Post by garcsecretary on Jun 21, 2022 15:07:58 GMT
GARC shooters won the Recoiling and .22 classes... yes, they were the only ones in those classes.
Truncated version of write-up on the GARC Website:
UKAL HFT Competition at Waulkmill on 19th June 2022
Sunday, 19th June 2022 started dry with a bit of wind. By 10am it was raining and blowing leaves off the trees! Any of you familiar with the ‘Valley of Doom’ on the bottom course will know the effect of wind at Waulkmill. Well, the new top course has two ‘Valley of Dooms’! When the competition started at about 11am, while the wind was still as strong, the rain had all but stopped.
Twenty-four competitors, including seven from GARC, took part.
Aside some over enthusiastic yanking on the reset strings, which pulled over a few targets set on brake discs, there were no problems with the targets. One target was called as faulty, but the target-tester proved otherwise. And how/why one shooting peg ended up laying on the floor I didn’t find out.
Considering the wind – at one point I watched the wind blowing left-to-right at the target, while at the firing line it was in your face from the right, and three targets away it was right to left and pushing the pellet low – there were some very good scores (by my expectations anyway).
Next UKAL competition at Waulkmill is scheduled for 28th August. It is planned to do a completely new layout of the bottom course for this.
Winning score was 55 ex 60. Names you might recognise: Alex C - 51; Stuart G - 49; Chris W - 46; Colin T - 41; Dale H -39 (top recoiling); Bill McC - 38 (top .22); Martin T - 35; Nick H - 34
Truncated version of write-up on the GARC Website:
UKAL HFT Competition at Waulkmill on 19th June 2022
Sunday, 19th June 2022 started dry with a bit of wind. By 10am it was raining and blowing leaves off the trees! Any of you familiar with the ‘Valley of Doom’ on the bottom course will know the effect of wind at Waulkmill. Well, the new top course has two ‘Valley of Dooms’! When the competition started at about 11am, while the wind was still as strong, the rain had all but stopped.
Twenty-four competitors, including seven from GARC, took part.
Aside some over enthusiastic yanking on the reset strings, which pulled over a few targets set on brake discs, there were no problems with the targets. One target was called as faulty, but the target-tester proved otherwise. And how/why one shooting peg ended up laying on the floor I didn’t find out.
Considering the wind – at one point I watched the wind blowing left-to-right at the target, while at the firing line it was in your face from the right, and three targets away it was right to left and pushing the pellet low – there were some very good scores (by my expectations anyway).
Next UKAL competition at Waulkmill is scheduled for 28th August. It is planned to do a completely new layout of the bottom course for this.
Winning score was 55 ex 60. Names you might recognise: Alex C - 51; Stuart G - 49; Chris W - 46; Colin T - 41; Dale H -39 (top recoiling); Bill McC - 38 (top .22); Martin T - 35; Nick H - 34
