This was the first day of individual competition, with two events: the Century (500 and 600 yds) and Admiral Hutton (900 yds). Depending on the squadding some people finished quite late in the evening. It was a fine, sunny and mild day, with a blustery wind. One report to me from Stickledown spoke of a fast fishtail ~7 left to ~3 right. Scores on the NRA lists are pretty high, a tribute both to the shooters and to the new GGG ammunition.

Not all of our team members have put their scores up on our board yet, but the NRA lists are out on the web site. Here is a brief summary.

The Century: 1. Colin Mallett, Jersey, 100.16; top Canadians 11th Scott Murray 99.13 and 22nd Daniel Chisholm 98.14.

The Hutton: Parag Patel, Old Epsomians, 50.10; 17th Scott Murray 50.7, 28th John Chapman 50.7 and 44th Paul Dudzinski 49.7.

The Friday Aggregate: David Calvert, RAFTRC, 149.21; 16th Jim Paton 147.14 and 26th Paul Dudzinski 145.20. Entry to aggregates is optional and Scott Murray seems not to have joined this one. His 149.20 would have placed him 2nd.

This evening there was the Overseas Teams Reception hosted by the NRA. A smaller event than some of those that I remember from previous years but it was a bit less of a scrum and perhaps more enjoyable as a result. Here are the four ladies on our team enjoying the evening: Anna Paton, Renee Paquette, Alix Voorthyuzen and Cheryl Hearn.


Tomorrow there are three more matches: the Donegal (300 yds), Daily Telegraph (500 yds) and the Lovell (1000 yds).  The Telegraph is the first event in the Grand Aggregate.