Wednesday, August 01, 2007
My first 3 x 20 training match!!!!
Yes I know, shocking!!! Dave shooting 3P, it had to happen sooner or later i guess!! I've probably been training for about a month or so now and decided it was time to put it all together into a 3 x 20 match to see where i am!! The answer, nowhere fantastic!!! but I got to start somewhere.
I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking now...
| Prone = 196 |  |
| Standing = 170 |  |
| Kneeling = 181 |  |
For an outstanding PB total = 547 !!!! :)
Standing...
 | Nice side view |
 | Sort of behind view! |
Kneeling..... (oww)
 | Kneeling from the side |
| From behind |  |
 | the painfull bit i guess!!! |
Well, thats all for now. I'm planning on shooting at least one 3x20 match during the national meeting coming up soon. Really hoping to be able to beat my PB!!!
Dave
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
World Cup Bankok
Hey there guys. Sorry no picture updayes at the moment, they will have to be added later when I get back to the UK. This is the first time me and Neil ahve ben onlinr since we left Aus!!
Training went well for all of us and thankfully all three of us are through to the next round for qualification at 8 am tommorow.
Mike - 595 relay 1
Dave - 594 relay 1
Neil - 589 relay 2
I think we had the slightly easier relay, more higher scores and a certain current Olympic champion went clean shooting a "perfect" 600!!
Not much else to report at the moment other than a note about the weather. I hate this place!!! Its Hot. Its Humid (very humid). It smells bad. It rains a lot (heavy rain). did I mention Hot and Humid.... People back home in the UK, please do not complain about the weather so much. You don't realise how good it really is sometimes, At least ou can take a deep breath and feel vagually refreshed. If you try that shit here you will just cough up your lungs!!
As you can tell I'm looking forward to getting home and chillin for a few days before goingaway training once again.
Hope you are all well and look forward to catching up soon.
Dave
:)
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Sydney International Shooting Center, the tour..
I thought I would try and do a litle bit of a virtual tour of the range complex here in sydney. Not sure how well this is going to tern out as the complex is massive!! but here we go.....
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| Ok here is the main central corridor running the entire length at the back of the range. A, B, and C will be explained shortly. | Here you can see the way the ranges were labelled. |
 | Range "A" The 10 Metre air range. |
 | Range "B" The 25 metre Pistol gallery |
 | Range "C" The 50 Metre smallbore range |
 | This also runs of from the central walkway and is the general meeting / reception area. |
 | The multi purpose finals only hall. The wooden door can open and close and the range can be outfitted for all the various disciplines the other ranges have to offer. pretty cool.. |
| Neil "performing" on the range. |  |
| Mr. Babb showing us how its done.. |  |
| Hey, look! Even i've been shooting!! |  |
| Shooters eye view |  |
And thats all for now folks!!! Training again in the morning, so of to bed now.
nite nite.
:)
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Sydney Baby, Yeah!!!!!
Greeting from the other side of the world!!! Sydney, the latest stop on my world domination tour! Bugger the commentry, here are some pics....
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| The sydney Opera house, nice I guess? | Same thing, different angle!!! |
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| Sydney harbour bridge. Pretty cool architecture! | Same bridge, but with one of the old ferries passing. |
We have done some shooting also! We shot in the Aus cup on saterday with varying success! Mike shot a good match (596) and then a damn fine final (104.6) to win the competition! Neil and myself were not quite so on form, but at least satisfied with parts of the shoot, ie. the end and then the bar.
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| The medalists. | Neil, the semi un-official photographer. (nice pins mate) |
Thats all for now folks, we are up early in the morning for a days training. speak soon guys..
Dave
:)
Friday, April 06, 2007
World Cup USA - Fort Benning elimination
And I nearly was.... Elininated that is....
The scores....
Mike - 596
Mat - 595
Dave - 587
Here are the results from the two elimination matches this morning, it just goes to show how close it was for me. Not a great day at the office, but I live to fight another day and thats all that counts!
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| Elimination first relay. | Elimination second relay |
Far to close to that bottum line for my liking!!
Tomorrow is another day and I'm still looking forward to the match. Here's hoping for a good GB result and a better performance from myself.
Speak again soon.
Dave
Thursday, April 05, 2007
World Cup USA - Fort Benning 2
Greetings my friends! Welcome to the further wanderings of myself and the team in USA. We had a little time to spare the other day, a rare luxury, so we thought we'd ead on down to Atlanta. Nice place, nice weather, shame about the locals.. That accent is so annoying!!!! We didn't have much time there but did hit a Mall and went to Coca Cola world.
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| The entrance to Coca Cola World | A model of a bottling proccess |
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| Its got to be done I guess | Now thats a glas of Coke |
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| Say, That's a nice bike!! | Try as much as you Like!!!! |
We have been at the range also!!! We had our Official pre-event training today. Mike and myself ar on the 9:00 detail with Matthew on the 10:45 detail. Training went well for all of us today and are really looking forward to the match.
Its starting to really feel like home here, the temperature has dropped and we are expecting minus temps at night over the weekend!!!! JOY!!!!!
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| Matthew "brrr" Thomson | Mike "txting" Babb |
Ok I'm of for a trip to Krispy Kreme and Starbucks, only viewing.... Honest!!
Mwahahaha....
Dave
:)
Monday, April 02, 2007
World Cup USA - Fort Benning
We all arrived safe and sound, though a little tired. We trained yesterday for a short while and were all very satisfied. really looking forward to the main event.
Currently hanging round the hotel whilst the flat tire on the van is sorted. joy
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| The range | Again its pretty big, 80 lanes? |
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| Each lane has second monitor for public viewing, and a 10 shot LED board, for quick view of each score! NICE |
Well thats all for now, not to much I know but its a start. We are hoping to go to Atlanta for a day at some time so hopefully will get some more decent pics then!!
Meanwhile enjoy and keep well. see / speak soon.
Dave :)
