Our condolences go to Ross Faulker and his family on the passing away of his father. Most of us have had some dealings with Ross, his wife and Justin in our search for equipment and supplies. Ross has been a consistent supporter of shooting sports in New Brunswick.
The obituary may be seen here: http://www.flewellingswan.com/obituaries/85595
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Sunday, January 26, 2014
JANUARY 26, 2014 - MINTO - CENTERFIRE BR SHOOT
Today the weather was cold and blustery - temperature of -6C but the wind made it a -15C windchill. At times there was a bit of snow.
Six hardy souls made it out to the shoot - 3 Open class shooters and 3 Sporter class. As you can see from the scores, the Sporter class shooters had a terrific day beating all Open class competitors. What a little wind will do eh?
Thanks to Dave C., the Match Director, for his scoring and to Don M. as the verifier. Cecil H. and Dave C. did the work of changing the targets. Thanks also to Gerry J. who sent these results and pictures.
RESULTS - OPEN CLASS:
Cecil H. - 272/0X
Dave C. - 267/0X
Don M. - 249/0X
RESULTS - SPORTER CLASS:
Wayne K. - 281/0X
Guy H. - 274/0XGerry J. - 271/0X
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
JANUARY 19, 2014 - PETITCODIAC - CENTERFIRE BR SHOOT
Well, we got the new year started off well with our first Centerfire Benchrest Shoot. The weather co-operated with temperatures around +1C and very light winds at times with overcast skies. Such is the nature of a "January Thaw" in New Brunswick - the next day it was -20C in the back yard. But we were happy to enjoy this little gift for our shoot.
There were 17 shooters in all who participated. Most were from the Southern part of the province from Fredericton to Moncton and across to Sussex and Grand Manan. We had a few more young shooters on the line this time - great to see them shooting and enjoying themselves. We also had a family here today - Dan Gladstone, his son Logan and daughter Kaytelyn, AND GUESS WHAT, Kaytelyn shot really well and won the match (she is definitely hooked on BR shooting) while father Dan placed third. Bert deVink took the silver. Good shooting guys!!
Thanks go to the Match Director and scorer Volker Topf and the target changers Brian Pettipas and Dan Gladstone. ROs were Darryl Kierstead, Dan Gladstone and Brian Pettipas - thanks guys. Thanks also to Shelly Colpitts and Dan Gladstone for bringing the traditional treats without which we could not shoot so well. Darryl Kierstead took the great pictures and Volker Topf the write-up. Thanks guys.See y'all at the next match!!
RESULTS:
Bert deVink - 297/13X
Dan Gladstone - 296/9X
George Cook - 295/12X
Terry McNeill - 295/7X
Brian Pettipas - 295/6X
Tom Worden - 294/8X
Matt Armstrong - 294/4X
Volker Topf - 293/8X
Shelly Colpitts - 289/4XDon Murrin - 286/4
John Corbett - 282/2X
Tom Nowlan- 280/4X
Darryl Kierstead - 278/3X
Tony Lewis - 277/5X
Norbert Strahlendorff - 270/3X
Logan Gladstone - 270/2X
contact bertdevink@gmail.com if there are any errors
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
JANUARY 12, 2014 - MINTO - 22BR SHOOT
The following results and pictures were sent by Barbara J. - many thanks.
You will notice the scores are not as usual - this is because Minto Matches are now scored down instead of up which results in lower scores and far fewer Xs.
RESULTS - OPEN CLASS:
Cecil H. - 375/1X
Barbara J. - 369/1X
Malcolm MacD. - 365/0X
David C. - 364/0X
Don M. - 360/0X
George M. - 360/0X
Bruce B. - 350/0X
RESULTS - SPORTER CLASS:
Guy H. - 369/2X
Wayne K. - 362/3X
Bruce B. - 357/1X
Saturday, January 11, 2014
JANUARY 11, 2014 - LAKE GEORGE - 22BR SHOOT
Here are the results and some pictures of the Lake George Gun Club shoot sent by Barbara and Carl J. - many thanks for their assistance.
