Category: Nationals

  • We’re baaaack!

    We’re baaaack!

    A couple of weeks ago, I got asked whether HotloadeD is no more, bereft of life, has ceased to be?! Well… sort of. But I think I would prefer the term “In hibernation”. Never fear! We have been shooting our little hearts out! I have also become rather familiar with many of New Zealands airports…

  • Nationals – Day 6, 7 and 8 – Ballinger Belt!

    Nationals – Day 6, 7 and 8  – Ballinger Belt!

    It has taken me three weeks to recover enough to blog about it… It was three days of laughter, tears, sun, wind, Aussies and an abundance of other clichés… It is the longest running event in the Southern Hemisphere… Presenting… The Ballinger Belt 2015! (from Vic’s perspective)  Day 1 300y We were both feeling surprisingly chipper after…

  • Nationals – Day 3 – WRA Champs

    Nationals – Day 3 – WRA Champs

    Well… we are well into the swing of things and to be honest, even after two days of shooting, the Wellington Champs really does feel like the first real day of Nationals week. With competitors arriving from all over the country and in some cases, the world, the shooting village is starting to hum and…

  • Nationals – Day 1 and 2 – 300m

    Nationals – Day 1 and 2 – 300m

    Yippee! It is Nationals week and we already have two days under our belts! For the last couple of days, we have been shooting the Wellington and National 300 metres championships. This is an ammunition-heavy event covering two days with  60 counting shots plus unlimited sighters fired in just one and a half hours each…