Bell target match - melbourne v redhill - let battle commence

[markmac]

The gauntlet has been thrown down,........Squire Steve Prime has risen to the challenge - Let battle commence.

Countdown to the sporting event of the year.

The Date: Thursday 31st January 2013
The Venue:Melbourne Marksmen
The Royal British Legion
Melbourne Derby
The Main Event: First leg of the highly prestigious "East Midlands Challenge Cup - Bell Target"

The Time - Practice starts at 7.00pm (ish)
Official Ding Time 7.30pm
Teams consist of 8 highly skilled and dedicated Bell Target marksmen plus reserves
Top 8 highest scores from each team to count towards the result

Hopefully we will have enough time to shoot 2 rounds for each main competitor plus any reserves over the course of the evening.
Prizes to the top three competitors on the night

Looking forward to a fun packed evening, a beer or two,delicious sandwiches at half time,a resounding home win and the spoils of war.

Dramatic stuff this Bell Target lark

[Peter Dunkley]

I think there's going to be tears!!!

[markmac]

I hope they're not ours Pete

Were not called MARKSMEN for nothing

[thimblehouse]

May the best side win, happy plinking.

[markmac]

May the best side win, happy plinking.

That will be Melbourne then

That will set the cat amongst the pigeons then

[pennineway.fswo]

It should be a good night Mac. I hope our new shooters turn up with their state of the art rifles and selected H&N pellets.

The A-team have been putting in hours of practise for this confrontation so I think we will stroll it

If not, then the black pudding and nosh will ease the pain of defeat


I'll be there for 6pm . See you then
John

[markmac]

Hi John,really looking forward to a fun but competetive night.

I am trying to get across for 6.00pm to clean up the target face plates and get set up ready for practice from around 7.00pm.

I will bring the Electronic Scoreboard and get that set up.

I may need to change the scoring system slightly to ease the flow and speed of the main comp if we are to shoot two rounds on the night.I will discuss this with Steve from Redhill Revolvers first and seek mutual agreement if needed.Was thinking of simplifying the scoring,So 5 for a bull (clean or clipped), then 4, 3 ,2 & 0 for each of the respective scoring rings - And only implementing the 5.1 scoring method in a shoot off only if we have a tie break at the end of the main comp.

What do you think?

[blueflax]

One can only imagine the consequences of a struggle between two such titanic forces.


Good luck everyone!

Ron

[steve prime]

WELL DONE MELBOURNE IN THE FIRST LEG



On behalf of the Redhill Revolvers team I would like to thank all the Melbourne Marksmen for a great evening. The company welcome and grub was second to none. We are looking forward to the 2nd leg in a few weeks.
We learned how the odd dropped shot can lead to what looks like a big defeat in a team event so its back to the practice bell for us.
Well done again all and thanks for a cracking night in true bell target tradition, we left like a Christmas turkey, WELL STUFFED maulled by the Melbourne Marksman as Mr Harris suggested on the way home!!!!!!!!!!!!

Steve

[pennineway.fswo]

Yes it was a splendid night Steve and an amazing turn out.

Many of those present had never shot in a shoulder to shoulder competition so it was a new experience for them and I am sure we will now host and attend many more.

It was good to see such a variation in rifles used from a BSA improved model D, through to postwar springers such as Walthers and Weihrauch 55's and match rifles by FWB, Original and Anschutz.

Scores were higher than we expected despite a few match nerves

Glad you liked the food laid on by the RBL staff and Chris's black pudding was a bit special

Many thanks to to you and your members for fielding a strong and enthusiastic team and we are now looking forward to the return leg.

Thanks also to Chris and Mac and those who helped on the night to make this happen. Looks like Scott (Prewar) has set the bar for the return leg.
ATB
John

[pennineway.fswo]

SUMMARY OF MATCH RESULTS


WINNERS MELBOURNE (ROUNDS 1& 2) - 202 + 200 = 402 PTS
REDHILL (ROUNDS 1& 2) -199 + 190 = 389 PTS

MELBOURNE HAD 16 SHOOTERS
REDHILL HAD 13 SHOOTERS

TOP 8 SCORES FOR EACH TEAM COUNTED FOR ROUND 1 AND THE TOP 8 SHOTS FROM EACH TEAM FROM ROUND 1 PROGRESSED TO ROUND 2

TOP SCORERS;

Scott M - MELBOURNE 26 +27 = 53 EX 60 (FWB 300SU)
Mark M - MELBOURNE 26 +26 = 52 (ANSCHUTZ 380)
Andy B - REDHILL 25 +27 = 52 (ANSCHUTZ 2001 SSP)

[18 Wheeler]

A splendid evening of friendly competition with an excellent turn out on both sides.

