#15 Postby willow » Sat Sep 10, 2022 9:15 pm
Day 2 of the Queens is down, and it was a day that had a bit of everything - overcast conditions with mild winds early on quickly gave way to sunshine and VERY switchy winds causing competitors no end of challenges to deal with, and as today showed, sometimes timing was everything. Some shooters clocked up great scores at the first 600 match, however as the day wore on, so did the wind shifts and the second 15 shot match at 600 saw some shooters drop up to 15 points as Malabar showed how brutal it could be, even if the wind strength itself was average.
A 15 shot match at 700 metres this afternoon proved just as challenging for many, with points being lost out both sides of the target and we had a rain shower hit a few shooters mid-stage which also proved problematic with ammo and actions becoming slick quite quickly.
Target rifle is proving to be a very close fought affair with Jim Jeffrey holding a narrow lead on V bulls. In F-Std, Trevor Rhodes from Victoria holds a 7 point lead heading into Day 3 but if conditions are anything like today, 7 points can disappear quite quickly! F-Open is proving to be quite intriguing as the battle of the Matt's changed places today, with Matt Foster proving ultra consistent to take a 1 point lead from Matt Paroz into Day 3. Gary Faulkner holds a narrow lead in FTR while Wu Lau holds a 1 point in Sporting Hunter class as we move into 800 metres tomorrow. With more tailwinds forecast, pretty much every discipline is still to play for as today highlighted.