UKBRA Benchrest Round 6 – 5th and 6th September 2015

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UKBRA Benchrest Round 6 – 5th and 6th September 2015

 

This weekend saw round 6 of the UKBRA 100 and 1000 yard leagues at Diggle ranges, the finale to the season.

 

100 yards - Saturday

 

Another great day weather-wise at Diggle, we must be doing something right! More sun and a light breeze, but it was an East wind, so it wasn’t going to be all plain sailing.

 

We were a few down in numbers today as 9 of us are heading off to the USA as I write this infact for the NBRSA (USA) National Championships and the World Championships, so with this in mind some of us had equipment in transit or family duties to attend to in advance of the shoot, however we did have a new face David Rankin from Scotland…… welcome.

 

Just as per last month there were some very nice groups, special mentions to….. Andy Woolley in Sporter Class with a stunning 0.237 incher but best of all again was Chris Maunder with an amazing 0.073”, just 9 thousandths of an inch short of a UK record….. well done both.

 

Jonathan Walker was having a good day in readiness for his first World Championships, keep it up Jonathan, however he had to settle for second after a seasoned veteran Mr. Brian Walker shot consistently all day to win on the last relay, great achievement Brian!

 

Resident Shooting “God” Stuart Benson had to settle for second place today as Andy Wolley had a great day in Sporter Class with both Agg and Small Group wins, great shooting Andy!

 

A special mention now for something nice…….. Today we had a very unique photo opportunity, our oldest and youngest shooters ever….

 

Don Burrows at 83 years young and Emily Lenton at just 8 years old, there is 75 years between them, but they are both brought together by a love for Benchrest.

 

Emily in her first competition agg’d 0.781” and shot a small group of 0.513” in Sporter Class, just being pipped into 4^th place……. A very proud moment for me as her Dad and also Tony Lenton (her Grandad) who were both watching on as she shot.

 

 

Here are the results……….

 

Heavy Varmint

 

1. – Brian Walker – 0.305” (average of 5 x 5 shot groups)

2. – Jonathan Walker – 0.312”

3. – Jeanette Whitney – 0.330”

 

Small Group – Chris Maunder – 0.073”

 

Sporter

 

1. – Andy Woolley – 0.383” (average of 5 x 5 shot groups)

2. – Stuart Benson – 0.621”

3. – Jim Marsden – 0.734”

 

Small Group – Andy Woolley – 0.237”

 

Full results can be seen by clicking the link below

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2yj1t6gx9aysksh/UKBRA%20100BR%205th%20September%202015.pdf?dl=0

 

1000 yards – Sunday

 

Last month we had near perfect flat calm conditions to test our rifles in, but this time we would have to content with the normal Diggle winds……

 

We had a group of new faces today, a band of friendly Scotsmen had ventured South as the return leg of our new bond with the Galloway Small Arms Club from Castle Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway, everyone seemed to have lots of fun.

 

Also an influx of F-class shooters into the Heavy Gun class ahead of their European championships, so with all of this we had a bench busting 37 taking part.

 

UK records were broken not 1, not 2, but 3 times today in the Heavy Gun class, over the last 2 years we have seen some purpose built Heavy Gun’s appearing and some more are in progress too, these are 40-60 lb monsters with 8 inch wide forends etc just like our friends in the USA use.

 

The Aggregate Record was broken twice within 30 minutes and the Small Group record once. Your humble scribe shot a 6.960” group to clinch the Small Group record and my Agg sealed a new record at 8.451”, however my Father Tony Lenton using my rifle then managed to beat this with an 8.137” Agg. Remember these are 10 shot groups!

 

 

Light Gun and Factory Sporter also saw some great groups too, in Light Gun Ian Dixon sealed another cracker with a 4.232” group and in Factory Sporter Stuart Benson looked like he had got it with a 5.909” group, only to be outdone by Alan Seagrave with an amazing 4.549” group, with a bog standard Tikka T3……. Great shooting guys

 

 

Vince Bottomley shot consistently to come out the leader of the pack in Light Gun, well done Vince in some rather testing conditions.

 

Little Emily Lenton was shooting again today, this time in Heavy Gun, the big talking point was which was heavier…… The gun or the Shooter, well the bathroom scales can now confirm that the shooter was heavier than the gun by just 8lbs…. Shooter 56lbs, Gun 48lbs. Emily had a great weekend with her 16” Agg and has asked me to thank everyone for their help and support, she will definitely be coming back again.

 

 

Anyway, without further ado, here are the results

 

Light Gun

 

1. – Vince Bottomley – 7.534” (average of 4 x 5 shot groups)

2. – Ian Dixon – 8.572”

3. – Graham Francis – 9.993”

 

Small Group – Ian Dixon – 4.232”

 

Heavy Gun

 

1. – Tony Lenton – 8.137” (average of 2 x 10 shot groups) ----- NEW UKBRA RECORD

2. – Bruce Lenton – 8.451”

3. – John Campbell – 11.459”

 

Small Group – Bruce Lenton – 6.960” ----- NEW UKBRA RECORD

 

Factory Sporter

 

1. – Stuart Benson – 7.870” (average of 4 x 5 shot groups)

2. – Nick Parkin – 8.211”

3. – Alan Seagrave – 10.009”

 

Small Group – Alan Seagrave – 4.549”

 

Full results can be seen by clicking the link below.

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ug8i3m3oiu8j67w/UKBRA%201000BR%206th%20September%202015.pdf?dl=0

 

We now start our winter leagues, with 600 yard benchrest on Sunday 4^th October then a new winter 100 yard league starting on Saturday 14^th November, if you are at all interested, please come along and give it a go, we will all make you fell most welcome.

[justin credible]

Well done that girl......great to see.

[onslow52]

Thanks to all who made the day very enjoyable. All who attended from GSAC had a great day and were made feel very welcome. Hopefully it won't be to long till we are back down at Diggle. Well done to Emily and good luck in the USA.

[25dynod]

thanks for the welcome and i really enjoyed my weekend. best of luck next week.

[Cad Monkey]

It's good to see Don is still enjoying his shooting, he truly is an inspiration to us all. I have enjoyed his company on quite a few gallery days and look forward to seeing him on the range again soon.

[lambsey]

Nice write up Bruce.

[foxing2night]

Nice one Bruce