As our Aberdeen venue was not available this year, the GR Championship was held over one weekend at Colmsliehill Range near Lauder hosted by the Joint Services Pistol Club.
On offer were three competitions :
Timed & Precision 1 – which is shot at 25, 15 and 10 metres
Multi-Target - which is shot at 25, 20, 15 and 10 metres
The Ten Twenty – which is shot as five matches at 10, 15 and 25 metres
Most GR competitions are shot ‘standing unsupported’ but the 1022 involves kneeling ,sitting and standing strong and weak hand.
As most competitors now possess four different firearms; Small Bore Rifle, Centre Fire Rifle, Long Barrelled Pistol and Long Barrelled Revolver, it is possible to enter twelve different matches over the weekend. Some hardy shooters manage all twelve on the same day!
This year dates tended to clash with other club and national events so that numbers were lower than previous years. Despite this we had 174 entries all told.
Points
Rifle Champion Jonny Cormie 117
Runner Up Norman Veitch 108
2nd Runner Up Robert J Tonner 104
Pistol Champion Glenn Gordon 107
Runner Up Robert Tonner Snr. 97
2nd Runner Up Dave Berry 92
Event Winner Score
0701 Timed & Precision 1 GRSB Greg Rastall 299 24X
0702 Timed & Precision 1 GRCF Jonny Cormie 300 25X
0721 Timed & Precision 1 LBP Norman Veitch 300 13X
0722 Timed & Precision 1 LBR Robert Tonner Snr. 297 10X
1101 Multi-Target GRSB Norman Veitch 117 16X
1102 Multi-Target GRCF Jonny Cormie 120 18X
1121 Multi-Target LBP Jonny Cormie 12X 114 12X
1122 Multi-Target LBR Craig Somers 109 7X
1601 1020 GRSB Jonny Cormie 1019 81X
1602 1020 GRCF Jonny Cormie 1019 82X
1621 1020 LBP Norman Veitch 1015 75X
1622 1020 LBR Glenn Gordon 988 54X
Report and Photograph : Colin Oswald