2023 News
EOVH Shooters League results
The clubs indoor pistol shooters have been busy representing us in a number of regional leagues
26th Aug Just a bit of fun : 55 Yard Bench rest shoot
The club shooters who shoot the 25 yard Bench rest, decided that they would push the range out a bit and shoot an afternoon of targets at 55 yards. Obviously using the 25 yard target was a bit silly, so we decided to use the 17cm "Bisley" single target which is similar to the 10 yard indoor pistol target. Phil did a great job of finding the clubs old 17cm target holders, which allowed us to set up 2 lanes of targets and a shared set of sighters (which we used the other side of the target and used the 17cm 5 bull per target side
When we got set up and back to the firing line those targets did look a lot smaller.
The weather was not kind for us, at the start overcast and gusty, then mid session the forecast rain arrived and we had 30 mins of heavy downpour. Luckily we had previously put of the 55 yard cover, so most of us didn't get too wet
For a wet, gusty day and 55 yards, the scores where pretty good. We shot 10 pellets with 5 per target, which gave us a max possible score of 100
PCP Scores
| Name | Card 1 | Card 2 | Total |
| Phil Cosham | 49 | 46 | 95 |
| Graeme Davison | 47 | 47 | 94 |
| Dave Godwin | 48 | 45 | 93 |
| Sue Davison | 46 | 47 | 93 |
| Tim Roscoe | 45 | 46 | 91 |
| Richard Mann | 42 | 48 | 90 |
| Cliff Church | 46 | 43 | 89 |
| Nick Willis | 44 | 45 | 89 |
| John Puddick | 44 | 45 | 89 |
| Stewart Williamson | 38 | 37 | 75 |
Springer Scores
| Name | Card 1 | Card 2 | Total |
| Martin Dawson | 19 | 32 | 51 |
July News
Club members continue to shoot the club league at Popham, despite July not being the best of weather. The monthly Walled Garden 25yd Benchrest shoot continues to get strong support.
2nd July 2023
The club shot our annual memorial shoot, The George Wedge. Many thanks to all who took part, helped setup / tear down
16th June 2023
Added a bunch of web pages showing how Popham woods changes over the late winter months and through spring
21st May 2023 - Walled Garden 25 Yard Benchrest event
This event continues to get a good turn out as folk continue to chase that magical 2mm circle. Very gusty day with beautiful sunshine and blue skies. Weather conditions were 22.3C : 29.78 inHg and 45% humidity. Average wind gusts where 5.3mph, with a max gust of 7.1 mph seen Highest score today was a very good 156 plus 4X. Closely followed by a 154 plus 4X for second highest score. Two shooters tied with a 152, however third place was decided by a 3X versus a 1X. To help the shooters gauge wind we have modified the A4 Frames to have their own wind flags as well as putting one close to the firing line
April 2023
All 3 Club Leagues continue to get great support from the members. Current scores can be found here
9th April 2023 - Walled Garden 25 Yard Benchrest event
Great turn out considering it was Easter Weekend. Conditions at start Temp = 10.8C : Air Pressure = 29.99 inHg : Humidity = 75% : Wind was gusty from all angles Max gust seen was 6.4 mph Conditions at End Temp = 20.2C : Air Pressure = 29.77 inHg : Humidity = 52% : Wind was gusty from all angles Max gust seen was 10.2 mph Best score of the day was a 155 plus 2X, closely followed by a 154 and a tie for next position with two shooters getting a 150 plus 4X
19th March 2023 - Club League at Popham
The 2023 HFT / FT / SFT club league continues to be shot by members at Popham. This was the last shoot of the March dates. We are now 3 rounds of the 11 possible rounds. Reminder to all members that as we score on the best 5 scores from 8 rounds and we still have 8 full rounds left, any member starting now would still be able to get all of their 8 possible completed for maximum scoring potential. Next round is 2nd April
15th March - Walled Garden 25 Yard Benchrest event
The club ran the March round of our for fun 25yard Benchrest shoot. Weather was very gusty making a very messy wind all over the garden. Great news was rain held off, temp was about 7C. We have elected to follow UKBR scoring methods going forward so we expected to see slightly lower scores and a few less X's as the 2mm centre will now need obliterating for a X versus our previous only clipping it. However scores where still very good, with the highest score being with a 158/160 + 5X. 2nd place was 153/160 + 3X and 3rd was 150/160 + 2x
11th March Club New Member induction
The club ran its first new member induction for 2023. We had a waiting list of 25 with 17 of these confirming attendance and 13 appearing on the day. All 13 joined taking our membership to 148 which is close to the 150 limit we keep on membership
5th March 2023 - Club League at Popham
The 2023 HFT / FT / SFT club league continues to be shot by members at Popham. This was the first shoot of the 2 March dates. We are now 1/2 way through the third round of 11 possible rounds. As we score on the best 5 scores from 8 rounds and we still have 8 full rounds left, any member starting now would still be able to get all of their 8 possibles completed for maximum scoring potential
12th Feb - Walled Garden 25 Yard Benchrest event
The club ran the February round of our for fun 25yard Benchrest shoot. The weather was much nicer than last month, with about 8C and a gental breeze which the Walled Garden did its normal messing with as it bounced off the walls and hedges. Scores where pretty good, with the highest score being with a couple 160/160 and a bunch of X's
15th Jan - Walled Garden January 25 Yard Benchrest event
The club ran the January round of our for fun 25yard Benchrest shoot. The weather was extremely unforgiving for an outside shoot where the aim (no pun intended) is to hit a 2mm circle at 25 yards. It was about 3C and very windy with gusts up to 15mph. Walled Garden they did its normal "lets make the wind" extra confusing as it bounced off the walls and hedges. Despite the tricky shooting conditions, scores where pretty good, with the highest score being a 158/160 and 7X