JSPC NewsA Bianchi Allcomers Match
Three stages of Bianchi on the usual Butt Zero Range at Bisley.
NRA Pistol League Round 3
This will take place on Sunday on and around Butt Zero and on Short Siberia.
Anybody not making the crossing to Ireland to take part in the NASRPC Irish International Open 2015 next weekend please bear in mind we have the Imperial Gallery Rifle and Pistol meeting starting on Wednesday 8th July and running through to Sunday 12th July.
Five days of relaxed Gallery Rifle shooting with Unlimited entries available and Trophy matches running over the weekend.
The meeting offers a complete range of shooting options to suit all tastes and interests. Medal matches are available for unlimited re-entry throughout the meeting, including Scott, America, T&P1, Multi-Target, Advancing Target, Granet and Silhouettes. Trophy matches are available in Scott, Granet, T&P1, Multi-Target, Silhouettes, LSR, The Gallery Rifle Match for GRCF and the Cottrell Cup for Air Pistol.
There is a light hearted Man v Man event to finish off Saturday’s shooting and there are Grand Aggregates running through the entire meeting for GRSB, GRCF and MLR.
All administration stats and scoring will be carried out at Melville Range. Just turn up, book in and shoot.
See you there
Some words from Jim
The Derby Open 2015 was a record breaker with more than 105 competitors and over 730 events being shot. It was fantastic to see 15 new faces and some completely new to the competition circuit. I wish I’d had some spare time to meet you all.
Again we had Scottish shooters travelling down, some for the first time and we hosted a Home Countries shoulder to shoulder on Friday afternoon, congratulations to the Welsh team for their victory.
Stats did brilliantly on the day and results were ready 40 minutes after the last shot. They can be seen elsewhere on the site.
Please Note: You have seven days to challenge any scores – and I have a bundle of score cards without names or with adding errors.
If you won a prize and were not present it may have been picked by a fellow club member. If not I will be in touch in the next day or so asking you to choose something.
I think you will agree that the prize table was excellent with numerous high value prizes to be chosen. This was mainly due to extraordinary support from the sponsors who supported the meeting. It is worth mentioning them by name as they deserve our thanks and having confidence in the future of our sport. Please support them in return.
THANKS
The Derby Open is a team effort and would not be possible without the 30 or so Range Crew who worked unbelievably hard over the weekend. Special thanks go to Team Smoothy and several other visitors for their help and not to forget the guys in Stats, and most importantly Pam and Mick on the BBQ.
Some photos will be on the club website gallery very soon.
Smithy
The inaugural Scottish Gallery Rifle and Pistol Championship will be held over two venue dates. Commencing on the 5th July at the JSPC Colmsliehill range where a series of short events will be held and concluding with 1500 events at Drums Links the home of Aberdeen Full Bore Gun Club on the 2nd August. The Championship for Rifle will be held concurrently with a shorter Championship for Long Barrelled Revolver and Pistol.
This will be a fully registered event and entrance open to all.
Entry Forms are available to download now
Scottish Gallery Rifle Champion for Small bore and Centre fire Rifle. Competing for award, Scottish Champion, twelve individual title medal, awarded on the event day.
Scottish Gallery Rifle Champion title awarded to the competitor with the highest overall score from all 8 events, awarded upon championship completing presentation held at the Nationals at Bisley in August.
Venue 1:
Venue 2:
Scottish Long Barrel Revolver and Long Barrel Pistol Championship. Scottish Champion, competing for four individual title (two LBP and two LBR) medal awards.
Venue:
This competition is a registered event and scores submitted to the NRA. The Gallery Rifle Ranking Tables will include the 1500 event.
Competitors entering both Standard and Classic matches must indicate to the match director prior to the match commencing which score (standard or classic) they require to be carried forward for their aggregate score. No differential will be made between Iron and Optic (Open class) revolver or pistol. Centre Fire may include any pistol calibre lever action rifle.
Please note – Lever release rifles are not included due to predicted low entrance, we will look at that again next year
There will be a prize giving ceremony held during the Gallery Rifle Nationals held at Bisley on the Sat 29th of August, venue to be agreed. Two title awards will be awarded:
1. Scottish Gallery Rifle Champion; awarded to the highest scoring (rifle) competitor, aggregate score of all eight centre fire and small bore rifle events. No separate classification awards will be made.
2. Scottish Gallery Pistol Champion; highest aggregate score of all Pistol and revolver events.
Taking a calendar slot in the season shortly after the Phoenix the Wiltshire open is again an all day affair with a good half dozen GR competitions being available on the day.
This year in its 12th iteration and, as ever, fine weather guaranteed!
Entries still being accepted and a grand day out on the edge of Salisbury Plain. Join previous winners of the event (above and left) and try to better them. Make a weekend of it – the West Country is well worth a a couple of days or more away so come down and see us.
The England and Scotland GR teams ran a head to head Long Barrelled Firearms match at the Phoenix Meeting this year. Captains Morné van Dalen and Jonny Cormie pitched a couple of teams to take part in a T&P1 and Multi Target match in both LBR and LBP.
Below are the results. England took the honours this time around. Where is the return match being held and where are Wales we ask?
Full results can be found here
| Team: | England | LBP Aggregate | ||
| 1 | ||||
| T & P 1 | M-T | |||
| Name | Score | Score | ||
| Morné van Dalen | 298.21 | 116.11 | 414.32 | |
| Graham Trimmer | 297.14 | 112.10x | 409.24 | |
| Colin McMichael | 295.10x | 110.08 | 405.18 | |
| Alan Podevin | 295.08 | 110.07 | 405.15 | |
| Phil Milsom | 293.09 | 109.07 | 402.16 | |
| Total team score (best 4 of 5): | 1633.89 | |||
| Team: | Scotland | LBP Aggregate | ||
| 2 | ||||
| T & P 1 | M-T | |||
| Name | Score | Score | ||
| Glenn Gordon | 295.08 | 113.08 | 408.16 | |
| Scott Lyon | 296.10x | 106.07 | 402.17 | |
| Jonny Cormy | 293.10x | 102.06 | 395.16 | |
| Leslie Kong | 290.06 | 98.02 | 388.08 | |
| John Crouch | 283.05 | 87.01 | 370.06 | |
| Total team score (best 4 of 5): | 1593.57 | |||
| Team: | England | LBR Aggregate | ||
| 1 | ||||
| T & P 1 | M-T | |||
| Name | Score | Score | ||
| Phil Cowling | 297.15 | 116.11 | 413.26 | |
| Morné van Dalen | 296.11 | 107.13 | 403.24 | |
| Peter Watts | 297.09 | 106.07 | 403.16 | |
| Doug Green | 291.06 | 103.08 | 394.14 | |
| Steve Denton | 286.07 | 106.05 | 392.12 | |
| Total team score (best 4 of 5): | 1613.80x | |||
| Team: | Scotland | LBR Aggregate | ||
| 2 | ||||
| T & P 1 | M-T | |||
| Name | Score | Score | ||
| Greg Rastall | 295.15 | 104.05 | 408.20x | |
| Jonny Cormy | 281.04 | 101.04 | 402.08 | |
| Scott Lyon | 278.03 | 104.04 | 395.07 | |
| John Crouch | 208.03 | 87.01 | 388.04 | |
| Charles Bestwick | 282.07 | 370.07 | ||
| Total team score (best 4 of 5): | 1593.39 | |||
Final Results are now listed
Scores database and Rankings will be updated in the next few days
A Gallery Rifle training and coaching day to get to up to speed with competitive shooting, build confidence in on-range processes and procedures and generally hone your shooting skills will be held a the 49th Rifle & Pistol club in Birmingham on Saturday 13th June.
A full day event will cover:
Cost held low to simply cover range hire, targetry and light refreshments on the day.
Cost – £30.00 for the day
Contact Neil (nfrancis-at-ba14.co.uk) or Ted (info-at-49th.co.uk) to book a place or for more information.
This multi-discipline meeting is a must for your shooting diary and has its roots in pistol calibre shooting but there are also plenty of competitions for Black Powder & Muzzle Loading, Air and Fullbore Rifle – from 15 yards right up to 1000 yards.
This Meeting has over 75 well attended competitions to enter, giving you enough chances to earn yourself one of the much sought after Grandmaster Medals.
An additional all-day event for 2015 is a practical pistol match which will be held on Sunday on Butt Zero.
Still time to enter
Full details of the event are available via this downloadable PDF.
Entry Forms for the 2015 Derby Open are now available for download over on the Derby Website and below. Two days of full competition in 1500, Multi-Target T&P1, T&P2 and T&P3 as well as a shotgun match on offer.
By popular demand classic entries also available this year in the T&P1, T&P2 and Multi-Target events to accompany the previous year’s 1500.
As before the club is offering a rock bottom price for anyone wanting to shoot a 1500 for the first time. Enter this for a fiver!
Last gasp entries still possible. Entry forms here
I’ve spent the most part of the close season attempting to engage with representatives of the GR&P community about the future of the Bianchi event with mixed response. The Bianchi as we know it consists of 4 events – barricade, mover, plates and practical. There are only a couple of places in the country (I know of) where these four events can be combined into an appropriate weekend of shooting to offer the Bianchi as the traditional event we have known over the years.
One of these facilities of course is at Bisley and the Butt Zero complex has three quarters of these elements nicely arranged onto a single site. The fourth element is usually the 50m practical event however in the last season or so range contention means its no longer viable to offer this event as part of the competition.
To some, this is a travesty. However pragmatic decision has to come into play. Over the last 2-3 seasons Bianchi numbers have been declining. Other competition events such as mini McQueen have been proving particularly popular. When decisions have to be made regarding where range facilities are offered at events like Phoenix the numbers do matter I’m afraid.
Just to be clear – at the Phoenix meeting the Practical match will be replaced by the Unsupported Standard Match. This will be run on Butt Zero by the usual crew and will take place on the right hand side over by the plates layout. This offers the advantage of all the matches taking place in the same physical location at least.
The course of fire is 48 rounds (same as the practical match) and consists of four stages of 12 shots onto 3 D1 targets at distances of 10m, 15m, 20m and 25m. Each stage consists of both weak hand/shoulder shooting with timings identical to the barricade match.
Targets are places standard target width apart. All other match conditions are as defined in the GR&P rule book. Some comments as to what weak hand freestyle means. It means operated (trigger pulled by weak hand trigger finger) and held by the weak hand but can be supported by the strong hand.
The results here (in pdf format) have not not been challenged and are now final.
Historic scores database updated and the Classifications also updated. Check your classifications – you may have been promoted as a result of this shoot!
Full details of the shoot and a bunch of photos over on the JSPC website
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