Day One over.... hot hot hot for team ShootClay... 36 degrees plus. Arrived at the ground about 10.30 - had a compak layout to practice a little - but then spent time relaxing and meeting some other shooters whilst getting some much needed hydration prep in place... I drunk 6 liters of water today....
We are all randomly squadded, so its difficult to review layouts - all are set out on the top and sides of a hill, loads of topography, mixture of targets both above and below your feet, all nicely spread out with trees and scrub providing some much needed shade.
I started on CCI - decent birds on there, and a few needing a good gap as well as the usual European technical birds that can beat you for pace and angle - my squad consists of a German, and Austrian, Two Frenchmen and an American Supervet - we got round CCI quite nicely - I scored 19 - one away on peg one, same on beg two and then two on each of the remaining pegs...
Moved onto Promatic - had a bit of meltdown on Pegs one and two - dropping loads.... then I went straight on peg three and four - to claw back a 15 - poor start, outlining how quickly it is to get on your game and stay there on FITASC sporting layouts.
So - I'm 34 ex 50 - Ed is 48 ex 50, Jem is the same as me, Bob is a couple of shots ahead....
Organisation is pretty good, buses to get us around running all day and the catering/rest areas are great.
Will upload a few pics when I can and give you an update tomorrow.