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Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 20^th August 2022, Gilmour Cup 500 yards.

          Saturdays 500 yards round of the Gilmour Cup had shooters trying to keep their hands and heads warm in the very cool but moderate strength south westerly breeze which was often steady although rarely long enough to complete a stage.

          Graeme Bright was keen to make up for his misfortunes at the recent Queensland Championships and got straight to business in Target Rifle Class with a first stage possible then finishing the day in the lead with just one point lost. Gordon Shepherd improved considerably during his second stage to finish next down the list followed by John Coghill and then Dennis Lavelle who trialled a new scope in Optical Class.

          Most F Class shooters achieved a reasonably solid first stage score but at the end of the days shooting Geoff Willis had held on with a one point advantage over Phil Mahon and Graham Willis after all scored consistently. Jeff Eppleston started off with a strong first stage score but a change of ammo may have cost him the lost points later on with Mal Wright next scoring a possible second stage score after a slow start during his first stage with Darren Johnson equalling that score on his first experience of long range target shooting. Col Howell finished next although only four points off the lead ahead of Dave Butler who tried out some new equipment that proved difficult to use.

          Next week shooting will be at 600 yards for another round of the Gilmour Cup.

Geoff Willis

Scores:
M Wright 114.5 (5) 100,
P Mahon 116.9 (3) 99.67,
G Bright 99.6 (.5) 99.5,
G S Willis 117.7 (1.25) 98.75,
G P Willis 116.5 (1.75) 98.42,
G Shepherd 95.3 (3.25) 98.25,
C Howell 113.7 (3.5) 97.67,
J Coghill 88.6 (9.5) 97.5,
J Eppleston 115.10 (1.25) 97.08,
D Butler 98.2 (8.25) 89.92,
D Lavelle 79.2 (5.25) 84.25,
D Johnson 114.5.

All scores/plots can be found Here.