The ORA Historic & Classic Rifle Autumn Meeting 2009,
26th September at 10.00am at Otmoor 
Leading Scores for the Meeting:
The full results for the Meeting
are now available for download here.
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 ORA Historic
& Classic Rifle Section Spring Meeting 2009, 23rd May at Otmoor 
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, 17th 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
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 |
Black Powder Rifle |
Muzzle Loading BP
Rifle |
Veteran Rimfire
Pre
1945 |
Veteran Service Rifles or Carbines over 100
years old |
Any
Rifle 50
years |
|
A |
81,89 |
|
|
99 |
93,92 |
|
|
C Jones |
87,93 |
|
|
93 |
|
82,96 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
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 |
73,72,72 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
H Hinde |
|
95* |
88* |
|
|
|
|
A Jeffs |
|
|
|
|
90,88 |
89 |
|
K Holloway |
|
|
|
|
|
82 |
|
J Privett |
95,97,89 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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
Tom
Boughen Memorial Cup
1 J Winter
192 3. R Stinchcombe 186 5. A Sims
182 7. D
2. A
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 “Volunteer Cup †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 |
Black
2 |
Muzzle
3 |
Veteran
4 |
Service
Rifles & Carbines
5 |
Any
Rifle
6 |
|
|
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 |
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
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.
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.
2.
H Hinde
90*
3.
J Buckingham 87
4.
J Winter
87
* Denotes 10% Bonus for Original
Issue Rifle ** Denotes New
The ORA Historic & Classic Rifle Section Spring Meeting 2007, 12th May at Otmoor
|
      NAME |
 Service |
Powder
    2 |
Muzzle     3 |
Veteran     4  Â
|
 Veteran Service Rifles or Carbines over 100
years old |
Any
Rifle |
|
I Le Vallois |
90, 75 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
C Jones |
94 |
|
|
|
|
99 |
|
|
|
|
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 |
83 |
|
|
|
80 |
|
|
P Elvidge |
75 |
|
|
|
|
90 |
Service
Rifle                               Â
BP Rifle                                    BP M L Rifle
 1. C Jones           94          Â
1. J Buckingham 86                          1. J Buckingham 97
 2. R Stinchcombe 91                                                                      Â
2.
 3. J Winter          91                                    Â
                                   3. J
Winter          90Â
 Veteran Service Rifle                 Veteran Rimfire                         Any Rifle Class
 1. J Hooper        87                     1. J Winter          98                Â
1. C Jones    99
 2. T Woodley     80                     2. R Stinchcombe 95                 2. J Winter Â
98
 3. C
Tom
Boughen Memorial Cup
1 J Winter     Â
     189
2. R Stinchcombe 186
3. B Thompson     176
The match was shot at Otmoor on a very wet and windy day, with lots of heavy rain showers. There was an disappointing entry of only 21 which ensured a loss of about £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
John Winter, C.R.O.

