Great Britain Rifle Team
Guten Morgen! *ahem* Good Morning. Breakfast at the Bavarian Lodge was not quite the German feast that GBRT had been expecting. Indeed, it was about as American as could be: Starbucks coffee, Fruit Loops (avoided), waffles, etc. Nonetheless, the team made the most of it. There may be no such…
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Match Day. It seemed that everyone was aware of what was at stake. Even the receptionist at the motel was on edge, although the diarist wonders if this was simply his default state of being. Having packed bags and checked out before most of the other guests had even begun…
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GBRT rose early, partly due to the 0630 departure time and partly due to the thin walls of the motel, which allowed the conversations and morning exercises of fellow guests to be heard throughout the building. The journey to Rattlesnake range was conveniently brief, with the bleary eyed team arriving…
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*Featuring guest diarist, Graham Nelson* Whilst the gents in Olympia took in some heritage and culture, the rest of the group accepted a kind invitation from US shooter, Anette Wachter, to the shores of Lake Washington. Here we were promised a relaxed afternoon of food, drink and swimming in the…
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Puyallup, wisely chosen by the Captain for its location between Seattle and Mt Rainier National Park, meant that, without too early a start, exploration of the mountain was possible. Having consumed a standard mountaineer’s breakfast of waffles and (now free) bacon, vehicles departed for Mt Rainier, albeit with slightly different…
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Wanting to make the most of the non-shooting parts of the tour, the team turned to the expertise of Graham Nelson who, although now working as an anaesthetist, must have been a tour operator in a past life. Before departing for Canada and the USA, Graham researched various expeditions for…
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With most team members having managed to pack their bags the night before, GBRT had their final dalliance with the waffle machine, before heading out to the range, for the last time, in order to compete in the International Match against teams from Canada (British Columbia) and the USA (Washington)….
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The diarist apologies for the brevity of this entry, due to the unavailability of a complete set of results, which we are expecting from the BCRA in the next few days. GBRT is incredibly proud to announce that its own David Calvert is the winner of the 2016 BCRA Lt….
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As all good nutritionists will tell you, if a cereal is multi-coloured, it probably doesn’t contain entirely natural ingredients. As all good diarists will tell you, if you eat a multi-coloured cereal before a day’s shooting, it probably won’t help your scores. Post-breakfast, members of the team followed the usual…
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Another day, another waffle. Fed and watered, with new arrivals still a little bleary-eyed, the team headed back to the range for the first day of competitions in the British Columbia Rifle Association Target Rifle Championship. The day’s course of fire consisted of 2 sighting shots and 10 shots to…
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