MARCH 16, 2014 - PETITCODIAC - CENTERFIRE BR

This was the second Centerfire BR shoot of the season in Petitcodiac and the wind was the big story. The sky started out overcast but gradually we lost the cloud cover and a bright sun lit up the range with an intense white glare that made it hard to see the bullet holes - lots of heavy duty blinking with some good shooting in between. Temperatures hovered around -2C but the wind gusted up to at least 40 km/hr so it turned out to be quite chilly for those without long-johns. The wind was mostly either up or down range with side-to-side gusts that knocked over a few targets and made those still standing wobble front to back and also side to side. Quite a few shooters were caught by a sudden wind change and a few pulled the trigger just as the target was rocking - darn - what a way to lose a point or

two.Despite the challenge of the conditions, 18 shooters attended from as far away as Grand Manan, Fredericton, Maugerville, Sussex and of course those closer from Moncton. It was good to see our old shooting friends Ron M. and George C. again. We also welcomed John McC. back for a centerfire shoot. It was also nice to see the Gladstone Gang out in full force.

 Lots of folks contributed to this shoot and thanks are due to them all. Volker T. ran a smooth match as Match Director and Scorer with his father, Martin T., providing the verification of the scoring. Range Officers were Darryl K., Dan G., and Volker T. Target Changers were Dan G., Darryl K., Brian P., and Tom N. Target Frames were set up by the hardy crew consisting of Cecil H., Tony L., Ron M., and John McC. Now for the really good part - the treats. We were spoiled by Dan G.'s traditional Timbits and John McC.'s wife, Dorothy, sent over a big container of chocolate brownies and chocolate chip banana muffins to die for. A big THANK YOU to all the above.

RESULTS:

Brian P. - 298/11X

Bert deV. - 298/7X

Cecil H. - 297/14X

Tom W. - 295/5X

Volker T. - 292/5X

Darryl K. - 292/4X

Dan G. - 291/10X

Don M. - 291/9X

John H. - 291/5X

Kayelyn A. - 290/7X

John McC. - 289/3X

John C. - 283/2X

Matt A. - 280/4X

Logan G. - 279/3X

George C. - 278/3X

Ron M. - 278/1X

Tony L. - 276/2X

Tom N. - 266/2X