MAY 31, 2014 - SIERRA "BULLET" MATCH - ST. ANTOINE

The SIERRA "BULLET" MATCH was held in St. Antoine last Saturday with a good crowd of 20 shooters competing in 4 classes. This match is traditionally one of the best attended of the season and for several shooters it is the first match of their schedule. A big welcome to Brian Pettipas for whom this was the first ever fullbore match.

The match consisted of 3 relays of 20 rounds on score shot in strings. Maximum possible score for the match was 600. One shooter would shoot while his/her partner would score the entire string and a third shooter would get ready on the mound. It was clear that people came here to shoot - with the first relay starting with unlimited sighters, some shooters continued firing their sighters while others were already done with the relay! For sure, a good time was had by all present.

We were treated to wonderful weather - sunny all day with only a hint of clouds on the horizon at the end of the match. Those who did not get touched by the sun went home with wind-burns because we had a steady 20-30km/hr wind blowing downrange off the Norththumberland Strait. This was tricky at times as this tail-wind would switch back and forth with flags pointing in different directions at the same time. The first two relays were pretty consistent but as the third relay wore on the wind changed more frequently and rapidly. More than a few shooters suffered the effects of over or under adjusting for the wind - hopefully a lot of learning took place today.

Thanks go to the Sierra Company who have been the prize sponsors of this match for many years whether the economy was doing well or not. Canadian shooters have few options for their supplies and the Sierra Co. has always stood tall in their support for them.

Thanks go to several people for making this match possible. Ron Surette was the Match Director and did an excellent job of organizing this match. Michelle Cormier was the statistician. Daniel Chisholm with several helpers, set up the scoring system which worked beautifully and presented the results on ISSF targets in metric units - wow! Thanks also to all who helped set up and take down the target backers and flags. Congratulations to all the winners and to all shooters for a really enjoyable match.

RESULTS:

FTR CLASS
Paul Bastarache - 197 - 197 - 199 = 593 (on count back)

Francis Bezeau - 198 - 198 - 197 = 593

Gordon Holloway - 197 - 199 - 194 = 590
Conrad Leroux - 194 - 198 - 197 = 589
Harrison Brown - 196 - 192 - 192 = 580
John Holleran - 198 - 186 - 191 = 575
Maurice Bennett - 191 - 192 - 190 = 573



TR CLASS
Daniel Chisholm - 187 - 190 - 190 = 567
Don Coleman - 193 - 185 - 186 = 564
Michael Lutes - 185 - 188 - 183 = 556
Ron Surette - 185 - 184 - 182 = 551
Michelle Cormier - 185 - 182 - 178 = 545
Mark McMullin - 190 - 183 - 168 = 541
Ken Geddes - 180 - 160 - 183 = 523
Edgar Poirier - 173 - 183 - 166 = 522

FO CLASS

Bert deVink - 199 - 197 - 200 = 596

JC Gautreau - 196 - 194 - 199 = 589

BR CLASS
George Cook - 198 - 199 - 194 = 591
Brian Pettipas - 198 - 195 - 193 = 586
Tom Nowlan - 186 - 180 - 169 = 535