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@000 Cedar Springs Championship Report
by Mike Hockings
What a great weekend for a shoot. The annual Labour Day weekend shoot by the Cedar Springs Club was, as expected, wonderful. However this year we were a little shy on participants as several “regulars” from south of the border as well as a bunch of “locals” didn’t make it this year. Could it have to do with the range restrictions? By the sign I’d say that we should not have been shooting forward of the 600 yard line. Sadly, however the pundits thought it meant something else..
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Saturday morning started out very misty yet also sunny.
The grass and tent was sopping wet with dew. And I got squadded on first relay, I love laying in wet grass. The mist created some consternation as the sun was on the shooters and the shade & mist were about the target. 
making the problem of resolving the target aiming mark a wee bit difficult for those with iron sights. I saw more than one looking at the F-Class’ers with “scope-envy.” As the day went on the sun did its thing on the mist and became quite warm by the end of the day. We ended the shooting part of the day with a team shoot using mixed teams of iron and optical sighted shooters. After stowing the shootin’ sticks there was a reception created by Art’s and Tom’s wifes in the mess. This was greatly appreciated by all. I should note hear that it was not a whine and wheeze party as in previous years as the wisdom from London sez no “whining in the mess”. There still was some cheese though. Following the feed most everyone retired in a comfortable position beside Art’s monolith partaking of refreshment whilst feeding the mosquitos and “stable” flies. Again weighty maters were discussed, including why the OPP dress like Texas Rangers on a dark raid and the consideration for the ORA to run a Service Conditions match at Cedar Springs for the local military units. As this was going on the two wonder-workers orcestrated the firing up of 3 BBQ’s to burn up some hamburgs, hotdogs and sasuages. This combined with a medley of salads & stuff made quite a feast.
Sunday morning was considerably clearer and drier. In fact there was no perceptable dew on my tent -- could that be a sign of pending rain during the day? However as it turned out the dark clouds only hovered in a threating fashion over the range and the rain did not happen. The morning was very still though and the stable flies were out with a vengence. A good multitude of dragon flies were also out but not quite enough to clear up the population of the nasty biting flies. The wind did pick up in late morning and the flies were no longer a problem. 
Sunday was similar to Saturday in that the last match was a team match with teams made of shooters with both iron and optical sighted rifles. The difference this time was that the team had to be coached by the most junior shooter. Great experience for the younger shooters.
For all those that attended it was a great time as usual. And here are the scores to prove it! Note that even Pete Church decided to give F-Class a go, and I think he even had a good time at it! And in spite of what you might have seen on the range, Ric did shoot iron sights for score.
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You can look at some photos that were taken at the shoot if you click here. There you will see the interesting artistic effect that a good fingerprint, greasy with sunscreen and placed square on the lens, can provide :-)
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