RNBRA Fullbore Section: August 2016

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

ANNOUNCEMENT - ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS - SEPTEMBER 3, 4 AND 5, 2016

HOSTED BY THE PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION

AND HELD AT THE ALEXANDRA POINT RANGE, PEI

Competitors are advised to bring a “lunch” for Sunday and Monday to cut down the length of time required for the noon meal. Water will be provided.

Registration: 12:00-12:30hrs 03 September, entry fee $100

Match start: 13:00hrs 03 September

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Monday, August 15, 2016

F-CLASS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - RESULTS

Congratulations to New Brunswick's F-Class shooters who went to Ottawa last week and competed in the F-Class National Championships. They certainly gave an excellent accounting of themselves shooting in a field of 94 FTR shooters from across Canada and around the world.

GRAND AGGREGATE RESULTS - ALL SHOOTERS (HPS=625V125)

23rd place - Adam MacDonald - 577V50

52nd place - Paul Bastarache - 561V30

53rd place - Ken Kyle - 560V28

56th place - Matt Wolf - 558V26

57th place - Francis Bezeau - 557V31

BISLEY AGGREGATE - CANADIAN SHOOTERS (HPS=625V125)
5th place - Adam MacDonald - 577V50
17th place - Paul Bastarache - 561V30
18th place - Ken Kyle - 560V28
20th place - Matt Wolf - 558V26
21st place - Francis Bezeau - 557V31

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

AUGUST 6 and 7, 2016 - PEI Annual Prize Meet - Results

Thanks to Adam MacDonald for these results and pictures.

RESULTS - FTR:
Adam MacDonald - 539V57
Tyler Nichol - 529V37
Jian Wu - 524v36

Darren Bourke - 515V40
Mark Clark - 482v22
Conrad Leroux - 474v29
Dave Hanson - 470v10
Al Mutch - 302V20
Jacob Lewis - 151V9

RESULTS - TR
Marcel Kolb - 539V59
Ken Geddes - 496V20
Glenn Craig - 388V6
Myron Ling - 125V3
Clifford Craswell - 117V4

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

JULY 29th TO 31st, 2016 - NOVA SCOTIA APM

Here are the results for the Grand Aggregates shot at the Nova Scotia Annual Prize Meet at Bull Meadow. Thanks to Adam MacDonald for the results and to Bill Giles for the very different and awe inspiring pictures taken by his helicopter drone. Look at the curvature of the earth!!

F-TR - GRAND AGGREGATE (HPS 630): TR - GRAND AGGREGATE (HPS 630)
Adam MacDonald (NB) - 616V57 Marcel Kolb (NS) - 626V62
Andy Webber (NS) - 611V52 Barry Langille (NS) - 620V70
Francis Bezeau (NB) - 607V40 Alan Ferguson (NS) - 619V61
Robert Smith (NF+ Lab) - 606V51 Chuck Bachmanek (PEI) - 556V32
Wendy Reid (NS) - 604V54
Sonny Desrosiers (NS) - 600V44
Bert MacDonald (NS) - 599V57
Paul Bastarache (NB) - 597V43
Ken Ferguson (NS) - 596V43
Bill Giles (NS) - 579V37
Ken Kyle (NB) - 560V37
Gordon Holloway (NB) - 439V36
Jim Whitty (NS) - 420V25
Jian Wu (PEI) - 200V17

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