dave Butler. New shooters Caz Burton and Belinda Miell tried out long range target shooting for the first time with both improving their scores during their second stage as they became more familiar with the sport and equipment.

          It is planned to have a 600 yard practice shoot next Saturday numbers permitting. The second round of the L Williams Cup from 500 yards will be held on Saturday 31^st December.

Geoff Willis

Scores:
M Wright 112.4 (9.75) 100,
G Shepherd 96.8 (3.5) 99.5,
C Howell 114.7 (4) 99,
G Bright 96.8 (2.75) 98.75,
J Eppleston 116.6 (1.75) 98.42,
G P Willis 114.8 (2.25) 97.25,
D Butler 106.4 (8.25) 96.58,
G S Willis 110.8 (4.75) 96.42,
P Mahon 109.1 (5.5) 96.33,
C Bennett 84 (12) 96,
R Gibson 83.1 (12) 95,
J Coghill 83.4 (12) 95,
D Lavelle 78 (12) 90.

All scores/plots can be found Here.