South Africa & Kenya 2023

Today was a full day of individual shooting, with the State Presidents First Stage (same format as the HM The Kings Prize), with 2 sighters and 7 to count at 300, 500 and 600m in the morning, with the Municipal

Wednesday morning got going with three individual shoots before the main team event of the day, the RSA International Match taking place in the afternoon. The Jack Mitchley held at 300 metres, in which Andy Daw, Ant Ringer and Tom

Tuesday morning kicked off with yet another 06.00am wake up call, with first shots down the range scheduled for 08.00. Two individual matches, the Dalrymple Cup, shot at 300m and 600m and the Dave Smith Cup shot at 900m. Alastair

Monday 13th March marked the official opening of the 86th SA Bisley Open Championships, requiring a seriously early rise at 05:30am, to ensure that we were all present for the ceremony and customary ‘raising’ of the national and club flags.

The day started slightly later, as our last ‘rest day’ before the back to back shooting continues for the next week. Some were consumed with morning ‘ammo’ pushing, for others some light shopping, whilst a number took the opportunity to

Alarms needed to be set somewhat earlier on Saturday as the first ‘squirter’ as the South Africans call a shot was due down the range at 08:00 in the Scottish Sword competition and we needed to draw squadding cards from

Friday 10th March saw the Team up bright eyed and bushytailed (well, early anyway) ready for an early departure to the range to take part in the Free State Provincial Open Championships which are a precursor to the South African

Firstly, we must apologise for being a little behind with the Diary, but your incoming SA diarist has been a little…… ‘indisposed’ for a couple of days. However, two of his fellow Old Framlinghamian Rifle Club members in the GB

Another rare, fairly quiet* day, though with a few bits & bobs to be done. Plans to visit Kimberly (the site of an old diamond mine, aka, “it’s a big hole in the ground”) were shelved due to the need

Our first full day in South Africa, and our first opportunity to recover from the mammoth, exhausting stint of travelling over the entirely of Monday (and Sunday evening, for that matter). Now safely installed at the hotel, ground floor rooms