NRA Journal - Summer 2003 - National Rifle Association

Gallery Rifle and Pistolby Kevin HoseyHendon League – Winter 2002-3The Hendon League for Winter 2002-3 attracted a totalentry of 177 competitors from 17 clubs in nine differentdisciplines. The winners were:Precision LSR Open sightsDiv 1 K Kingsbury Croydon RPCDiv 2 F Carnell Croydon RPCDiv 3 RC Pateman Boro of Wandsworth RCDiv 4 M Barton Surbiton RCAny Sights LSRDiv 1 R Freiter Hendon RCDiv 2 K Hosey Hendon RCDiv 3 N Milner Caterham & D RCDiv 4 W Emms Market Rasen RCDiv 5 P Skinner Surbiton RCDiv 6 RC Pateman Boro of Wandsworth RCDiv 7 M Laundy 1 st Ealing RPCDiv 8 M Wilson Caterham & D RCDiv 9 A McCormick Surbiton RCPrecision Gallery Rifle Open sightsDiv 1 K Kingsbury Croydon RPCDiv 2 William Noble Kodak RCDiv 3 F Carnell Croydon RPCDiv 4 PJ Bennett East Barnet SCDiv 5 A Cartwright East Barnet SCDiv 6 J Bowman Kodak RCBlack Powder PistolDiv 1 P Jones Chobham RCDiv 2 F Carnell Croydon RPCRapid Fire Gallery Rifle Open sightsDiv 1 K Kingsbury Croydon RPCStandard Pistol LSRDiv 1 S Hodgson Camberley RPCDiv 2 P Roberts Chobham RCDiv 3 I Garner Gainsborough RCStandard Handgun Gallery Rifle Open sightsDiv 1 K Kingsbury Croydon RPCLong Range Air PistolDiv 1 K Hosey Hendon RCGallery Rifle Precision Any SightsDiv 1 K Kingsbury Croydon RPCDiv 2 D Francis Staines RCDiv 3 A Yousof East Barnet SCThere are other competitions which we intend to run inthe next season. All the targets that the league uses arethe current pistol targets and copies of the entry formsare available from:The Hendon League Organiser63 Eastern AvenuePinnerMiddlesex, HA5 1NWTel: 020 8866 6654E-mail: hendonrifleclub@hotmail.comWeb site:http://members.fortunecity.com/hendon22/thehendonrifleclub300 Metresby Ian Shirra-GibbGraham Hawarth got the 300m season off to a flyingstart by shooting his way into the Clermont Rangerecord books. Graham won both Individual matchesbetween a NRA-BFRC team and the French regionalclub Clermont Creil. His first match score of 598.43xwas a new range record.The first Europa 300m Cup event of 2003 was heldfrom 22 - 26 April in St Jean De Marsacq in France.The GB team managed to get two shooters through tothe prone final; Simon Aldhouse was fourth inelimination relay 2 and Andrew Pearse won relay 3with a personal best competition score of 597. Thefinal resulted in Andrew finishing in seventh placeand Simon eleventh. The surprise (and popular)winner was Matthias Raiber of Germany on 597.The ladies prone event was shot on the Saturday witha nail biting final string for Mary Pugsley who neededan 96 or better to beat Germany’s Iris Fricke. Maryachieved this to finish on 587 winning the Bronzemedal on countback.18The NRA 300m Championships 2003 was held overthe weekend 3 and 4 May.300m British ChampionshipFree Rifle 60 Shots Prone1 S Aldhouse 593.262 T Lincoln 589.173 G Hawarth 588.23TR / Standard Rifle 60 Shots Prone1 M Pugsley 585.202 A Pearse 584.203 E Pearce 543.06Prone Aggregate1 A Pearse 11672 M Pugsley 11653 A Campbell 11573 x 40 Free Rifle1 M Scrivens 386 345 369 11002 E Pearce 384 302 351 1037Congratulations are extended to all the winners.