Another day: another cloudless sky. We’re starting to forget what it’s like to shoot in the rain (cue frantic wood-touching). There is a certain optimism throughout the GB team at the moment which is very encouraging, every shoot is a chance for a high score, a flat elevation and a coveted yellow highlighted box on the team scoreboard. This was very well illustrated by the Letson today, the Canadian equivalent of Queen’s I, where we shot so many 35s that there was a pretty lengthy queue to weigh triggers at each distance.

Over lunch we were entered in the Coaches’ Match – teams of two firers and one coach at 900m. This competition was won by GB, with ‘The Chef’s Selection’ team winning: Coach Trem, with shooters Jonny (48.6) and Al (49.3). It was a fun way to break up the day, and gave us a little insight to what on earth the wind was doing.

As we are all classed as ‘Master’ competitors, we have been assigned the tricky post-luncheon 900m detail, since we are arguably best suited to deal with any difficult weather that may arise. This is true, though we couldn’t have accounted for how windy the range became, our top score was Jon Underwood’s 49.3. We aren’t at all aggrieved at how calm things became later on, which put us down the rankings a little for the day. This isn’t a disaster though, since the team performed so well in the Letson, with several shooters posting 105s.

For dinner, one of the few clubhouses on camp hosted a corn boil evening, with the promise of some delicious boiled corn on the cob, meat for those with a corn aversion, drinks and some live music. After a very long day this was a perfect way to unwind, before another full-on day on the range tomorrow.