GBRT : West Indies 2013

Today was a morning shooting day for GB. That worked much better. A morning on the range, followed by an afternoon on the beach. Well sort of. In reality, a morning on the range, a lunchtime waiting for the Thunderbirds (International Rescue) armourer (Mr. T to his Bajan customers) to finish repairing the rifles of the world, then an afternoon back at base catching up with general admin and eventually venturing onto the beach. Blish. That's a bit like bliss. Ish... Wouldn't want to give you the impression we're having a good time or anything.

Some, in fact, are facing particular challenges. Poor DC(1) has been the victim of a bite from a nasty (and very scary looking) centipede. And Jon Tapster has been experiencing a recurrence of the left elbow pain that hampered him in Jamaica. Getafix (Mr. Hull) is on the case. But it's not stopping either of them shooting well.

JT dropped two today (under time pressure) to lie on 248 out of 250 overall, a point behind Wing Cdr Calvert. The leaders (as far as we know so far - it turned out that our 125s yesterday were 5 of the 8 achieved across the board, so Guyana's Lennox Braithwaite and Australia's Kim O'Loghlen and Matt Pozzebon may be in the hunt too) are David Luckman and Jon Underwood on 250.

Dave Rose and Dave Crispin (DC2) are on 248 and Jane Messer is on 249... and it's just been pointed out to me that she got away with several faux pas in Trinidad without mention in these pages. Going down to shoot without ammo or without bolt are common occurrences, but Jane managed to get down without foresight or rearsight and with a wee bit of 4 x 2 up her barrel. All I can say is that I hope that that knowledge encourages more up and coming shooters not to be afraid of applying for her Palma team!

Tonight is a team dinner that doubles as a birthday dinner for Pearl Townsend. We hope that Martin ensures she gets to enjoy it in a manner appropriate to the birthday that it is. Have a wonderful night Pearl.

And then... sleeeeeeep...