Classic and Historic Rifle Results

The ORA Historic & Classic Rifle Autumn Meeting 2009,
26th September at 10.00am at Otmoor

Leading Scores for the Meeting:

Service Rifle	BP Rifle	BP M L Rifle
1 P Bysshe 96,95,94	1. C Wood 84	1. J Buckingham 84
2. J Winter 96,95		2. A Leigh 69
3 C Reed 95

Veteran Service Rifle	Veteran Rimfire	Any Rifle Class
1. C Wood 9	1. J Winter 98	1. K Holloway 97
2. P Smith 90	2. R Stinchcombe 95,94	2. P Smith 96,93
3 J Winter 84	3. B Thompson 95,91	3. R McKensie 96

The Volunteer Cup: J Buckingham

The full results for the Meeting are now available for download here.

The ORA Historic & Classic Rifle Section Spring Meeting 2009, 23rd May at Otmoor

Summary of main Results.

The full results can be downloaded from here.

Service Rifle	BP Rifle	BP M L Rifle
1. J Winter 96	1. C Wood 96	1. N Washington 91
2. C Wood 94		2. J Buckingham 86
3. J Hooper 93		3. J Winter 80

Veteran Service Rifle	Veteran Rimfire	Any Rifle Class
1. C Jones 87	1. A Hamilton 99	1. I Thompson 96
2. C Wood 83	2. R Stinchcombe 97	2. R McKensie 95
3. J Winter 81	3. B Thompson 96	3. J Winter 89

Tom Boughen Memorial Cup
1. J Winter 191
2. R Stinchcombe 186
3. A Hamilton 182
4. B Thompson 176
5. I Thompson 172

John Winter, Chairman FB Committee

The ORA Historic & Classic Rifle Section Autumn Meeting 2008, 17th May at Otmoor

           The match was shot at Otmoor on a lovely sunny Autumn day. There was a very poor entry of 17 with 15 shooting in the match,which ensured that we lost about £100 on the day. We had to shoot under the new rules of targets on the Hythe Frames. This seemed to work reasonably well but was slower and meant much more work setting up the range and taking down afterwards. There were the usual few left at the end of the day to take down all the targets, the rest having decamped early.

          There were some very good scores and there was a lot of time to shoot extra targets due to the total lack of entries. This event is clearly in danger of being cancelled in future. This would be a dreadful shame and a loss of yet another shooting event. My grateful thanks to Nic Washington for sharing the RCO duties with me.
      (John Winter, CRO)

The results of the Historic and Classic Rifle Section Autumn Meeting 2008 with the commentary by John Winter are available to view and download here.

The Historic and Classic Rifle Spring Meeting, 17^th May 2008 at Otmoor

The match was shot at Otmoor on a cloudy but dry day. There was a very good entry of 26, 24 of which shot in the match, which ensured that we paid our way on the day. However there was time for plenty of shooting. The standard was very high, with two 99’s being shot. It was really great to see so many different Historic & Classic rifles on view. The oldest being Hugh Hinde’s Three Band Enfield, over 150 years old. The “poshest” probably being Andy Jeff’s Lee Enfield No.4 (T) Sniper Set with all it’s accoutrements.

We welcomed our ORA members from Warwickshire making their first visit to Otmoor.

A big thank you to Nic Washington, Mick Beesley, Dave Thornton and Alan Cassell for helping set up the range. Grateful thanks to Nic Washington and Jeremy Hooper who shared the RCO duties with me. Also to those few who remained to clear up afterwards.

I was very pleased with the turnout and it was a very successful day all round. A very big thank you to the Range Warden for being so very helpful.

John Winter, C.R.O.

NAME	Service Rifle Over 50 years old 1	Black Powder Rifle 2	Muzzle Loading BP Rifle 3	Veteran Rimfire 0.22 Pre 1945 4	Veteran Service Rifles or Carbines over 100 years old 5	Any Rifle 50 years 6
A Hamilton	81,89			99	93,92
C Jones	87,93			93		82,96
N Washington					95,93
J Buckingham	84,80	89	89
B Thompson	77			90
J Winter	87,95		84	97	82	95
C Wood	91,89,93,88	90,84			87,84
D Thompson	79
M Beesley						72
D Thornton	85,84,87			88
R Paige	85,85,90,85				85,81,82
J Hooper	85,88
R Stinchcombe	92,89,91			94,90
P Smith	95,90			87	95,90	99,90
P Elvidge						88,65
A Sims	89,83,84			88,94,81
B Holland	73,72,72
H Hinde		95*	88*
A Jeffs					90,88	89
K Holloway						82
J Privett	95,97,89
E Durley	85,81
I Thompson				93
R Bickerton	70

Service Rifle BP Rifle BP M L Rifle

1. J Privett 97 1. H Hinde 95* 1. J Buckingham 89

2. P Smith 95 90 2. C Wood 90 2. H Hinde 88*

3. J Winter 95, 87 3. J Buckingham 89 3. J Winter 84

Veteran Service Rifle Veteran Rimfire Any Rifle Class

1. N Washington 95,93 1. A Hamilton 99 1. P Smith 99

2. P Smith 95, 90 2. J Winter 97 2. C Jones 96

3. A Hamilton 93 3. R Stinchcombe 94,90 3. J Winter 95

Tom Boughen Memorial Cup

1 J Winter 192 3. R Stinchcombe 186 5. A Sims 182 7. D Thornton 175

2. A Hamilton 188 4. C Jones 186 6. P Smith 182 8. B Thompson 167

The Historic and Classic Rifle Autumn Meeting, 22nd September 2007 at Otmoor

The match was shot at Otmoor on a lovely sunny autumn day. There was a rather poor turnout of 20 with 17 members shooting in the various classes.

