The day began dirtily with the muzzle loading Seneca Run, the smell of burnt charcoal and sulphur filled the forest, not to mention the smoke.

A spotter is definitely needed to confirm a hit on the metal targets, or wait until the smoke has cleared to see if the target is swinging or not.

One of our visitors, Jane managed to hit a target under the watchful eye of Scruffy Morgan.

Scuffy managed to hit one or two also, perhaps he should have been watching the targets instead of Jane.

The competitors moved on to the clay target range with Jane declaring she had shot clays before Queen Elizabeth 11 in Great Britain.

We have a policy on the clay range, if no targets are hit, there is a penalty involved. Jane was getting very nervous on her 24th target without a hit, missed again, one clay to go and the pressure was on.

On her last target she managed to break it beautifully, or did she?

On to the pistol range after lunch and “Banjo” Pattison arrived with a couple of his tribe, Lilly and Luke.

Banjo was no match for the youngsters, done like a dinner he was by his kids. They made a big fuss about that I can assure you.

David Swales arrived with Skye Thompson and Ross Patterson for a bit of a look and a shot. I heard they enjoyed their time there.

Ian Kreiger, a newcomer to Inglewood decided he liked the look of the range and has joined along with Wayne Sawdy. No cobras to shoot here Wayne, nor baboons Ian. Ian has recently emigrated from Capetown in South Africa, a beautiful city.

The club welcomes its new members and look forwards to a lot of fun competition.

Results:

Muzzle Loading

1st: Tom Donald

2nd: Ray Dudgeon

3rd: Scuffy Morgan

Clays:

1st: Tom Donald

2nd: Ray Dudgeon

3rd: Scruffy Morgan

And Jane, you did well, we all hope you enjoyed your shooting and would love to see you back out again.

The clay shooters were only one clay apart in the final results.