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Wapinschaw Report 2008

This report is a pdf file (780kb) and is edited from our club newsletter.

Here are the results for the 128th Aberdeen Wapinshaw

Chairmans Review October 2007

As the club enters the Autumn, the sad news is that Ray Varrall has passed away. Ray was very much part of AFBGC life. As a long-serving committee member, Ray was heavily involved in club development and had specific responsibility for range safety. Ray also ran the Muzzle Loading Pistol Championship and was himself an excellent shot, being twice Muzzle Loading Pistol Champion and he again posted excellent scores as runner up in this year’s competition. Many members will also know Ray through his absolute commitment to training and he has helped many newcomers into the sport. His loss is widely and deeply felt and he will be remembered with warmth and respect by all at AFBGC.
Ray was extremely supportive of an ‘active’ club and thus it is gratifying that following the array of competition reports from the July Drumbeat, there have been yet more excellent team and individual performances at club, regional and national level. Notably, the NESSCC season was the closest for many years and produced a season finale of incredible tension. A superb team performance at TSSC-Turin Hill ensured that AFBGC entered the final match at Drums with a one-point advantage over DRPC and what a match this turned out to be! Record PP1 scores were posted as both teams put together formidable performances but ultimately it was DRPC who triumphed by producing one of the finest combined efforts of any NESSCC meet. The margin of victory over AFBGC was one ‘team’ point for the five match series, with the score differential the narrowest ever at just 24 points for the season! Congratulations to everyone who shot for the NESSCC team; to Sandy Philip, Paul Holder and John Simpson for their individual placings in the various overall NESSCC and club-NESSCC leagues and, in particular, to Shirley Philip for her outstanding team captaincy. Finally, thanks are due to the NESSCC clubs for contributing to a great season and to DRPC for retaining their title.

The Club Championship also produced a close run to the finish. Going into the last event of the championship series, the Fullbore Rifle Competition, only one point separated John Crouch and myself in the overall points table. Ultimately it was John who produced a magnificent display of controlled shooting to add the Fullbore title to his retention of the 22 Championship and in so doing, becomes the 2007 Club Champion with a record 37 points. The full list of 2007 Championship winners is: John Crouch (22 Rifle, Fullbore Rifle & Overall Club Champion), Charles Bestwick (Pistol Calibre Rifle & Overall Championship Runner-Up), Buchann Chesney (Muzzle Loading Rifle); Don Robertson (Muzzle Loading Pistol). During the summer, Lara and I also returned to Bisley to compete at the Imperial Meeting and I hope to encourage members to add the Imperial to their list of AFBGC shooting commitments for 2008!
The main part of this memorable competitive season has now drawn to a close but, in case you’re having withdrawal symptoms, the Frostbite Competition will take place on 30th December. I also hope to arrange ‘a gallery rifle and pistol action shoot’ in what remains of the year …but time will tell!