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2015 Christmas Shoot

Thanks to all who turned out and helped make the day a success (well sort of) The targets went on holiday early and we had to skip 600 but the pairs snaps and McQueen went fine and was good fun.

I am a bit short on time for a bit so I will add some more details later but in the short time there is shaky video clip of the McQueen and a couple of stills.

I have managed to repair my walkie talkies!! (Thanks Tom)

Happy Christmas – we will be sending out the renewals and there are a number of notices to post when I get a minute so keep an eye on the site (subscribe to follow if you want to be notified of new posts).

Scoped Rifle Shoot

Nice day for a shoot and a some good scores put in. We made it difficult by shooting 300 and 600 yards on 200 and 500 target centres. This may not sound like much of a difference but it makes a significant impact on scores. There were two 75’s, one from each of the Springers – there is definitely some sharp competition between those two.

The results are on the relevant page and I have included to overall results from the two scoped rifle competitions

Well done to Barry Springer who won today with 147.18

The overall winner for both shoots was Alistair Springer with 294 for both shoots. Well shot!

The scores from today include the overall results and are on the Results page.

The next shoot is the Boar Hill so its likely to be a busy two distance TR shoot. We have had plenty of interest from teams from other clubs so it will be a busy day. There may be some catering of sorts and all enterants will pay a £5.00 entrance Fee in aid of the Royal British Legion. There may be a seperate charge for food but we have not worked that out yet.

Oct 26 Scoped Rifle Shoot 2 2+15 @ 300 and 500 yards

Not much in the way of posts recently I see! Its been a bit quieter as the main project of the George Arnold Pavillion is initially complete. There are still however many (too many!) minor things to sort out and these are ongoing. Thanks to all of you who help out.

Anyway we have the Scoped Rifle Shoot on Sunday. The course of fire is 2×15 at 300 and 500 yards. We may well shoot the second stage at 600 yards so we can make better use of the club house. It doesn’t make much difference to the shooting but its less far to carry the gear and a cup of coffee between details is welcome.

We will not have ammunition or the club AI available as its carer has gone on holiday (lucky him) so sort your ammo out in advance and I will see you on Sunday.

We have the Boar Hill shoot coming up after this one and its a primarily TR shoot. We seem to have many promises of teams from other clubs so if you intend to enter a team let Mark now the numbers in advance so we can be prepared.

DONT FORGET THE CLOCKS CHANGE ON SATURDAY NIGHT.THEY GO BACK ONE HOUR. If any of you forget and turn up early the you can help the rest of us set up!

Bill & Tom Scores

The scores have been posted on the page. Not a great turn out but a number of us had other commitments (Work in my case),

The next shoot is a 300 / 500 practice so we will probably see more of you then.

Stolen Vehicle Alert

Nick Baulf has appealed for any information on his Land Rover that got nicked on Monday from outside his house. Its is a great looking vehicle and very distinctive as the pictures below show.

If you see this or one like it please contact Nick On:-

nickbaulf@hotmail.com or 07894 340450

We would all be grateful if you could look out for this vehicle as Nick has spent many hours restoring it and its theft is an outrage. The thieves may will have changed the plates but if you see it please contact Nick.

Thanks – we will have to walk up the range now!

