EJ CHURCHILL ESP REG 3.5.12

[Will Hewland]

Just managed to avoid the rain today, starting shooting at 2.30 with my wife. Gav B found us hiding from the rain in the car park and joined us when it stopped.

There was a different feel to the course today, with it being in a giant loop around the ground, with none of the middle areas used. Nice change actually.

I think the course was more technically tricky rather than hard, so I think that the scores could be really high if shooters don't trip up on some subtle angles and quick close stuff.

We started in the skeet area (stand 1)?. I missed just one, then dropped 6 on stand two, the sim r-l pair. Aaaaarrrgghhh! Fully expecting a disasterous round at that point.. 7 away, with 80 to go. Managed to drop just another 6 to the end for a surprise 87. Four of those were soppy ones too! Ho hum..

So, as that was the first shoot of period 44, if I don't shoot again for a year, I will be AAA! Ha ha.

I saw a lot of faces from here going out as I left, so look forward to hearing how they did. I think there is a 97 HG there somewhere, maybe Mark Marshall, but you never know..

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[GavB]

Pleasure to shoot with you and Mrs Clever this afternoon Mr C

Not at the races again today- seems to be a pattern developing - hitting the first pair then looking at the lead for the next pair and missing them- nice to

see some different targets though

finished on a very disapointing 61 for my official cpsa score as im a new member - can only get better i suppose

 

[ExSCA]

Good to see Mr & Mrs Clever and Gav as I arrived - as well as Steve Lovatt just setting out. I bumped into Clever_Dad on the way in and we rattled round at a fair pace (dodging the fella with the semi auto who had never shot before and was making me nervous).

Some interesting stands - as Gav and Clever have said, a little bit different for Churchills. Some really quick, close up birds that tested your gun speed.

I went with the sole intention of exorcising the ghost of Gunsite - my 38 39 there had left me reeling after recent shoots, I thought changing cartridges and chokes was a silly thing to do and talked myself out of hitting anything that day. Ghost exorcised - I finished on a 75, which I'm pretty happy with, 1 3 below my personal best - but 5 higher than the score that won c-class for me last time. I'll take it! Double bonus was picking up winnings from last time which left me UP on money for the day

Other scores - I think Steve said he hit 89, Clever_Dad finished on an 86.

All bodes well for evening CPSA shooting at Churchills when summer arrives properly!

 

[TobyM]

Well done Matt!

 

[Hamster]

Sounds like a good shoot.

 

[JonSkeet2]

Well shot all!!

 

[Banger]

Went round with Kirk Bridges who shot 96 ,chris childerhouse was shooting just behind us and finnished on 95.

I shot 88.

Refreshing layout change i thought,nothing really hard but as always easy to miss. hope they continue to vary it.

well done Matt.

see you tuesday at rbss clever, hope the weather shapes up.

Banger

 

[Will Hewland]

Trust you to hit one more than me.. Hope you won A mate.

See you at Rbss if not Weston first,

Cheers

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[sscottsmith1234]

NIce change to the shoot today, few more speedy ones than usual made a differance.

Farely indifferant round didnt drop more than two on any of the stands and finished up on an 89, nice start to the new classification period!

 

[Will Hewland]

Well done Steve. Really kicking myself for dropping six on the sim pair. If it had just been three I would have taken you and Banger. Ho hum..

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[ExSCA]

I took 6 from that - but had a mare on the 4th stand - the low flat incomer with the O/R crow - missed EVERY single one of the incomers - thats very frustrating - hit the crow for 5, but could not get the measure of that incomer.

Same applied down in the sticks - smashed the fast r/l pink bird, but struggled on the curling incomer. Only hit one of the incomer, and missed the pink target once whilst thinking about that. Took a five.

Thinking about it today - I have a feeling it is about body position, I seem to 'run' out of room on incomers like that, need to figure out a comfortable kill position and 'wind' into the hold position.

Two stands of five that really cost me on a card of 75 when I am focusing on 80 as my next personal target, just a couple better on each of those stands and I'd be hitting that number.

 

[Will Hewland]

The low incomer was all about getting on line. Assuming it was shot quite late, it was on about a 15 degree downward slope. Then stick 2.5 feet on.

The incomer in the sticks was really simple. (The pink one was harder by far IMO). You were likely in front. I shot about one clay ahead of it.

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[ExSCA]

2.5 feet? I read it much less - especially as it was right in front of me - good target to catch out the learners that one.

Sticks second target - agreed, was in front, but marginally by the sound of it... I was trying to get closer to the front edge every time... hey ho!

 

[Will Hewland]

Ah.. problem was that it was not right in front. Came from 60 yards away and closed in, but POI was still 20+ yards out. Quite quick too.. I was giving it 2 feet and always hitting the back edge. Didnt dare adjust though. Missed one by slowing up.

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[sscottsmith1234]

I missed two of the incommers in the sticks by trying to shoot it too late - bigger target!

Shot it about fifteen feet futher out and centre patern every time! - ARSE!

 

[ExSCA]

In the sticks, I was so happy that I hit the pink target crossing that I surprised myself before missing the orange!

 

[Will Hewland]

I missed two of the incommers in the sticks by trying to shoot it too late - bigger target!

Shot it about fifteen feet futher out and centre patern every time! - ARSE!

Good enough that you won A class!

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[sscottsmith1234]

• How you figure?
  

Cant find results anywhere?

 

[ExSCA]

Attached results.

Nice shooting Steve!

Report-2012-May-04-122740.pdf