GBRT : Canada 2011

Sunday 28th August

j.kent — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:02:56 +0000

I was right, there were some members who thought they probably ate something that disagreed with them last night. The steak was superb, John and Deb Deane along with JJ joined us. It all happened quite late – after having attended the prize giving and then carrying “Vice” across to the Ontario Rifle Association/NCRRA club house, we finally returned to the hotel at about 2200 for our very happy Captain to begin cooking.

Saturday 27th August

j.kent — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:05:09 +0000

Another lie in! 0730 setting on the alarm clocks. 1½ hours later than we have become accustomed to. A quiet day on the roads, being Saturday. Got to the range in 10 minutes. An hour to prepare for the Canada match. Coaches quietly chatting to their firers getting/discussing zeroes, bearing in mind that we haven't actually shot 300x at all on this tour.

Friday 26th August

j.kent — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:02:31 +0000

The shooting of the Gatineau completed the Grand Aggregate this morning in almost perfect conditions. Kent Reeve has won. Our highest place went to Warby at 5th, with Dyson 6th. GBRT had 8 in the top 14.

As I write, the team prepares for the Commonwealth Match. Teams of 12 firers on three targets. Preparation for some entails watching the latest Star Trek film on David Rose's laptop – James T Kirk saves the universe again...

Thursday 25th August

j.kent — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:26:12 +0000

Our guests last night were not as thirsty as we had hoped. The team will be drinking 7Up and Sprite till we get back home, judging from the amount brought back to our hut.

JJ Jackson made up two more of his “blank round” pendants for awarding to those who forgot their ammo. Emma's new bling looks lovely and Kelvin (who thought he had got away with his ammo “problem” on the first

Wednesday 24th August

j.kent — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 06:09:15 +0000

The electricians visited our hut yesterday. “Sparky” Brooks informs us that we can now run the air conditioning and boil a kettle and run the toaster simultaneously. Hmmm. Emma brought a pillow from the hotel. She intends to have a siesta during her 4 hour lunch break. Dyson still leads the Grand by 2 points from Kent Reeve, with Langley and Coleman in 3rd & 4th positions respectively.

Tuesday 23th August

j.kent — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:39:06 +0000

The drive to the range this morning was delightful, cool with a promise of a sunny, pleasant day. As I begin today's diary at about 1400, some medium level cloud is beginning to move in. At 0800, time for the start of 1st detail, the wind was almost non existent, what little there was being from the south, up our trouser legs. The team has shot the 300 and 500 metre stages of the Letson. As the morning has progressed, a sometimes tricky

Monday 22nd August

j.kent — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:57:49 +0000

The last bus reached our hotel at 2000 hrs yesterday evening. The Captain was by this time producing some mouth watering smells from the barbeque. Probably in celebration as he has won the Champlain Aggregate, awarded for the highest score in the pre Grand shoots. The steak was really delicious, cooked perfectly to order and just the job yesterday evening. Even though it was still raining...

Sunday 21st August

j.kent — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:56:58 +0000

The Army and Navy vets match was rather a tale of 2 details. In the first detail, the flags lay lifelessly against the poles, very occasionally deigning to flick a tail for a brief moment. Scores were high. 5 minutes before the second detail started, the flags promptly left their poles. The wind bracket for the shoot was agreed as being between 7 and 10½ mins left. Scores were not so high.

Saturday 20th August

j.kent — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:26:43 +0000

First relay of the Ottawa Regiment was scheduled to start at 1800 hrs. Not unusually, at the beginning of any meeting, not everything runs like clockwork. The shoot began at 1823 after a degree of confusion. The second relay began at about 1925 and the last GB firers got off the firing point at about 2000, having fired their last few shots using “the force”. The majority of GB firers put them all in, with a few having some zero resolutions which

Friday 19th August

j.kent — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 21:38:30 +0000

Yesterday evening, some team members were able to sample and in some cases, resample the superb ribs available here at the Barons Hotel. A couple of younger chaps, both relations of of other successful shooting families were persuaded to parade for an 0830 departure to the range. The rest of the team surfaced at about 0900 and finally left at about 1045.