Bisley Imperial Meeting News 2018
Nottinghamshire County & Other Teams
Match Rifle
For the fourth year in succession, members of the Hopton Supper Club under the captaincy of Mr RWS Whitby carried away the FW Jones Match. The leading scores were made by Mrs FK Day and Mr D Lowe.
The England team were again victorious in the Elcho Match against Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Nottinghamshire shooters taking part were Mr RWS Whitby (Adjutant), Mr D Lowe, Mr SJ Whitby and Mr WRD Mott.
Click here for details of the Jones and Elcho results
Target Rifle
The East Midlands heat of the King George V Trophy was shot during the Inter-Counties Meeting at Bisley and Nottinghamshire won through to the final. The result was not as good as last year. Surrey won again with a score of 1193.163v with Hampshire and Lancashire following and Nottinghamshire in fourth place on 1167.128v. Top scorer for the team was Mr TJ Bullock on 149.22v just ahead of Mr RSF Shouler on 149.18v. Click here for the detailed KGV scores.
Mr TJ Bullock, Miss AJ CLarke and Miss LE Kennedy were all chosen to represent England in the Under 25 Home Countries Invitation Match along with three other shooters. The team fired 2 and 7 to count at 300, 500 and 600 yards. Miss Clarke made the top score of 105.15v (ex 105.21v) with Mr Bullock second on 104.17v. England beat their opponents, Ireland and Wales U25.
Nottinghamshire entered teams in the County Championship Short Range Senior and Long Range. In the Short match they made 15th place but did very much better in the Long Match making 3rd place behind Surrey and Sussex. This brought their Victor Ludorum aggregate up to sixth place.
Three Notts shooters were chosen for the National Challenge Trophy Match to shoot for England: Miss LE Kennedy, Mr SJ Whitby and Mr TJ Bullock. Mr RW Ramage was chosen to shoot for Wales in this match and in the Mackinnon. The England team won the National Challenge Trophy.
Click here for full details of the team scores for the above matches. and also for Notts results from other concurrent team competitions: The Families and the Fulton Pairs
Individual competitions
Match Rifle
Mr D Lowe and Mr SJ Whitby were the leading Notts shooters in the Match Rifle prize lists. There were seven Notts shooters taking part in all. Mr Whitby repeated his success of last year with another silver medal in the Armourers at 1200 yards. He also gained a bronze medal in the Hopton Aggregate at 11th place. Mr Lowe also gained a bronze in the Weekend Aggregate (MR), and came sixth in the Hopton Aggregate.
Click here for the individual MR scores compiled from the NRA prize lists.
Target Rifle
This year's Imperial TR Meeting will be remembered for its very hot weather and the challenging, changeable wind conditions. On Monday 23rd July, the Meteorological Office issued an amber warning to stay out of the sun between 11am and 3pm. It was even reported to be hot at the start of the 8.30am detail for the Times competition on that day. And so it continued through the whole week. On Friday 27th the second stage of the Queen's Prize was accompanied by thunder and lightening. Over-night rain arrived before the final Saturday and the wind was blustery and changeable for the St George's and Queen's Finals, requiring 9-15 minutes left wind on the sights at 900 yards.
Of the fourteen Nottinghamshire shooters listed in the Grand Aggregate, five made it into the top ten places of various competitions and aggregates. These were Mr TJ Bullock (7), Mr SJ Whitby (5), Mr RSF Shouler (5), Miss LE Kennedy (5) and Dr JC Jobling (1).
In the St George's Vase, eight Notts shooters made the second stage lead by Miss LE Kennedy on 74.10v. Three then reached the third stage: Mr D Lowe, Miss LE Kennedy, and Mr RSF Shouler who went on to win the Challenge Vase with a score of 148.21v
The same number (8) qualified for the second stage of H.M. Queen's Prize with Mr TJ Bullock leading the way with 105.15v. In the second stage the top score was made by Mr SJ Whitby with 150.13 (the only possible made) earning him the NRA Silver Medal and Silver Badge. He and Mr RSF Shouler (145.17) and Mr JPS Bloomfield (145.13) qualified for the third stage. This final shoot at 900 and 1000 yards took place in challenging conditions with 10-15 minutes wind at 900 yards and 16 minutes at 1000 yards so good scores were not easy to make. Spectators were treated to a tie shoot for second place. The winner of the Queen's Prize was Mr DJ Luckman, second on the tie break was Mr MCJ Button, and third was Mr P Patel. Our three finalists finished with Mr JPS Bloomfield (28th), Mr SJ Whitby (46th) and Mr RSF Shouler (69th).
The details of Nottinghamshire TR shooters' scores can be seen on this link.
Alternatively the full prize listings are on the National Rifle Association website from this link.
Our congratulations go to all those who took part in the 149th Imperial Meeting.