Following an early hard ground frost, -3C almost still air, and weak winter sunshine, by kick off time it had clouded over, and around half an hour into the shoot, the sun reappeared, along with a wicked wind that steered pellets left and right, but failed to wipe a smile off a single face.

In the open class, Dan Mcmahan and Phil Soper tied on 54, with Dan ahead on count back, while Perry Broad lead the recoil class with 45, ahead of Elliott Compton and Ken Pothecary with 43.

Positions on count back

Open
Dan Mcmahan 54
Phil Soper 54
Stewart James 53
Harry Compton 52
Tony Male 51
Bill Birch 50
Dave Hunter 50
Mick Boswell 48
Kevin Scott 47
Mick Hinett 47
Kev Clarke 47
Jason Cowan 47
Mike Hymas 47
Dave Freeman 44
Ian Ree 43
Ricky White 43
Dave Hemmings 43
Kelly Searle 43
Phil White 42
Kristian Whale 41 (Junior)
Mike Towler 39
D Smith 37
Keith Plummer 37
Drew Hewett 25
D Brewer 21

Recoil
Perry Broad 45
Elliott Compton 43
Ken Pothecary 43
Stu Hill 41
Stew Searle 41
Andrew Timmins 41
Lee Malpass 39
John Holder 36
Chris Whale 36
Chris Collins 36
Frank Peterek 35

Thanks to the course setters for substantially refreshing the course yesterday, to John for the signing in, to Mrs Whale for the delicious cakes, and to all who attended and contributed to the wonderful atmosphere at Nomads today.