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Willie Gordon and Gebben Miles all scoring 92. A ten target shoot-off followed and it was Robertson that took the place only dropping two in the shoot-out, Gordon fi nishing third. D Whyte (86) took
the vets win ahead of Floyd Hartlage (85) and
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P Hendrick whilst Hunter Milligan made it three for three in colts with another win. More American success came in the form of C Leal winning the juniors ahead of N Guzanov, while in ladies it was a clean sweep for the stars and stripes; Diane Sorantino (85), Jenni Clark (83) and Ashleigh Hafl ey (82) monopolising the podium. Saturday saw the main
event kick off in conditions best described as unpleasantly warm, hordes of tiny fl ies adding to the discomfort as they latched onto shooters around the ground. With the course set once again
by John Dyson the targets were a good mixture of types that made the best use of the ground available at Lakenheath including a new previously unshot section around the large berm between the main road and the clubhouse complex. Unlike in previous years, there was no major difference in diffi culty between the red and blue layouts, the latter averaging 70.58 targets as opposed to the formers 70.91. Another indication of a well balanced course was the fact that only 17 shooters (just over 3% of the entry) scored less than 50%. Having said that, although scores were, generally speaking, quite high there were no targets on either layout that could be taken for granted; those who relaxed their concentration even momentarily paid the price. The consensus was that
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those who shot either course in the morning had the better of the conditions with the lower temperatures making things more comfortable. However, a few of the stands did suffer a little from the effects of the sun, especially those down at the far end of the
ground. A pair of quartering targets in amongst the trees on the blue course (stand 5) could prove diffi cult to pick up depending on the light whilst on the next stand a simo pair of rabbit and low white crosser found the second target very tricky to see, leading to many having to try and shoot at it just as it disappeared into the trees. As the sun moved round in the afternoon, other stands became a little more tricky including some of the driven targets. It was these birds that separated the home shooters from those across the pond who get to shoot driven very infrequently if ever. Consequently the Americans especially struggled to get to grips with them, something that would clearly show in the results. The red course had a different
nature to the blue with most of the stands surrounding the large berm that rises up above the Suffolk skyline. Stand one was baking in the afternoon sun, situated as it was amongst rocks and sand which refl ected the heat back towards the competitors. The next few stands offered some respite from the heat, located in cool shade they offered targets following along the crest of the berm, however that respite didn’t last long and the shooters were soon back out in the sun, tackling a good variety of targets including a tricky ‘bird’ that fl ew down the banking and a quick simo driven pair that had to be shot with some enthusiasm before the cage’s cross bar interfered. Richard Faulds and Mark
Marshall may have led the fi eld in the Sportrap but both their fortunes looked quite different at the end of day one, Richard shooting an 87 on the blue course while Mark shot an 81 on the same layout effectively ending both of their chances. 14 shooters broke the 90 mark; including Graham Stirzaker, Ed Solomons, Harry Seal, Martin Myers and Dave Hughes, but those at the very top were Paul Wilkinson, Paul Simpson, George Digweed and Carl Bloxham all on 92, Tom Mack of the US on 93 and Ben
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