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The Long View
News from the GB
F-Class Association
Les Holgate keeps us up to date with F Class
matters and the activities of the GB F Class
Association
With the ‘Europeans’ taking place at the same time
as the November issue of Target Shooter goes
on-line, it means that my planned event report will
have to be held over until the next issue. It seems
crazy to say it but that will be the Christmas issue!
I had planned to do a ‘What’s happening next
year’ write-up for the December issue but it looks
like I’ll have to swap things around so, here’s
what the GB F Class League have in store for all
you ‘effers’ next year.
The F Class World Championships and the
compete and win the 2009 World
Championships. So, mission accomplished but
that’s not the end of the GB F Class League,
more the beginning. We now have the support,
infrastructure and ranges to stage great
competitions and build even stronger teams to
take on the best that the rest of the world can
offer. With that in mind, here’s what we have lined
up for you in 2010:
March (Date to be confirmed) – Training
weekend at Bisley. Prior to the Worlds,
several GB squad training weekends were held
but other shooters have expressed an interest so
it seems only fair to offer it to all. It will actually
more of an introduction to F Class and will be a
useful refresher or ideal for someone who has
You owe yourself a visit to Blair Athol
Europeans are now history and you might think
you can take it easy and return to a normal
life. Don’t even think about it! The GB League
was originally founded to develop F Class
shooting in the UK and to build a team to
yet to try F Class. The full agenda is yet to
be finalised but will include: wind reading, F
Class rules and muzzle energy limits, plotting,
reloading, basic equipment and obviously
shooting! Hopefully, Diggle will also run a similar
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