2013-10-18 – Bisley 2013

UntitledAfter a troubled journey, the Scout van arrived at NSRA Bisley for the 37th National Scout Rifle Championships and was met by the 32 strong party consisting of teams representing the 5th Dartford Scout Group and Dartford ESU. Pitching camp, although a little late, was straight forward with good weather conditions and the urn was on in no time.

teamThis year we were smartly turned out in our new ‘Masters @ Arms‘ shirts, which were sponsored by ITM Ltd, Dial-a-Cab, Travis Perkins, Call-Sign Magazine & The Six Bells Public House. A number of folk complimented us on our new attire and we thank our sponsors wholeheartedly for their support and generosity.

This years competitors were a good mix of experienced target shooters and new recruits who had little experience, but that was not necessarily reflected in the results, which are published below.

Well done to all the competitors, you all made it to your events on time and competed in good spirit and sportsmanship with 7 of you being placed within the top 20 in a National Event: Nathan Hart took silver in the <14 Biathlon, bronze in the Knockout and 15th in the Field Targets; Brian Lloyd took the silver in the 6yd main rifle, Kay O’Brien took 6th in Full-bore and Del Hurd taking 10th place; Henry McCarron was placed 7th in Field Targets with older brother George taking 17th in the .22 small-bore; and finally Matt Randall placing 6th in the Biathlon.

A big thanks to all the leaders & instructors for making the camp possible, especially to Karen and Tracy for all the shopping and getting up early to ensure we were all well fed and to Neil for helping us keep the van going when we were stood scratching our heads.

The date for next years tournament is 17/19 October, so watch out for the team sheets @ Easter.

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Full result listings here.