17 members of the Scottish Gallery Rifle Squad attended the National Gallery Rifle Championships at Bisley.
10 members made up the Scottish Team – 5 shooting Centre Fire and 5 shooting Small Bore.
In all, the members took part in 179 individual entries ranging from Small Bore Precision to Advancing Target.
National Teams
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Small Bore Team |
Centre Fire Team |
Back-Up |
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Vic Beaumont |
Jonathon Cormie |
Iain McFadyen |
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Charles Bestwick |
Leslie Kong |
Bill Pow |
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Alan Convery |
Chris McLean |
Bill Vaughan |
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Glenn Gordon |
Greg Rastall |
Mike Hibberd |
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Robert J Tonner |
Robert Tonner |
Lara Bestwick |
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Scott Lyon |
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Colin Oswald |
The Home Countries Match is the Premier Competition of the Weekend and is a Shoulder to Shoulder match. The competition and pressure are intense.
Our teams acquitted themselves well, losing to England by only 24 points 3263 against 3287 equipment malfunctions accounting for the difference.
As can be seen below, all our members shot well and came away with a considerable haul of awards in a wide variety of disciplines.
Worthy of particular mention is the performance of Jonathon Cormie:
British Champion – Aggregate of Timed & Precision and Multi Target Gallery Rifle Small Bore
The following abbreviations are used throughout:
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T&P |
Timed & Precision |
GRSB |
Gallery Rifle Small Bore |
SSC |
Speed Steel Challenge |
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MT |
Multi Target |
GRCF |
Gallery Rifle Centre Fire |
Ph A |
Phoenix A |
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AT |
Advancing Target |
LBR |
Long Barrelled Revolver |
Prec. |
Precision |
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LBP |
Long Barrelled Pistol |
SG |
Shot Gun |
AM |
America Match |
It should be noted that there are three divisions in some disciplines.
All listed below are members of the Scottish Gallery Rifle Squad.
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Twenty Gold Place Medals |
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Robert Tonner |
T&P GRSB |
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Vic Beaumont |
T&P GRCF |
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Greg Rastall |
T&P GRCF Open |
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Alan Convery |
T&P LBP |
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Robert J Tonner |
T&P LBP |
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Jon Cormie |
MT GRSB |
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Greg Rastall |
MT GRCF Open |
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Alan Convery |
MT LBP |
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Robert J Tonner |
MT LBP |
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Greg Rastall |
MT LBR |
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Jon Cormie |
MT LBR |
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Jon Cormie |
Phoenix A GRSB |
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Robert Tonner |
Phoenix A GRSB |
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Scott Lyon |
Phoenix A GRCF |
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Robert J Tonner |
MT 3 GRSB |
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Alan Convery |
AT GRSB |
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Jon Cormie |
AT GRSB |
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Leslie Kong |
AT GRCF |
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Alan Convery |
SSC GRSB |
Jonathon Cormie – British Championship – Aggregate of T&P and MT GRSB British Record
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Eleven Silver Place Medals |
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Greg Rastall |
25m Prec GRCF Open |
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Robert J Tonner |
T&P GRSB |
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Bill Vaughan |
T&P LBP |
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Alan Convery |
MT GRSB |
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Robert J Tonner |
AT GRSB |
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Greg Rastall |
AT GRCF Open |
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Alan Convery |
AT LBP |
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Robert J Tonner |
AT LBP |
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Bill Vaughan |
AT LBP |
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Jon Cormie |
AT LBR |
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Alan Convery |
SSC LBP |
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Thirteen Bronze Place Medals |
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Bill Pow |
T&P GRSB |
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Iain McFadyen |
T&P GRCF |
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Iain McFadyen |
T&P LBP |
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Iain McFadyen |
MT GRCF |
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Mike Hibberd |
MT GRCF Classic |
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Bill Vaughan |
MT LBP |
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Chris McLean |
MT LBR |
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Greg Rastall |
Ph A GRCF |
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Robert Tonner |
AT GRSB |
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Mike Hibberd |
AT GRCF Classic |
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Leslie Kong |
AT LBP |
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Charles Bestwick |
AT LBP |
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Alan Convery |
British Championships Aggregate GRSB |
Standard medals are awarded for scores that reach a Set High Standard. (No actual medals are given)
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Twenty Gold Standard Medals |
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Greg Rastall |
25m Prec GRCF |
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Robert Tonner |
T&P GRSB |
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Vic Beaumont |
T&P GRCF |
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Alan Convery |
T&P LBP |
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Robert J Tonner |
T&P LBP |
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Robert J Tonner |
T&P 2 GRCF |
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Jon Cormie |
MT GRSB |
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Alan Convery |
MT GRSB |
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Iain McFadyen |
MT GRSB |
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Greg Rastall |
MT GRCF Open |
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Robert J Tonner |
MT LBP |
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Bill Vaughan |
MT LBP |
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Robert Tonner |
Ph A GRSB |
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Scott Lyon |
Ph A GRCF |
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Alan Convery |
AT GRSB |
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Bill Pow |
AT GRSB |
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Robert J Tonner |
AT LBP |
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Alan Convery |
SSC GRSB |
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Alan Convery |
SSC LBP |
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Iain McFadyen |
SSC LBP |
