Decent day at Westfield yesterday - weather nowhere near as could as I had thought so the big coat stayed in the car all day, although the temperature dropped on the last parcours of the day.
Four good layouts as usual - I started on Valley with a 16 - the platform peg really taking it out of me, couldn't find the distant looper or the battue at all. Then onto the Barn, which was full of big targets - peg 1 had a great simo pair which killed me - exactly as it was planned, I drew my eye from one target to the other and ended up missing both, and there were some big old battues and crossers from peg 3. I finished 15 there and figured I would be lucky to get 60 (especially after my last trip to Westfield).
After a break I too on the Wood layout - all amongst the trees, I made hard work of a 19 there - with an overhead going away causing me loads of problems on Peg 3 - I loved the hoop placed next to the 'pond', very interesting when one pair need a little footwork, and my boot got stuck in the mid (note - must lose weight). My squad finished on the Top Field layout, with a few great tower birds including a couple of very satisfying crossers of a tower which I managed to hit. One peg had some interesting footwork and a lovely rabbit which I first barrelled in the single, and then missed by a country mile in the double. I finished by straighting peg 3 there to finish with a good 20 - I was well pleased with that, to make a total of 70 for the day. My squad had two 25's on that last layout - including Matt Hance who straighted it to win the day on 91 - very enjoyable to watch as well, great shotting all round.
Great to see so many ShootClayers there - and meet some new faces as well. At one point I think ShootClay had the 6 top places in d-class... which is great fun!
Looking forward to going back on the 12th Jan for the next one.
Four good layouts as usual - I started on Valley with a 16 - the platform peg really taking it out of me, couldn't find the distant looper or the battue at all. Then onto the Barn, which was full of big targets - peg 1 had a great simo pair which killed me - exactly as it was planned, I drew my eye from one target to the other and ended up missing both, and there were some big old battues and crossers from peg 3. I finished 15 there and figured I would be lucky to get 60 (especially after my last trip to Westfield).
After a break I too on the Wood layout - all amongst the trees, I made hard work of a 19 there - with an overhead going away causing me loads of problems on Peg 3 - I loved the hoop placed next to the 'pond', very interesting when one pair need a little footwork, and my boot got stuck in the mid (note - must lose weight). My squad finished on the Top Field layout, with a few great tower birds including a couple of very satisfying crossers of a tower which I managed to hit. One peg had some interesting footwork and a lovely rabbit which I first barrelled in the single, and then missed by a country mile in the double. I finished by straighting peg 3 there to finish with a good 20 - I was well pleased with that, to make a total of 70 for the day. My squad had two 25's on that last layout - including Matt Hance who straighted it to win the day on 91 - very enjoyable to watch as well, great shotting all round.
Great to see so many ShootClayers there - and meet some new faces as well. At one point I think ShootClay had the 6 top places in d-class... which is great fun!
Looking forward to going back on the 12th Jan for the next one.
