TWENTY members of the Scotland Gallery Rifle Squad travelled to Bisley for this momentous special event, which witnessed International teams from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Germany and South Africa. Of course, these in addition to the hundreds of other shooters from across the UK and Europe!
NRA reports 458 competitors who entered 4029 scorecards.
A quick word from the present Scotland captain Graeme Dodds, who unfortunately could not be there:
Well folks what a competition for Scottish shooters, haven’t had a chance for an indepth look at the scores but….lets start at the top an outstanding performance (again) from Jonny Cormie, centre fire world champ, and competitor in both of GBs teams which took the world champions title. So well done Jonny.
Our international teams came home with two wins in centre fire and LBR and two second places in small bore and LBP. Centre fire was particularly hotly contested with the top four teams within one point of each other however a fantastic X count aided and abetted by an outstanding 300 27x from Dave Farmer blew the opposition away by 30x’s.
The LBR guys managed to put clear daylight between themselves and England red again with a superior X count. LBP were up against an England team in very good form as were the small bore.
So overall we are certainly up there and hopefully we can continue this going into the friendly home countries match at Derby and then the real home countries at the nationals at Bisley. So well done and thanks to everyone for their efforts, hopefully see on a range sometime soon.
Many thanks to Scott Lyon who organised evening dinner in the Surrey Rifle Club on Friday. A pleasant social affair and welcome meal after a very taxing journey from Edinburgh. I did not realise that it was the start of the English schools midterm, and the roads were stacked with every vehicle in the UK!
Anyway: TWELVE Joint Services Pistol Club members attended and their presence was very evident at the prize awards (though some winners had to travel back before the ceremony).
Leslie Kong, JSPC
Here is a selection of photos of JSPC and Scotland members receiving prizes:
David Farmer
Stuart Rankine
Stuart Rankine and Leslie Kong collecting for JSPC LBP Club Team
Glenn Gordon
Jonny Cormie
Leslie Kong
Scotland win Gallery Rifle CENTRE FIRE International GOLD
Scotland win LBR International GOLD
Jonny Cormie is GR CENTRE FIRE WORLD CHAMPION
GERMANY TEAM MEMBERS
SOUTH AFRICA TEAM MEMBERS
GB WIN GR SMALL BORE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
GB WIN GR CENTRE FIRE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
JONNY CORMIE’S WORLD CHAMPION TROPHY
Friday dinner at the Surrey Club
Melville A Advancing Target
Melville B
Advancing Target
Running Deer
Pavilion, Sunday evening
GLITTERING PRIZE TABLE FOR THE PHOENIX 2022