Well the ACT Queens has been run and won, its Monday night and I guess most of us are back to our everyday lives.
The last day was pleasant weather for being outside, but quite tricky for shooting, even at at 5 and 600m, with winds generally from behind, and varying quickly in speed and direction. After the 500 we had the dramatic situation of a tie for the lead (Matt and Darren), with Kelvin in 3rd but with an unlikely 9 points to make up. Congratulations to Matt on another great performance to win, and Darren for pushing him right to the wire.
Kelvin just edged out Alan Peake for 3rd, and Dave Groves took the last of the badges (number of badges increased to 5 because of the high number of shooters).Results.
I can't think of anyone who didn't have at least one good range e.g. even though he found the wind pretty tough to figure at the longs, new shooter Matt Dwyer had 97 at 300m. As the meeting progressed, some good friendships were made (and old ones strenghtened)
, and with 21 shooters, you have to be very optimistic about the future of F-Open, not only at this Queens, but elsewhere as well.
And we need to thank the shooters who made the effort to get there from afar, particularly Laurie Ingram from UK/France
, Trev Otto and Darren Chapman from SA, and Kelvin Bell from Qld (hope I didn't miss any?). Its understandable that most people can only afford an occasional distant Queens, and when they do it, it should be appreciated .
I'll add a photo when it comes from "Tiger" Groves.
Alan
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