RNBRA Fullbore Section: July 2012

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND RIFLE ASSN. APM 2012 - RESULTS

The Annual Prize Match of the PEIRA was held on July 27 and 28,
2012 at the Alexandra Range (see www.peira.ca for a map)
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RESULTS
First of all thanks to Ian Hogg, Dale MacLeod and Bob Barwise for their work in hosting a very enjoyable APM at the beautiful Alexandra Range. They even arranged for no rain at all and moderate, though tricky, winds. Also thanks to all the people behind the scenes without whose work we would not be able to shoot! And to Julie Carver for a great job as RO - everything at the firing points worked so well with her in charge!!
There were 15 shooters in attendance over the 2 days of the APM. Of these, 6 were from PEI, 6 from New Brunswick and 3 from Nova Scotia. All had a lot of fun and posted some pretty good scores to boot. As indicated in the program, there were 11 individual matches. The results below are reported for the distances shot and the four different aggregates followed by the individual match results. At 300yds 30 rounds were shot on score; at 500yds 40 rounds; and at 600yds 55 rounds for a total of 125 rounds on score. F-class score is  6 for a V-bull and 5 for a bull.

RESULTS TR/MASTER CLASS
NAME                    300yds   500yds    600yds  ROGERS  MACD-STEW JONES  GRAND AGG
Ian Hogg                149.17   195.20    272.28    123.13       122.10     171.16     616.65
Barry Langille         150.12   197.12    269.23    125.15       119.8       174.15   616.56
Don Coleman          147.16   191.13    267.23    123.11       116.8       170.13     605.52

RESULTS TR/EXPERT CLASS
NAME                    300yds   500yds    600yds  ROGERS MACD-STEW JONES  GRAND AGG
Alexandre Hamel    149.11   196.23    268.26     125.15      118.9       172.18     613.60
Conrad Leroux       143.10   194.15    253.12     119.10      117.7       165.8       591.38
Bob Barwise           136.6     187.10    255.14     116.9       113.2       165.11     578.30
Myron Ling             137.6     174.7     252.9        111.3       113.3       161.4      563.22

RESULTS TR/SHARPSHOOTER CLASS
NAME                    300yds   500yds    600yds  ROGERS MACD-STEW JONES  GRAND AGG
Mike Lutes            139.13   190.16    261.17     121.9        117.9        167.15     590.46
Lindsay Jenkins        45.2      48.2      122.3         --             --              --          259.9
Clifford Craswell       45.1      43.2      113.3         --             --              --          245.7

RESULTS FTR CLASS
NAME                    300yds   500yds    600yds  ROGERS MACD-STEW JONES  GRAND AGG
Dale MacLeod          176     232         299        146            133          193          707
Bert McDonald         174        221        296         142            126          192          691
Al Mutch                  171       218        305         138            132          194          694

RESULTS FO SHOOTERS
NAME                    300yds   500yds    600yds  ROGERS MACD-STEW JONES  GRAND AGG
Bert deVink             179        230      319         147           139           202         728
Maurice Bennett      176        229        296         144           136           194         701

The winners for the individual matches were as follows:
1.     The Wendy Horton 300yd:          TR/Master - Ian Hogg - 50.6
                                                         TR/Expert - Alexandre Hamel - 50.4
                                                         FTR - Dale MacLeod - 60
2.     The Sear 500yd:                         TR/Master - Ian Hogg - 50.7
                                                         TR/Expert - Alexandre Hamel - 49.7
                                                         FTR - Dale MacLeod - 60
3.     The Vesey 300yd:                       TR/Master - Ian Hogg - 50.6
                                                          TR/Expert - Alexandre Hamel - 49.1
                                                          FTR - Dale MacLeod - 59
4.     The Rogers Memorial 500yd:       TR/Master - Barry Langille - 50.8
                                                          TR/Expert - Alexandre Hamel - 50.8
                                                          FTR - Dale MacLeod - 59
5.     The Rogers Memorial 600yd:       TR/Master - Barry Langille - 75.7
                                                          TR/Expert - Alexandre Hamel - 75.7
                                                           FTR - Dale MacLeod - 88
6.     The Perley Taylor 660yd:             TR/Master - Ian Hogg - 50.7
                                                          TR/Expert - Alexandre Hamel - 50.6
                                                           FTR - Bert McDonald - 58
7.      The MacDonald-Stewart 500yd:   TR/Master - Barry Langille - 49.5
                                                           TR/Expert - Alexandre Hamel - 49.4
                                                           FTR - Dale MacLeod - 57
8.      The MacDonald-Stewart 600yd:   TR/Master - Ian Hogg - 75.5
                                                           TR/Expert - Alexandre Hamel - 69.5
                                                           FTR - Al Mutch - 81
9.      The Jones Memorial 300yd:        TR/ Master - Barry Langille - 50.1
                                                          TR/Expert - Alexandre Hamel - 50.6
                                                           FTR - Bert MacDonald - 58
10.    The Jones Memorial 500yd:        TR/Master - Barry Langille - 50.5
                                                          TR/Expert - Conrad Leroux - 49.5
                                                           FTR - Al Mutch - 58
11.    The Jones Memorial 600yd:        TR/Master - Barry Langille - 74.9
                                                          TR/Expert - Alexandre Hamel - 74.8
                                                           FTR - Al Mutch - 81

Photo by Julie Carver - Some shooters had already left

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Program and Course of Fire: ( see draft version of APM Brochure below:

Contact person: Ian Hogg irhogg@edu.pe.ca
Please note this information may be updated in the next few days.
          1. number of rounds needed is 147 plus tie breakers
          2. start time of 8:00a.m. strictly adhered to
          3. two practice shots on first day only
          4. match fees are $50 per day
          5. don't forget a bolt flag!!

