A good number of shooters arrived at the Batouche Ranges on Base Gagetown to help with range and target maintenance. The day began with setting up some long-range targets which provided an opportunity for some training. Adam MacDonald instructed us as to the best way to assemble the target frames and the electronics in the butts. Then we went back to the 900m point where we learned how to set up the electronics for the different matches we might be shooting during the year.
Thanks for your work on this Adam and Daniel. 
After this, we set up on the 900m range and shot a couple of relays. The RO for this was Mike Lutes who had recently had some knee replacement surgery and still braved coming out. Thanks for volunteering Mike.Today, Adam was the match Director. Many thanks to all who made this day possible.
The weather started out bright and sunny and around 10C. Gradually it became more overcast and at one point during the day we experienced a very little bit of rain - but not enough to stop. The wind between the berm and the targets at 900m was very changeable and most of the time we added 3-4 minutes of left wind - but there was that occasional shot at 0 wind when the flags indicated a 6 o'clock wind.
There were many bugs to work out with new rifles, new loads, new shooters and lots of post-winter rust. Some of us learned the value of plotting as well. As the day progressed the smiles grew broader and it was clear we all had a very good time - our first back on the range since last Fall.
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