BPC Championships 2007

The weekend started on the Saturday with the 10m match, fairly warm and stuffy in the far left-hand range. Having to cope with loud music from the various groups of dancers that seemed to be everywhere didn't help, but it was the same for everyone and I ended with a score of 556. At least the roller-hockey people weren't there with making the floor bounce and with very loud music.

25m Sport score was nothing to write home about, especially as I had a disallowed skid shot towards the end, 10 points away. The heavens opened just as we started the rapid, so there was a slight delay as the monsoon-rain fell.

Kept awake until 2am at the hotel by a wedding reception.

Shot reasonably well in Free on the Sunday moning and ended with a 530, which gave me 3rd place for the 2nd year in a row.

Falling plates were next, and made the mistake of moving the sights the wrong way so ended up trying to find point of aim throughout the match and never actually found it, finishing with a massive 2 points. Going to laminate the instructions for the sight movement.

10m Standard up next - by this time the sights are where they should be, but final score was only 349, however, that was enough for 1st place and the John Chandler trophy along with a bottle of champagne. An "old" member had donated enough money to buy all the 1st place winners a bottle of champagne, as 2007 is the BPC's 50th Anniversery year.