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2012 Phoenix Meeting info

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:02 am
by Christel
Phoenix 2012 will be a week later than normal (1 - 3 June) to coincide with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

The International Match will be held on Mon 4 June.

Re: 2012 Phoenix Meeting info

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:04 am
by ovenpaa
...and will you be competing?

Re: 2012 Phoenix Meeting info

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:04 am
by Christel
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Re: 2012 Phoenix Meeting info

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:09 am
by EagerNoSkill
ok .....

what is the difference between all these shot

the Imperial , MacQueens , Phoenix .............. the list goes on and on and on

I need a newbie summary please!!!
:geek:

Re: 2012 Phoenix Meeting info

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:27 am
by rox
EagerNoSkill wrote: the Imperial , MacQueens , Phoenix .............. the list goes on and on and on

I need a newbie summary please!!!
:geek:
easy:

Imperial = Pimms, Champas and Porsches.
Everything else = Pasty, Chips and Beans.


apparently.

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Re: 2012 Phoenix Meeting info

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:02 am
by Watcher
EagerNoSkill wrote:ok .....

what is the difference between all these shot

the Imperial , MacQueens , Phoenix .............. the list goes on and on and on

I need a newbie summary please!!!
:geek:
There's a lot of gen here:

http://www.nra.org.uk/common/asp/genera ... tegory=All

I've never been to an Imperial meeting but I might one day.

Re: 2012 Phoenix Meeting info

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:36 am
by John25
EagerNoSkill wrote:ok .....

what is the difference between all these shot

the Imperial , MacQueens , Phoenix .............. the list goes on and on and on

I need a newbie summary please!!!
:geek:
Eager,

a quick summary here.

Bisley Competitions:

Rough Guide.

Action Weekends (Spring/Autumn etc)

Competitions using Gallery Rifle, Long Barrelled pistols, shotgun, rifle, black powder pistol
Targets, paper and steel reactive

Imperial (July)
Mainly Match Rifle and Target Rifle. Also GR, LBP. Historic Arms.

Trafalgar: All of the above

Phoenix:
So called because it arose from the ashes of the pistol anno dominie meeting, as per action weekends.

McQueen: Snap shooting at targets appearing in ‘castle windows’. Rifle 2/300 yards.


This is a very quick resume', if you have any specific questions I'll be pleased to help, you can do it here or PM me.

I'm back in the range office for a few days so you can get me there or email me at: <range.office@nra.org.uk> or my 'home' email <john47gardener@hotmail.com>

Hope this helps :cheers:

Re: 2012 Phoenix Meeting info

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:46 am
by ovenpaa
John25 wrote:I'm back in the range office for a few days so you can get me there or email me at: <range.office@nra.org.uk> or my 'home' email <john47gardener@hotmail.com>
:goodjob:

Re: 2012 Phoenix Meeting info

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:57 am
by John25
Yeah may be for the bank account but I have all these guns, shed loads of ammo, European Championships approaching (haven't yet put on my new 7mm barrel and zeroed it) the sun is shining and I'm stuck in a :squirrel: office! 'Umbug

Re: 2012 Phoenix Meeting info

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:57 am
by Mike357
rox wrote:
EagerNoSkill wrote: the Imperial , MacQueens , Phoenix .............. the list goes on and on and on

I need a newbie summary please!!!
:geek:
easy:

Imperial = Pimms, Champas and Porsches.
Everything else = Pasty, Chips and Beans.


apparently.

..
:lol: :lol: :lol: