The winter 20yard/25yard Midland Benchrest League has gone very well and we are now up to rounds 7&8 of this postal competition

We have run with 6 divisions of 6 teams/div with each team of 3 shooting against each other team in the division twice throughout the season

The targets used are the same as the Yorkshire Benchrest League uses, with the exception that the max. Midland score achievable /card is 101 (not 110).

The inner bull in the Yorkshire/Midland 25 yd targets is slightly more difficult to hit than the 25 yd UKBR22 because the bull is slightly smaller.

A perfect shot on the Midland cards, scores 10.1 points, so it is possible to score 101 points/card but this has never been achieved.
Each round consists of 2 targets. The 20 yard target is a scaled down 25yd card.

The best averages achieved have so far come from a rimfire team but the best air rifle shooters average scores are only about 1 point less ex202.
Sooner or later, a pellet is going to be on sale that can match a quality rimfire bullet on an indoor range.

Entry forms will be issued for the Summer Postal by e-mail over the next 2/3 weeks to those clubs who entered the winter league

I will keep the format and rules the same, however I will have to limit the max. number of reserves allowed for a team during the season to be 2, as the software used for the results will only handle 2 reserves.

Medals(6/div) will again go to the members of the top 2 teams/division
John