WEATHER UPDATE: looks good - let's go shooting
Friday July 27 is expected to be 21 degrees with variable clouds,
POP = 30% and winds SE10km/hr
Saturday, July 28 is expected to be 23 degrees with cloudy periods,
POP = 20% and winds N10km/hr

contact bertdevink@gmail.com if there are any errors

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Congratulations to Maritime Shooters at Bisley

I'm sure I speak on behalf of all the full-bore shooters, and others in New Brunswick, in heartely congratulating Wendy Reid (NS) for her outstanding performance at the F Class competitions held at the Bisley Ranges in the UK. Wendy won the Grand Aggregate with 774.49V.
She was one of four Maritime F Class shooters who did extremely well.
Ken Ferguson (NS) placed 3rd with a Grand Aggregate of 771.39V while Andy Webber(NS) placed 6th with 760.36V
The fourth maritime shooter was Bob Kierstead (NB) from the Fredericton area who placed 11th with an aggregate of 718.29V I remember at one of our Springfield practices, how pleased Bob was with his rifle which had just been repaired and finally shot a week or so before leaving for Bisley. He may have fired a few dozen rounds through it and then felt ready enough to go to a world F-class match. That folks, is mental preparation at it's finest (and also just plain courage)!!!
Not to be outdone, in Target Rifle (TR class), Ray Smeltzer (NS) shot a 688.78V which placed him 72nd among 825 shooters in the Grand Aggregate! John Marshall (NS) shot 608.50V and Jeff Jenkins (NS) a 541.40V
Congratulations to all and our best wishes for future successes.

contact bertdevink@gmail.com if there are any errors.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Important Schedule Change !! Correction !!

The Nova Scotia Annual Prize Match which our schedule incorrectly says is on July 20-22, is actually going to be held on August 9-11 at the Bullmeadow Range in Beaverbank.

The Nova Scotia Rifle Assn. is at : www3.ns.sympatico.ca/nsrifle/

M. ELLEN MACGILLIVRAY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO FULLBORE SHOOTING IN NEW BRUNSWICK

In 2013, a new award for outstanding contributions to Fullbore Shooting in New Brunswick was introduced and this was formally named the M. Ellen MacGillivray Award at the 2014 Annual General Meeting of the RNBRA - Fullbore Section.
DR. MARJORIE ELLEN MACGILLIVRAY - (1925-2006) The Award recognizes the significant impact that Ellen MacGillivray has had on the development of Fullbore Shooting in New Brunswick and nationally, and the building of the organizational structures that support it. Dr. MacGillivray dedicated her professional career to Entomological Research and was the first woman president of the Entomological Society of Canada. She has received many honours related to her scientific work in pest control in agriculture. Very proud of her Scottish heritage, Dr. MacGillivray served the Fredericton Society of Saint Andrew and the New Brunswick Scottish Cultural Association for many years. Introduced to shooting by her late husband, H. George MacGillivray, she was a hard working member of the Royal New Brunswick Rifle Association since 1970, serving in many capacities on the executive from 1975 and as president from 1991 to 1993. She was awarded the Andy Gunter Medal for her service to the RNBRA. She was also named "Life-Governor" of the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association in 1994.
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS 1. In 2015 and in subsequent years, there will one recipient selected from among the nominations presented to the Chairman of the Fullbore Section. Although the Award is intended to be an annual one, depending on submissions, in any one year it is not necessarily granted. 2. The Award is not presented post-humously to worthy candidates who are deceased. 3. Nominations for the Award may be made by any member of the Fullbore Section and must be submitted to the Chairman at least 4 weeks prior to the AGM of the Fullbore Section. 4. The Chairperson of the Fullbore Section and one other person who is a previous recipient of the Award will form the Selection Committee and will choose that year's recipient from among the nominations submitted. 5. The remaining nominations shall automatically remain active for the following year(s). 6. A nominee, to be considered eligible, will embody the spirit of Ellen MacGillivray's contributions to Fullbore shooting over a long period of time and must: a. be an active member of the Fullbore Section of the RNBRA, and b. have been a fullbore and/or precision shooter and competitor during his or her lifetime, and c. have served the Fullbore shooting community in a mentoring, coaching or shooter development capacity during his or her lifetime, and/or d. have been active in some organizational capacity on a local or provincial level, and/or e. demonstrate other significant contributions to Fullbore Shooting, the governance of Fullbore Shooting, the development of shooting as a sport, the development of scientific/technological advances in shooting, the development of local ranges/clubs or any other contribution of note to shooting in New Brunswick.
RECIPIENTS:
no recipient - 2018
no recipient - 2017
George Cook - 2016
Michael Lutes - 2015
Ron Surette - 2014
Don Coleman - 2014
Daniel Chisholm - 2013
Conrad Leroux - 2013