MARCH 2, 2014 - PETITCODIAC 22BR SHOOT

The turn-out of shooters for today's shoot was impressive to say the least - 19 shooters plus a scoring assistant. On behalf of the PSC Club, thanks for your attendance folks!

 Considering the -6C temperature and the snow squalls in various regions of the province early in the morning for shooters en-route, it was quite a day. The weather was clear at first, although cold, but towards the end of the shoot, relays had to contend with large flake flurries and very tricky wind conditions. Canadians can tough out the weather any day for a good competitive shoot - at least here on the east coast!!

All said, the scores were very good - almost as good as on a fine weather day! The race at the top was tight and competitive as can be seen by the results below.

 Lots of folks made this a really enjoyable shoot - once your fingers had warmed up near the stove which everyone made sure kept burning well throughout the match. Barbara J. again brought her awesome sweets and Dan G. the traditional Timbits. Volker T. was Match Director and scorer while Martin T. was the score verifier. Thanks to Tony L. for target maintenance and to Tom N. for bringing the frames out of the weather to use today. Thanks to Brian P. and Dan G. for changing the targets. Range officers were Dan G., Darryl K. and Dave C. while Darryl K. and Barbara J. took the pics. Thanks for all your help - it makes for a smooth running shoot. Hope to see all of you at range for the next shoot. Your obliging Match Director - Volker.

RESULTS:
Mike Harvey - 499/23X
Dan Gladstone - 499/18X
Darryl Kierstead - 499/14X
Volker Topf - 498/24X
Jeff Marshall - 497/13X
Barbara Jamieson - 496/22X
Cecil Harvey - 495/19X
Bruce Bennett - 495/15X
Sandy MacLeod - 495/15X
Dave Chavarie - 495/14X
Brian Pettipas - 494/13X

Tom Worden - 492/15X

 Bert deVink - 492/8X

George Murray - 488/11X

Don Murrin - 487/10X
Gerald Daigle - 486/6X

Tom Nowlan - 476/2X

Terry McNeill - 457/3X

Tony Lewis - 456/3X

FEBRUARY 23, 2014 - MINTO 22BR SHOOT

The following pictures and results were sent by Barb J. - many thanks for your assistance and congratulations to all the winners on a fine shoot.

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS "A"

Barb J. - 398/26X

Darryl K. - 397/33X

Dave C. - 395/22X
Dan G. - 395/22X

Cecil H. - 393/23X

Matt McA. - 392/19X

Tom W. - 391/19X

Malcolm MacD. - 385/13X

Sandy McL. - 381/27X
Norbert S. - 373/18X

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS "B"

George M. - 394/20X

Guy H. - 388/17X
Terry McN. - 383/12X
Don M. - 382/12X
Wayne K. - 371/6X

RESULTS - SPORTER CLASS
Wayne K. - 388/19X

Dan G. - 378/10X

Bruce B. - 361/11X

FEBRUARY 9, 2014 - MINTO - 22BR SHOOT

The pictures in this post were sent by Barbara J. and the scores were sent by Gerry J. Many thanks to both. These shooters are hardy souls - the temperature in my back yard this morning was -24C. I'm sure it warmed up some as the shoot progressed but the wind in Minto would also have picked up. It looks like everyone had fun today though - and there was a warm stove to come to after each relay.

It is good to see Sandy shooting again - he and Darryl came all the way from Moncton to attend this shoot. Others attended from Minto, Fredericton, Sussex, Mazerolle Settlement and Maugerville.

