26th Phoenix Meeting 2023 - Match Report
15 members of the Scotland Gallery Rifle & Pistol Squad travelled to the NRA Shooting Centre Bisley from 24th to 28th May to compete in the 26th Phoenix Meeting. In total there were over 430 competitors, who submitted upwards of 3,500 scorecards.
Highlight of the week was the Scotland Gallery Rifle & Pistol Squad winning 3 Gold medals for the international team entry and coming 2nd in the 4th competition. Teams from Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland all competed in the international team events.
Along with the team events there are also several individual events. Members of the Scotland Squad won 23 Gold medals, 21 Silver medals, 19 Bronze medals and 5 Grandmaster medals at this year’s meeting.
Scotland Gallery Rifle & Pistol Squad left to right – Robert L Tonner, Robert J Tonner, Mike Hibberd, Chris Douglas, Lara Bestwick, Scott Lyon, Jonny Cormie, WJ Patterson, Dave Berry, Glenn Gordon, Charles Bestwick, Leslie Kong, Colin Oswald
International Team Event Medals
Gallery Rifle Centre Fire (GRCF)
GOLD - Scotland Blue
Jonny Cormie
Chris Douglas
Robert J Tonner
Charles Bestwick
Stuart Russell
Long Barrelled Pistol (LBP)
GOLD - Scotland Blue
Jonny Cormie
Robert L Tonner
Robert J Tonner
Glenn Gordon
Stuart Rankine
Long Barrelled Revolved (LBR)
GOLD - Scotland Blue
Dave Berry
Glenn Gordon
Stuart Rankine
Charles Bestwick
Jonny Cormie
Gallery Rifle Small Bore (GRSB)
SILVER - Scotland Blue
Chris Douglas
Jonny Cormie
Robert L Tonner
Scott Lyon
Robert J Tonner
Individual Event Medals
Unclassified Medals
Gold - 6
Silver - 9
Bronze - 4
X-Class Medals
Gold - 8
Silver - 5
Bronze - 7
A-Class Medals
Gold - 9
Silver - 6
Bronze - 4
D-Class Medals
Gold - 0
Silver - 1
Bronze - 1
Aggregates
The John Rolfe Trophy (aggregate of Timed & Precision 2 GRSB and GRCF) – Winner Jonny Cormie
Grandmaster Medals (20+ standard points)
Jonny Cormie
Scott Lyon
Glenn Gordon
Chris Douglas
Robert L Tonner
Full set of results can be found on the NRA website using the following link: https://nra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/PHX-23-Final-Results-and-Prize-List.pdf
Great Britain Gallery Rifle Team
Four members of the Scotland Squad have been selected to compete for the 2023 Great Britain Gallery Rifle Team, two of those were selected to shoot for the team at the Phoenix Meeting.
Robert L Tonner had his first GB shoot for the Gallery Rifle Small Bore (GRSB) Team and Jonny Cormie shot for the Gallery Rifle Centre Fire (GRCF) Team competing against Ireland and Germany with both GB teams winning their competitions and receiving gold medals.
Left to right – Scott Lyon, Jonny Cormie, Robert J Tonner, Robert L Tonner
Robert L Tonner & Jonny Cormie
International Scores
AOB
The Scotland Squad got together on the Friday night to have a meal at the Artists Rifle Club and for a small presentation due to STS and Squad changes.
Lara Bestwick was thanked for her service being the STS Gallery Rifle AMG Chair for 6 years.
Colin Oswald stood down as the Scotland Squad Manager. Colin has been the manager for 15 years and has done an amazing job keeping the team together and chasing people for responses to his call to arms emails.
Although both Lara and Colin have stood down, they will still be active members of the Scotland Squad and we look forward to seeing them on the range.
