Weekly Roundup

Weekly Review 20/01/2024

Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jan 22, 2024

Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 20th January 2024, 500 yards, Series 3 Match 2. Saturday’s competition was held at 500 yards for the second round of Series 3 in hot weather with a light southerly breeze that varied from the south east to the south west throughout the afternoon with shooters needing to watch the conditions carefully or lose points to the changes. Steve Williams was obviously watching closely as he topped the Target Rifle shooters after gaining a great double possible result for the day with Graeme Bright next best followed by Gordon Shepherd who improved substantially from his previous result after returning from a break. Charlie Bennett also made a return to shooting after a break and will no doubt improve with more practice, he was followed by John Coghill tailing the field.
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2023 Presentation Dinner

Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jan 16, 2024

Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 12th January 2024. 2023 BRC Presentation Dinner. Club members attended the annual Presentation Dinner on Friday evening at Bathurst RSL Club where they enjoyed a two course meal followed by the presentation of over thirty trophy’s and medals won by members during the 2022-2023 shooting season. The year’s program had seen several breaks due to events and works carried out on the mount late last year resulting in a postponed presentation dinner. It was pleasing to see Dave Butler receive several shooting awards including the clubman of the year trophy. Dave is one of our newer members who has been a great asset since joining and along with Phil Mahon and the help of many other members has put an enormous effort into improvements at the club recently, they were also a driving force to facilitate the return of the successful rifle club OPM last October.
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Weekly Review 13/01/2024

Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jan 14, 2024

Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 13th January 2024, 300 yards, Series 3 Match 1. Series 3 of our program commenced from 300 yards on Saturday with a light breeze that occasionally swung from a south westerly direction to southerly then from the south east meaning shooters had to keep focused on their game. Target Rifle shooter Steve Williams finished with a one point advantage after his second stage result to claim the lead for the day over Graeme Bright with Ron Gibson next scoring well after his return from a substantial break from shooting. John Coghill retired after equipment issues during his first stage. Sporter Class shooter James Clarke had a bit more competition in his class on the day but shot brilliantly scoring a double possible for the day to top score over visiting shooter Tristan Hughes who also shot very well competing in sporter class for the first time with Dennis Lavelle next in the class.
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Weekly Review 06/01/2024

Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jan 08, 2024

Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 6th January 2024, 900 yards, Series 2 Match 12. The final round of the second series for the year was held on Saturday from 900 yards with the mostly overcast weather making a great day for shooting. In a lesser version of the previous weeks conditions the light south westerly breeze came with a hazy mirage sight picture for the scope shooters at times as it moved around to a southerly then slowed before returning again from the south west with the degree of difficulty reflected by the scores not apparent until after shooting commenced. Graeme Bright managed well top scoring the Target Rifle shooters after dropping just one point in his first stage to then finish three points down for the day ahead of Steve Williams who struggled more than usual during his first stage score.
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Weekly Review 30/12/2023

Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jan 01, 2024

Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 30th December 2023, 800 yards, Series 2 Match 11. The final 800 yards range for the second series was held on Saturday with the westerly wind often swinging to come from the south as it eased in strength throughout the afternoon. This made for difficult conditions which is reflected in the scores with all shooters present failing to make their handicap. Graeme Bright topped the Target Rifle shooters after again finishing the day with a possible to lead Steve Williams by a point with Gordon Shepherd next after he crashed badly in the conditions during his second stage, with John Coghill following. Shooting in Sporter Class Dennis Lavelle managed a reasonable result for the day.
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