Great Britain Rifle Team
Not wanting to spoil the qualifying scores for the third and final stage of the Governor General’s Prize, an executive decision was made by the DCRA to reschedule the rained out 600 yard shoot of the Letson. Unfortunately, this came at a cost, which was the cancellation of the 600…
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Unlike the Queen’s Prize at Bisley, which sees the top 300 competitors from the first stage advance to the second, the Governor General’s Prize of the DCRA has competitors shoot both a Queen’s I and Queen’s II course of fire (2 and 7 and then 2 and 10 at 300…
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Most shooters will be able to empathise with the feeling of indecision that accompanies a forecast of rain: “Should I risk it and not pack my waterproofs or weather writer? After all, if it does rain, it’ll probably only be a shower…” This indecision, however, was not present on Tuesday…
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Another day of good weather and another day of two distance matches, the Col John Brick (2 and 10 at 500 and 600 yards) and the Norman Beckett (2 and 10 at 300 and 800 metres). This format is most frustrating for shooters who perform well at one range, hoping…
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Overnight, the rain blew through and the team awoke, with relief, to blue skies, unfortunately accompanied by boisterous winds. Kit had mostly dried (that which hadn’t was wrung out or hung out to dry, once at the range) and GBRT hoped that it would stay that way, at least for…
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As the team departed for the range for the first full day of shooting, there was much talk of the weather forecast. Environment Canada had issued a weather warning, stating that rainfall of up to 60 mm in some areas was expected. The diarist was, over the course of the…
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Waking at various times, depending on how tolerant their body clocks were, members of the team spent the morning and afternoon preparing for the week’s shooting ahead. As there was no way of washing clothes at the hotel, this meant heading to the range, in order to take advantage of…
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The earliest start of the tour yet saw the team rising shortly after 5am. Fighting the lifts in the hotel, once again, luggage was transferred from rooms to the waiting wagons. The short journey to the airport passed without issue and soon the team found themselves at the Air Canada…
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For the second day of exploring in Vancouver, the team again split up. Angus McLeod and David Crispin headed south, out of the city, to Boundary Bay Airport. Both experienced pilots, they hired light aircraft and explored the area from the air although, unfortunately, a low cloud base meant that…
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The diarist will be calling upon two guest writers in this entry, in order to relate the experiences of the various groups, which set off to explore Vancouver on our first full day in the city. The previous evening, management utilised some local knowledge to warn the team about a…
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