Wanganui: River City Open

Well the RCO was held over the weekend of 14/15 Feb.
The journey north on Friday was wet, but traffic still moved fairly well. As we arrived in Wanganui though, the weather broke & we actually had a dry patch.

We stopped by the range & had a quick looksie around the COF that we would be shooting for the next couple of days. Interesting was the first word that sprang to mind.

Well Saturday arrived. The crew kitted up in the club gears & headed to the range.
Registrations went ahead smoothly, squadding was done, then the usual re-acquainting with other shooting colleagues until briefing time.
47 shooters in total for RCO this year, an increase of nearly 30% on last years registrations.
PPC was the most represented club there (from what I could tell) with 8 members in attendance.

9 stages was the aim for day 1.
Lots of shooting took place with the day also being broken up for lunch.
All in all, day 1 went well with no DQ's and I only managed to miss 1 shot all day...

Sunday arrives, hotter weather !!
Those who have shot at Wanganui before know what the temperatures can get like on the range.... and this day was certainly getting up there.
Today.. I decided that I had to bump myself up a couple of places in the standings, so it was a 'slow down & aim' kinda day.
Funny how when you actually take a bit of time, you can start hitting things !
The end result, I moved up 3 spots on the ladder... result achieved.
5 stages were knocked out this day along with another good lunch and all shooting finished around 1pm.

Prize giving took place & the Porirua Club actually walked away with a nice haul of trophies !
WELL DONE TEAM !!

Only my 2nd major competition in the pistol sport & I managed to grab a 3rd in my class, so needless to say I am pretty happy with the result !

Seems to be my year this year (hopefully). My 2nd major competition of the year in shooting sports (Pistol & Rifle), and I've managed to grab awards at both.... Yippee.... long may it continue !!

Anyway, a good weekend had by all...
Everybody finished, no DQ's, all safety considerations met
300+ rounds sent down range & lots of fun, laughter and sore muscles :)

Looking forward to the next comp !
Cheers
Reuben (PPC President)