TEN days of torrential rain showers at Bisley had forced competitors into frequent battles to keep gear, guns and ammunition dry.

IT WAS always going to be a tall order for Max Barber to equal last year’s winning performance in the schools’ rifle shooting competitions at Bisley.

ALTHOUGH Guernsey were only two short of their own record score in the Kolapore match at Bisley, it was not good enough to match a superb score from Jersey, who dropped just nine points over three ranges with an eight-man team.

MAX BARBER, the young Elizabeth College marksman, has crowned his earlier Bisley success in the Iveagh competition by winning the Cadet Grand Aggregate.

THERE must be something in the Barber genes when it come to rifle-shooting.

LOCAL hopes are high ahead of this year’s Bisley meeting.

A FINAL flush of steady long-range shooting by team Guernsey at Bisley brought another trophy into island hands for the first time.

NOBODY should underestimate the achievement of Peter Jory in this week’s main Commonwealth Rifle-Shooting event at Bisley in spite of his losing out in the Grand Aggregate which he had led for four days.

NONE of the Guernsey shooting team at Bisley can quite believe it.

WITH some faultless shooting over three ranges, Guernsey’s Nick Mace has won the Stock Exchange Challenge Bowl at Bisley.