David W Baines

[bugsy]

i am sorry that i didn't get to meet this god of airgunning, from what i have read so far he will be missed by a lot of people

our sympathies go to his wife and family at the sad time

mark and family

[JimB]

I'm another of those who Dave probably didn't know from Adam but in my first season of competition shooting this year I shot two courses that Dave had set and it has been obvious even to me that the man was a master of his 'trade'. That he had a great sense of humour was also obvious from that experience (although I may not have laughed much at the time).

As an ageing and increasingly selfish individual I gained a lot of satisfaction from knowing that the organisation of my new found sport was in the extremely capable and willing hands of the likes of Dave Baines.

The loss to the airgun world is nothing compared to that being suffered by Dave's family and my thoughts are with them in this time of great pain.