Kibworth Marksman series Rnd2 Results

[stillwater]

The nicest day of the year so far saw quiet a few shooters from Shepreth venturing up the A14 to try out their skill at the Kibby marksman series.
From everyone at Kibby it was great to see you and we hope you enjoyed it enough to return next time
Maybe we should have a word with Mark to see if we coukld get an inter club shoot going
The original post for the Marksman series obviously played mindgames with everyone, as quiet a few people where over ranging some of the targets
Results below

Open
Jamie Chapman 54
Greg Hensman 54
Chris Bouton 51
Danny Webb 51
Paul Cunningham 50
Matt Rawlings 49
Bob Skidmore 49
Paul Brittain 49
Martin Slane 49
Alan Sultano 48
Mick Goss Snr 46
Phil Russell 46
Martin Troost 44
Marie Webb 43
Al Collip 40
Graham Gilbert 39
P Conroy 38
JJ 36

.22
Dave Chapman 41

Recoiling
Tom Bates 52
Daniel Turner 50
Kathy Thompson 50
Mark Thompson 46
Andy Conroy 42
Will Gabbott 36
Mike Smith 32
Sandra Smith 28

Junior
Becky Rawlings 47
Luke Kendrick 37

Freestyle
Anne Russell 44
Telford Redden 40

[regsie]

Good fun today greg we enjoyed it well if you call driving 80 odd miles to nearly get beat by your 11yr old daughter enjoyable , Great weather and all them long reducers . Will try an get back soon.
cheers
matt

[Baldee]

Very enjoyable day thanks to Greg for the company. Great course just managed to beat my last marksman score. Phewww

[Mrs. H]

A very enjoyable day so thanks to all those involved in setting it up.

Had to double check we were in the right place when we arrived.
I mean.... it was sunny.
At Kibworth.
Not a hint of a grey cloud to be seen. Most unsettling.... and we'd packed extra wet weather gear too just-in-case!

A superb course in every respect as the targets and are-they-aren't-they ranges messed with our minds big time!
Lots of Father Dougal moments as we tried to work out if the target was really small or just really far away. And then the quiet realisation that it was probably both.
Thanks to Dan for the company and his kind donation of squished .22 pellets; they seem to work quite well with my general tactic of lob-it-and-hope

If this weather keeps up I can see the rellums being having a day out

[punydan]

A good day, lovely weather chalenging course and great company. Anne did you get that target with the Lincoln or are you still there?

[Mrs. H]

I managed to get target 30 down after about 50 more shots at it and then decided to have a go at the rat on the river raft....

Hitting the plate wasn't as difficult as it looked, but finding the blooming kill zone.... after the first half dozen shots at it we'd managed to accrue a small crowd with an increasing number of willing volunteers eager to have a go. Gregg Jnr tried, as did Jamie. I snuck a look through Martins scope when he asked me to hold his Falcon while he had a go; by now the plate looked like it had been sandblasted! Then Chris had a go. Two shots. TWO BLOOMING SHOTS! One sighter and then a knock down.
!!!
So... it can be done
Just no idea where he was aiming....

[Bowyer]

Niether have I! Right the full width of the target, up a bit, fire!

I think it was the special left handed homing pellet I tried....

I was in the open class by the way - not recoiling.

Chris.

[Baldee]

I managed to get target 30 down after about 50 more shots at it and then decided to have a go at the rat on the river raft....

Hitting the plate wasn't as difficult as it looked, but finding the blooming kill zone.... after the first half dozen shots at it we'd managed to accrue a small crowd with an increasing number of willing volunteers eager to have a go. Gregg Jnr tried, as did Jamie. I snuck a look through Martins scope when he asked me to hold his Falcon while he had a go; by now the plate looked like it had been sandblasted! Then Chris had a go. Two shots. TWO BLOOMING SHOTS! One sighter and then a knock down.
!!!
So... it can be done
Just no idea where he was aiming....

Trying very hard to keep up with you. And its not working. Did you get the 45ish yard stander hole 4 0r 5 I think?

[Mrs. H]

lol, don't worry, you'll get there... you just need really big feet and a corset
(a general fear of mud also works wonders...)
If that was the one on the top of the bank with what looked like a muddy lintel behind it then no, I plated it having under-estimated the wind big time! It seemed to change direction as I sighted at it; these new banks are going to make life very interesting as the wind channels around them!!

I also managed to donut the Kibworth Fisherman on the lake as the little voice in my head started shouting at me to pull the trigger....
Its funny, some shoots everything just falls into place and others you're reminded with a thump that the rifle doesn't actually have an autopilot mode....

[never too old]

This sounds like one of my courses so it looks like some of my influences have rubbed of, but still too easy

[Mrs. H]

This sounds like one of my courses so it looks like some of my influences have rubbed of, but still too easy

Just with no wheels, empty scope tubes or targets with holes in the kill zones..... yet

Are we sure you've actually gone??? I've a sneaky feeling all those mounds of earth may be hiding a complex series of tunnels. And we know how keen Wombles were of warrens.

Come to think of it... anyone else see the furry hat dissapearing behind peg 2?

[never too old]

Just with no wheels, empty scope tubes or targets with holes in the kill zones..... yet

Are we sure you've actually gone??? I've a sneaky feeling all those mounds of earth may be hiding a complex series of tunnels. And we know how keen Wombles were of warrens.

Come to think of it... anyone else see the furry hat dissapearing behind peg 2?

You can tell ive gone because everyone is getting high scores, even you, Doh, should not have said that, noticed your dad is getting high scores too so come on the courses have got to be easy, HFT should be IWHS (I want high scores)

[punydan]

Just with no wheels,

there was a wheel, which seemed to have an invisible force field stopping just my pellets. I'm sure at one point I heard some strange maniacal laughter coming from deep within one of the giant mole hills, just as I missed a seemingly easy shot.