DAY 2 - It's official - Christchurch can produce conditions resulting in personal bests that rival the best conditions seen at the Mana 2021 Nationals.
The first squad of today had windless conditions for the first 40 minutes, flags barely twitching. Benchrest shooters showed the way with their top 3 all gaining 399 out of a possible 400. The Prone athletes couldn't quite match that, with Owen Bennett topscoring in whole scores with 593 (619.2 in Decimals) , and Ryan Taylor winning A Grade beating Owen with 623.9 in Decimals (592 whole score).
Benchrest is a growing part of our sport with 12 participants this year and should be on everyone’s watch list.
The second squad had to deal with Christchurch's classic conditions of left to right wind that dies down for a short time and switches to the opposite direction. This was challenging for most, but a great introduction to the rest of Nationals week.
Squad 1 made life challenging for themselves, with several more cross fires (this will be reflected in some people’s results). Thankfully Squad 2 was not plagued by the same problem. Otherwise, the range ran smoothly thanks to the hard work of our many volunteers.
Click on the links below for Results.