Author Archive | Neil MacKinnon

Another three cards and so another tally. In the last few weeks we have suffered boiling heat, enjoyed gale force winds and rain and shifted the GBR shoot from a Saturday to Sunday, none of which has managed to put The Maestro that is Paul Salmon off his game, and he takes another round. However, […]

From a conversation about the Covid 19 lockdown came an idea, that idea was offered via facebook to the shooters in SWEFTA and the garden bench rest competition began. Currently we have eight competitors, hopefully more will join in, it is a just for fun competition shot in back gardens, in fields, on private land […]

A really good day at Duchy FTC.  Lots of hard work has gone on since our Summer visit last June. The conditions were somewhat tricky to read, with a swirling wind, light rain and some heavy hail (proper cornish weather). Many people, myself included found the conditions very hard to read, and for the last […]

Was a very blustery day out at Ashcombe AGC, however… The shoot was executed beautifully, some fantastic testing shots some that really did test people. The first targets on the course was cracking 54-yard starling with very little plate, it’s actually a harder shot to hit the plate that the kill so I will take […]

Here is a brief roundup of the SWEFTA BR league for 2019. SWEFTA Bench Rest Roundup  

Well, it was a cold day in the Mendip Hills, however, the few that braved the cold enjoyed the fantastic facilities and the brilliant shoot that was held. Not a single whistle or problem, something to be proud of. Tony, Neil and the Mendip crew did a fantastic job on the course and the running […]

I’m afraid I was not able to get to Round 1 of the shiny new Winter League, but I do know the weather was amazing and the courses challenging, although maybe not quite challenging enough for some! Well done to all at East Devon for all the work, looks like it was a fun day. […]

The weather played silly games up on the Mendip hills this weekend, so as a result we only have two clubs active in the BR League this months. SWEFTA BR RESULTS – September  

Another season done and dusted… it only feels like a few weeks ago we were heading to Purbeck. Here are the final scores for the league, don’t forget the Showdown and then the Trophy Shoot which is the first of the four winter league shoots, so get your long John’s and waterproof kit out as […]

Sunday morning I had to check my Sat Nav, yes, I am definitely at Dartmoor, but it is warm, and there is hardly a breeze and what little breeze there is seems to be drifting left to right rather than blasting in the opposite direction. And so the day began, and what a corker of […]