Just got home and thought I would quickly post before hitting the hay.
Congrats to Marty, Daryl and Jake and all other winners in the Queens.
great also to see Peter Smith and Julie giving it a real shake up - couldn't happen to nicer people and against fantastic competition
Also a huge congratulations to the SA F open team - we gave em a nudge but they were way too good!
Finally the Qld standard team - also very dominant and a great result!!
Yeah Rod - Peter only has one set of shoes for this very occasion! (nice carpet too!)
I hope all you South Aussies noticed Peters pimping efforts???? He heard you guys were going to some effort so he spent many a late night adding those extra touches to his rifle! - a photo would be appropriate here if anyone has one.
A special mention should go to our coach Dave Stewart. Hard to tell amongst the scores as we had shooter-coaches but he pulled off 6 60's in a row followed by a 59.6!!!
We all came away admiring the SA effort. They certainly were an impressive outfit to watch - well drilled with great coaching. They have set a very high standard for team shooting in Aus. The bar has been raised and we all came away with renewed enthusiasm to give them a better nudge next time!!
dave,
what everyone seems to have overlooked re the sa open teams performance is that 60% of their rifles wore 2 lug actions.
we in sa are working toward 100%, but these things take time in a reactionary sport like shooting.
keep safe,
bruce.