So… what now?
18 months ago our captain brought us together for the first time, with the ultimate objective for us to travel to South Africa and win the Australia match. After numerous training weekends, a huge amount of effort and a truly world class performance – the team had won.
So what now?
Well, as much as the team would have loved to celebrate with, let’s say, a shandy or 2 (definitely deserved!) – there was still a lot to play for. Individually, the South African main championship and Grand Aggregate had already begun, so each team member would be pushing hard to do their best to get a “shot at the title” (no pun intended – but the bad boxing reference is).
Also we still have 2 team matches to compete for, the RSA International (a long range match) and the Protea (across the ranges match) – the latter especially is hotly contested, as GB’s touring success in this match is somewhat mixed. The captain is keen for the team to do a clean sweep – and so, weary but ever determined, the team returned to the range to re-engage and perform.
The 28th had 4 individual shoots, the Dalrymple Cup (a combined shoot of 300M and 600M out of a total of 105.21), the King’s Norton (1 shoot at 600M out of 50.10) and the Dave Smith Cup (1 shoot at 900M out of 50.10).
What started as an incredibly benign day, quickly turned very windy, and it was changeable – you had to be careful not to get “caught in the aim” when firing (where when you are aiming on target the wind changes without you seeing it!) At the end, David Luckman and Toby Raincock were our star shooters, each dropping 4 points on the day only (to remind you, a full score breakdown can be found in the scores section on the website!): Results.
Following a lovely team meal celebrating the team’s victory last night, this evening was a relaxed affair. Everyone doing their own thing and making preparations for tomorrow. The RSA international match is tomorrow afternoon – match 2 out of 3, updates of which you can find here – stay tuned!
RSA International Match Live Scores – 28 Mar 2017
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