2012 B.H.C.P.S.C. RESULTS

272: Sunday 6th May 2012 Wingate Round 2 Gamebore
The second round of the Wingate, postponed from April, was blessed with damp overcast weather which did nothing to lift the spirits of the members, especially as we had a guest shooter from Florida who informed us that the temperature back home was 90oF. Unfortunately he was the only one that could use the weather as the excuse of the day!!! The highly missable targets today consisted of a following pair of high loopers on stand 1. Next, shot from the tower, stand 2 was a simultaneous low outgower and high crosser, and stand 3 was a pair of battue. Stand 4 was a combination of a rabbit and a standard outgower and finally there was an overhead midi and quartering standard shot from the pit. The scores were not remarkable!! But in 5th place for the day was Colin with a hard earned 23, just behind Bradley with 26, Tom with 27 and Brian with 28; but top of the pile with a score of 31 this week was Frank. Our thanks to Gamebore for the prizes of cartridges to 4th place. However today was also the second round of the Wingate and, with an impressive round one score of 40, Bradley managed to retain his advantage to become the 2012 Wingate champion with a combined score of 66. The other top shooter’s combined scores for the Wingate were:

6th May Score
Colin	23
Frank	31
Paul	34
Stuart	34
Tom	27
John	11
Guy	4
Bradley	26
Kevin	13
Sac	9
Greg	18
Alan	14
John	3
Clive	15
Ken	5
Les	13
Brian	28

May 2012 Wingate Overall Scores
Bradley	66	Frank	59	Colin	57
Tom	47	Greg	45

270: Sunday 11th March 2012 Wingate Round 1
Sunday morning saw an excellent turnout to contest the first round of this year’s WinGate. The weather was kind to us and we all had a new toy to play with - a brand spanking new Rabbit trap; so all in all it had the making of a good shoot. The first stand at the top of the field was a following pair of rabbits appearing at speed from behind the hedge en-route to the pit. Excuses were allowed as the novelty of rabbits coming towards us is something that we have previously not enjoyed. Next was a simultaneous crosser and outgoing standard shot from the tower. This was followed by a following pair of daisy cutting midis and then the infamous pair of battue from the manual trap. Both stands invoked a serious number of expletives as there was some question that lead thieves had been at work in the cartridge store, again!! To round off the shoot, and restore some form of dignity to the scores, there was a pair of overhead standards at the bottom pit. The top shooter’s scores for this round were:

Bradley	40	Bob	39	Dave	37
Dan	32	Frank	28	Laurence	28

As ever with the WinGate there will be round two to take revenge and show some improvement in a month’s time!!

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268: Sunday 15th January 2012 Bisley Sponsored Shoot
Frost to start the day and uncharacteristically good weather for Biggin Hill through the rest of the morning saw a goodly number of members in the field for the first Sunday shoot of the year. Refreshed from the Christmas break and ready to smash a more than just a few clays the day did not go well. Suffice it to say that there are more clays to pick up than were broken!!! The top pit had a sort of DTL clay (and we all know how much we love them!), the second stand was a simple(!) rising standard shot from the tower and stand three gave us an evil pair of kamikaze standards thrown from the top tower. Next was a rabbit and outgoing standard and to top things off the lower pit saw an on-report pair of overhead standards. The scores tell the tale! Chris, Les and Bradley brought up the rear with a score of 22; Phil was in forth with 25 just behind Barry and Dan on 26, just leaving the champion of the day (miraculously!) as Frank, turning in the top score of 29. With Lawrence missing on the day it just goes to prove what a bad influence he is on his Dad normally………………….(any comments which are printable to the editor please!!!) Our thanks to Bisley for sponsoring the prizes and we hope to see some very clean guns at the next shoot.

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