• County Astor Cup Heat – May 8th 2011
• End of Season Shoot - 16th October 2011
• HRA Captains Day and The Herts Clubs Challenge Shield 2012

County Astor Cup Heat – May 8th 2011

Following our winning team performance at Captains Day earlier in the Spring, we sought to repeat our success at the Astor County heat in May. Despite a superior team V count, we were well beaten into second place by our old adversary Radlett. They progressed to the Astor Final in July at the Imperial Meeting.

Details of the result were as follows:

WPRC

Colin Skellett                                   
Nick Verduyn                                   
Alistair Bullen                      
James Greenway                
Richard Malet                      
Mike Carlin                           

Full score details on http://www.hertsra.org.uk

End of Season Shoot - 16th October 2011

Many of our EoS shoots attract a good attendance and 2011 did not disappoint. Eleven members attended and after early morning ground frost and mist had burnt off, we were treated to one of those glorious Bisley Autumn days. We even had a full herd of deer on Stickledown in the late afternoon complete with magnificent stag trying to round up his considerable harem.

Light but deceiving winds, warm sunshine and long shadows as the day closed made it a memorable day.
Despite what appeared to be benign conditions, there were devils about! Most shooters shot well, but all were caught out on at least one of the ranges. Few exceeded their handicap – a rare occurrence at the EoS.

Colin Skellett managed a possible 200 ex 200 in the Morrison and Ashley Coleman-Cooke won the Donegall leading a group of three who were the only competitors to beat their handicaps.
In the competitions shot on the day, honours were evenly spread. It was good to see Anthony Lewis and Allan Skellett back on the range after an absence of a year due to other commitments. They exceeded expectation (certainly of their fellow competitors) by walking away with three of the five prizes. It must be said that their practice on the small bore range was clearly of great benefit, and with Allan currently Captain of the University team at Southampton we should have guessed that a ‘surprise’ was in store. Despite an increased handicap for 2012 we all hope to see them both return to Bisley with WPRC next season.

The Holland Shield (Club Championship) was again a closely contested event. Two points separated the top five and a tie on 191 ex 200 between Nick Verduyn, Colin Skellett and club captain Alistair Bullen was decided by   a single V bull, with Alistair taking the honours.

Prizes were presented after shooting and details of all competitions were as follows:

HRA Captains Day – 1st April 2012  

Individual Captains Day Prize Competition

Our team of six all entered the individual competition in the morning and following a rather empty result in 2011 we were back in the prizes again this year.

Best placed WPRC shooters were:

Captains Day Prize  - Handicap competition

Colin Skellett            Placed 2nd                Winner – Alan Bearne Cheshunt RC
Bob Jackson             Placed 4th

Top Gun Score

Colin Skellett              Placed 1st     104.14

Full results can be viewed on the following link:

http://www.hertsra.org.uk/  Click on What’s New and  Captains Day Result

Herts Clubs Teams Challenge Shield

The afternoon team competition now synonymous with the new seasons opening County shoot was again very well attended, with teams representing five County clubs. We welcomed North Herts Rifles a new club recently formed in the county which is a rare event these days.
 
Tradition dictated that the previous winner organises the shoot and 2011 belonged to WPRC, so it was with pleasure that we again provided the necessary services this year.

Teams of six, shooting 2&10 over 300 and 600 yards was the format and we were yet again blessed with a beautiful spring afternoon with light but tricky winds. All teams had turned out with a full compliment of six shooters, again a rare event, so we were able to compete on a more level basis which is much preferred.
 
Some excellent scoring was achieved and a solid team performance at 300 yards dropping only nine points underpinned a win by a margin of 12 over Watford.
 
Top Gun of the afternoon to take the individual prize was Chris Fopp from OB’s as the only ‘clean man’ on the range with an impressive 100.7

Team results were as follows: