After a couple of days of very hot weather we had a perfect day for a Rimfire shoot in Minto. This was the first Rimfire shoot in a few months as the others had to be cancelled due to the flooding in the Saint John river valley. Although we had a record attendance, we missed Barb and Carl J. and Cecil H. who would normally have been here but who are still wringing out after the flood. Our thoughts are with you folks. 
It was a perfect day because it was a bit cool (which kept the black flies and mosquitos at bay) in the morning. Of course the temperature warmed up in the afternoon and the bugs found the cool shooting 
building and nibbled at the shooters to their hearts content. It was also sunny which made for a bit of a glare on the targets but not enough to make it uncomfortable to sight. Even with the sun, the mirage was minimal. 
The wind was the big conditions story - this was in Minto afterall. The wind was gusty to quiet and mostly from right to left. It changed quickly and somewhat unpredictably during the early relays and a bit less so in the afternoon. Reading wind velocity was the key to success. The wind ranged from +/- 25-30km/hr with gusts doubling that and then decreasing to almost nill as said above. This made holding-over a bit of a guessing game. If you were a bit lucky you had enough time to wait for your condition to return.
Despite all this, Matt McA. won the Open match with a perfect 400/13 score - congrats for some fine shooting Matt. 
Everyone who helped out did a mammoth job today as we had 29 X 2 targets (8 relays x 2) shot. That's a pretty big number for Minto and resulted in the match being over at about 5:00pm. John McC. was the match director who managed to organise a very smooth shoot - even accomodating some latecomers. Don M. was the head scorer with a lot of scoring to do. Wayne K. did the verifying while John McC. and Bert deV. stepped in half way to give these guys a break. The RSOs today were Bill H., Dan G., Dave C., Bruce B. and Darryl K. Targets were posted and changed by Wayne K., George M., Dave C., Mike C., Bruce B., John McC., Ben F. and Bert deV. Bill H. brought the donuts. Many thanks to all who helped today - your efforts were appreciated by all.
RESULTS - OPEN CLASS RIMFIRE BR:
Matt McA. - 400/13X
Bert deV. - 396/26X
Darryl K. - 396/16X
George M. - 391/10X
Don M. - 389/12X
Guy H. - 389/9X
Dan G. - 388/14X
Sandy MacL. - 388/10X
Mike C. - 384/13X
Bruce B. - 383/10X
Dave C. - 382/8X
Mac McD. - 380/1X
John M. - 377/4X
John McC. - 374/11X
Bill H. - 373/8X
Gerard D. - 367/4X
RESULTS - SPORTER CLASS RIMFIRE BR:
Guy H. - 397/10X
Bruce B. - 389/7X
Don Me. - 387/13X
Volker T. - 386/11X
Conrad L. - 386/7X
Bert deV. - 382/11X
John McC. - 382/8X
Shawn R. - 374/5X
Dan G. - 369/4X
George M. - 367/3X
Bill H. - 349/5X
Ben F. - 347/4X
Wayne K. - 335/3X
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