First post Covid open shoot! As expected, entry was limited but enthusiastic. Finally ending up with 14 competitors of which one had to cancel as he'd been called up to shoot for his school.
The weather was ideal all weekend so new excuses had to be used. The best we heard was that it was because of the new duckboards.!
We received an email from Brian Woodhall at NSRA saying that he'd acquired some items from the estate of one of our founder members, John Powell. Would we like them?
They consisted of:
Covid19
Like many other clubs, when Lockdown came in March 2020 East Grinstead Target Shooting Club shut up shop and hunkered down for a few months to wait for the Covid 19 virus to pass. As we now know, this was a little optimistic!
To cope with operating under Covid 19 conditions various changes were made. These consisted of:
On the 17th February 1987 the club welcomed Malcolm and Sarah Cooper plus a crew of 10 from Granada TV for a days filming in the club house. Club members Keith Worsfold, David Britchford, and Mike Kettle were in attendance to provide any assistance required.
Photo: Clean Sweep by EGTSC. Malcolm Brain (A Class), Jim Howard (B Class), Mike Levy (C Class), Elaine Kettle (D Class).
(Photo courtesy of Samantha Kettle)
Blustery conditions on Saturday and calmer conditions on Sunday meant that the prize winners were biased towards those that shot on Sunday.
For those "in the know" the event is referred to as the Dewar Trials. For the rest of us here's a little more information.
David White and Andy Meyers travelled to Appleton Range on Saturday 15th June 2019 to compete in the International Dewar Match GB Team Trial.
The GB Dewar Postal Competition is a match against the USA and Commonwealth countries such as Australia, South Africa and New Zealand.
For the Sutton Gold Cup David White was just edged out of first place on countback having tied on 391 for the top slot. Malcolm Brain took 3rd place with a score of 390. This was his own doing as he would have beaten them both if he hadn't put up a cross shot and earned 2 penalty points.☹️ Andy Meyers came 6th on 388.
NSRA Individual British Short Range Championship
After two very competitive preliminary rounds, thirty of the top smallbore shooters in Britain qualified for the final stage of the 2018/19 British Championship. Amongst them was David White of East Grinstead, following in the footsteps of Andy Meyers and Malcolm Brain who both qualified in previous years, and showing that the club continues to grow from strength to strength.
Eastbourne & District Competition Finals
The Eastbourne Finals took place on Saturday May 11 at Uckfield’s range in East Hoathly. Despite the atrocious weather outside the clubhouse, the outlook was bright for East Grinstead with representatives in almost every final.
Photo (courtesy of Sara Marshall): Russell Cup Winners - Malcolm Brain, Jim Howard, Trevor Wilde.
The City of London finals were held at Surbiton Rifle Club on Saturday April 27. In the team shoot-off, contested by the four divisional champions from the Winter season, East Grinstead had two teams representing the club. The ‘A’ team achieved the highest total gun score but lost out on the Macrae handicap system, with the EGTSC ‘C’ team of Graham Rowcroft, Elaine Kettle, Phil Wood, Mike Levy & Chris Phillips (standing in for Sheena Wilde) winning the trophy.
