Rugeley Rifle Club earned a close win against Hampshire-based Alton Rifle Club in a friendly today. Shooting on their home ranges, Prone and Benchrest teams shot Shoulder-to-Shoulder over two cards each, with the best five scores to count from teams of up to seven.
The prone teams fought a close battle, with Alton slipping ahead by just three points. Alton’s J. Mullins took the highest individual score of 198/200.
In the Benchrest, S. Forster of Alton was the only shooter to go clean, but Rugeley benefited from depth, with a lowest counting score of 197, which saw them take a decisive lead overall.
We look forward to a rematch in 2026!
| Rugeley | Alton | ||||||
| G. Green | 100 5x | 99 2x | 199 7x | S. Forster | 100 4x | 100 4x | 200 8x |
| 99 2x | 100 4x | 199 6x | R. Forster | 99 1x | 96 1x | 195 2x | |
| W. Morgan | 98 4x | 99 5x | 197 9x | T. Charrington | 96 0x | 95 1x | 191 1x |
| C. Gould | 99 2x | 98 3x | 197 5x | C. Perry | 94 2x | 94 0x | 188 2x |
| A. Bullock | 98 1x | 99 2x | 197 3x | J. Jones | 89 0x | 94 2x | 183 2x |
| E. Vickers | 95 0x | 99 2x | 194 2x | ||||
| Benchrest Sub-Total | 989 30x | 957 15x | |||||
| R Hemingway | 100 | 97 | 197 | J. Mullins | 99 | 99 | 198 |
| D Glover | 96 | 97 | 193 | D. Hartley | 98 | 97 | 195 |
| P Baron | 96 | 96 | 192 | M. Buttery | 95 | 99 | 194 |
| C Kimberley | 94 | 95 | 189 | M. Naude | 94 | 98 | 192 |
| C Taylor | 92 | 95 | 187 | L. Garner | 89 | 93 | 182 |
| I Ward | 91 | 95 | 186 | A. Simcock | 84 | 89 | 173 |
| M Williams | 92 | 91 | 183 | ||||
| Prone Sub-Total | 958 | 961 | |||||
| Total | 1947 30x | 1918 15x | |||||