Well, here it was - finally. The annual Minto Centerfire Championships. Much anticipated for those who had spent a year honing their skills and equipment.
We were all fascinated by the fact that the range, which had been seeded with grass less than a month ago was now sprouting a nice crop of green - this late in the season (it's November for Pete's sake).
It was a cool day (some ice on one of the puddles on the range), with an overcast sky which made the light conditions even and good for shooting paper. We were using a new target format which allowed for one shot per bull - too much of a change for one shooter who came to rue his second shot on the first bull. The wind was quite changeable as is the usual case in Minto. In the early parts of the match it was predominantly left to right but this changed to a wind mostly down-range at the end of the match. Both the direction and the velocity of the wind proved to be a problem - hence no perfect scores were posted today.
Unfortunately, two shooters had serious equipment problems that forced them to withdraw.
John McC. was the match director today with Don M. as head scorer and Bill H. as the score verifier. Dave C. and George M. did all the target changing. We had a good crew of ROs which included Dan G., Tony L., John McC., Bruce B., Wayne K. and Bert deV. The wonderful sweets were provided by Tony L. (thanks Shelly C.), Dave C. and a huge bunch of do-nuts by the Minto Gun Club. Thank you all for your contributions to a great final shoot.
After the match was completed the annual year-end awards were distributed - these will be posted in the next post.RESULTS - OPEN CLASS:
John McC. - 299/15X
Bert deV. - 299/12X
Dan G. - 298/20X
Volker T. - 298/12XTony L. - 294/11X
Don M. - 293/13X
Dave C. - 293/8X
Wayne 283/10X
Bruce B. - DNC
Bill H. - DNC
RESULTS SPORTER CLASS:
Volker T. - 147/1X
Bert deV. - 146/2X
Dan G. - 142/0X
John McC. - 138/2X
Bill H. - 123/0X
Wayne K. - 114/0X
Bruce B. - DNC
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