14 July 2013

Apologies for the delay in this post.  The Canadian reception was held last night, which concluded a very full day for the team.  It was once again a huge success with several hundred visitors to the Pavilion and the Canadians being excellent hosts.  The team worked well together to clear all the furniture and replace it at the end of the night.

To finish off results from Saturday, Pat Vamplew placed 19th in the Daily Telegraph with a 75.12.  On Sunday, in the Alexandra, the top Canadian was Peter Westlake with a 50.7.  In the Daily Mail, the highlight was one of our Canadian Cadets, Cdt PR Roy, placing second with a magnificent 75.14.  It took a highest possible score of 75.15 by last year's Grand Aggregate winner J. Corbett from Australia to beat him.  Excellent shooting!  Pat Vamplew continued his excellent shooting by firing a 75.9, good enough for 18th place.

In the Duke of Cambridge, Geoff Woodman also continued his excellent Imperial placing 14th with a 50.7.  Alain Marion was just behind in 15th place also on 50.7, while Jim Paton and Paul Tremblay placed 31st and 32nd respectively each with 50.5.

Although early, there are 4 Canadians in the top 50 of the Grand Aggregate:  Geoff Woodman, Alain Marion, Pat Vamplew and Jim Paton.  Vice Commandant Mohideen is quite pleased with the level of shooting right now and we feel confident leading into the team matches.

Finally, I would be remiss if I didn't discuss a little wager between team members Bruce Bullock and Alix Voorthuyzen.  It started with a friendly bet that the shooter with the lower score on Saturday would have to serve the higher score dinner.  As luck would have it, they ended up tied after Saturday. This of course meant that the wager would carry over until Sunday.  Somehow, they got the Head Coach involved in the wager and the lowest score would have to now serve 2 dinners.  I must report that there was much enjoyment around the table when Bruce served a wonderful curry supper to both Alix and Peter.  Bruce took to this duty with great professionalism and it was a nice moment for the team.

It is now July 15th, "moving day" during the Imperial with the firing of the Times (300 yards), the Wimbledon (600 yards) and the Corporation (1000 yards).