Club Championship COFs
Muzzle-Loading Revolver 2014 2013 2011 2008 2007
Muzzle-Loading Rifle 2011 2008 2007
.22 Rifle 2014 2012 2008 2007 2006
Full Bore Rifle 2014 2013 2012 2008
Pistol-Calibre Rifle 2015 2014 2011 2007 2006
Any Pistol Club Championship - Sunday 7th May
|
M1 T1 |
M1 T2 |
M2 T1 |
M2 T2 |
Total |
Name |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
Score |
Greg Rastall |
1 |
72 |
1 |
87 |
3 |
117 |
5 |
174 |
10 |
450 |
Charles Bestwick |
0 |
81 |
1 |
80 |
1 |
103 |
5 |
170 |
7 |
434 |
John Crouch |
1 |
81 |
2 |
92 |
2 |
85 |
2 |
152 |
7 |
410 |
Sean Van Der Post |
0 |
69 |
2 |
87 |
1 |
107 |
0 |
143 |
3 |
406 |
Lara Bestwick |
1 |
70 |
0 |
77 |
1 |
87 |
2 |
169 |
4 |
403 |
Terry Stallard |
0 |
48 |
0 |
73 |
2 |
111 |
2 |
158 |
4 |
390 |
Moray Honeyman |
0 |
72 |
0 |
68 |
3 |
86 |
1 |
140 |
4 |
366 |
Fiona Dove |
0 |
70 |
0 |
73 |
1 |
108 |
0 |
101 |
1 |
352 |
Robin Brown |
0 |
45 |
1 |
64 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
152 |
1 |
301 |
Bill Blackwood |
0 |
33 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
85 |
0 |
106 |
0 |
252 |
Richard Selman |
0 |
31 |
0 |
58 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
179 |
PC Rifle Club Championship - Sunday 2nd April
|
Match 1 |
Match 2 |
Match 3 |
Total |
Name |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
X |
Score |
Charles Bestwick |
11 |
239 |
8 |
286 |
470 |
19 |
995 |
Greg Rastall |
14 |
236 |
7 |
281 |
460 |
21 |
977 |
Lara Bestwick |
6 |
236 |
4 |
263 |
380 |
10 |
879 |
Rebecca Bestwick |
6 |
214 |
2 |
258 |
400 |
8 |
872 |
Bill Blackwood |
9 |
236 |
8 |
257 |
360 |
17 |
853 |
Blackdog Cancelled - Sunday 9th April 2017
Blackdog Fullbore shoot has been cancelled this weekend (Sunday 9th April).
We are trying to rearrange a Barry Budden booking for Sunday 30th April on Barry North.
Fullbore Rifle Club Championship 2016
|
400M |
300M |
200M |
100M |
Overall Total |
Name |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
Score |
John Crouch |
0 |
54 |
0 |
59 |
0 |
60 |
0 |
51 |
0 |
224 |
Mike Meldrum |
0 |
42 |
0 |
49 |
0 |
42 |
1 |
44 |
1 |
177 |
Nicky Boyes |
0 |
42 |
0 |
41 |
0 |
44 |
1 |
45 |
1 |
172 |
Martin Kay |
0 |
44 |
0 |
44 |
0 |
42 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
153 |
Charles Bestwick |
0 |
27 |
0 |
49 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
43 |
0 |
149 |
Chris Overton |
0 |
36 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
139 |
Terry Stallard |
0 |
41 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
27 |
1 |
36 |
1 |
137 |
Darren Menzies |
0 |
20 |
0 |
41 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
111 |
Moray Honeyman |
0 |
29 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
99 |
Fiona Dove |
0 |
9 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
53 |
.22 Rifle Club Championship 2016
|
Match 1 P1 |
Match 1 P2 |
Match 2 |
Match 3 P1 |
Match 3 P2 |
Match 3 P3 |
Overall |
Name |
X |
Score |
X |
Score |
X |
Score |
X |
Score |
X |
Score |
