Pretoria Steel Challenge

Those Two Headache Stages

Now I love to be retired and not having a deadline.

Daniel With A Laugh

As you could see my last two post were hopelessly late but at least they are there for your enjoyment and ours.

Today was one of those extra good days that we are blessed with.

First was our service at Northfield where Trevor Hudson once again spoke to my heart to remind me who I am and why I'm here. Something verynecessary in my life.

Fudge Hard at Work

Then it was off to another of the places that is a  favourite with us.


Those super people in Pretoria that give us a glorious day of shooting.

Ladies with a Smile

As we arrived and went from station to station, I just took a moment and put some thought into what always makes this such a successful day and all I could think was that it was the consideration and love of this sport of a few people that let us enjoy ourselves to this extent.

From arriving and registering with someone that welcomes you with a smile, to the RO's that have time to give advise and keep us safe and sometimes like today - and we experienced it first hand - have to put up with some jerk, who was derogatory (Jerk, I hope you read this) and still have a smile on the dial, to our scores being in our mail by the next day, to the thoughtfulness of putting soap and hand cream in the loo. This is what makes your shoot a success.

Thanks Gys and Antoinette and your whole team. You always make us feel so welcome and we try never to miss your shoot.

Hope your arm heals quick.

Golden City Club

A Laid Back Start

Time To Test You Down There

We could not make Saturday Club Day so it was on Sunday after church that we set off for Alberton.
The heat was excruciating and as we had a late start, it was only the two of us in squad. Picking up, patching scoring, timing, reloading - all between the two of us, takes some effort.
Now I really don't moan about anything and I'll work twice as hard, as long as I am shooting.
All in all it was a good day of shooting with kneeling and prone positions, swingers and poppers again being the order of the day.
Thanks Golden City - some good thinking stages today as well.

CGPSA League 1 - Golden City

There has  been loads of shooting over the past few weeks so I have not kept up to date with all the posts.

There has been two Clubs Shoots and then this past weekend the first League Shoot of the year.

After last weekends fairly easy club shoot we were smacked with a good and solid hum dinger of a shoot (for some of us)

You had to do some real thinking and not run past targets tucked away behind some tyres or popped up in a shady corner. Plates were there in abundance from 5 meters to 25 meters - BUT - put a pistol in our hands and we are happy chappies.

It was an extremely long day - started at 0900 and I remember at one stage looking at my watch and it was 1550.

Lucky for us we were in a real fun detail.

Some with their race guns, others shooting production or standard. Each trying to figure out his own strategy.

Thanks Neelesh, Godfrey (our very own RO), Sean and Shyam.