Well it was finally here - the Final Shoot of the 22BR Season at Petitcodiac. This is always a big and very enjoyable event with lots of effort by many people to make the day memorable. 
Everybody got what they had wanted - some came for the stiff competition and got that; others came for a fun time with friends and shooting colleagues - and got that. Some came for both and guess what - we all got that.
Sunday morning started off pretty cold - my back yard thermometer read 0 C with a layer of frost on the truck. It quickly became a most beautiful fall day in New Brunswick with vivid reds, yellows, oranges and browns flashing in the bright morning sun. The trip to Petitcodiac was full of anticipation.
When we got there, Volker T., the Match Director and scorer was already busy with assigning benches to shooters. Big thanks to Volker T. who worked hard all match and still shot and won it!!
Big Thanks also to John C. who had worked very hard all week to organise the luncheon, the prizes for the draw, the trophies and plaques. Those of us who hadn't qualified and did not let him know we were coming might have caused a little stress by upsetting his well laid plans.
Thanks are also due to Dan G. who served as Range Officer and also changed targets along with Tony L., John L., Gerald D. and Bruce B. Thanks to Darryl K. who served as Range Officer and who made a fire that kept us nice and warm (what was that blue haze that kept creeping over the range just as we were ready to pull the trigger?). Shelly C. provided the wonderful sweets as she does each shoot - how could we shoot without them?
And we can't forget the efforts of the crew who set up the range in the morning - Cecil H., Carl J., George M. and Shelly C.
The whole day turned out to be beautiful with temperatures climbing to 12 or 13 C. Winds were non-existent to only slight - maybe a maximum of 5 km/hr. The winds, when they came up, were a little tricky and the best strategy seemed to be to wait until they had died down. Even so, some of us did lose a point or two, much to our disappointment.
The match began a little after 10:00am with 4 relays of shooters. We completed 25 bulls (1/2 the match) and stopped for lunch. Right after, we completed the other 25 bulls. When the dust had settled, it had proven to be a stiff competition with many shooters shooting at least one clean sheet of 25 bulls (see list below - * indicates a clean sheet).
We returned to the clubhouse for the awards presentations and prize draws. The first awards were presented to Mike H. who had shot the highest single target (250/18X) and the highest match score (500/29X) during the season.
Next the cash awards for the top 5 shooters during today's match. Congratulations on a very fine shoot fellows.
Volker T. * won with a perfect 500/26X
Darryl K.* was second with a perfect 500/15X.
Dan G.* placed third with 499/24X,
Cecil H.* was fourth with 499/23X and
John C was fifth with 498/22X.
Matt McA. * - 498/20X
Shelly C.* - 498/14
Jeff M.* - 497/18X
Martin T. * - 497/11X
Mike H. * - 495/22X
Bruce B. - 495/16X
Barbara J. - 493/16X
Brian P. - 493/15X
Bert deV. - 493/11X
Stephen C. - 492/15X
Carl J. - 492/12X
Gerald D. - 488/13X
John L. - 486/10X
George M. - 485/8X
Don M. - 484/4X
Terry McN. - 478/6X
Tony L. - 435/4X
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