Saturday 19 July

Bisley is now complete except for the celebrations for the Queens Prize winner Richard Jeens from Wales.
He won on a V's winning by the huge margin of 11 V's. Jimmy Paton we believe was three points behind the winner, but not for certain until the final list is published. Bruce MacDonald and Geoff Woodman held their own but again not sure as I have not seen the final positions.

In the morning the Georges final was shot and Jimmy Paton was in the top 25, a commendable effort.

After the Georges we shot the MacKinnon, team of 12 at 900 and 1000. The team shot great at 900 and we were only 3 behind England and in 2nd place. Oh dear, the 1000 bug hit us and we did not fair too well. The coaches tried hard to right the ship but groups opened up and we went backwards. In the end England won with a score of 1188-149  to Scotland 1175-129 and Wales 1167-130. We slipped to 6th with 1153-117. Jim Paton shot 100-9 for us.
This I hope bodes well for Jim when he goes north to Scotland tomorrow to shoot for Canada in the Commonwealth Games. We wish the team all success.
This will be the final blog. I have to leave off now as the Chair party is getting closer. The majority of the team depart on Monday by coach to Heathrow and I would thank all the team for their support during their stay I could not have wished for a happier, solid and entertaining bunch.Thanks to Ray Romses for allowing me to be part of a great team.