AUGUST 17, 2019 - MINTO - 2nd ANNUAL RNBRA RIMFIRE CHAMPIONSHIPS

August 17, 2019 turned out to be a pretty nice day for a RNBRA Annual Rimfire Benchrest Championship shoot - an opportunity for all benchrest shooters in the province to show off their smallbore skills. Although we missed several shooters from both the north and the south of the province, we had a good crowd come out to the Minto ranges from the middle areas of New Brunswick.


Even the weather was in favour of shooting a big match today. Yes, there was a forecast for some rain later in the day and it did sprinkle a little before we started the match. But this amounted to very little and was not a factor with David C's. quick intervention to put up a tarp which shielded the shooters who would be shooting outside. So, for the entire match we had only occasional misting but no rain. The sky remained overcast which allowed for even light for sighting and shooting. 


For the first half of the match there was absolutely no movement in the wind flags and the scores (HPS = 200/20X), did reflect this condition. There were 15 shooters who lost 1 point or less. The second half of the match (also 200/20X) did have some flag movement due to the wind, but performance was not diminished with 17 shooters losing only 1 point or less. This is rarely seen in Minto as the wind usually costs shooters dearly.

Many people lent a hand today to make this match a successful one. Conrad L. was the Match Director (and chairman of the organizing committee and liason between the Minto Gun Club and the RNBRA. Don M. organised the relays and shooting positions and also scored the entire match with Dale H. verifying the scoring and statistics. Bruce B. was responsible for changing all the targets with help from George M. The food for the wonderful lunch was obtained and prepared by Wayne K. and Barb J. brought her wonderful breads. David C. brought the coffee. Bert deV. was the CFO and the ROs for the match were Barb J., Bill H., John M., George M., Mike C. and David C. Thank you so much everybody! This match could not have held without your help.

As mentioned above, scores reflected the optimal conditions. Congratulations are due to George M. who shot 400/19X; John M. who shot 400/17X; Cecil H. who shot 400/18X; Guy H. who shot 400/21X; Gerard D. who shot 400/22X and Bert deV. who shot 400/24X.

RESULTS - RIMFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:

Bert deV. - 400/24X
Gerard D. - 400/22X
Guy H. - 400/21X
George M. - 400/19X
Cecil H. - 400/18X
John M. - 400/17X
Mike C. - 399/19X
Dale H. - 399/19X
David C. - 399/18X
Norbert S. - 399/17X
Bill H. - 398/20X
Volker T. - 398/15X
Dan G. - 398/12X
Conrad L. - 397/14X
Barb J. - 397/14X
Don M. - 394/11X

RESULTS - RIMFIRE BR - SPORTER CLASS:
Dan G. - 397/14X
Bert deV. - 397/13X
Gerry J. - 397/11X
Conrad L. - 397/10X
Bill H. - 396/11X
Volker T. - 391/11X
Wayne K. - 367/9X
Wayne L. - 364/3X

Finally, we held a draw for a brick of SK Standard Plus and some Sightron hats donated by Hirsch Precision and won by Cecil H. Many thanks to Peter Dobson.