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Thirty Two Silver Standard Medals |
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Charles Bestwick |
25m Prec GRSB |
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Bill Pow |
25m Prec GRSB |
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Colin Oswald |
25m Prec GRCF |
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Chris McLean |
25m Prec GRCF |
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Robert J Tonner |
T&P GRSB |
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Bill Pow |
T&P GRSB |
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Bill Vaughan |
T&P GRCF |
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Iain McFadyen |
T&P GRCF |
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Iain McFadyen |
T&P LBP |
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Bill Vaughan |
T&P LBP |
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Glenn Gordon |
T&P LBR |
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Charles Bestwick |
MT GRSB |
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Robert J Tonner |
MT GRSB |
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Bill Pow |
MT GRSB |
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Greg Rastall |
MT GRCF |
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Jon Cormie |
MT GRCF |
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Charles Bestwick |
MT GRCF |
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Leslie Kong |
MT LBP |
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Jon Cormie |
MT LBR |
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Jon Cormie |
Ph A GRSB |
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Greg Rastall |
Ph A GRCF |
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Jon Cormie |
AT GRSB |
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Leslie Kong |
AT GRCF |
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Bill Pow |
AT GRCF |
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Bill Vaughan |
AT GRCF |
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Vic Beaumont |
AT GRCF |
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Alan Convery |
AT LBP |
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Leslie Kong |
AT LBP |
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Iain McFadyen |
AT LBP |
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Bill Vaughan |
AT LBP |
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Jon Cormie |
AT LBR |
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Scott Lyon |
SSC GRSB |
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Thirty Nine Bronze Standard Medals |
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Bill Pow |
25m Prec GRCF |
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Jon Cormie |
25m Prec GRCF |
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Greg Rastall |
25m Prec GRCF Open |
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Chris McLean |
50m GRCF |
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Robert Tonner |
AM GRSB |
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Bill Pow |
AM GRSB |
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Scott Lyon |
T&P GRSB |
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Jon Cormie |
T&P GRSB |
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Scott Lyon |
T&P GRCF |
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Greg Rastall |
T&P GRCF Open |
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Leslie Kong |
T&P LBP |
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Greg Rastall |
T&P LBR |
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Jon Cormie |
T&P LBR |
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Glenn Gordon |
T&P 2 GRCF |
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Glenn Gordon |
MT GRSB |
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Bill Vaughan |
MT GRSB |
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Lara Bestwick |
MT GRSB |
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Robert Tonner |
MT GRSB |
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Iain McFadyen |
MT GRCF |
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Mike Hibberd |
MT GRCF Classic |
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Charles Bestwick |
MT GRCF Classic |
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Alan Convery |
MT LBP |
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Iain McFadyen |
MT LBP |
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Chris McLean |
MT LBR |
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Scott Lyon |
Ph A GRSB |
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Jon Cormie |
Ph A GRCF |
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Robert Tonner |
AT GRSB |
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Greg Rastall |
AT GRCF |
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Charles Bestwick |
AT GRCF |
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Jon Cormie |
AT GRCF |
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Glenn Gordon |
AT GRCF |
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Iain McFadyen |
AT GRCF |
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Robert Tonner |
AT GRCF |
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Colin Oswald |
AT GRCF |
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Charles Bestwick |
AT LBP |
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Lara Bestwick |
AT LBP |
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Greg Rastall |
AT LBR |
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Iain McFadyen |
SSC GRSB |
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Alan Convery |
BDMP Embassy Cup SG |
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Home Countries Match |
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1st |
England |
3287 |
215 X |
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2nd |
Scotland |
3263 |
178 x |
Our Captain Charles Bestwick writes:
“ The development of ‘Scotland Gallery Rifle’ as a strong force in GR-Team matches and the establishment of Scottish GR shooters as amongst the best short-action practitioners in the UK has been pretty much cemented over the last two years. However, if any further proof was needed then the array of class, overall match and National Championship wins by squad members and the strong presence of Scotland shooters in the top level placings for the T&P 1 – MT GRSB and GRCF National aggregates speaks for itself. Unfortunately our focus for the ‘Nationals’ , the Home Countries Match was subject to a dispute over the conditions under which teams can compete and this ultimately led to Wales withdrawing. This was extremely regrettable but I will not dwell on it. It happened and must be avoided in the future. Despite technical gremlins for one or two of the squad (and a near ‘John Cleese’ like moment of talking to certain misbehaving rifle), the match with England proved a very close run affair. As Robert (J) pointed out, our opponents were ‘scoping’ our scores, clearly concerned as to how close the match was proving and demonstrating how much respect and expectation there is for the performance that the squad can deliver. Ultimately the honours went to England and many congratulations are due to them, the match being conducted in a very friendly and sporting atmosphere. So, we finish 2012 as the Phoenix International Team GRCF Champions (a title we also won in 2011) and we are getting closer than ever to England in the shoulder-to-shoulder matches. It’s been quite amazing progress for the squad since the hectic rush of shooters to answer the call of the inaugural 2008 HCN Match but a constant feature has been the spirit and camaraderie of the squad and win, lose or draw, the GR Squad continues to represent Scotland with commitment and sportsmanship.”