It's 6ºC, the wind speed is 74kmh with gusts of 95kmh, a fine drizzle is howling intermittently across the landscape, and the result is a windchill factor dragging the temp down to -6ºC. What should one do on a morning like this? That's right, shoot Cadet & Trainer. It is at this point I feel a need to shame one senior member of the branch who will remain nameless because, upon discovering the weather conditions at the range he said it was too cold and left with his girlfriend to go and have cuddles! What sort of commitment is this??!! How can we expect the younger generations to shoot in challenging conditions??!! What about the children??😧
There were other apologies. One competitor from Sydney was trapped at home by fallen trees and others had various family emergencies to deal with. However, 4 competitors still remained, 3 of them local and the fourth from the South Coast. Today 2 matches were shot. The first was Action M, a timed 10 round match where competitors move between prone, standing, seated, standing and prone, firing 2 rounds in each respective position (hence the name). A.W. took this match by a single point from M.H., both using 310 Cadets and J.H. scored solidly using his 22LR in spite of the terrific winds.
Match 2 was supposed to be a 3P Core Match, but due to challenges keeping 75m stable in the high winds, those 10 rounds were also shot @100m in the prone position. After 15 rounds @50m A.W. was once again ahead by 1 point. However, his failure to adjust the elevation up for 100m and a rookie error in his windage adjustment proved disastrous in the next 5 rounds @100m. Accordingly M.H. took both the 2 Distance Event and the entire day's competition with an overall score of 168.6. S.H. took second with his 310 Cadet scoring 155.5, and A.W. came in third 2 points behind. J.H. did his best, but in the cyclonic conditions the 22LR bullets were buffetted around too much to score well.
There were other apologies. One competitor from Sydney was trapped at home by fallen trees and others had various family emergencies to deal with. However, 4 competitors still remained, 3 of them local and the fourth from the South Coast. Today 2 matches were shot. The first was Action M, a timed 10 round match where competitors move between prone, standing, seated, standing and prone, firing 2 rounds in each respective position (hence the name). A.W. took this match by a single point from M.H., both using 310 Cadets and J.H. scored solidly using his 22LR in spite of the terrific winds.
Match 2 was supposed to be a 3P Core Match, but due to challenges keeping 75m stable in the high winds, those 10 rounds were also shot @100m in the prone position. After 15 rounds @50m A.W. was once again ahead by 1 point. However, his failure to adjust the elevation up for 100m and a rookie error in his windage adjustment proved disastrous in the next 5 rounds @100m. Accordingly M.H. took both the 2 Distance Event and the entire day's competition with an overall score of 168.6. S.H. took second with his 310 Cadet scoring 155.5, and A.W. came in third 2 points behind. J.H. did his best, but in the cyclonic conditions the 22LR bullets were buffetted around too much to score well.
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