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS "A"

Dave C. - 375/0X
Cecil H. - 373/1X
Sandy McL. - 370/0X
Matthew McA. - 369/1X
Darryl K. - 368/0X
Barbara J. - 367/0X
John M. - 357/0X
Malcolm MacD. - 354/0X
Bruce B. - 353/0X
George M. - 348/0X

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS "B"

Terry McN. - 364/0X - (shoot-off)

Guy H. - 364/0X
Don M. - 354/0X

RESULTS - SPORTER CLASS

Wayne K. - 346/0X

Gerry J. - 342/0X

FEBRUARY 8, 2014 - LAKE GEORGE - 22BR SHOOT

Thanks to Terry McN. for sending this report on the second shoot in Lake George. We had a good turnout for the shoot with 10 shooters from the local area and from as far away as Minto braving the cold weather. It was -20C when we started. The temperature came up as the sun got higher which was nice temperature-wise - the only problem with that was that the wind also came up with gusts I'm sure of 25 kmh or more. This made it a challenge for the 8 Open class and 3 Sporter Class shooters - a challenge for some and a mere breeze for others.

The hot dogs and Barbara J's famous cookies were a big hit. Many thanks to all who made this shoot possible and enjoyable. We hope to see everybody out for the last shoot which is in March. There will be awards presented for the top 2 shooters overall in the 3 match series in both classes.

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS

Cecil H. - 398/16X

Dave C. - 397/13X

Bruce B. - 395/13X

Barbara J. - 392/12X

George M. - 388/7X

Terry McN. - 386/6X

John M. - 385/12X

Norbert S. - 384/6X

RESULTS - SPORTER CLASS

Wayne K. - 391/15X

Gerry J. - 362/5X

Bruce B. - 338/4X

FEBRUARY 2, 2014 - PETITCODIAC - 22BR SHOOT

After 2 inches of snowfall ended, and with a hint of rain, the day was not at all bad - weather-wise. The temperature climbed to around 2 degrees and the wind was very light. Several shooters, however, were convinced that there were some mysterious hidden swirls of wind activity causing some erratic behaviour with some of their shots. I'm not sure if this was the case, but this writer had several fine shots that ended up in totally different places than planned!

It was a good shoot with 15 shooters trying their best and, as usual, having a heck of a good time. We welcomed a new shooter - John McClusky. It was also good to see Ron Mason who found some time from his busy commute to Alberta to make it to our shoot. We look forward to new - and old - participants and making new friends.

Thanks go to Volker for Directing the match, scoring the targets and sending this write-up. Thanks also to Tony, Tom, Darryl, Dan, Brian and Ron for helping out with the many tasks, from getting the wood stove going to serving as Range Safety Officer, involved in running a match. The necessary sweets were provided by Barb and Dan with our thanks. Thanks also to photographers Barb and Darryl who sent the excellent pictures.

RESULTS:
Cecil Harvey - 498/24X     

Darryl Kierstead - 498/17X

Volker Topf - 495/25X
John Corbett - 495/19X
Brian Pettipas - 495/17X
Gerald Daigle - 494/14X
John McClusky - 493/19X
Terry McNeill - 493/15X
Dan Gladstone 492/15X
Bruce Bennett - 492/14X
Barb Jamieson - 490/14X

Tom Nowlan 488/9X

George Murray - 484/11X

Ron Mason - 483/4X

Tony Lewis - 482/8X

RESULTS OF POLL #2 - WHAT PEOPLE LIKE ON THE BLOG

January is gone with all of its cold weather. The sun is out longer and we can see the end of winter coming! Our shooting schedules are full of good shoots and our hearts with the anticipation of enjoying the company of good friends and of shooting as well as we can.

The most recent poll is is now finished and the results are in. As before, 16 viewers responded to the poll which is, again, kind of a small number. Here are the results:

"Shoot Schedules" - 16 responses - 100%
"Quick Reminders" - 15 responses - 93%
"Match Results" - 15 responses - 93%
"Pictures of Matches" - 14 responses - 87%
"Shoot Rules" - 14 responses - 87%
"Pictures of Shooters" - 12 responses - 75%
"Links to Other Shooting Sites" - 12 responses - 75%
"Ongoing Shooting Records" - 12 responses - 75%
"Search this Site Option" - 8 responses - 50%
"Links to Discussion Pages" - 7 responses - 43%
"Links to Weather Sites" - 7 responses - 43%

So, it looks like everything from Shoot Schedules to Ongoing Shooting Records is a popular item and definitely will be retained on this Blog. We will also keep the Search Option as this may well become more necessary as time goes on and more information is posted. People may want to search for something specific but don't remember where it is located.

