Sorry for the late posting but I want to acknowledge the Rocky Rod & Gun Club https://rockygunclub.com/ who graciously allowed the use of their range on May 13th to host a BR101 event. Many thanks to Eugene and Curtis for pulling this together. We had 10 students and 7 coaches attend. Weather was great, and the wind picked up as the day went on, and it provided for challenging conditions. A great day to share an introduction to the sport of Benchrest.

A few pictures below.

Thanks for the update Calvin. Looking forward to it.

Tony, on behalf of the coaches thanks for making the range available and rounding up the students. Our guys had a great time helping the newcomers down the slippery slope.

NBRSA published the equipment list for the 2023 Cactus Classic. There are 2 HWP barrels in the HV Grand top 10, and 3 HWP barrels in the LV Grand. Note Steve Horsley who has recently moved to Alberta and attended his first Cactus Classic and managed a top 10 finish in a Grand Agg. Well done Steve!

Thanks to the Mission & District Rod & Gun Club for hosting the Spring Tuneup match this weekend. Special thanks go the the helpers and volunteers that make it happen, such as Mark Dumont, Joe Mendham, Allan Mantler, among others. A notable performance by Mark Dumont was turned in, whereby he was the overall winner of the match this weekend. Mark is a member of the Mission Club and will be competing in France this September as part of Team Canada. I too would like to note how great it was to see Nobby Uno, as Nobby built my first BR rifle probably 30 years ago!

L-R: Tyler Edmunds, Nobby Uno, Brent Meyer, Vic Edmunds, Don Ells, Allan Mantler, Mark Dumont, Rick Pollock, Art Harder, Tony Jansma

Thanks Cal for the update.

Team Canada has garnered a number of Sponsorships to assist with the costs of attending this event, for that I expressly want to thank the following entities:

Alberta Provincial Rifle Association https://www.albertarifle.com/
Rosebud Silhouette & Benchrest Club https://rosebudsilhouetteandbenchrestclub.wildapricot.org/
Bench Rest Shooters Canada https://benchrestforum.ca/index.php?board=2.0
Plenty O Patches https://www.plentyopatches.com/
Hugh Williamson Precision https://www.hwprecision.ca/
Nomad Aviation https://www.nomad-aviation.com/
Pollock Aviation  https://pollockaviation.com/
Stinger Ballistics https://stingerballistics.com/
Jiffy Lube https://www.jiffylube.ca/
Kenora - Lake of the Woods Gun Club https://lwgc.ca/
Selkirk Game & Fish https://www.selkirkgameandfish.ca/

All in, the cost for Team Canada to attend this event is in the neighbourhood of $70,000.  Once we factor in flights, hotels, entry fees, bus transportation, etc for 12 shooters, it adds up very quickly.

If any company or individual has an interest in helping out financially, the team members would really appreciate it! Interested parties should contact me at rickpollock@shaw.ca

Happy to report that Hugh Williamson and I had a great result at the Cactus Classic shooting HWP Barrels.

Hugh won the LV 100 and I won the LV 200. In the 2-Gun Hugh was 5th and I was 4th.

Spot the two Canadians in the attached photo!

Rick

Thanks for posting and welcome to the slippery slope! A name would be good here, if you don't mind posting it. I am sure everyone is wondering who the new guy in Selkirk is!

We are running BR101 in Lethbridge and Rocky Mountain House this year. In years past we have run it in Calgary and Medicine Hat as well. It has been a great format for getting shooters introduced to BR.

The BR community is small and everyone knows everyone, hence the high level of trust. It was a good choice to have Mike Bryant build you a rifle as he is a terrific gunsmith and a super nice guy. Glad you found Calvin, a mentor will save you years on the learning curve, and thousands of misspent dollars.

There will be about 12 of us from out West invade Selkirk for the Nationals, I look forward to meeting you as I am sure the rest of the mob does as well.

Rick Pollock

I can see this post. The site has a bug where it doesn't like " or ' in the posts and seems to forget everything after those characters. There will be an upgrade in the coming week or so, and hopefully that bug goes away at that time.