Roseville Rifle Club Australia

Archive for December, 2019

It was dusty. It was confusing (flags pointing one way, mirage flowing the other way). It was well organised. It was surprisingly stable at times and gusty at other times. You know it is a strange time when our bearded gunsmith from North Sydney Club who normally finishes a detail in 2-3 minutes flat lingers on the mound, gets a 3 minute warning and still pauses on his shots almost not finishing in time. Did we mention the dust? Such was the 2019 Canberra Queens!

But Roseville had some great successes as you will see

Mark Buchanan (shooting TR-A) ….

• Rolph Series: it’s a tough day at the office when a 50.06 at 500m gets you 5^th! But Mark also landed a 2^nd place at 800m (74.10), a 1^st place daily Agg, resulting in a 5^th place overall in the leadup
• Queens: it’s another tough day at the office when a 50.04 at 500m gets you 14^th! a 3^rd place at 600m (50.08!!), a 2^nd place at 800m (50.06!), a 2^nd place daily Agg, and a 4^th place badge in the Queens overall
• Grand Aggregate:  3^rd place badge

Adam Beale  (shooting up a grade in TR-A) …

• Rolph Series: top Junior competitor
• Queens: a 2^nd place at 500m (50.08!!), a 2^nd place at 600m (50.06!), a 1^st place at 800m (50.06!) and 15^th badge in the Queens overall, plus top Junior competitor
• Grand Aggregate: 10^th place badge and top Junior competitor

Janet Beale (shooting FTR)

• Grand Aggregate: 10^th place and learned a lot about the fickleness of Canberra’s McIntosh range when you regularly seem to land the windy / changeable time on the mound after periods of relative calm (as commented on by John Maguire). And what about that changeable mirage!

Special congrats to Adam for achieving his first A-Grade badge in a Queens against some fierce competition!

Janet Beale