OPEN CLASS:
Bruce B. - 400/14X
Cecil H. - 398/20X
George M. - 394/11X
Terry McN. - 393/11X
Don M. - 387/8X
Barbara J. - 384/5X
Norbert S. - 384/4X
OPEN CLASS:
Bruce B. - 400/14X
Cecil H. - 398/20X
Guy H. - 398/15X
Dave C. - 395/13XGeorge M. - 394/11X
Terry McN. - 393/11X
Don M. - 387/8X
Barbara J. - 384/5X
Norbert S. - 384/4X
SPORTER CLASS:
Steve F. - 390/17X
Wayne K. - 385/12X
Bruce B. - 385/12X
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
NOTICE OF LAKE GEORGE 22BR SHOOTS
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING FROM SHELLEY GREGAN:
Happy New Year! I appologize that this is being sent out to the 2013 e-mail list. I have not had a chance to finalize the 2014 e-mail list yet but wanted to make sure that members were aware of these shoots. There will be informal 22 shoots taking place January 11, February 8 and March 8, 2014. The following competition regulations have been provided by Terry McNeill who is coordinating these shoots - tfmcneill@live.ca
L.G.G.C. 22 RIMFIRE WINTER BENCHREST RULES
Dates: January 11, February 8 and March 8, 2014
Registration is from 9 am until 10 am. The shoot will start at 10 am. The fee is $10.00. Coffee and light lunch is included. There wil be two classes - OPEN and SPORTER. Medals will be awarded for 1st and 2nd in each class.
OPEN CLASS:
Any rifle, any sights, any ammunition and any two piece rest with not more than 4" of contact on the rifle from either bag. The rifle cannot be clamped rigid and must be free to float.
SPORTER CLASS:
Restricted to low and mid priced rifles with any action. No target rifles or any rifles with modifications (including no heavy barrels). The cut-off price will be around the CZ bolt action and the Marlin lever action. If there is a dispute the committee will have the final say.
Sporter Class Sights: will be any sights (open, peep, scopes no larger than 9x but no high power scopes turned down)
Sporter Class Barrels: no heavy barrels, barrels can only measure a max of .65" with no modifications such as tunners.
Sporter Class Ammunition: Any ammunition permitted.
Sporter Class Rest: rests will be one sand bag under the front of the rifle. No rear supports allowed other than the shooter's hand.
TARGETS:
There will be four targets with 10 shots for score on each. This will result in a score out of 100 on each and a total of 400 for the match. There will be unlimited sighters with a 10 minute time limit on each target.
OTHER REGULATIONS:
The rest of the rules will be the same as and enforced as layed out in the regular Lake George Gun Club Shooting Competitions. See this link: http://www.lg-gc.ca/index.html
Happy New Year! I appologize that this is being sent out to the 2013 e-mail list. I have not had a chance to finalize the 2014 e-mail list yet but wanted to make sure that members were aware of these shoots. There will be informal 22 shoots taking place January 11, February 8 and March 8, 2014. The following competition regulations have been provided by Terry McNeill who is coordinating these shoots - tfmcneill@live.ca
L.G.G.C. 22 RIMFIRE WINTER BENCHREST RULES
Dates: January 11, February 8 and March 8, 2014
Registration is from 9 am until 10 am. The shoot will start at 10 am. The fee is $10.00. Coffee and light lunch is included. There wil be two classes - OPEN and SPORTER. Medals will be awarded for 1st and 2nd in each class.
OPEN CLASS:
Any rifle, any sights, any ammunition and any two piece rest with not more than 4" of contact on the rifle from either bag. The rifle cannot be clamped rigid and must be free to float.
SPORTER CLASS:
Restricted to low and mid priced rifles with any action. No target rifles or any rifles with modifications (including no heavy barrels). The cut-off price will be around the CZ bolt action and the Marlin lever action. If there is a dispute the committee will have the final say.
Sporter Class Sights: will be any sights (open, peep, scopes no larger than 9x but no high power scopes turned down)
Sporter Class Barrels: no heavy barrels, barrels can only measure a max of .65" with no modifications such as tunners.
Sporter Class Ammunition: Any ammunition permitted.
Sporter Class Rest: rests will be one sand bag under the front of the rifle. No rear supports allowed other than the shooter's hand.
TARGETS:
There will be four targets with 10 shots for score on each. This will result in a score out of 100 on each and a total of 400 for the match. There will be unlimited sighters with a 10 minute time limit on each target.