On the other hand, links to Discussion pages and to Weather sites are not popular with a majority of those who responded. These will be eliminated from the Blog and the space freed up can be used for something else.

The next question is "What do you want to have on the Blog that is not there now?". There are three ways to let me know:
          1.     Button hole me at a shoot and let me know.
          2.     E-mail me at bertdevink@gmail.com
          3.     Use the "Comments" option at the bottom of this post.

As always, my best regards. Good shooting and I'll see you at the range!

CONDOLENCES TO ROSS FAULKER

Our condolences go to Ross Faulker and his family on the passing away of his father. Most of us have had some dealings with Ross, his wife and Justin in our search for equipment and supplies. Ross has been a consistent supporter of shooting sports in New Brunswick.

The obituary may be seen here: http://www.flewellingswan.com/obituaries/85595

JANUARY 26, 2014 - MINTO - CENTERFIRE BR SHOOT

Today the weather was cold and blustery - temperature of -6C but the wind made it a -15C windchill. At times there was a bit of snow.

Six hardy souls made it out to the shoot - 3 Open class shooters and 3 Sporter class. As you can see from the scores, the Sporter class shooters had a terrific day beating all Open class competitors. What a little wind will do eh?

Thanks to Dave C., the Match Director, for his scoring and to Don M. as the verifier. Cecil H. and Dave C. did the work of changing the targets. Thanks also to Gerry J. who sent these results and pictures.

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS:

Cecil H. - 272/0X

Dave C. - 267/0X

Don M. - 249/0X

RESULTS - SPORTER CLASS:

Wayne K. - 281/0X

Guy H. - 274/0X
Gerry J. - 271/0X

JANUARY 19, 2014 - PETITCODIAC - CENTERFIRE BR SHOOT

Well, we got the new year started off well with our first Centerfire Benchrest Shoot. The weather co-operated with temperatures around +1C and very light winds at times with overcast skies. Such is the nature of a "January Thaw" in New Brunswick - the next day it was -20C in the back yard. But we were happy to enjoy this little gift for our shoot.

There were 17 shooters in all who participated. Most were from the Southern part of the province from Fredericton to Moncton and across to Sussex and Grand Manan. We had a few more young shooters on the line this time - great to see them shooting and enjoying themselves. We also had a family here today - Dan Gladstone, his son Logan and daughter Kaytelyn, AND GUESS WHAT, Kaytelyn shot really well and won the match (she is definitely hooked on BR shooting) while father Dan placed third. Bert deVink took the silver. Good shooting guys!!

Thanks go to the Match Director and scorer Volker Topf and the target changers Brian Pettipas and Dan Gladstone. ROs were Darryl Kierstead, Dan Gladstone and Brian Pettipas - thanks guys. Thanks also to Shelly Colpitts and Dan Gladstone for bringing the traditional treats without which we could not shoot so well. Darryl Kierstead took the great pictures and Volker Topf the write-up. Thanks guys.

See y'all at the next match!!




RESULTS:                                                                    

Kayelyn Armstrong - 299/8X

Bert deVink - 297/13X
Dan Gladstone - 296/9X
George Cook - 295/12X
Terry McNeill - 295/7X
Brian Pettipas - 295/6X
Tom Worden - 294/8X
Matt Armstrong - 294/4X
Volker Topf - 293/8X
Shelly Colpitts - 289/4X

Don Murrin - 286/4
John Corbett - 282/2X
Tom Nowlan- 280/4X
Darryl Kierstead - 278/3X
Tony Lewis - 277/5X
Norbert Strahlendorff - 270/3X
Logan Gladstone - 270/2X

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