X |
Score |
X |
Score |
Charles Bestwick |
1 |
89 |
3 |
94 |
7 |
147 |
7 |
119 |
8 |
119 |
2 |
60 |
28 |
628 |
John Crouch |
0 |
87 |
2 |
87 |
6 |
146 |
6 |
118 |
5 |
116 |
5 |
60 |
24 |
614 |
Graeme Sim |
0 |
80 |
1 |
82 |
4 |
132 |
6 |
116 |
2 |
117 |
4 |
60 |
17 |
587 |
Ed Low |
1 |
72 |
0 |
76 |
4 |
131 |
3 |
114 |
5 |
117 |
0 |
58 |
13 |
568 |
Kevin Pirie |
1 |
75 |
0 |
71 |
1 |
131 |
2 |
112 |
2 |
116 |
2 |
60 |
8 |
565 |
Lara Bestwick |
0 |
73 |
0 |
73 |
3 |
130 |
2 |
114 |
0 |
114 |
1 |
59 |
6 |
563 |
Nicky Boyes |
0 |
72 |
0 |
81 |
7 |
135 |
0 |
110 |
3 |
105 |
2 |
59 |
12 |
562 |
Steve Rider |
1 |
73 |
0 |
77 |
3 |
128 |
4 |
111 |
1 |
108 |
0 |
59 |
9 |
556 |
Bill Blackwood |
1 |
55 |
1 |
73 |
1 |
122 |
3 |
113 |
3 |
111 |
0 |
58 |
9 |
532 |
Fiona Dove |
1 |
65 |
0 |
44 |
3 |
120 |
0 |
114 |
1 |
114 |
0 |
58 |
5 |
515 |
Richard Selman |
0 |
60 |
0 |
69 |
1 |
73 |
2 |
110 |
0 |
103 |
0 |
50 |
3 |
465 |
Brian Whitelaw |
0 |
45 |
1 |
57 |
1 |
76 |
1 |
103 |
1 |
102 |
0 |
56 |
4 |
439 |
Black Powder Cartridge Rifle Club Championship 2016
Bill Blackwood 97X
Chris Overton 73X
136th Aberdeen Wapinschaw - Fullbore
The results are available in the Wapinschaw section.
Muzzle-loading Revolver/Pistol Championship 2016
|
Practice 1 - 25M |
Practice 1 - 15M |
Overall Total |
Name |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
Score |
Lara Bestwick |
0 |
87 |
0 |
105 |
0 |
192 |
Charles Bestwick |
0 |
86 |
0 |
103 |
0 |
189 |
Bert Lawrence |
0 |
82 |
1 |
95 |
1 |
177 |
Mike Meldrum |
0 |
63 |
1 |
97 |
1 |
160 |
Simon Brown |
1 |
79 |
0 |
75 |
1 |
154 |
Fiona Dove |
1 |
66 |
0 |
83 |
1 |
149 |
Bill Blackwood |
0 |
52 |
1 |
95 |
1 |
147 |
Robin Brown |
0 |
44 |
0 |
75 |
0 |
119 |
Steve Rider |
0 |
36 |
0 |
82 |
0 |
118 |
The Oyster-catchers hatched 2 chicks on June 9th
The chicks hatched sucessfully just before the Gallery Rifle Wapinschaw
Any Pistol Club Championship 2016
Results from today's championship (8/5/16)
|
P1-Precision |
P2-Precision |
P1-TP1 |
P2-TP1 |
P3-TP1 |
M3-Clay |
M3-Skittle |
M3-PL8 |
M3-NESSCC |
Overall |
Name |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
Score |
Greg Rastall |
1 |
87 |
1 |
88 |
5 |
120 |
2 |
119 |
4 |
60 |
25 |
15 |
2 |
85 |
2 |
96 |
17 |
695 |
Mike Meldrum |
2 |
85 |
0 |
76 |
2 |
112 |
2 |
111 |
2 |
59 |
25 |
15 |
2 |
90 |
4 |
96 |
14 |
669 |
Lara Bestwick |
1 |
86 |
2 |
85 |
0 |
110 |
3 |
111 |
2 |
60 |
25 |
15 |
2 |
83 |
2 |
94 |
12 |
669 |
Charles Bestwick |
1 |
84 |
0 |
78 |
2 |
113 |
4 |
115 |
3 |
59 |
10 |
15 |
1 |
91 |
1 |
93 |
12 |
658 |
Terry Stallard |
1 |
75 |
2 |
81 |
0 |
113 |
3 |
116 |
2 |
60 |
25 |
5 |
0 |
81 |
1 |
48 |
9 |
604 |
Graeme Sim |
0 |
87 |
0 |
85 |
2 |
110 |
1 |
49 |
1 |
57 |
25 |
15 |
0 |
33 |
1 |
90 |
5 |
551 |
Bill Blackwood |
0 |
40 |
0 |
71 |
0 |
100 |
1 |
104 |
1 |
56 |
25 |
15 |
0 |
25 |
1 |
49 |
3 |
485 |
Richard Selman |
0 |
42 |
0 |
37 |
1 |
108 |
0 |
102 |
0 |
52 |
20 |
5 |
0 |
69 |
0 |
49 |
1 |
484 |
Ed Low |
0 |
47 |
0 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
