(Photo courtesy of Sam Kettle: Team of Three Winners L-R: David White, Trevor Wilde and Andy Meyers of East Grinstead with Club Vice President Richard Nichols)
Fifty One shooters from some 10 clubs in the Home Counties enjoyed excellent weather over the weekend at the East Grinstead Target Shooting Club’s Spring Open Meeting.
The session started with a briefing on the afternoons activities including:
With a couple of results still to be published.
The Sussex County Finals will take place on Saturday 14th April at East Grinstead.
At the time of writing, the following club members have qualified to take part:
Hardy Roberts(Veterans Individual): Malcolm Brain & Peter Watson
Horrill Trophy: Richard Nichols & Mike Kettle
First session on went well with the following canidates attending:
Several issues identified as follows:
Breathing. We all do it without thinking but doing it correctly as far as shooting is concerned takes practice. A very useful discussion was had on this topic.
February has been a busy month with many members having qualified for the later rounds of the Eastbourne and Sussex Cup competitions. Last date for shooting many of these competitions was 5th March so the results will be filtering through shortly. Good luck to you all.
The New Year is a traditional time for fresh starts and, as we say goodbye to January, here is the first of a series of monthly updates highlighting our successes in both team and individual competitions.
The existing setup has 4 firing points with two Rika target changers that are about 25 years old and two others that date back to the early 1980's. The other two older units have been repaired on several occasions and the switches are getting dodgy again. We also have to dismantle and reassemble this setup 5 times a year when we use the air range as the marking room for open shoots and as additional space during the Christmas shoot.
(Photo Courtesy of Elaine Kettle: Note the variation in the wind flags!)
Nick Mullins (5th Sussex HG) managed to master the variable conditions and came out top in A Class with a magnificent score of 594 ex 600. The threatened wind and rain just about held off until after shooting finished on both days but that didn't mean the conditions were easy.
(Photo courtesy of Mike Kettle: Supporters watching the Eley Finals)
(Photo: Linda Smallbone, Jim Howard, Andy Meyers, Trevor Wilde, Malcolm Brain and inset Sheena Wilde & David White)