Updates

Updates in no particular order:-

Course Of Fire added for the Service Rifle Shoot on 30/8/15 on the COF Page.
The club is looking to dispose of a P14 303 in a Target Rifle Format and a left-handed .22 rifle. These will be sold but are offered to members first. Contact Tim Brooking if interested.
We are considering offering an RCO course at the range on a Saturday in the autumn. In there is sufficient interest we will take it further. Cost is £65 per head. Certification lasts for 6 years. Contact the Secretary if you are interested.
Sid Smith has been co-opted onto the committee to serve as Electronics Officer. Sid is an expert in electronics and has fixed the targets several times already when no on else had a clue. He is a very valuable asset to the club and we are lucky to have persuaded (conned!) him to help out on a more permanent basis. Please join me in welcoming him.
On the subject of targets the new ones have been delivered and are currently in the Club House Store. We will need to plan very carefully how these are rolled out.
We have turfed the 600 yard point and (when Sid does the wiring) we will have that ready for the shoot on the 13th September. This is a fairly large team TR shoot against several clubs so its important that we get everything right.
The club house has been handed over to us so it’s in use. We have to furnish the inside with chairs etc. It will be open on shoot days when we are at that end of the range. We will have the main doors locked when we are up the range but a key (when we have them cut) will be available for members to use the facilities. We need to be careful to prevent unauthorised access.
George Arnold – We will be collecting the George Arnold memorabilia from Ted at some point then we have to sort this out and then order the appropriate cases for display. It will take a while to sort this out but it is in hand.
2016 Program (programme – whatever) – We will have a complete reorganisation of shooting now we have a club house. We need to make use of it so we will be shifting things around. If the weather looks gloomy we may well change shoots at short notice and shoot at 600 yards so there is more shelter. Make sure the rifle you bring along and you can hit the target at 600 yards and if the weather looks iffy pack something that will go the distance.

That’s all I can think of for now, See you at the Service Rifle Shoot.

Gallery Rifle Shoot & Club House

No time today for a full report so Pictures only. They tell the story.

Club House is Ready, Needs some chairs etc but that’s on the way.Great job by the Construction Team It has been a huge undertaking and well worth it. Many Thanks.

Gallery Targets

Yes we coud all hit them with everything from a .22’s, .44’s, 45’s, 357’s, 9mm’s and a 45/70. It was great fun.

Some Impressive shooting as well

We will be doing this one again some time.

Kirby Cup and Shoot Date Changes

Kirby Cup scores are on the results page. The day was dominated by the younger members with Jonno getting 97.8 in the TR and Alistair 100.18 in the scoped. That left a couple of dads proud but wondering if making the kids pay for their own ammo may slow the down a bit. Anyway well done to all.

The club house is nearly ready. The floor will be done in a week or so and then the remainder of the outside landscaping and completion of the 600 yard point and we are good to go.

There are some program changes as the Water aid Cycle race is on 2 August so the range will be closed that day and the shoot cancelled.We will also be cancelling the McQueen shoot on 16 August as well due to some technical reasons.

We have been looking forward to trying out the new Gallery targets so this shoot will be held the following week on Sunday 9 August.

I realise that changing shoot dates is never popular but we will replace the McQueen with the Gallery and hold this on the 9th. The range will be closed on the other dates.

The Penguin Team Shoot & 303 Trophy

The targets worked and the sun shone! So that made it a good day for a shoot in February. To be fair the sun was a bit of a pain as it was right in your face at 500 yards, it made the targets difficult to see. Didn’t seem to slow some people down though and some impressive scores were submitted.

The Horsham Team won the Penguin again but this time it was not a total thrashing and there was only a 5 point difference between the two teams. Rob Bennett was the top shot with an overall score of 140.12 for one 303 shoot (300x) and two with a 7.62 (300x & 500x)

The 303 Trophy was won by Rob Bennett (Again) with an 81.5 but Mark Pescud got an 81.4 and Martin Woolger an 80.4 so it was tight at the top.

Well shot to all who came along and enjoyed the day. Than ks to all those who helped out and lent a hand – it’s always welcome.

The club house is coming along and we hope to have this mostly finished towards the end of April. The next objectives are the restoration of the 600 yard firing point. A full program of work on the targets and repairs to the roof of the target shed.

McQueens Modern @ 300 yards next.

Practice Shoot 1st February

Well that was chilly, especially for all those who turned out at 8am to help with the targets. We have traced problems to the communication between the targets and the firing point together with part of the mains supply. Luckily Sid was on site who is an electrical engineer so he deserved a big thank you from all of us for his assistance.

We got the targets running and this should be ok until the new ones arrive and we can set up the new targets and re wire the supplies with more up to date connectors.

After the investigations we got off to a later than normal start but the 29 members present has a decent and trouble free shoot thereafter.

And the club house? Coming along nicely!

The next shoot is the match against Horsham AKA the Penguin.

303 at 300 and 7.62 at 300 or 500 – it may change on the day.

See you then

Dorking & District Rifle Club

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