The scores were excellent throughout the day, with many rifles being well over 100 years old. Thanks to Jason Buckingham who supplied the tent and to Nic Washington who helped me with the RCO duties.

Well done to Peter Bysshe who scored 100 in the Over 100 year Service Rifle Class and to Alex Hamilton with a 99 in the Veteran Rimfire Class , plus Peter Bysshe again with a 99 in the Service Rifle Class.

The â€œVolunteer Cup â€ was keenly contested by four members shooting BP / ML Rifles, just won by Nick Washington with 91 over Hugh Hinde shooting an original Volunteer Rifle , who got himself a 10% bonus.

I was very disappointed with the turn out considering the great efforts the NRA and ORA put in to get shooting back at Otmoor.

The overall standard in all Classes has improved immensely over the last few years.

John Winter, CRO

NAME	Service Rifle Over 50 years old Ex 100 1	Black Powder Rifle Ex 100 2	Muzzle Loading BP Rifle Ex 100 3	Veteran Rimfire Rifles Over 50 Years Ex 100 4	Service Rifles & Carbines Over 100 years old Ex 100 5	Any Rifle 50 years old Ex 100 6
N Washington	95		88, 91		97
R Stinchcombe	93,93,86			98,94
C Wood	95,93,95,92,90	84,83			82,87
J Buckingham	80	90	86,87
A Hamilton	94,87			99
J Winter	94,95		87	95	78	96
J Privett	90,95
H Hinde		87*	90*
J Hinde	81
P Bysshe	99,933				100	98
C Jones	83			91		96
A Cassell	78
T Woodley						89,83
C Roca						89,84
J Hooper	92,94
R Paige	77,80,84,79,78			84		78,78
M Beasley	74

Service Rifle BP Rifle BP M L Rifle

1. P Bysshe 99 1. J Buckingham 90 1. N Washington 91

2. C Wood 95,95 2. H Hinde 87* 2. H Hinde 90*

3. J Winter 95 3. C Wood 84 3. J Buckingham 87/86

Veteran Service Rifle Veteran Rimfire Any Rifle Class

1. P Bysshe 100** 1. A Hamilton 99 1. P Bysshe 98

2. N Washington 97 2. R Stinchcombe 98 2. C Jones 96

3. C Wood 87 3. J Winter 95 3. J Winter 95

Volunteer Cup

1. N Washington 91

2. H Hinde 90*

3. J Buckingham 87

4. J Winter 87

* Denotes 10% Bonus for Original Issue Rifle ** Denotes New County Record

The ORA Historic & Classic Rifle Section Spring Meeting 2007, 12th May at Otmoor

Â Â Â Â Â Â NAME	Â ServiceÂ Â Rifle Over 50 years old Â Â Â Â Â Â 1	PowderRifleÂ Â Â Â Â 2	MuzzleLoadingBP Rifle Â Â Â Â 3	VeteranRimfire Â Â 0.22Pre 1945 Â Â Â Â 4Â Â Â	Â Veteran Service Rifles or Carbines over 100 years oldÂ Â Â Â Â 5	Any Rifle50 yearsold Â Â Â Â 6Â Â
I Le Vallois	90, 75
C Jones	94					99
N Washington			93
J Buckingham		86	86, 97
B Thompson	85,82			85,91
J Winter	91		90	98		98
J Lay				37
D Thompson	76,62
M Beesley	75
M Woodley					79
T Woodley					80
J Hooper	88				87,80,87
R Stinchcombe	91,89,87			95,87
C Roca	83				80
P Elvidge	75					90

Service RifleÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â BPÂ RifleÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â BPÂ M L Rifle

Â 1. C JonesÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 94Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1. J BuckinghamÂ 86Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1. J BuckinghamÂ 97

Â 2. R Stinchcombe 91Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2. N WashingtonÂ 93

Â 3. J WinterÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 91Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 3. J WinterÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 90Â

Â Veteran Service RifleÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Veteran RimfireÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Any Rifle Class

Â 1. J HooperÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 87Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1. J WinterÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 98Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1.Â C JonesÂ Â Â Â 99

Â 2. T WoodleyÂ Â Â Â Â 80Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2. R Stinchcombe 95Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2.Â J WinterÂ Â 98

Â 3. C RocaÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 80Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 3. B ThompsonÂ Â Â Â Â 91Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 3. P ElvidgeÂ 90

Tom Boughen Memorial Cup

1Â J WinterÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 189

2.Â R Stinchcombe 186

3.Â B ThompsonÂ Â Â Â Â 176

The match was shot at Otmoor on a very wet and windy day, with lots of heavy rain showers.Â There was an disappointing entry of only 21 which ensured a loss of about Â£60 on the day. However there was time for plenty of shooting. The number of ORA entrants was very poor indeed and only a decent number from Northants saved the day from being a complete fiasco. However the very high standard of shooting made up for the lack of ORA numbers.

The highlight of the Meeting was a superb 97 in the ML BP Class by Jason Buckingham to establish a new County Record. This was a truly super shoot and was a joy to watch him do it. (If you want to see proof of this performance there are photos to prove it! {JF}) A big thank you to John Lay for providing his massive shelter, we certainly needed it. Also thanks to Nic Washington who did most of the RCO duties. I was very disappointed in the turnout of ORA members after all the hard work we had put in to get shooting back at Otmoor.

John Winter, C.R.O.

The ORA Historic & Classic Rifle Autumn Meeting 2009, 26th September at 10.00am at Otmoor

The ORA Historic & Classic Rifle Section Spring Meeting 2009, 23rd May at Otmoor

The ORA Historic & Classic Rifle Section Autumn Meeting 2008, 17th May at Otmoor

The ORA Historic & Classic Rifle Autumn Meeting 2009,
26th September at 10.00am at Otmoor