71 |
0 |
43 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
68 |
0 |
62 |
1 |
363 |
PC Rifle Club Championship 2016
Results from yesterdays championship (3/4/16)
|
Match 1-Practice 1 |
Match 1-Practice 2 |
Match 1-Practice 3 |
Match 2- All Practices |
Overall Total |
Name |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
Score |
Charles Bestwick |
21 |
240 |
11 |
180 |
6 |
171 |
17 |
372 |
55 |
963 |
Greg Rastall |
21 |
240 |
12 |
179 |
4 |
170 |
16 |
371 |
53 |
960 |
John Crouch |
20 |
220 |
11 |
180 |
5 |
172 |
20 |
376 |
56 |
948 |
Mike Meldrum |
19 |
240 |
14 |
180 |
4 |
133 |
18 |
381 |
55 |
934 |
Graeme Sim |
16 |
238 |
7 |
165 |
7 |
169 |
4 |
345 |
34 |
917 |
Ed Low |
11 |
220 |
6 |
165 |
8 |
176 |
16 |
347 |
41 |
908 |
Terry Stallard |
18 |
239 |
5 |
175 |
3 |
146 |
9 |
337 |
35 |
897 |
Lara Bestwick |
13 |
233 |
4 |
103 |
3 |
154 |
2 |
311 |
22 |
801 |
Bill Blackwood |
7 |
175 |
2 |
108 |
1 |
138 |
2 |
315 |
12 |
736 |
Steve Rider |
7 |
138 |
4 |
134 |
2 |
142 |
3 |
272 |
16 |
686 |
Moray Honeyman |
2 |
76 |
1 |
95 |
0 |
106 |
4 |
291 |
7 |
568 |
Frostbite Competition 2016
3/1/2016 - The Frostbite saw the strongest winds we have every experienced at a competition (50mph plus, with torrential rain). Andy managed the comp superbly. There was a great atmosphere with everyone present pitching-in. The Frostbite James Jeeley Jar was won and retained for 2016 by C. Bestwick. A full report will follow shortly.
Name |
Class |
Card 1 |
Card 2 |
Card 3 |
Card 4 |
Card 5 |
Total |
C Bestwick |
SA |
54 |
30 |
10 |
16 |
71 |
181 |
L Bestwick |
SA |
21 |
40 |
4 |
35 |
42 |
142 |
C Bestwick |
M |
36 |
10 |
4 |
15 |
62 |
127 |
N Boyes |
M |
26 |
|
24 |
30 |
46 |
126 |
S Rider |
SA |
24 |
40 |
6 |
30 |
19 |
119 |
A Bestwick (sitting) |
SA |
14 |
6 |
14 |
15 |
48 |
97 |
K Pirie |
SA |
25 |
10 |
8 |
20 |
34 |
97 |
R Bestwick |
SA |
18 |
10 |
4 |
5 |
31 |
68 |
Due to the poor conditions, there are no pictures of the competition but here are a couple from within the club house:
Any Pistol Club Championship 2015
Results from today's very wet and cold championship (15/11/15)
|
Match 1 |
Match 2 |
Match 3 |
Overall |
|
P1 |
P2 |
P1 |
P2 |
P3 |
T1 |
T2 |
Plate |
Total |
Name |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
|
X |
Score |
Lara Bestwick |
1 |
81 |
1 |
79 |
2 |
114 |
0 |
113 |
4 |
60 |
1 |
54 |
2 |
55 |
60 |
11 |
616 |
Terry Stallard |
2 |
78 |
2 |
92 |
1 |
110 |
2 |
112 |
0 |
58 |
1 |
52 |
1 |
54 |
60 |
9 |
616 |
Charles Bestwick |
1 |
77 |
1 |
72 |
1 |
114 |
2 |
106 |
2 |
56 |
2 |
54 |
1 |
53 |
40 |
10 |
572 |
Graeme Sim |
0 |
72 |
2 |
86 |
3 |
110 |
0 |
55 |
2 |
56 |
0 |
46 |
1 |
35 |
30 |
8 |
490 |
John Crouch (1st try) |
0 |
75 |
2 |
85 |
1 |
112 |
2 |
115 |
1 |
60 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
447 |
Ed Low |
0 |
59 |
0 |
71 |
0 |
90 |
1 |
95 |
0 |
37 |
1 |
35 |
0 |
16 |
40 |
2 |
443 |
John Crouch (2nd try) |
0 |
61 |
0 |
81 |
1 |
110 |
2 |
110 |
3 |
