A cold, crisp start gave way to a warm sunny day, with the layout having a bit of something for everyone. A couple of stands caught a few out, and the simmo pair of highstallers in the woods proved tricky. Ollie Hughes found his way around the course in style with a 90, two clear of Lee Pitman 88 and Leon Clifton returning to the 80s, with a great 86 for 3rd place. In the Handicap Competition, …
Read MoreNear record Aug Bank Holiday temperatures make it very tough to shoot today – not a day for ‘black barrels’ which got hotter and hotter as the day went on. Mark Whillier found the right way round the sporting layout to record 86, followed by Howard Yates 80, and 3rd shared between Peter Squires and Cameron Cullen both with 79 – great shooting. In the Handicap Competition, Howard Yates‘ 80+29, 109 gave him the handicap …
Read MoreA windy day on the island was carried through to the club, where both sporting and DTL layouts were effected. It was the day of the DTL club championship with hits tied, it went down to the wire as the scores were counted, Matt Thomas was declared the winner with 94/274, just ahead of Dave Morris 94/271 DTL Club Championship Hits Points Matt Thomas 94 274 Dave Morris 94 271 Sharon Morris …
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Hot Hot Hot at the club today, another great day’s shooting with a great turn out for a difficult sporting layout. Peter Squires found his way around to score a great 84, followed by Lee Pitman on 77 and Richard Rivlin shooting well to 76. In the handicap competition, Andrew Harvey shot very well 74+37, 111 followed by Robbie Baker 70+39, 109 and 3rd place Peter Squires 84+23, 107 In the Rose Bowl Rabbit …
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Another cracking day for our shooting. Summer 3 in the Sporting Series and DTL for the Trap shooters. Some great scores out there today, with Mark Coburn leading the rankings with an excellent 90, followed by Lee Pitman with 87 and Rob Gale leading the best of the rest with 78. In the Handicap Competition, Rob Bollen shot a record breaking ( we think ) handicap score of 123, 72+51,123 Very Well Done, to take first place, …
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£1100 ! We are proud to have raised £1100 at a very sunny charity shoot at the club today. The members suggest charities to the committee, and this year the Medina Marching Band was selected for support. The club looks for small, Island based registered charities, where the amount we raise can make a big impact. Check out MMB here: http://www.medinamarchingband.org.uk Thanks to Pam and Pete Foster who attended on behalf …
Read MoreThe sun shone and the wind blew – it’s summer! Today’s sporting shoot was not counting to the summer series, a mid series break. The next shoot is the Charity Shoot – which is Saturday 6th July more info to follow. Well shot Ben Morris today’s sporting High Gun, 91, followed by Daryl Langdon on 81, and Iain Hall on 80. In the handicap competition Iain Hall was a clear winner 80+25,105 …
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Very grim conditions for setting up this morning, gave way slightly less damp weather for shooting, those heading from the shooting ground to the Isle of Wight Festival saw it dry up further still. Ben Morris and Mark Whillier found the targets least difficult today hitting 82 and 81 respectively, well clear of 3rd place Ollie Hughes on 73. We can see that it was a tricky layout since only 1 gun shot more than …
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As well as welcoming guests to our have a go stand, the club put on a 100 target sporting shoot, an already tricky layout ( held over from the previous Sunday ) was made even harder, with gusty winds. Lee Pitman found his way around to an excellent 82, followed by Jamie Dilk 77 and Daryl Langdon 75 Next sporting shoot is Sunday 16th June which will be Summer Series 2, and DTL will …
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Towards the end of a clear and sunny set up, a sea mist rolled across the ground from the south side of the island, and never really fully burnt off. Luckily some high targets were still visible, and came with the useful excuse to miss them in the mist! To kick the summer series off, Mark Coburn, took the High Gun with 82 ( a lower than normal high gun, reflecting the challenge of the …
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