Photograph by James Watson
The 2011 Palma Match Australia
600 and 900 yard details but with no ‘stages’ as we have at Bisley. The only ‘final’ is the Kaltenberg Cup for the top 30 in the President’s and Queen’s combined. It is a competition in its own right but the scores of the final 30 are included in the Grand Aggregate final standings. In addition to overall badges and medals, there were range prizes and daily aggregate prizes.
In the President’s, two of the team picked up range medals (Gaz Morris at 300 yards with a 50.9, Chris Watson at 500 yards with a 50.10) but otherwise we were out of the medals with Kelvin Ramsey our best overall, coming tenth on 297.24 behind winner Johannes du Toit of South Africa on 299.41. In the Queen’s Prize, two more of the team picked up range medals (Jon Underwood at 500 yards with a 50.9 and at 1000 yards with a 50.8 and David Luckman at 800 yards with a 50.8) but the spoils went to John Whidden of the USA with a score of 399.46 (ex 400), David Luckman being our highest finisher at eleventh, two points behind after unluckily dropping two at the final distance when in the lead.
Five of the team qualified for the Kaltenberg Final at 1000 yards and, as some consolation for David, he won this outright with a fine 75.10; Nigel Ball was second with the only other 75. In the final analysis, the Grand Aggregate was won by Jim Bailey from Australia on 770.81. Our best placings were Nigel Ball (5th), Jane Messer (10th), Jon Underwood (12th), David Luckman (14th) and Richard Jeens (24th).
The Australia Match
With this match in the middle of the first full week of competition, I was grateful that we had a full day’s practice beforehand to give everyone a coached shoot and a chance to press a claim for a place on the team. The conditions for the warm-up State / Province / Country match on the first day of competition had been altered to two shoots at 300 yards due to the persistent rain. Despite Jane Messer’s target team winning this match with a hugely impressive full
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