57 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
419 |
Bill Blackwood |
0 |
47 |
0 |
54 |
1 |
98 |
1 |
74 |
0 |
56 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
26 |
50 |
2 |
430 |
Fullbore Rifle Club Championship 2015
Results from yesterdays championship (18/10/15)
|
400M |
300M |
200M |
100M |
Overall Total |
Name |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
Score |
Martin Kay |
2 |
54 |
0 |
43 |
0 |
53 |
1 |
44 |
3 |
194 |
Mike Meldrum |
1 |
45 |
1 |
55 |
1 |
48 |
0 |
43 |
3 |
191 |
Darren Menzies |
3 |
60 |
0 |
47 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
30 |
3 |
177 |
Graeme Sim |
0 |
43 |
0 |
46 |
0 |
41 |
0 |
32 |
0 |
162 |
Ed Low |
0 |
48 |
0 |
43 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
150 |
John Crouch |
0 |
50 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
41 |
0 |
136 |
Terry Stallard |
0 |
36 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
39 |
0 |
107 |
Kevin Pirie |
0 |
8 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
34 |
0 |
70 |
Charles Bestwick |
0 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
34 |
0 |
53 |
Greg Rastall |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Withdrawn |
Black Powder Cartridge Rifle Club Championship 2015
Results from todays championship (04/10/15)
Name |
X |
Score |
Chris Overton |
0 |
88 |
Bill Blackwood |
0 |
78 |
Lara Bestwick |
1 |
70 |
Michael Eamer |
0 |
25 |
Geoff Briggs |
Withdrawn |
Competency Certificates
It has come to my attention that one or two members have not received their competency certificates. I did a batch about 3 weeks ago and posted them. If you have submitted a competency request to me but not received the certificate, please contact me via the club e-mail address and I will check and re-issue if necessary.
.22 Rifle Club Championship 2015
Results from todays championship (13/9/15)
|
Stage 1 P1 |
Stage 1 P2 |
Stage 2 |
Stage 3 |
Stage 4 Left |
Stage 4 Right |
|
Total |
Name |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
Score |
John Crouch |
4 |
98 |
4 |
98 |
3 |
221 |
14 |
238 |
4 |
116 |
9 |
119 |
38 |
890 |
Charles Bestwick |
1 |
83 |
2 |
85 |
4 |
225 |
14 |
236 |
5 |
118 |
7 |
117 |
33 |
864 |
Ed Low |
2 |
85 |
2 |
88 |
2 |
190 |
7 |
231 |
6 |
116 |
1 |
111 |
20 |
821 |
Lara Bestwick |
1 |
94 |
0 |
93 |
2 |
167 |
7 |
226 |
3 |
113 |
3 |
113 |
16 |
806 |
Tim Berg |
0 |
71 |
1 |
88 |
4 |
180 |
8 |
228 |
1 |
111 |
2 |
115 |
16 |
793 |
Greg Rastall |
0 |
0 |
2 |
93 |
4 |
221 |
17 |
237 |
9 |
119 |
6 |
119 |
38 |
789 |
Kevin Pirie |
2 |
75 |
3 |
82 |
1 |
199 |
7 |
229 |
4 |
94 |
1 |
108 |
18 |
787 |
Chris Verton |
2 |
60 |
1 |
85 |
1 |
198 |
10 |
227 |
0 |
98 |
2 |
106 |
16 |
774 |
Fiona Dove |
0 |
75 |
0 |
64 |
0 |
181 |
3 |
224 |
1 |
106 |
6 |
116 |
10 |
766 |
Bill Blackwood |
1 |
39 |
1 |
54 |
2 |
194 |
4 |
223 |
2 |
108 |
2 |
112 |
12 |
730 |
AC |
0 |
37 |
0 |
62 |
1 |
152 |
1 |
193 |
0 |
89 |
2 |
108 |
4 |
641 |
Once-fired Brass for sale
We have alot of once-fired, cleaned brass for sale.
