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RNBRA 2015 MTR/TR SMALL BORE RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIP - MAY 30, 2015

Woodstock Pistol and Rifle Club

Hosting the RNBRA 22 Rifle TR/MTR and Sporting Rifle Championship 2015

DATE: May 30, 2015

MATCH DIRECTOR: Hans vanSpingelen - hvscorp@nbnet.nb.ca

APPEALS: A Match Committee composed of the Match Director and 2 others will consider appeals. An appeal is to be directed to the RO on duty, then to the Match Director and finally to the Match Committee.

REGISTRATION FEE:  MTR/TR - $15 for individuals ($20 for family),  
                                          SPORTER/HUNTER - $10 per individual ($15 for family)

LOCATION: Woodstock Pistol and Rifle Club 
                      209 Hodgdon Road, Teeds Mills, NB 

GPS COORDINATES: 46.091855/ -67.574263 
On TransCanada Highway, take exit 194 and on south side of TC is a sign for Woodstock
Pistol and Rifle Club. Sign says: WPRC 2.4 km on the service road parallel to the NB trail.


START TIMES: Registration starts at 8:30 a.m
Club members and local competitors will shoot the first relay at 9:00 a.m. Opening ceremonies will take place at once the local relay is completed. All others will start at 10:00 a.m.

CLASSES:
1. MTR/TR - Modified Target Rifle (heavy barrel) in 22LR caliber. May be shot with aperture sights, sling, shooting jacket and spotting scope OR with unlimited magnification scope, front rest but no rear rest. The shooter must support the butt of the rifle.
2. Sporting/Hunter Rifle in 22LR caliber. No target rifles or rifles with heavy barrels are to be used (check with Match Director before registration). May be shot with aperture sight but no sling or jacket. No front rest. This class is shot from elbows only. If using a scope only 4X magnification will  be allowed (a variable scope turned down to 4X will be allowed). A spotting scope or higher scope setting may be used during sighting.

PRIZES: A minimum of 3 shooters are required for a prize to be awarded in any class.
Top shooters will be presented with RNBRA Small Bore Championship trophies for both Junior and Senior shooters. Their names will be engraved on the trophy and entered into the RNBRA Record Book. 

Trophies for the Woodstock MTR (scoped) events:
#103 RNBRA SMALLBORE TROPHY MTR Prone Senior
#19 MAGEE CUP MTR Prone Junior
#101 Brig. SNOW MEMORIAL MTR Prone Junior (extra-young juniors)

Trophies for the Woodstock for TR (non-scoped/aperture) events:
#97 Brig. T.E.SNOW 1993 TR Prone Open
#79 Maj. W.H.CLARKE Trophy TR Prone Junior
#69 BOLS BOWL TR Standing Metallic sights Open

The Woodstock Pistol and Rifle Club will present take home trophies for top shooters. The Snow and Burge Fullbore Junior Prize will be awarded to the top Junior MTR and TR shooters (Scoped and aperture sights) by the Fullbore Section of the RNBRA. 

TARGETS AND COURSE OF FIRE:
Targets are standard 50 meter match rifle competition. 
Course of fire is 60 counting shots at 50 meters with unlimited sighters at the top left hand target bull. The remaining 5 target bulls are for counting shots - 6 shots per target bull.
There will be a target change and another 30 shots with sighters. 
Adults and juniors may shoot in same relay. For both classes, 6 shooters per relay, shooting platforms will  be under cover. Bring a shooting mat

JUNIOR MTR AND SPORTING RIFLE:
Juniors  may have the option to shoot at 25 meter targets, depending on their skill level. This to be decided at the time of the match.
We estimate one relay to take 30 minutes, but actual times may vary.

PAY AS YOU GO CANTEEN SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE

Please E-Mail Hans to indicate your interest to help plan the event Thank You

APRIL 26, 2015 - PETITCODIAC 22BR MATCH - RESULTS

Today's shoot at Petitcodiac was well attended with 20 shooters on hand. This required 4 different relays of 30 minutes each - times two - for a total of 50 counting shots fired. Lots of waiting for everyone - time well spent in talking about the new wind flags, the scores shot, the wind (or lack thereof) and updating what's happening with our friends and shooting colleagues.

The weather started out quite cold with temperatures around the freezing mark. It gradually got a little warmer but not up to the predicted 10C. The winds were really very mild for Petitcodiac but treated each relay differently. The first 2 relays had no wind at all while later relays had a variety of cross winds and down range winds - but still only about 5km/hr in gusts with lots of quiet periods. The last relay of the day had to deal with fairly heavy rain showers and longer periods of calm winds. All-in-all a cold that chilled you to the bone but for the stove that was kept cozy hot by several of the shooters.

These conditions helped us to record some very respectable scores including 9 "possible" targets of 250 points. Special congratulations to Cecil H. (26X) and Barb J. (20X) who each shot 500 for the match and entered the exalted Petitcodiac 500 Club - Barb for the very first time. Good shooting friends! Congratulations also go to Don M. who just had cataract surgery, tried out a new BRNO target rifle and shot with new ammo - and still shot a very respectable 490/14X.

Thanks go to whole host of people who  made this match possible and enjoyable. Dan G. was the Match Director and Scorer while Shelly C. verified the scoring. The RSOs were Dan G., Terry McN., Carl J. and Bruce B. The targets were changed by several shooters including Shelly C., Brian P., Terry McN., Logan G., and Guy H. The delicous treats, cookies and banana bread were brought by Shelly C. and Barb J. Thank you all. Oh yeah, we missed Volker T who was home with a cold. Get better soon Volker.

L to R: Barb J., Cecil H. and Bruce B.