OTHER REGULATIONS:
The rest of the rules will be the same as and enforced as layed out in the regular Lake George Gun Club Shooting Competitions. See this link: http://www.lg-gc.ca/index.html
Monday, January 6, 2014
JANUARY 5, 2014 - PETITCODIAC - 22BR SHOOT
The Benchrest shooting season got off to a great start today with a 22BR shoot in Petitcodiac which was attended by 16 shooters from the Moncton, Fredericton, Sussex, and Minto areas. One even came from Grand Manan. This is a testament to the hardiness of New Brunswick shooters as, the day before, temperatures at the beginning of the day hovered around -30C. 
The weather was great today, however, with the sun shining and hardly any wind. We were lucky to see the temperature rise 8 degrees up to a balmy 0C and no snow. The warm stove was kept going to keep shooters thawed out between relays - and this venue was extremely well attended! Of course that's where the treats were also located. 
This was one of the best shoots ever with great scores. The top 4 shooters attained the ellusive perfect target with 500 scores. Congratulations to Matthew McAllister, Volker Topf, Brian Petitpas and Jeff Marshall, 3 of whom joined the 500 Club for the first time! |
| Medal winners Matt, Volker and Brian |
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| 500 Clubbers Jeff, Brian, Volker, Matt |
Thanks are due to all who made this shoot possible. Match Director and scorer Volker Topf. Those who set up and changed the targets. The ROs and those who fired up the stove and those who made the coffee. Thanks to Barbara Jamieson for bringing the sweets.
Matthew McAllister - 500/23X
Volker Topf - 500/23X
Brian Pettipas - 500/20X
Jeff Marshall - 500/9X
Cecil Harvey - 499/26X
Dan Gladstone - 499/23X
Tom Nowlan - 499/21X
Darryl Kierstead - 499/16X
Bruce Bennett - 498/18X
John Corbett - 495/18X
Barbara Jamieson - 492/15X
George Murray - 490/12X
Terry McNeill - 476/9X
Don Murrin - 473/7X
George Cook - 470/1X
Steven Crawford - 469/8X
contact bertdevink@gmail.com if there are any errors
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
POLL #1: IS THIS SITE USEFUL FOR COMMUNICATION AMONG SHOOTERS?
Well here we are in 2014 - hope all of you had a good holiday season.
The time for voting on the question of whether you think the New Brunswick Benchrest Site is a useful communication tool is over. Thanks to those who took a few minutes to respond.
The Poll results are in:
Number of people voting = 16
"The site is very much a useful communication tool" = 15
"The site is somewhat useful as a communication tool" = 0
"The site is not all that much useful" = 1
"The site is not at all useful" = 0
So, 93% of those voting thought the blog-site was useful. Although this sounds good, keep in mind that in 2013 we had 60 shooters showing up to the shoots in Lake George, Minto and Petitcodiac. Assuming that all 16 voters in the poll were from New Brunswick, this means that only 1/4 of the active New Brunswick shooters in 2013 voted. We don't know why others did not vote or why 15 people thought it was useful.
In 2014 we will try a couple more polls. The plan is to find out what people like or dislike on the site and want to keep or discard. A second poll will try to find out what new items shooters would want to see on the website.
See you at the range.
The time for voting on the question of whether you think the New Brunswick Benchrest Site is a useful communication tool is over. Thanks to those who took a few minutes to respond.
The Poll results are in:
Number of people voting = 16
"The site is very much a useful communication tool" = 15
"The site is somewhat useful as a communication tool" = 0
"The site is not all that much useful" = 1
"The site is not at all useful" = 0
So, 93% of those voting thought the blog-site was useful. Although this sounds good, keep in mind that in 2013 we had 60 shooters showing up to the shoots in Lake George, Minto and Petitcodiac. Assuming that all 16 voters in the poll were from New Brunswick, this means that only 1/4 of the active New Brunswick shooters in 2013 voted. We don't know why others did not vote or why 15 people thought it was useful.
In 2014 we will try a couple more polls. The plan is to find out what people like or dislike on the site and want to keep or discard. A second poll will try to find out what new items shooters would want to see on the website.
See you at the range.
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