Well done to all those who made it happen, and to Mark (Markmac) for running the scoring so efficiently. Realtime on screen scoring no less!

Looking forward to visiting Redhill for the return leg.

[mickson]

Well done to all sounds like a great night, sorry i could not be there for domestic reasons, but delighted you all had such a great time, ...mike...

[markmac]

A splendid evening of friendly competition with an excellent turn out on both sides.

Well done to all those who made it happen, and to Mark (Markmac) for running the scoring so efficiently. Realtime on screen scoring no less!

Looking forward to visiting Redhill for the return leg.

Thanks Nick for being my shot spotter armed with your trusty binoculars - Really helped me keep track of the live and dynamic scoring system we had in place - Couldn't have done it without you mate.

Again just to reiterate what Steve,John & Nick have already said, Thanks to everyone for making the night such a great event.Fun and friendly atmosphere but with that competitive bite to it, with the odd bit of banter,of course.Can't wait for the return match,provisionally pencilled in for early March (to be confirmed).

The shooting was quite close in the first round with only 3 points seperating the top 8 results from each team.The second leg just saw Melbourne edge it as we picked up a point or two in each head to head and the Home advantage was definately working for us as despite a valiant effort from Redhill,the match nerves seemed to be creeping in a little more as every shot counted.

A few notable comments worth raising; Firstly well done to Scott Marshall who had the highest aggregate score over the two rounds with a 26 followed by a 27 - Well done Scott.Scott was also tied on the highest round score of 27 with Bell Target Newbie from Redhill, Mervyn Beattie and yet another Redhill sharpshooter Andy Brown with his superb Anschutz SSP- However Scott claimed Top Shot of the night with a tense sudden death shootoff,scoring a 5 with his first shot and both Mervyn & Andy scoring a solid 4 each.

Finally, Well Done MELBOURNE MARKSMEN

[markmac]

Here is a list of all the scores on the evening

1st LEG - Held at Melbourne Marksman 31/01/13
RESULT	CLUB	ROUND 1	ROUND 2	SCORE		Top 8 Competitors -BELL RINGS	Additional - BELL RINGS
WINNERS	MELBOURNE	202	200	402		25	4
	REDHILL	199	190	389		16	3
TOP 8 SHOTS FROM EACH TEAM FROM ROUND 1 PROGRESS TO ROUND 2
NAME	CLUB	ROUND 1	ROUND 2	TOTAL		BELL RINGS
Scott Marshall	MELBOURNE	26	27	53		5
Mark Mackenzie	MELBOURNE	26	26	52		4
Andy Brown	REDHILL	25	27	52		4
EdDunkley	MELBOURNE	26	25	51		4
Paul Dunkley	MELBOURNE	26	25	51		3
John Watson	MELBOURNE	25	26	51		3
Mervyn Beattie	REDHILL	27	23	50		4
Andy Chesterton	REDHILL	26	24	50		3
Martin Davies	MELBOURNE	25	24	49		3
Chris Hough	MELBOURNE	24	25	49		2
Mitchell Beattie	REDHILL	25	24	49		1
Jonathan Goddard	REDHILL	24	23	47		2
Steve Prime	REDHILL	24	23	47		1
Dave Bourgault	REDHILL	24	23	47		1
Pat Maloney	REDHILL	24	23	47		0
Bob Elsam	MELBOURNE	24	22	46		1
						Additional - BELL RINGS
Ethan Stock	MELBOURNE	24	n/a	24	Reserve	1
Dave Sanderson	MELBOURNE	24	n/a	24	Reserve	1
Kev Main	MELBOURNE	24	n/a	24	Reserve	0
Dave Jobling	REDHILL	23	n/a	23	Reserve	2
Ian Dore	MELBOURNE	23	n/a	23		1
Nick Murphy	MELBOURNE	23	n/a	23		0
Pete Beddows	MELBOURNE	23	n/a	23		0
Kim	MELBOURNE	23	n/a	23	Reserve	0
Roy Pritchard	REDHILL	23	n/a	23		0
John Shinn	MELBOURNE	22	n/a	22	Reserve	1
Bernard Harris	REDHILL	22	n/a	22	Reserve	1
Pete Chesteton	REDHILL	22	n/a	22		0
Paul Goode	REDHILL	18	n/a	18	Reserve	0