Archive for April, 2018
Victorian Grand Championships – 2018
April 24th, 2018 | 
Author: Mark Buchanan, Tim Walter and Allan Humbert attended the Victorian Championships held at Bendigo between 18 and 22 April 2018.
Mark shot particularly well during the Syme, finishing in 4th place, winning one range and finishing second, third, fourth and fifth at others.
Mark opened strongly in the Queens on Day 1 with a 50.9 and a 50.7 at 500 yards, but finished with a 48.4 at 600 yards to be 16th on the Board.
Mark shot a solid 148.17 on Day 2 and an equally solid 98.11 on Day 3, which included a 49.7 at 1000 yards.
Mark’s score of 394.48 in the Queens placed him 12th overall and 692.84 saw him finish in 4th place in the Grand Championship.
Tim entered A grade although entitled to shoot B grade. Had he shot in B grade and shot the same scores, he would have won Day 1 of the Syme, won the Syme Aggregate by 2 points, placed 10th in the Queens and come second in the Grand Championship!
Allan shot in F Standard A and started the Syme in blistering form, coming second on Day 1 with 176.10.
Day 1 and Day 2 of the Queens saw some good scores, and Day 3 saw a very good 57.4 at 1000 yards to finish 4th at that range.
Allan finished 12th in the Syme, 13th in the Queens and 10th in the Grand Aggregate.
The results were as follows:
The Syme.
| Shooter | 500 Yards |
500 Yards |
600 Yards |
Syme Day 1 |
700 Yards |
900 Yards |
1000 Yards |
Syme Day 2 |
Syme Aggregate |
| Mark | 50.7 7th |
50.7 4th |
50.5 3rd |
150.19 2nd |
50.9 1st |
49.6 15th |
49.2 5th |
148.17 5th |
298.36 4th |
| Tim | 49.6 25th |
50.3 17th |
47.3 30th |
146.2 23rd |
47.3 36th |
48.0 32nd |
47.4 16th |
142.7 32nd |
288.19 29th |
| Allan | 60.5 2nd |
59.3 5th |
57.2 6th |
176.10 2nd |
58.0 10th |
51.0 16th |
47.0 15th |
156.0 15th |
332.10 12th |
The Queens – Day 1
| Shooter | 500 Yards |
500 Yards |
600 Yards |
Queens Day 1 Aggregate |
| Mark | 50.9 3rd |
50.7 14th |
48.4 34th |
148.20 16th |
| Tim | 48.5 43rd |
50.2 34th |
45.2 50th |
143.9 49th |
| Allan | 59.6 9th |
58.1 14th |
52.1 20th |
169.8 16th |
The Queens – Day 2
| Shooter | 700 Yards |
800 Yards |
900 Yards |
Queens Day 2 Aggregate |
| Mark | 50.7 1st |
49.7 28th |
49.3 24th |
148.17 11th |
| Tim | 47.2 44th |
48.2 47th |
47.2 43rd |
142.6 45th |
| Allan | 59.4 5th | 56.2 14th | 55.3 11th |
170.9 10th |
The Queens – Day 3
| Shooter | 900 Yards |
1000 Yards |
Queens Stage 3 Aggregate |
| Mark | 49.4 37th |
49.7 5th |
98.11 7th |
| Tim | 49.5 31st |
46.1 38th |
95.6 38th |
| Allan | 55.3 17th |
57.4 4th |
112.7 8th |
The Queens – Aggregate
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The Percy Pavey Grand Aggregate
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Duncan Davies won the Queens with 399.47 and the redoubtable James Corbett won the Grand Championship with 695.76.
Congratulations to both, especially to Duncan on winning his first Queens!
Tim Walter.
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Lyndhurst Prize Meeting – Easter 2018
Mark Buchanan, Andrew Martin, Angus Martin and Tim Walter attend the Lyndhurst Prize Meeting held on 31 March and 1 April 2018.
A Teams Match was conducted on Friday afternoon on 30 March at 600 yards and the scores were as follows: Mark 49.3, Tim 49.1, Andrew 48.0, Angus 49.7 = 195.11. Although this was not good enough to beat the young lads from Sydney, three of whom are in the Palma Team, we did finish second, which was pleasing in that we beat the Lyndhurst Team and two other teams.
The Day 1 Aggregate was shot over 500, 600, and 600 yards on Saturday and saw Mark shoot 150.17 to win the TR A Grade Day 1 Aggregate by one centre from Chris Schwebel.
| Shooter | 500 yards | 600 yards | 600 yards | Day 1 Aggregate |
| Mark | 50.8 | 50.5 | 50.4 | 150.17 – 1st |
| Angus | 50.7 – 7th | 49.7- 10th | 49.6 | 48.20 – 8th |
| Andrew | 49.5 – 2nd | 46.4 | 50.3 – 1st | 145.12 -2nd B |
| Tim | 47.3 | 46.4 | 47.1 | 140.8 – 19th |
The Day 2 Aggregate was also shot over 500, 600, and 600 yards on Sunday.
| Shooter | 500 Yards | 600 Yards | 600 Yards | Day 2 Aggregate |
| Mark | 50.9 – 3rd | 49.6 | 50.6 | 149.21 – 5th |
| Angus | 49.7 – 16th | 49.4 | 48.5 | 146.16 – 15th |
| Andrew | 46.4 | 49.3 – 2nd | 49.5 – 2nd | 144.12 – 3rd – B |
| Tim | 48.2 | 47.5 | 48.3 | 143.10 – 17th |
| Shooter | Grand Aggregate |
| Mark | 299.38 – 1st |
| Angus | 294.36 – 10th |
| Andrew | 289.24 – 3rd– B |
| Tim | 283.18 – 17th |
Mark won the Grand Aggregate with 299.38, narrowly avoiding a shoot off with Matthew Shepherd, who finished second with 299.35.
Angus did well to finish 10th in the Grand Aggregate in a very strong field of top A Grade shooters.
The strength of the field was demonstrated by the fact that Angus finished 7th with a 50.7 at 500 yards on Day 1, 10th with a 49.7 at 600 yards on Day 1, and 16th with a 49.7 at 500 yards on Day 2!
Andrew was unfortunate in that his sling broke at some stage, costing him valuable points.
Tim is still finding form for Bendigo!
Tim Walter.