Calibres available: .38, .308, .303 and .223 - Contact family@bestwicks.co.uk for details.
Work Party 5th September 2015
A big THANK YOU to those members who turned up on Saturday to help with range maintenance. A lot was achieved including raking over both back stops, strimming, general cleaning and clubhouse painting.
There is more painting to do so if any club members can help with this, please contact me via the usual means.
Muzzle-loading Revolver/Pistol Club Championship 2015
Results from todays championship (16/8/15)
|
25M Precision |
15M Precision |
Overall Total |
Name |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
Score |
Lara Bestwick |
1 |
97 |
2 |
109 |
3 |
206 |
Don Robertson |
0 |
100 |
0 |
103 |
0 |
203 |
Greg Rastall |
0 |
88 |
2 |
109 |
2 |
197 |
Charles Bestwick |
0 |
86 |
2 |
111 |
2 |
197 |
Bert Lawrence |
0 |
78 |
0 |
93 |
0 |
171 |
Rebecca Bestwick |
0 |
86 |
0 |
81 |
0 |
167 |
Bill Blackwood |
0 |
64 |
0 |
82 |
0 |
146 |
Robin Brown |
0 |
58 |
0 |
83 |
0 |
141 |
Claire Greathead |
0 |
48 |
0 |
84 |
0 |
132 |
Terry Stallard |
0 |
53 |
0 |
78 |
0 |
131 |
Ed Low |
0 |
27 |
0 |
78 |
0 |
105 |
Muzzle-loading Rifle Club Championship 2015
Results from todays championship (7/6/15)
|
Competitor |
Score |
X |
1 |
Greg Rastall |
90 |
2 |
2 |
Euan Munro |
86 |
0 |
3 |
Lara Bestwick |
84 |
0 |
4 |
Charles Bestwick |
74 |
0 |
5 |
Bert Lawrence |
64 |
0 |
6 |
IP |
43 |
0 |
Pistol Calibre Rifle Club Championship 2015
Match Director: Greg Rastall
Results from championship (26/4/15)
|
M1 |
M2 |
M3 |
M4 |
M5-S1 |
M5-S2 |
Plates |
Total |
Name |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Greg Rastall |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Glenn Gordon |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Charles Bestwick |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ed Low |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Steve Rider |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lara Bestwick |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sean Van der Post |
|
|
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129th Aberdeen Wapinschaw Report 2009
Report by Charles Bestwick
For those new members not familiar with the Wapinschaw,
I've provided below a brief history of what is arguably one of,
if not the oldest, surviving shooting competition within the UK
and my apologies to long standing members who have read this all
before, many times over!!
In recent years, the Wapinschaw Association and
AFBGC have co-operated in running the Aberdeen Wapinschaw, with
Neil James and Charles Bestwick representing the civilians on the
association's committee. Tracing a lineage from 1496, Wapinschaw
in their present form have been held at Aberdeen for more than 124
years. From a modern heyday in the 1970's, civilian involvement
had progressively declined. However, after the low point of the
handgun ban, much hard work and commitment from AFBGC and Wapinschaw
Association, in particular the drive and enthusiasm of the former
Chairman and Wapinschaw President, Lt Col Cram, has seen the civilian
and indeed the competition as a whole rejuvenated within the UK
shooting calendar. As a measure of success, the civilian competition
has been fully subscribed for the preceding three years. Competitors
come from all over the UK and we have even had the occasional enquiry
from abroad. The match takes place over a weekend, normally in May
or June.
The civilian ‘individual'
competition takes place on the Sunday and traditionally consists
of 200M and 300M matches. The 200M matches are subdivided into classes
for open, sporting, vintage, veteran and classic military rifles
shooting a composite course of fire of deliberate, snap and rapid
fire stages and muzzle loading and black powder cartridge rifles
each shoot a deliberate competition. The 300M match is subdivided
into optical, iron sight and 'F' class formats. Essentially you
should be able to find a class that either ideally or approximately
suites your rifle type! On the Saturday the civilians also participate
in the Falling Plates Team Matches in which teams of six run from
the 300M point before engaging 10 plates at 200M in a knock-out
team v. team format. This has proved very popular.
