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Weekly Review 23/03/2024

Posted in Weekly Roundup on Mar 26, 2024

Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 23rd March 2024, 700 yards, Series 3 Match 10. Shooters again enjoyed a day with some cloud cover providing great weather to be shooting the final 700 yards match of Series 3 with a light westerly breeze that was variable at times to give some shooters cause for consideration between shots. Almost half the shooters scored to their range handicap on the day with two visiting shooters again trying out long range target shooting. Graeme Bright top scored the Target Rifle shooters for the afternoon finishing with a one point advantage over Steve Williams who found the going a bit harder later in the day, John Coghill followed next after a slow start with his first stage results.
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Weekly Review 16/03/2024

Posted in Weekly Roundup on Mar 18, 2024

Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 16th March 2024, 600 yards, Series 3 Match 9. Saturdays overcast day provided some very easy weather to be outdoors for our second 600 yards shoot in Series 3 of the season. Light winds from the east early during the early afternoon soon changed to a light westerly with the flags often hanging down the pole which became more frequent later in the afternoon. The conditions allowed the majority of shooters to score close to or above their range handicap with two shooters gaining double possibles for the day.
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Weekly Review 09/03/2024

Posted in Weekly Roundup on Mar 11, 2024

Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 9th March 2024, 500 yards, Series 3 Match 8. Saturday saw club members enjoy the use of the club awnings again due to high temperatures for Series 3 Match 8 from 500 yards. The easterly breeze brought out the tree line flag but the breeze was never consistent or convincing and often paused for a minute or two before deciding where to go next giving some shooters a break or others the run around resulting in about one third of the field shooting to and above handicap with one shooter gaining a double possible and five others single stage possible scores on the day. Steve Williams top scored the Target Rifle shooters with three centre bulls over Graeme Bright with Gordon Shepherd finishing the day strongly in next spot ahead of John Coghill who is trying the club rifle out for a few weeks. Sporter Class shooter James Clarke again scored a great double possible with Dennis Lavelle shooting steadily to finish a few points away next.
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Weekly Review 02/03/2024

Posted in Weekly Roundup on Mar 05, 2024

Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 2nd March 2024, 300 yards, Series 3 Match 7. Saturday’s competition from 300yds for Series 3 Match 7 was held in overcast weather with the rain that threated early in the afternoon not causing much problem thanks to the thoughtful use of our club awnings. Some shooters were able to take advantage of the restrained temperatures and periods of very light winds while several visitors enjoyed the opportunity to try out long range shooting. Steve Williams scored a nice double possible during the afternoon ahead of John Coghill shooting in Target Rifle class. Sporter class shooter Dennis Lavelle scored well finishing ahead of Jon Lloyd who has been trying out long range shooting.
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Weekly Review 03/02/2024

Posted in Weekly Roundup on Feb 06, 2024

Bathurst Rifle Club Inc., 3rd February 2024, 700 yards, Series 3 Match 4. The Series 3 Match 3 competition from 600 yards held on Saturday 27th January saw shooter numbers down with five club members attending the Kings Series State Championship at Anzac Range Malabar from 26-28th January; with two club members competing in Target Rifle Class, two in FTR Class and one in Sporter Class. The extreme heat conditions followed by the very strong winds that came through during the first day of competition resulted in several issues including poor ammunition quality and broken target frames that needed repair before competition continued affecting some shooters and the days shooting program.
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