NRA Journal - Summer 2007 - National Rifle Association

NOTES FROM THEDIRECTOR OF SHOOTINGwho will be available from 19 to 28 July and whowould like to join the Stats team, should contact meas soon as possible.ChangesMost of the changes affecting this year’s ImperialMeeting were detailed in my notes in the SpringJournal, but there have inevitably been a number oflast minute changes which are highlighted below.Imperial MeetingbyMartinFarnanAunts and Uncles schemeAnyone attending the Imperial Meeting may requestthe assistance of an experienced Aunt or Uncle. Thesevolunteers will be happy to assist first timers or lessexperienced shooters by discussing the day’s shooting,showing you how to complete your score sheet orwind graph, or giving any other help as required.Those who would like such assistance should completethe relevant request box on the main Individual TR &MR Entry Form, and Tim Elliott, who administers thescheme, will then allocate you an Aunt or Uncle. Hewill then contact you, in due course, with full detailsof your allotted Aunt or Uncle. Further details can befound on page 19.Early Entry DrawThe winners in the Early Entry Draw, for thosecompetitors who returned their entry form (amountingto £50 or more) by 1 May, were as follows:1 Craig Stewart Index No 88(100% refund of entry fees)2 Jonathan Taylor Index No 130(50% refund of entry fees)3 John Bellringer Index No 437(25% refund of entry fees)These refunds apply to entry fees only and not tomeeting membership, marker fees, sweepstakes orother payments made on the Individual Entry Form.The winner of the Online Early Entry Draw for £100was Trevor Horsfield Index No 170.Stats PersonnelThere is a requirement for some new data entrypersonnel to enter scores made by competitors in theImperial Meeting. Anyone with good keyboard skillsTarget RifleAs referred to in the Spring Journal the conditions ofthe Champion of Champions Final have been changedso as to remove the previous inequity that a servicecompetitor in this Final was unable to shoot in theInter-Services Long Range match at the same time.The Champion of Champions will now be shot at onedistance only, 600 yards, and will consist of 2ss + 15 tocount. This will then allow any service competitorsin this Final to get to Stickledown to compete in theInter-Services Long Range, which will now start tenminutes later to ensure that sufficient time has beenallowed for this move.The Band, which will be playing the Queen’s Prizewinner from the range, will not be a military bandthis year. Instead it will be Premier Brass, a marchingband of 25 mainly ex-military bandsmen.Match RifleI am delighted to say that Sierra (the Bulletsmiths)have agreed to award 500 bullets to each of the tentop scorers in MR Classes O and T in the Hopton MRChampionship 2006. This had been in doubt dueto change of personnel in the company. Efforts arecontinuing to have this sponsorship reinstated thisyear, and possibly extended to future years.F ClassFor the avoidance of doubt please note the followingin relation to F Class targets:Short RangeStandard TR targets will be used at all distancesfrom 300 to 600 yards. The solid white circle stuckin the centre of the TR V bull will count as the FClass V bull, scoring 6, with the remaining ringssimply being valued one point less than for TR.This will apply whether the firer is using his ownammunition or the issued RG ammunition.Long RangeThe Palma target will be used at all distances from800 to 1200 yards. The solid white circle stuck in thecentre of the X ring will count as the F Class V bull,scoring 6, with the remaining rings simply beingvalued one point less than for TR. Scoring for FClass using issued ammunition will continue as for2006. This will apply whether the firer is using hisown ammunition or the issued RG ammunition.9