For 2009, however, the format was somewhat different!
Out with our control, a trial change of date to September inadvertently
clashed with the Vintage Arms Scotland meet. Thus, to avoid harming
attendance at a fellow and long established event, we confined Wapinschaw
civilian entries to the North East region and so the vast majority
of competitors were from the club. The club responded magnificently
to support the event but obviously the usual number of competitive
categories could not be justified. So, to create meaningful competition,
it was decided to steam line the number of classes within the Sunday
Aggregate. However, to compensate for the fewer classes, the aggregate
was complemented by an ‘any rifle' pairs falling plate match and
a Mad Minute competition. For the Saturday, the Falling Plate format
was unaltered. Incidentally, the date change ultimately proved to
have problems for military and cadet attendance as well!
Finally, when it comes to trophies, the Wapinschaw
boasts one of the finest trophy tables in the UK . For the civilian
competition, the centre-pieces of this table are The King's Cup,
a magnificent 18” high solid silver trophy and presented in 1904
by King Edward 7 th , which is currently awarded to winners in Open
Class and one of the original prizes from the 1862 event, the County
Ladies Brooch, which is awarded to the overall Civilian Wapinschaw
Champion
For the full report and pictures please click
here and for 2009 results click here
128th Aberdeen Wapinschaw Report 2008
This report is a pdf file (780kb) and is edited from our club newsletter.
Here are the results for the 128th
Aberdeen Wapinshaw 2008
Chairmans Review October 2007
As the club enters the Autumn, the sad news is that Ray Varrall
has passed away. Ray was very much part of AFBGC life. As a long-serving
committee member, Ray was heavily involved in club development and
had specific responsibility for range safety. Ray also ran the Muzzle
Loading Pistol Championship and was himself an excellent shot, being
twice Muzzle Loading Pistol Champion and he again posted excellent
scores as runner up in this year’s competition. Many members
will also know Ray through his absolute commitment to training and
he has helped many newcomers into the sport. His loss is widely
and deeply felt and he will be remembered with warmth and respect
by all at AFBGC.
Ray was extremely supportive of an ‘active’ club and
thus it is gratifying that following the array of competition reports
from the July Drumbeat, there have been yet more excellent team
and individual performances at club, regional and national level.
Notably, the NESSCC season was the closest for many years and produced
a season finale of incredible tension. A superb team performance
at TSSC-Turin Hill ensured that AFBGC entered the final match at
Drums with a one-point advantage over DRPC and what a match this
turned out to be! Record PP1 scores were posted as both teams put
together formidable performances but ultimately it was DRPC who
triumphed by producing one of the finest combined efforts of any
NESSCC meet. The margin of victory over AFBGC was one ‘team’
point for the five match series, with the score differential the
narrowest ever at just 24 points for the season! Congratulations
to everyone who shot for the NESSCC team; to Sandy Philip, Paul
Holder and John Simpson for their individual placings in the various
overall NESSCC and club-NESSCC leagues and, in particular, to Shirley
Philip for her outstanding team captaincy. Finally, thanks are due
to the NESSCC clubs for contributing to a great season and to DRPC
for retaining their title.
The Club Championship also produced a close run to the finish. Going
into the last event of the championship series, the Fullbore Rifle
Competition, only one point separated John Crouch and myself in
the overall points table. Ultimately it was John who produced a
magnificent display of controlled shooting to add the Fullbore title
to his retention of the 22 Championship and in so doing, becomes
the 2007 Club Champion with a record 37 points. The full list of
2007 Championship winners is: John Crouch (22 Rifle, Fullbore Rifle
& Overall Club Champion), Charles Bestwick (Pistol Calibre Rifle
& Overall Championship Runner-Up), Buchann Chesney (Muzzle Loading
Rifle); Don Robertson (Muzzle Loading Pistol). During the summer,
Lara and I also returned to Bisley to compete at the Imperial Meeting
and I hope to encourage members to add the Imperial to their list
of AFBGC shooting commitments for 2008!
The main part of this memorable competitive season has now drawn
to a close but, in case you’re having withdrawal symptoms,
the Frostbite Competition will take place on 30th December. I also
hope to arrange ‘a gallery rifle and pistol action shoot’
in what remains of the year …but time will tell!
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