Derby Open Meeting 2023 - Match Report

Derby Open Meeting 2023 - Match Report

12 members of the Scotland Gallery Rifle & Pistol Squad travelled to the Derby Rifle & Pistol Club 1999 from 23rd to 25th June to compete in the Derby Open. In total there were over 95 competitors, who submitted 950 scorecards.

Scotland had a clean sweep and won The Brownells Trophy (Home Countries Rifle Match) and both Long Barrelled Pistol and Long Barrelled Revolver Home Countries matches. Teams from Scotland, England and Wales all competed in the international team events.

Along with the team events there are also several individual events. Members of the Scotland Squad won 17 gold medals, 20 silver medals and 12 bronze medals at this year’s meeting.

Thank you to Jim Smith and the whole Derby crew for a well organised event..

Scotland Gallery Rifle & Pistol Squad

Chris Douglas, Dave Berry, Graeme Dodds, Jonny Cormie, Mike Hibberd, Jim Sinclair, Charles Bestwick, Glenn Gordon, Scott Lyon, Leslie Kong

Team Event Medals

Home Countries Match and The Brownells Trophy

Gallery Rifle Centre Fire (GRCF) & Small Bore (GRSB) Aggregate

GOLD - Scotland

  • Jonny Cormie

  • Glenn Gordon

  • Jim Sinclair

  • Leslie Kong

  • Mike Hibberd

  • Graeme Dodds

  • Chris Douglas

  • Charles Bestwick

  • Scott Lyon

  • Stuart Russell

Totals

Scotland 3294.235

England 3290.192

Wales 3256.197

Home Countries Match

Long Barrelled Pistol (LBP)

GOLD - Scotland

  • Jonny Cormie

  • Graeme Dodds

  • Dave Berry

  • Glenn Gordon

  • Stuart Rankin

Totals

Scotland 1648.111

England 1638.88

Wales 1589.75

Home Counties Match

Long Barrelled Revolved (LBR)

GOLD - Scotland

  • Dave Berry

  • Glenn Gordon

  • Stuart Rankine

  • Leslie Kong

  • Jonny Cormie

Totals

Scotland 1598.65

England 1561.49

Wales 841.24

Individual Event Medals

X-Class Medals

  • Gold - 7

  • Silver - 8

  • Bronze - 4

Unclassified Medals

  • Gold - 0

  • Silver - 5

  • Bronze - 1

A-Class Medals

  • Gold - 9

  • Silver - 5

  • Bronze - 4

B-Class Medals

  • Gold - 1

  • Silver - 2

  • Bronze - 1

C-Class Medals

  • Gold - 0

  • Silver - 0

  • Bronze - 2

Full set of results can be found on the Derby Rifle & Pistol 1999 website using the following link: http://galleryrifle.com/data/2023/06/Derby-2023-provisional-results.pdf


Photos

Report by Graeme Dodds, Scotland Gallery Rifle Captain