RESULTS 2008

WINTER SERIES 2007/08

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18th November - Peter Rolffe-Budd Memorial Shoot

25th November - Cooper Heat Trophy

2nd December - Viewfirth Trophy

1st January - New Year's Day Shoot

20th January - Phil Morgan Trophy

3rd February - Henderson Trophy

17th February - Edmunson Electrical Shield

2nd March - Country Images Trophy

16th March - Cameron Trophy

This year's Winter Series had good support, with the format changed to the best six scores from nine 50DTL shoots starting in November 2007 with the Peter Rolffe-Budd Memorial shoot.  The series couldn’t have started better, with a perfect 50/150 score for John MacKenzie pipping Stacy Gennard by 1 point and Willie Lamont by 3 second barrels.  Family members Hannah Rolffe-Budd and Rob Marsh also took part in the competition and there was also a good mix of Juniors, Ladies and Veterans for the category prizes.  The competition continued with the Cooper Heat Trophy which was retained by Stacy for another year after shooting another 50/149.  His closest competition Thomas Watson was only 1 target behind shooting a 49/147.  Buff Sinclair was also shooting well and lead the Veterans shooting a 48/144 and James Cormack continued his lead in the Juniors category with a 48/138.  The Christmas shoot saw a great turnout of 49 shooters and with nineteen 25 straights on the board, the competition was hot.  Stacy managed his hatrick of 149’s to win the shoot with Donald Mackay, Ian Ross, Archie Sinclair and Ian Mackintosh only points behind even after hitting all 50 targets.  There were also 6 others with only 1 target away for the day and James again won the Juniors, with Catherine Fraser taking the Ladies, Ian Mackintosh the Veterans and Mairi Ross the Novices.

The New Year’s Day shoot was attended by 23 guns, but despite the numbers the standard was still high.  Ian Ross took and early lead with Jamie MacKinnon both shooting perfect first lines, but Ian managed to follow it up with another, shooting a possible 50/150.  Graham Gray also shot a personal best of 49/146 for runners-up with 5 others in the 140’s.  Mairi Ross won the Ladies this time, with Buff extending his lead in the Veteran’s competition and Gill Naisby winning the Novices.  Stacy made another return for the Phil Morgan Trophy again shooting all 50 targets but with 3 second barrels for a 50/147.  Angus Cameron was only a point behind followed by John Falconer another point behind.  James, Mairi & Buff continued winning their categories, with Jon Gennard winning the Novices.  The Henderson Trophy was again another close competition, with Tommy Gunn and Gordon MacDonald both shooting all 50 targets, but Tommy only had 2 second barrels for a 50/148.  Gordon was amongst Graham Gray, Ian Ross, Graham MacDonald, Will Smith and Buff Sinclair all finishing on 49/145.  David Grant won the Juniors with Edie Watson winning the Ladies and Jon Gennard winning the Novices trophy.  The following shoot for the Edmunson Electrical Shield was again well supported with 40 guns and more good weather for shooting.  There were four 50 straights with Ian Robb and Sandy Gall shooting off for high gun both on 50/149.  This time there were 15 scores in the 140’s and Olive Harper won the Ladies with Magnus Swanson winning the Veterans category.  The Country Images Trophy saw another shoot-off for high gun, but this time between Graham MacDonald and Tommy Gunn, with the former taking the trophy.  The competition was again very close with ten 25’s at half way and five 50 straights by the end.  James, Mairi, Buff and Jon won their categories again, all extending their leads for the final Winter Series Trophies.  The Cameron Trophy shoot was the final round in the Winter Series and there were a few places in the categories which depended on the results.  Willie Lamont, Douglas Henderson and Sandy Gall all started with 25/75's with 5 other 25's not far behind.  There was only one 25/75 in the second half, shot by Willie Lamont which gave him a perfect score of 50/150 and high gun for the day.  Stacy Gennard was the only other person to shoot all 50 targets and took the senior trophy.  The Junior trophy went to James Cormack shooting a personal best of 49/144, with Ladies going to Mairi Ross, Veterans to Dave Henderson and Novices to new shooter, Gary Murray with an impressive 47/139 in his second competition.

The final results for the Winter Series 2008 and Cape Wrath Hotel crystal bowls saw Stacy Gennard as High Gun winning the President’s cup after shooting a possible 300 targets and only 12 second barrels for a score of 300/888.  The whole competition was well attended and with 50/147 as the lowest score to win a shoot and with three 50/150’s along the way the standard was high.  Steel shot certainly seemed to be doing the trick and with the price staying low in comparison with the lead cartridges, Deephaven saw an increase in the numbers at the competitions.

Sorted by Score

Winter Series Winners

High Gun - Stacy Gennard, Seniors - Ian Ross, Veteran - Buff Sinclair,

Ladies - Mairi Ross, Juniors - James Cormack, Novices - Jon Gennard