FEBRUARY 23, 2014 - MINTO 22BR SHOOT

The following pictures and results were sent by Barb J. - many thanks for your assistance and congratulations to all the winners on a fine shoot.

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS "A"

Barb J. - 398/26X

Darryl K. - 397/33X

Dave C. - 395/22X
Dan G. - 395/22X

Cecil H. - 393/23X

Matt McA. - 392/19X

Tom W. - 391/19X

Malcolm MacD. - 385/13X

Sandy McL. - 381/27X
Norbert S. - 373/18X

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS "B"

George M. - 394/20X

Guy H. - 388/17X
Terry McN. - 383/12X
Don M. - 382/12X
Wayne K. - 371/6X

RESULTS - SPORTER CLASS
Wayne K. - 388/19X

Dan G. - 378/10X

Bruce B. - 361/11X

FEBRUARY 9, 2014 - MINTO - 22BR SHOOT

The pictures in this post were sent by Barbara J. and the scores were sent by Gerry J. Many thanks to both. These shooters are hardy souls - the temperature in my back yard this morning was -24C. I'm sure it warmed up some as the shoot progressed but the wind in Minto would also have picked up. It looks like everyone had fun today though - and there was a warm stove to come to after each relay.

It is good to see Sandy shooting again - he and Darryl came all the way from Moncton to attend this shoot. Others attended from Minto, Fredericton, Sussex, Mazerolle Settlement and Maugerville.

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS "A"

Dave C. - 375/0X
Cecil H. - 373/1X
Sandy McL. - 370/0X
Matthew McA. - 369/1X
Darryl K. - 368/0X
Barbara J. - 367/0X
John M. - 357/0X
Malcolm MacD. - 354/0X
Bruce B. - 353/0X
George M. - 348/0X

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS "B"

Terry McN. - 364/0X - (shoot-off)

Guy H. - 364/0X
Don M. - 354/0X

RESULTS - SPORTER CLASS

Wayne K. - 346/0X

Gerry J. - 342/0X

FEBRUARY 8, 2014 - LAKE GEORGE - 22BR SHOOT

Thanks to Terry McN. for sending this report on the second shoot in Lake George. We had a good turnout for the shoot with 10 shooters from the local area and from as far away as Minto braving the cold weather. It was -20C when we started. The temperature came up as the sun got higher which was nice temperature-wise - the only problem with that was that the wind also came up with gusts I'm sure of 25 kmh or more. This made it a challenge for the 8 Open class and 3 Sporter Class shooters - a challenge for some and a mere breeze for others.

The hot dogs and Barbara J's famous cookies were a big hit. Many thanks to all who made this shoot possible and enjoyable. We hope to see everybody out for the last shoot which is in March. There will be awards presented for the top 2 shooters overall in the 3 match series in both classes.

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS

Cecil H. - 398/16X

Dave C. - 397/13X

Bruce B. - 395/13X

Barbara J. - 392/12X

George M. - 388/7X

Terry McN. - 386/6X

John M. - 385/12X

Norbert S. - 384/6X

RESULTS - SPORTER CLASS

Wayne K. - 391/15X

Gerry J. - 362/5X

Bruce B. - 338/4X

FEBRUARY 2, 2014 - PETITCODIAC - 22BR SHOOT

After 2 inches of snowfall ended, and with a hint of rain, the day was not at all bad - weather-wise. The temperature climbed to around 2 degrees and the wind was very light. Several shooters, however, were convinced that there were some mysterious hidden swirls of wind activity causing some erratic behaviour with some of their shots. I'm not sure if this was the case, but this writer had several fine shots that ended up in totally different places than planned!

It was a good shoot with 15 shooters trying their best and, as usual, having a heck of a good time. We welcomed a new shooter - John McClusky. It was also good to see Ron Mason who found some time from his busy commute to Alberta to make it to our shoot. We look forward to new - and old - participants and making new friends.

Thanks go to Volker for Directing the match, scoring the targets and sending this write-up. Thanks also to Tony, Tom, Darryl, Dan, Brian and Ron for helping out with the many tasks, from getting the wood stove going to serving as Range Safety Officer, involved in running a match. The necessary sweets were provided by Barb and Dan with our thanks. Thanks also to photographers Barb and Darryl who sent the excellent pictures.

RESULTS:
Cecil Harvey - 498/24X     

Darryl Kierstead - 498/17X

Volker Topf - 495/25X
John Corbett - 495/19X
Brian Pettipas - 495/17X
Gerald Daigle - 494/14X
John McClusky - 493/19X
Terry McNeill - 493/15X
Dan Gladstone 492/15X
Bruce Bennett - 492/14X
Barb Jamieson - 490/14X

Tom Nowlan 488/9X

George Murray - 484/11X

Ron Mason - 483/4X

Tony Lewis - 482/8X

RESULTS OF POLL #2 - WHAT PEOPLE LIKE ON THE BLOG

January is gone with all of its cold weather. The sun is out longer and we can see the end of winter coming! Our shooting schedules are full of good shoots and our hearts with the anticipation of enjoying the company of good friends and of shooting as well as we can.

The most recent poll is is now finished and the results are in. As before, 16 viewers responded to the poll which is, again, kind of a small number. Here are the results:

"Shoot Schedules" - 16 responses - 100%
"Quick Reminders" - 15 responses - 93%
"Match Results" - 15 responses - 93%
"Pictures of Matches" - 14 responses - 87%
"Shoot Rules" - 14 responses - 87%
"Pictures of Shooters" - 12 responses - 75%
"Links to Other Shooting Sites" - 12 responses - 75%
"Ongoing Shooting Records" - 12 responses - 75%
"Search this Site Option" - 8 responses - 50%
"Links to Discussion Pages" - 7 responses - 43%
"Links to Weather Sites" - 7 responses - 43%

So, it looks like everything from Shoot Schedules to Ongoing Shooting Records is a popular item and definitely will be retained on this Blog. We will also keep the Search Option as this may well become more necessary as time goes on and more information is posted. People may want to search for something specific but don't remember where it is located.

On the other hand, links to Discussion pages and to Weather sites are not popular with a majority of those who responded. These will be eliminated from the Blog and the space freed up can be used for something else.

The next question is "What do you want to have on the Blog that is not there now?". There are three ways to let me know:
          1.     Button hole me at a shoot and let me know.
          2.     E-mail me at bertdevink@gmail.com
          3.     Use the "Comments" option at the bottom of this post.

As always, my best regards. Good shooting and I'll see you at the range!