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ANNUAL TEAM BUFFALO CHALLENGE.

 

The Quigley Shooting Association and the Single Shot Black Powder Centrefire Rifle Club of Great Britain met on the 21st April for the annual Team Buffalo Challenge, fired at Bisley ranges in Surrey.

         

          Friday the 20th  April, Dave Malpas, his wife Lynn, Keith Buckley, Steven Smith and myself made the journey to Bisley in Surrey, arriving in good time to allow for a leisurely tour of the camp and check out the Lord Robert’s Centre and Fulton’s. We met up with other members of our team, Chris Barnard, back on the range from a forced hiatus and Eric Todd. After a great meal in a local pub we finished the evening with a drink and chat in the L&M bar.

 

          Saturday morning comes and the teams make their way to the new hard standing area of Century Range for the first stage of the competition, which consists of 20 shots to count at 300yds on a very realistic and anatomically correct image of a buffalo facing head on at a ¾ angle. Fortunately this year the weather remained warm and dry and at the end of the morning’s shooting the SSBPCRCGB were ahead on 367 points to the QSA’s 354 as we adjourned for lunch.

 

          After lunch and another visit with the traders, it was down to the 600yd firing point on Century range, the course of fire is the same but on the standard buffalo target, which still manages to look a lot smaller from here. The wind at Diggle can be very trying so we were expecting nothing more than a simple crosswind to contend with. Some hope! The wind was just as unpredictable here on the flat as up in the Pennines but at least the sun hung around with just a couple of minor showers.

         

Chris Barnard managed the best score of the day for the QSA with 139 points, with Phil Morgan of the SSBPCRCGB snapping at his heels with 137 points. The final scores were 714 for the SSBPCRCGB and 671 for the QSA.

 

Phil Morgan presented John Brocklehurst with the unique trophy, aptly titled ‘The Buffalo Challenge’. All firers were presented with a certificate and commemorative medal. Thanks are due to all the team members who made the day so enjoyable.

 

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