Weekly Review 18/05/2019
Weekly Review 18/05/2019
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 18th May 2019. 700yds. I Hughes & R Northcott Trophies.
Saturday gave us a beautiful afternoon to be outside enjoying the sunshine with only a light breeze mostly from the north west to occasionally lift the flags then dropping at times to allow the mirage to creep from the east. The upgraded electronics of the target system performed well as the club members familiarised themselves with the new software and scores in general were not too bad for the difficult 700 yards target. Some may have expected above average scores in the conditions, but there were enough swings of mirage and flags to dampen most hopes.
In the Target Rifle class Dennis Lavelle again showed good consistent shooting to take the days Cock of the Walk badge by one point from Gordon Shepherd. Graeme Bright had a slow start to the first stage score but a better finish later on left him in third spot for the day ahead of Ron Gibson.
F Class was dominated by a strong finishing Graham Willis who grabbed the days CoW by several points late in the day from the next best Ben Wright and Geoff Willis. Angus Ogilvie continued to struggle with the club right handed rifle while he patiently awaits the arrival of his new and more suitable equipment which should see an overall improvement. Col Howell struggled with the effects of some bad luck during the week and some tricky swings of mirage didn’t help his score while Nick Webster unfortunately saw the result of mixing different batches of ammunition in his second stage.
The I Hughes & R Northcott Trophies were won by Graham Willis with Dennis Lavelle runner up.
Next Saturday is the last range for this year’s club championship and the start of the Secretaries Trophy from 900 yards.
Scores:
GP Willis 116.6 (7) 100
D Lavelle 95.4 (6.5) 100
GS Willis 111.6 (8.25) 100
B Wright 111.6 (9.25) 100
R Gibson 88.2 (12) 100
G Shepherd 94.6 (5) 99
G Bright 92.3 (6.25) 98.25
A Ogilvie 104 (12) 96.67
C Howell 100.3 (12) 93.33
N Webster 100.1 (12) 93.33
by Geoff Willis
All scores/plots can be found Here.
Posted in Weekly Roundup on May 19, 2019