October 26, 2014 - PETITCODIAC FINAL CENTERFIRE BR. CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH - RESULTS

The Match - sent by John Corbett:

The Petitcodiac Centrefire Benchrest Championship Shoot was held on Sunday, October 26, 2014 at the Petitcodiac Sportsman's Club Rifle Range. Registration time was at 9:30 am and the shoot started at 10:00 am. A good number of shooters qualified to shoot at no fee and to participate in the Championship Top 5 Awards. Other shooters were welcome to attend and shoot but with the usual shoot fee and no participation in the Top 5 Awards. Shooters who did not  place in the Top 5 Awards participated in a Prize Draw so everyone who participated in the Shoot was a winner.

Lunch was provided to all in 

attendance.

The course of fire was 3 hunter class targets with 2 shots per bull on score and unlimited sighters in a 15 minute relay. This resulted in 4 relays for the 18 shooters.

Prizes:

Prizes were donated by Hirsch Precision. We thank Peter Dobson for this donation and for his generous support of shooting in New Brunswick.

The Conditions:

For several days before the match, it had been raining furiously, and we were all afraid that the match would be a very wet one with the winds that Petitcodiac is known for. When we drove down to the range it was cold, about 4 C but there was only the slightest hint of rain - a misting. During the match it was only during the last 2 relays that a substantial rain appeared. It remained cold on the firing point and did not exceed 10 C. Those horrible and tricky Petitcodiac winds? - not a sigh or even a breath. 

This was very unusual but did lead to some excellent scores - 3 shooters shot a perfect match and joined the illustrious Petitcodiac 300 CLub: Cecil Harvey with 300/20X; Dan Gladstone with 300/13X and for the first time in his shooting career, Matt Armstrong shot a perfect 300 with 12X. Congratulations guys - well done. That's not all - there were 22 perfect targets shot in all - a record for a match I'm sure.

People to Thank:

The following people worked hard to make this Final shoot a success. Volker T. was the Match Director and did all the scoring with Martin T. verifying the results. The Range Safety Officers were Dan G. and Darryl K. Targets were set up by John McCl., Dan G. and Brian P. while the target changers were Dan G., Brian P., Logan G., and Cecil H. The lunch and prizes were arranged by John C. Shelly C. brought the treats for the lunch while Dan G. and John McC. brought the Timbits for the shoot. Many thanks to all of you for your dedication and efforts.

The Results - sent by Volker Topf:

                                     Target #1           Xs         Target #2          Xs          Target #3           Xs           Total                    Xs                 Rank

Cecil Harvey		100		8		100		5		100		7		300		20		1
Dan Gladstone		100		6		100		4		100		3		300		13		2
Matt Armstrong		100		2		100		2		100		8		300		12		3
Volker M. Topf		99		5		100		7		100		6		299		18		4
Darryl Keirstead		100		5		99		2		100		4		299		11		5
Don Murrin		98		4		100		3		100		7		298		14		6
Logan Gladstone		99		3		99		1		100		1		298		5		7
John McClusky		99		2		98		5		100		4		297		11		8
Bert deVink		98		3		100		4		99		4		297		11		9
Brian Petitpas		99		2		100		4		98		2		297		8		10
George Cook		99		6		97		4		100		3		296		13		11
Tom Worden		100		3		99		5		96		2		295		10		12
Bruce Bennett		100		4		96		2		99		0		295		6		13
Tom Nowlan		97		3		99		3		98		3		294		9		14
Terry McNeill		96		1		97		5		99		7		292		13		15
John Corbett		94		1		99		0		98		1		291		2		16
Shelly Colpitts		93		1		97		1		96		1		286		3		17
Tony Lewis		90		2		96		0		93		1		279		3		18

The Top 5 from the left: Dan G., Matt A.,
Cecil H., Volker T. and Darryl K.

Other Awards:

As this was the final Centerfire Benchrest shoot of the year, several other prizes were awarded for Benchrest Shooting during the year as follows:

High Single Target Score during the Regular
Schedule: Dan Gladstone with 100/9X

High Match Score during the Regular Schedule:
Cecil Harvey with 300/8X