NRC of S Autumn Meeting - 2014

Glen Tilt 6^th & 7^th September

A select band of Scots with some very welcome visitors from south of the Border and across the water, thanks to the unusual proximity of sporting fixtures in the month, took to the hills at Blair Atholl for the NRCofS Open Autumn Meeting on the 6th and 7th September 2014.

The weather was kind, the midges stayed away and the electronic targets worked almost perfectly although mine patently was in denial and awarded impossibly low scores unless stalked with extreme cunning when the mechanism wasn’t looking.

According to the match organiser wind conditions were “interesting to difficult”. Well I don’t know what shoot he was on, but I thought they were diabolical at 1233 yards. The headwinds seemingly required enough elevation to clear the top of Ben Nevis, and the smart new flags and flagpoles had quickly learnt from their predecessors and told complete lies. However for the great and the good there were some excellent scores especially at 1114 yards.

Mike Baillie-Hamilton, with a 75v10 and a 99v11 at 1114, scooped most of the silverware in the form of the Maxwell Cup and the Sandeman Trophy. Michael Wentges took the Brown Tankard for the highest scoring visitor. The Maitland Cup for the highest non Elcho shooter went to Jim Brown (his 75v7 at 1114yds helped) and Tim Kidner showed his mastery of the long range shoot by winning the Brodie trophy for the 1233 yard aggregate.

The real winners, as always, are the resident djinns of Glen Tilt, lurking unseen in the bracken and reaching up to deflect passing bullets, hence the record score of 98 at 1233 has yet to be broken. Now’s there’s a challenge for 2015.

Full Results (print version)