The Benchmark - Rimfire & Air Rifle Benchrest News
When the wind blows.......! The weekend match held at Paul Lane Rifle and Pistol club was an interesting affair, made more interesting with higher than expected wind speeds. Preparation for a few days of shooting obviously involves getting your equipment together and the final check is what the weather conditions are going to be like.
In most cases, because of buildings, the direction of the range, natural or manmade baffles, the wind never seems to get up to what is ‘advertised’ on the world wide web weather channels. I think this weekend showed everyone that for once the weather pundits were right. They predicted rain and we got rain!! They predicted wind and we got wind!!! At times this was 30 mph plus and it just battered parts of the range. The rain came down about mid day Sunday, flying into the face of the competitors! Interesting times indeed! However, with all this in mind it was fun and that says it all at the end of the day! We had a great time.
Paul Lane is situated just outside Huddersfield, in West Yorkshire. The crew and the club members were very welcoming, with food and beverage laid on to keep the competitors happy. It’s great to see such a club thriving and this one not only has its own plush club house, they even have their own well equipped gun shop. Amazing - love to live there!!
Competitors came from around the UK - as far as the North East and down to Sussex on the South Coast. The competition even had a visit
Gary Kingaby getting a Silver for the LV 50m
John Farrel Getting his two Gold Medals 80 Target Shooter
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