-
Yay! a Weekend at Home! (But not a quiet one!)
Just because we are in Wellington doesn’t mean that it is going to be a cruisy weekend… no… we had lots on and it went like this… The Back Story When we were in Blenheim, Malcolm was kind enough to let us use his bore scope. Jared wanted to see the state of his barrel,…
-
A Sunny Overseas Adventure (Part 1)
Anticip…. …ation Two thirty pea em. I wandered over to the window and gazed out over the harbour. Through sheets of squally rain, I could just make out the approaching ferry grinding its way through the white caps. I started to feel excited… in another hour, the long weekend would begin and we would be awaiting…
-
Wairarapa Championships
Having been woken in the wee small hours of Friday morning by a small typhoon of rain and gales, we anxiously drifted in and out of sleep unsure whether at daybreak, the Wairarapa champs would still go ahead. The day dawned dark and foreboding, but the forecast promised improving conditions so down went the coffee, into the car…
-
Fun in the Sun (and in the Wind, the Rain and a Small Hurricane) – More Trophies!
All blog posts need a starting point and this one starts with a glass of wine, a well deserved armchair and a proud and slightly jealous glance at all of Jared’s SIX new trophies from the weekend. Wellington Spring Meet The story starts early Saturday morning when we woke up to some uh… “weather” sweeping up…
-
More Trophies! (In Which Vic and Jared Are Not Photogenic)
Well… it finally happened… after two years of smallbore shooting, Jared finally won a smallbore trophy! We had a great evening at the Upper Hutt Smallbore club end of season BBQ and prizegiving. Good company and a fun novelty shoot kept us entertained. Vic won the Hercock Bros Cup for the C Grade Aggregate (by…
-
AGM and Prize Giving
I am not very good at writing about myself so this may be one of the harder posts that I will have to write. I’m not the best at this at the best of times, but here it goes. The day started easily enough with the AGM until the election of officers when some bright…