Fortunately the threatening thunder storms held off until the last relay was completed, but the weather for the next day or two day appears to have more rain in the forecast.
The second day of the Queens Prize has been completed with only one shooter who has not dropped a point, that being Norman Anderson of the USA Rifle Team, with a 300.34.
In A Grade the top Canadian shooters are as follows:-
9th Mirko Teglasi 299.31, clean on the second day.
46th Fazal Mohideen 296.35
56th Ray Smeltzer 296.31
64th Ken Nelson 296.26
69th Tony Betts 296.23
In B Grade the top Canadian shooters are as follows:-
1st Justin Hearn 295.29
4th Al Katona 292.29
6th Jeff Jenkins 291.25
7th Don Coleman 291.24
11th Neilson Woodman 286.26
Go Justin!!!
To respond to John's comment...
I decided based on my performance on the first day of the Queens that it would be better to drop out and spend some time resting and recovering from the previous week of shooting.
The main Palma team have nearly 3 weeks of shooting with only 1 day off, yet we are expected to perform at our highest level at the Palma match on the last 2 days. I learnt some big lessons about energy management at the CFRC this year, and that greatly influenced my decision to take some time off.
This is not a fitness issue, for me it's being ready and able to deliever a quality performance at the Palma match, and having no regrets on the flight home.
With respect to A and B grades, I believe that the individual entry forms submitted by each shooter asked for their classification. Those that indicated Master were placed in A grade and those who indicated Expert were placed in B grade, and this is my personal opinion, and I have not asked everyone on the team what they submitted. You will also note that the NZ U25 team are in C grade.
Again my personal opinion... I think it would have been OK to place all the U25 team members in B grade and everyone else in A grade, but some would probably complain at that suggestion. It's all a little too late to start changing grades even if we wanted to.
Steve, Thanks for the Blog. What happened to you . Did you not shoot? Can you confirm difference between A grade shooters and B grade. Some of us from the Prairies are confused. Keep up the good work. John Chapman
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ReplyDeleteFantastic display of teamwork.
Scott
Well done Jeff J NS
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve, All is now clear and the Provinces now understand. John
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