London vs. Surrey, British Universities and the Army, 2nd April 2006
| Coach | Firer | 300 x | 600 x | 900 x | 1000 x | Total | |||
| Cudby | John Halahan | 47 4 | 46 2 | 46 3 | 39 1 | 178 10 | |||
| Cudby | Mike Eustace | 48 2 | 47 3 | 47 4 | 47 2 | 189 11 | |||
| Cudby | John Saunders | 47 2 | 48 3 | 42 2 | 44 2 | 181 9 | |||
| Cudby | Guy van Koetsveld | 48 4 | 45 1 | 48 5 | 44 1 | 185 11 | |||
| Cudby | Hugh Riley | 47 7 | 44 1 | 45 3 | 44 1 | 180 12 | |||
| Cudby | Graham Atkinson | 48 7 | 46 3 | 49 3 | 44 5 | 187 18 | |||
| Brasier/O’Leary | Nigel Cole-Hawkins | 48 4 | 45 3 | 46 2 | 37 2 | 176 11 | |||
| Brasier | Gabrielle O’Leary | 49 6 | 46 3 | 45 3 | 40 2 | 180 14 | |||
| Brasier | Richard Hebblethwaite | 49 5 | 46 4 | 50 7 | 42 3 | 187 19 | |||
| O’Leary/Brasier | Matt Charlton | 48 5 | 46 4 | 46 5 | 44 5 | 184 19 | |||
| O’Leary | Sandy Gill | 48 6 | 49 4 | 45 2 | 44 2 | 186 14 | |||
| O’Leary | Nick Brasier | 50 6 | 45 2 | 50 6 | 47 5 | 192 19 | |||
| Team of XII | 577 58 | 553 33 | 559 45 | 516 31 | 2205 167 | ||||
| “Nominated” VIII | 388 41 | 370 24 | 380 35 | 352 25 | |||||
| Captain | Coaches | Result | |||||||
| Matt Charlton | Nick Brasier | 2nd | |||||||
| Adjutant | Brian Cudby | Nominated VIII scores to count | |||||||
| Gabrielle O’Leary | |||||||||
| Place | Team | Score | |||||||
| 1st | Surrey | 1508 135 | |||||||
| 2nd | County of London | 1490 125 | |||||||
| 3rd | British Universities | 1490 110 | |||||||
| 4th | Army | 1479 135 | |||||||
Captain’s Report
We had more strength of numbers on the day than the Surrey RA’s 8, though rather fewer than the Army’s 17!
For us, this was the first match of the season and, to a certain extent, it showed. The conditions were challenging at times with a chilly wind, though perhaps not as difficult as we made them seem at short range. 600 yards in particular was weak, although it has to be said that we were not alone in that.
Nick Brasier and Gabrielle O’Leary took the opportunity to show us their stuff as wind coaches while I had the pleasure of merely shooting. The coaches acquitted themselves well, and I learned once more how nice and relaxing a day one can have as a firer rather than a coach (even if the hailstorm came during my 1000x shoot)!
We eked out a few points from the Army at each range and likewise BUSA, although the latter came back at 1000 yards and nearly overtook us. The Surrey took a few points off us at each range to win by 1508 to our and the British Universities’ 1490 (we had 15 more Vs) and the Army’s 1479. We had four misses at long range, which weren’t exactly helpful. However, I think this was very much a case of early season rust; we’ll need to be full on the ball from the Purples Match onwards.
Well done to Nick Brasier on the team’s top score with 192.19, coached by Gabrielle O’Leary. Overall result on the teams of 8 necessitated by the day’s turn-out:
