This is written on Thursday late evening.
The match with the Barbarians was fired at 900 and 1000 yards in interesting conditions. From what I heard, fairly rapid wind changes of some 6 or 7 left to 3 or 4 right, made it quite a challenge for the shooters and their coaches.
The match result was very close: 1. Barbarians, 721.39; 2. Canada, 718.42. Of particular note in the individual scores, was that of Julie Ousten, of the BaBas, who made an awesome 50.8 at 1000 yards, engineered by her coach Keith Trowbridge.
After the match, both teams repaired to the upper balcony of the LMRA for exchange of awards and some very well earned refreshment.
Earlier in the morning, we had the final rifle checks done by Fred James of the NRA, and then the team photos taken by Tim Webster. When I have one of the latter, I'll try to post it in a future report.
In the evening we held our usual Team BBQ, with guests welcome. Serge Bissonnette, ably assisted by Jack McKellar, looked after the steaks and chicken.The catering staff did wonders as always!
That is the end of our team shooting for a while. the individual matches start tomorrow with the Century and Admiral Hutton. I will try to report on scores when I can find them. Those who are more impatient might look at the NRA web site www.nra.org.uk and follow the links to 'Competitions' and 'Imperial Meeting 2015', where you will eventually find them all.
The match with the Barbarians was fired at 900 and 1000 yards in interesting conditions. From what I heard, fairly rapid wind changes of some 6 or 7 left to 3 or 4 right, made it quite a challenge for the shooters and their coaches.
The match result was very close: 1. Barbarians, 721.39; 2. Canada, 718.42. Of particular note in the individual scores, was that of Julie Ousten, of the BaBas, who made an awesome 50.8 at 1000 yards, engineered by her coach Keith Trowbridge.
After the match, both teams repaired to the upper balcony of the LMRA for exchange of awards and some very well earned refreshment.
Earlier in the morning, we had the final rifle checks done by Fred James of the NRA, and then the team photos taken by Tim Webster. When I have one of the latter, I'll try to post it in a future report.
In the evening we held our usual Team BBQ, with guests welcome. Serge Bissonnette, ably assisted by Jack McKellar, looked after the steaks and chicken.The catering staff did wonders as always!
That is the end of our team shooting for a while. the individual matches start tomorrow with the Century and Admiral Hutton. I will try to report on scores when I can find them. Those who are more impatient might look at the NRA web site www.nra.org.uk and follow the links to 'Competitions' and 'Imperial Meeting 2015', where you will eventually find them all.
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