Not since 2006 has there been a drier Imperial meeting, with clear skies and scorching heat throughout. With temperatures over 30 for much of the week, the challenges facing shooters were different from the last few years. Battling the heat, rather than the rain, was a change to the Bisley we are all accustomed to, and Tony Fresko’s fleet of ice cream trucks were a welcome sight to all.
There was an early casualty to the heat – The ammunition supplied to the NRA was, for whatever reason, regularly blowing primers. Some suffered more than others, but the NRA were quick to respond, bringing out the 60PG batch from 2012 which fared considerably better in the hot weather. With only minor grumblings about the change of batch between the warm-up matches and the start of the grand (causing one or two extra un-converted sighters no doubt) the remainder of the meeting seemed to go without a hitch.
Read the full Day by Day account posted on the NRA website here.
Notable results from this GB team include:
Grand Aggregate Top 50′s
- Gary Alexander (50th)
- Ian Robertson (41st)
- Jon Underwood (39th)
- Alastair Haley (25th)
- Nigel Ball (23rd)
- Richard Jeens (20th)
- Nick Tremlett (15th)
- David Calvert (13th)
St Georges Finalists
- Jack Alexander (89th)
- Rupert Dix (88th)
- Dominic de Vere (83rd)
- Alastair Haley (68th)
- Richard Jeens (40th)
- Andy Barnes (37th)
- Nick Tremlett (35th)
- Gary Alexander (32nd)
- David Calvert (22nd)
- Nigel Ball (21st)
- Jon Underwood (10th)
HM Queens Finalists
- Henryk Golaszewski (95th)
- John Deane (86th)
- Jack Alexander (82nd)
- Dominic de Vere (73rd)
- Nigel Ball (47th)
- Jeremy Tuck (34th)
- Chris Fitzpatrick (20th)
- David Calvert (18th)
- Nick Tremlett (16th)
- Richard Jeens (12th)
- Alastair Haley (6th)
Individual Winners
- Nick Tremlett won the All Comers Aggregate, and the Howcroft Newspaper Aggregate
- David Calvert won the Sunday Aggregate, The New Zealand Aggregate, The Weekend Aggregate (TR), and the Tucker Aggregate
- Alastair Haley won the Hobson Aggregate, the Stock Exchange Aggregate, and with his brother Chris, the Families Trophy
National Representation
Congratulations also go to those team members representing their countries in the National Match. Mick Silver, Richart Birtwistle, Andy Barnes, and Jon Underwood (England, 1st); Chris Hockley, Henryk Golaszewski, Alastair Haley, Richard Jeens, and Steph Ward (Wales, 2nd); Chris Fitzpatrick, Gary Alexander, David Calvert, and Jack Alexander (Ireland, 3rd); Iain Robertson and Jonny Borland (Scotland, 4th)
And also, for representation in the Mackinnon Match, Nick Tremlett, Nigel Ball, and Jon Underwood (England, 2nd); Iain Robertson (Scotland, 3rd); Chris Hockley, Richard Jeens, Steph Ward, Alastair Haley, and Henryk Golaszewski (Wales, 4th);Gary Alexander, David Calvert, and Chris Fitzpatrick, (Ireland, 5th)