AUGUST 4, 2024 - MINTO - 7TH ANNUAL RNBRA CENTERFIRE BENCHREST CHAMPIONSHIPS - RESULTS

Thanks to Darryl K. for sending pics.

It was a very warm and very humid Sunday in early August that set the conditions for the 7th Annual Provincial Centerfire Benchrest Championships held in Minto New Brunswick. Shooters were wiping foreheads and hands throughout the match but fortunately, no rifles slipped out of wet hands. 

Conditions, aside from the temperature which hovered around 30C and the humidity, were favourable for good shooting and as can be seen from the results, the field as a whole scored well and some very impressive scores were recorded.

Although not all directly related to the weather, several shooters had to withdraw from competition which shrank the field significantly. We started the match with 14 individuals in 2 classes of competiton and ended up with 11 by the end of the match.

Both classes of competition were shot at 100yds on the regular targets used at the Minto Gun Club. The Open class shot 10 counting shots per relay on +/- 2.5 inch bulls with the center dot modified for each caliber. In this case .30 cal had a fine dot while .24 and .22 calibers had a substantially larger X dot. The high possible for each relay was 100/10X and for the match it was 300/30X.

In Sporter Class, all calibers shot at the same 5 bulls for each relay. This resulted in a high possible of 50/5X for each relay and for the match it was 150/15X.

PEOPLE TO THANK:

Match Director - David

Scorer - Wayne K.

Score Verifier - Conrad L.

Range Officers - Bert deV., Conrad L., Darryl K., and John McC.

Target Setters - Cecil H., John McC., Guy H., Mike C., Bruce B. and David C.

Food - David C.

Liaison with RNBRA - Conrad L.

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:

Congratulations to Open Champion Cecil H. 
and second place Dan G.

Cecil H. -  100/6X     100/6X     100/8X = 300/20X (6mmPPC) (rank on count back)

Dan G. -   100/6X     100/6X     100/8X = 300/20X  (6mmPPC)

Mike C. -   100/6X     100/5X     100/5X = 300/16X (30BR)

Bert deV. - 100/3X     100/5X     100/4X = 300/12X (30BR)

Don M. -      99/6X     100/7X     100/7X = 299/20X (30BR)

John McC. - 96/3X     100/10X    -------  = DNC (30BR)

Darryl K. -   90/0X      ---------       -------  = DNC (6mmBR)

RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR - SPORTER CLASS:

Congratulations to Sporter Champion Dan G.
 and second place David C.

Dan G. -      49/3X     50/3X     50/1X = 149/7X (      )

David C. -    48/1X     50/5X     50/2X = 148/8X (22PPC)

Bruce B. -    49/3X     49/2X     49/4X = 147/9X (      )

Bert deV. -   48/3X     50/2X     48/3X = 146/8X (222Rem)

Guy H. -      47/2X     47/0X     48/2X = 142/4X (      )

John McC. - 48/2X     43/0X     49/0X = 140/2X (223)

Gerry J. -     48/2X     44/0X     46/1X = 138/3X (223)

Wayne K. -   47/0X     41/0X     46/0X = 134/0X (223)

Conrad L. -    ------      42/0X     45/0X =  DNC (223)

Norbert S. -   DNC (223)

During this Championship, we had another shooter reach the goal of shooting a clean match. Mike C. received his Minto 300 Club badge. Congrats to Mike!

Congratulations to Mike C. with his clean match score.