The Sussex County Finals were held at Chichester on Saturday 13th April with Charles White getting the ball rolling by winning the Juniors Championship for the Sutton Vase. Following 4 x 99's in the 4 cards of the competition so far, he notched a 5th 99 before going one better for a ton on the final card to win with a total of 199 ex 200, 3 points ahead of his nearest rival.
High Scoring in East Grinstead's Spring Open Shoot
In gloomy conditions but light winds forty four competitors from the Home Counties achieved some high scores in the East Grinstead Target Shooting Club’s Annual Spring Meeting at the weekend.
As the Winter season draws to a close it’s time to highlight some of the club’s achievements and to give a digital pat-on-the-back to the members who have contributed to those team and individual successes.
Team Competitions Update
If you didn’t get to the Annual Dinner at the Wiremill on 19 November you missed a good evening. If you have medals to be awarded they have been put in your filing slots at the Club. The list of award winners is also on the notice board at the Club.
Annual Dinner and Prizegiving - Prize List
Held at The Wiremill on 19 November 2010
National RWS League 25yd Div 25 – team medals to:
Annual Dinner and Prizegiving
Held at The Wiremill on 20th November 2009
Sussex League Petworth Cup 25yd Div 6 'D' team win the cup and 5 medals
National RWS League 25yd Div 25 – team medals to:
Best Average Medals to
Tremendous evening with an improvement in numbers attending compared to previous years. Full details are given below the photos.
Photo ( Courtesy of Elaine Kettle): Prizes all lined up ready to go!
Photo (Courtesy of Elaine Kettle): EGTSC "A" Team - Winners of National Division 1, Summer, Short Range.
Photo: Stock Photo of the range as I didn't get around to taking any photos!
(Courtesy of Elaine Kettle)
Richard Wilson (Shanklin R&PC) managed to master the conditions and won Class A with a respectable score of 588 ex 600. Saturday's conditions were light cloud with little wind. Sunday followed with variable sun/cloud and warmer temperatures.
Photo(Courtesy of J Howard): The Sussex Astor Team
Eight members of the East Grinstead Target Shooting Club took part in the 2018 National Small-bore Championships at Bisley between 11 and 17 August, and produced some excellent results in tricky wind and light conditions, plus a major downpour.
(Photo Courtesy of S Collyer: Jazz's first shoot with Tim Green spotting.)
Congratulations to Tim and Jazz for winning their respective Classes! Marie also had an excellent score, both her and Jazz being in their first competitive FB shoot.
Despite the forecast the weather was fine with grey skies and light wind. Ideal for shooting but not for the actual scores which remained steady with only one person shooting above their average.
Full results will appear on the Eastbourne & District web page but here's a brief resume for EGTSC shooters.
Congratulations to:
