The Phoenix Meeting
Pushed back a week this year to keep the meeting aligned with the traditional end of May bank holiday weekend it was unclear how the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations would affect this annual celebration of the shooting sports.
Member of the German team shooting the International 1500 match
The organisers need not have worried. Although slightly down on actual physical shooters compared to 2011 the number of competition cards shot was about the same. The miserable weather would not have helped on the Sunday morning but the worst of the weather was actually reserved for the International 1500 Match on Monday morning. Not only wet but turning pretty cold.
Regardless of actual numbers shooting the Phoenix meeting always feels busy due the trade show which always coincides with this meeting at the Pavilion and brings in lots of visitors in its own right.
The Bianchi Ranges and Speed Steels on Stickledown
As far as the shooting went most things ran smoothly – as much as can for a meeting this size. As is always stated – no meeting can run without the enormous amount of time and effort put in by numerous groups of people looking after the ranges, stats and reception – to name but three. We are always looking for volunteers to help run not just the Phoenix but other Gallery Rifle meetings we run at Bisley and elsewhere. Contact us via this web site for details.
Results (and Prizelists) and photos taken throughout the of the course of the meeting [Shooting and Relaxing]will appear elsewhere on the web site. If anyone has anything to contribute, photos, videos, stories or feedback please send it in.
The next meeting in the Gallery Rifle Calendar is the County of Wiltshire Open held at the Warminster Range complex on the edge of Salisbury Plain.
The next meetings at Bisley are the Imperial meetings of IHAM followed almost immediately by the Imperial P&GR. As always – volunteers are required for both these events.
