Shooting and driving, Fri 29th Sept: GB vs. USA vs. Germany

[cheeky]

V8Smith said:

Cheque should have been with you by now Matt, bloody Royal Mail, if not there tomorrow Ill have to pay cash on the Friday morning but I am definitely coming.

See you there

Mike

Got it now Mike - thanks.

[cheeky]

Directions/instructions for tomorrow are below. Please try and be there for 08:15.

THERE IS STILL ROOM FOR 1-2 MORE PEOPLE TO JOIN IF THEY CAN GET TOMORROW MORNING OFF WORK - just e-mail me a home address (for the theoretical police check) and I'll bring money (£160) on the day.

We will meet at the London & Middlesex Rifle Association (check into the thread later today in case that changes) at Bisley Camp, near Brookwood in Surrey (GU24 0PA).

Bisley Camp can be found on the map link below. Coming from the M3, use Queen's Road from the A322; coming from the A3, leave the A322 at Fox Corner, just after Worplesdon, and follow the yellow road through Pirbright:
www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=4

Once on camp, you get to the LMRA like this (scroll down after following link):
www.lmra.co.uk/content/index.php?o

Timings as follows:

08:15 Meet; coffee and bacon butties available (+ trying to arrange alternative for Lee)
08:45 Briefing (incl. safety) from Captain of Great Britain Rifle Team
09:00 Shoot 1
10:15 Shoot 2
11:30 Shoot 3
12:30 Lunch & prize-giving
Afternoon on the roads

The team you are in will determine the order in which you do the following shoots:
* Clay pigeon on the Commonwealth Games facility
* Black powder pistol
* Target rifle on the 1000 yards range

I've taken the liberty of dividing people up according to country of origin of their cars, so that the teams "make sense". Let me know if you have any objections.

If one extra person joins (in which case it's ESSENTIAL you tell me now!), I will fill the other spot to even up numbers. If two more join, I may move one or two people so that those who know each other are together throughout the shooting and not just at breakfast and lunch.

Suggested teams:

USA
parklane - Corvette
Y50 VET - Corvette
godzilla - Corvette Z06
V8D - Corvette
erikthevetking - Corvette Z06
[cheeky - Corvette Z06]

Great Britain
t40ora - TVR Tamora
v8smith - TVR V8S
seasider - TVR Griffith
shadytree - Aston Martin
boarder72 - TVR Tuscan
Bernie Pieterse - TVR Tuscan pax

Germany
superlightr - Porsche 911TT
David Fraser - AMG
tertius - Porsche 911
James Goldstone - Porsche 911
Makis Kaketsis - BMW M3

E-mail me if you need my mobile number.

Matt

Edited by cheeky on Monday 2nd October 12:12

[V8Smith]

seasider said:

V8Smith said:

See you there

Mike

See you Friday Mike

Yeah noticed you were going Del, see you Friday

Mike

[shadytree]

See you boys in the morning. Sorry to say I will be strictly German tomorrow, need the four seats in the beemer for later

[V8Smith]

shadytree said:

See you boys in the morning. Sorry to say I will be strictly German tomorrow, need the four seats in the beemer for later

If the weather is persisting it down, I may have to follow suit and take the Toe-Rag, forecast not good but lets hope the rain passes?

Mike

[seasider]

Matt have you got a spare skeet vest or some sort of shoulder protector i could borrow ??

Shoulder still slightly tender after pulling it at the weekend

Certainly not bad enough for me to back out

See you a.m.

[V8Smith]

seasider said:

Matt have you got a spare skeet vest or some sort of shoulder protector i could borrow ??

Shoulder still slightly tender after pulling it at the weekend

Certainly not bad enough for me to back out

See you a.m.

I feel some excuses coming tomorrow Del See you in the a.m if you are there before me mines a bacon butty, white coffee with one sugar

Mike

[seasider]

V8Smith said:

I feel some excuses coming tomorrow Del See you in the a.m if you are there before me mines a bacon butty, white coffee with one sugar

Mike

& no sugar for me

At least Nicks not going so we might get a butty

Edited by seasider on Thursday 28th September 20:38

[Linus27]

Hey I saw you guys today. It was around 1.30pm. I was in the green Elise S1 coming the other way as you guys had parked up on the side of the road. I noticed the Corvette and then all the TVR's, especially the black Tamorra so I slowed and had a look at your cool cars. You guys must had just come from under the bridge, turned right and then parked up a little further on by the cottages. I then drove past the Bisley Shooting range and my wife saw the Pistonheads sign.

Hope you all had a great day.

[V8Smith]

saw you yeah it was a lot of fun, a big thanks to Matt for organising the day, great day out, was fun driving back in the rain with the roof down too saw you putting the roof on Del, ya big girls blouse, just keep it moving at a good rate and you are fine

Will post some pics later when I get my @rse into gear.

Later

Mike

[tertius]

Was indeed a very good day, many thanks to cheeky for organising.

[seasider]

Linus27 said:

Hey I saw you guys today.
Hope you all had a great day.

Yep saw you as well & it was tks

V8Smith said:

was fun driving back in the rain with the roof down too saw you putting the roof on Del, ya big girls blouse, just keep it moving at a good rate and you are fine

Mike i took it off again before the M3 made it almost as far as the M23, then heavens opened big time!! I was still in the traffic jam that had been all the way from the M3 21/2Hrs to get home as well

Matt, what a great day for you and the rest of the team

Really enjoyed the 1000m i blame the wind coach for a couple of the 8's I'll have look at the birth certificates .... H.I.D. isn't going to be happy

Edited by seasider on Friday 29th September 18:28

[V8Smith]

Heres some pics from todays shooting, not too many and from my phone so not great quality, but here they are all the same

Getting the powder pistols ready...!



They create a bit of smoke ....



Lots of smoke



Did I mention the smoke....?



Del clay shooting with his girlie biker jacket on



The 1000 yards rifle range, as far as it looks.....



Some of the Classic cars at Racing Green







Great day boys, big thanks again to Matt for organising, how about a quarterly hoon/event, how about painballing next time....? When Dereks shoulder is better obviously

Later

Mike

[V8Smith]

seasider said:

Mike i took it off again before the M3 made it almost as far as the M23, then heavens opened big time!! I was still in the traffic jam that had been all the way from the M3 21/2Hrs to get home as well

Yeah I must have just been in front of you on the M25, the heavens opened just before the M23, couldn't really stop due to the road works, so got a little wet and a few funny looks from other drivers

Great way to spend a Friday.

Mike

[seasider]

V8Smith said:

When Dereks shoulder is better obviously

Nearly forgot i had an excuse

[t40ora]

Yep, second and third that it was a great day. Thanks Matt.

[Shadytree]

Thanks cheeky for organising a top day, and thanks to Martin and the National Team boys for top tuition and advice.

So when's the next one Matt ?

P.s. I think Del needs reminding of his scores

[SuperlightR]

Great morning out, fantastic shooting and company.

Any more like this count me in.

Great fun.

[t40ora]

Shadytree said:

Thanks cheeky for organising a top day, and thanks to Martin and the National Team boys for top tuition and advice.

So when's the next one Matt ?

Yep up for another; and next tiem, or if you're down Dorset way, you can try out the "bank robbing" toy I showed you for a bit of fun .

Enjoyed yesterday so much, I'm off to my local little range right now.

[tertius]

Shall we mention that the German team won ... ?