It was quite a nice day for the Centerfire Championship shoot in Minto. Driving to the range it was around 5C and this temperature increased to about 12C by the end of the activities.
More importantly, it was dry and sunny. The previous week had been dominated by rain and also gale force winds. Today - no rain and lots of wind.
The wind was the real weather story for this shoot. It blew from all directions and ranged from almost quiet to well over 30km/hr. Shooting was, at times, very difficult as the wind flags give good indication of direction but the velocity of the wind is always a judgement call. I guess sometimes we judged wrongly!
Another factor to consider was that a lot of range improvement activity has taken place in the last couple of weeks. A new berm was constructed for the pistol range and this has significantly changed the traditional wind patterns on the 100yd rifle range - something else we had to learn.
PEOPLE TO THANK
Match Director - David C.
Scorer - David C.
Range Officers - Wayne K. and David C
Target Setters - Guy H., Cecil H., David C., John McC. and Mike C
Treats - David C. (coffee and cookies), Bruce B. (donuts)
Pics - Bert deV.
Despite the wind conditions one of the shooters was able to shoot a clean match. Congrats go to Cecil H. who shot a 300/10X.
RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:
Cecil H. - 100/5X 100/2X 100/3X = 300/10X
Dan G. - 100/4X 99/4X 98/3X = 29711X Bert deV. - 100/6X 96/5X 100/5X = 296/16X
Mike C. - 99/6X 96/3X 99/6X = 294/15X
Don M. - 98/2X 99/4X 96/2X = 293/8X
John McC. - 98/2X 98/4X 96/2X = 292/8X
David C. - DNC
RESULTS - CENTERFIRE BR - SPORTER CLASS:
Guy H. - 49/3X 50/4X 49/2X = 148/9X
Dan G. - 50/3X 48/3X 50/2X = 148/8X
John McC. - 48/1X 49/0X 46/1X = 143/2X
Bert deV. - 46/1X 47/2X 48/1X = 141/4X
Wayne K. - 47/2X 47/1X 43/0X = 137/3X