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS:
Cecil H. - 500/26X
Barbara J. - 500/20X
Bruce B. - 499/18X
Gerard D. - 499/15X
Matt McA. - 498/26X
Dan G. - 498/21X
Darryl K. - 497/23X
Norbert S. - 497/8X
George M. - 496/20X 

Petitcodiac 500 Club members, Barb and Cecil

Guy H. - 496/20X
Logan G. - 494/18X
Bert deV. - 493/26X
John C. - 493/18X
Terry McN - 493/15X
Brian P. - 491/14X
Don M. - 490/13X
Dave C. - 481/9X
Tony L. - 478/10X
Shelly C. - 475/5X
Carl J. - 455/2X

April 19, 2015 - MINTO - CENTERFIRE SHOOT - RESULTS

It was a pretty good day for a Centerfire Benchrest Shoot in Minto with temperatures around 6C in the morning going up to about 10C once the sun came out. At first it was very cloudy with almost no winds - an unusual thing for Minto. As the day wore on, the cloud cover dissipated and the sun came out with resulting increased winds - although they still remained quite mild with only occasionally a gust getting up to 10-15Km/hr.

A good number of shooters came out (12) - many shooting both Open and Sporter classes. Clearly we all enjoyed getting re-acqainted - those that had hibernated during the winter - and we certainly enjoyed the shooting despite the occasional cross fire that led to some extended talk at the bench. Some very good scores were posted, most notably Terry McN. who scored the only perfect score at 300 with 22 Xs. Congrats to Terry - good shooting!
Today's shoot was quarterbacked by Match Director Wayne K. who also did the scoring with Don M. verifying the scores. Bruce B. was the chief RO with Bert deV. filling in for some of the relays. A large and mottly crew consisting of Conrad L., Gerry J., Bruce B., Grant P. Jr., Ron M., John McC. and Terry McN. went down the range several times to change targets. Many thanks to all who helped out.
















RESULTS - OPEN CLASS:
Terry McN. - 300/22X

Bert deV. - 299/18X
Don M. - 297/19X
Gus C. - 296/15X
John McC. - 295/19X
Ron M. - 293/14X
Claude G. - 292/13X
Bruce B. - 288/10X
Mack MacD. - 281/8X

RESULTS - SPORTER CLASS:
Wayne K. - 148/5X
Bert deV. - 147/9X
Gus C. - 144/4X
Gerry J. - 140/3X
Terry McN. - 137/4X
Conrad L. - 131/1X

APRIL 12, 2015 - PETITCODIAC CENTERFIRE SHOOT - RESULTS

A good number of motivated shooters (18 in all) were on hand for the first centerfire match in Petitcodiac in April. Some even came out of hibernation after a long winter break - even though the winter is not yet over in New Brunswick. It was time to shake off some the accumulated rust and cobwebs - evident in the scores and in that some of the shooters had new equipment that had not been tried or zero-d-in. A few guys left the match early because of this.

It's been an unusual spring with 
snow banks still up to 3 feet in many places - and it's mid-April!. There was still lots of snow on the range although some places had melted and were becoming quite muddy.
It was nice to see deer coming out of the woods to graze on the sides of the highway on the way down to the range. Unfortunately, we also saw several road-kill animals, racoons, groundhogs and one deer - seems like one of the costs of getting longer days and warmer weather.

It was a wonderful Spring day with temperatures ranging up to about 12 degrees at the end of the match. Nice and warm in the sun and even under the roof of the firing points gloves and hats were not a necessity. The sun was out for the whole match which gave some problems to some shooters as it glared off the snow - lots of comments and complaints. Targets were a bit

hard to see especially when a shot had been fired and the hole produced a bright spot at the aiming point. During the last relays, a bit of cloud gave the occasional relief so shooters could see targets without too much glare.

The match was a bit late in starting. Dan G. stepped up to organize it when Volker T. could not come as he had hurt his wrist during a fall on ice. Thanks Dan, for taking the job of Match Director and Scorer. Thanks also to Shelly C. for being the score verifier. The Target Changers were Shelley C., John McC. and Brian P. while the set up was done by Dan G. and Cecil H. The ROs were Bruce B., Terry McN. and John McC. Thanks to all and finally, thanks to Shelley C. and Dan G. for bringing the irresistable treats. The sugar rush was appreciated.
Winds were quite light during the first relay - about 5km/hr and gradually picked up during the match. They were a bit tricky in that they were not steady and switched from side to side although predominately up and down range.

RESULTS:

Brian P. - 297/14X
Cecil H. - 297/11X
Dan G. - 297/10X (on count back)
Terry McN. - 297/10X
John McC. - 296/11X
George C. - 296/9X
John M. - 296/8X
Matt A. - 294/10X
Shelly C. - 290/5X (on count back)
Ron M. - 290/5X
Bert deV. - 289/4X
Don M. - 287/3X
Bruce B. - 284/3X
Norbert S. - 283/9X
John C. - DNF
Tony L. - DNF
Tom W. - DNF
Claude G. - DNF

APRIL 5, 2015 - MINTO 22BR - RESULTS

We had a nice shoot today. Although there were only eight shooters due to driving conditions and strong winds. It was sunny,cold, Easter Sunday. Wayne K., George M. and Malcolm MacD. had the fire going and the lodge was cozy and warm. Carl J., Barb J. and Dave C. were Range Officers while Malcolm MacD. and Barb J. changed the targets. Wayne K. was Score-keeper. We finished early and were home in time for Easter Dinner with our families.

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS

   1.Barb J.   - 390/12X

   2.George M.- 384/9X        

   3.Dave C.   - 384/6X         

   4.John M.   - 380/5X              

   5.Malcolm M. - 379/9X             

   6.Carl J.     - 349/3X

RESULTS - SPOR TER CLASS

    1. Wayne K. -  385/5x

   2. Grant P. Jr - 341/3X

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