THERE was a healthy entry last weekend to the Okehampton and South West open meeting for lightweight sport rifle and air pistol — and plenty of local victories, too, including a father and son double win.
Entries came from all over the South West to what is a popular regular event. There are two main parts: the lightweight sport rifle competitions and the air pistol competitions — but both are shot over the same course of fire. This is 40 shots precision — in other words, over timed details and 60 shots sport, 30 shots precision and 30 shots rapid fire, so that each event carries a total possible score of 1000.
In the lightweight sport rifle competitions, Okehampton's John Sheppard won class A and his son Robbie took class C while club-mate Spencer Gransby won class B.
In the air pistol events, Okehampton's Dave Saunders won class C.
The competitions wrapped up the three-weekend-long South West open meeting for this year, with the first two weekends being confined to Rifle events.
Leading results: air-pistol, class A: 1, Kevin Knowles (St Austell) 946; 2, Andrew Ferrara (Paignton) 939; 3, Jeremy Grant (Tiverton) 930.
Class B: 1, Mike Knapp (Paignton) 908; 2, Nigel Dudley (Fonthill) 908; 3, Mike Wannell (Pinhoe) 893.
Class C: 1, Dave Saunders (Okehampton) 860; 2, Neil Abernethy (Pinhoe) 859; 3, Justin Bettison (St Austell) 857.
Lightweight sport rifle: class A: 1, John Sheppard (Okehampton) 965; 2, Andrew Ferrara (Paignton) 963; 3, Brian Sedgbeer (Paignton) 960.
Class B: 1, Spencer Gransby (Okehampton) 950; 2, Colin Reeves (Paignton) 942; 3, Giles Jackson (Budleigh TSC) 925.
Class C: 1, Robbie Sheppard (Okehampton) 862; 2, John Norris (Taunton) 833; 3, Derek Stratton (Okehampton) 830.