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Kent Schools Riffle Association. Wills in the butts forthe whole afternoon! Thank you 18th May 1996 very much for being so obliging. For some this was the third weekend in a row The competition was shot first at 200 metres and involving the CCF and again the third weekend of then at 300 metres. We each had nine rounds with pretty miserable weather. Yet this did not daunt the seven to count and two sighters. enthusiasm of the shooting team competing in the The team shot well and came second to St Lawrence Kent schools competition at Hythe. bringing home a silver medal each. The individual The team arrived at 1300 to find that we only brought shot was won on 60 points and Katy Slaughter enough people for the team event and not the cadet missed out by one point obtaining 59 points in her pairs competition as they were needed in the buffs. shoot to miss bringing home the Willot Cup for the This was unlucky for some as it meant that Greg highest scoring individual. Clifford and Tim Standing had to accompany Emma Team: A. Brannon (capt.), P. Catt, K Slaughter, C. Thomson, H. Pook and J. Parrett. 64

Although this competition was not held last year it is usually held every year between St Edmunds, King's Canterbury and ourselves. The competition is shot at Hythe on the ETR. (Electronic Target Range) with each team containing eight people. The morning was spent zeroing our rifles before the competition. The competition consisted of thirty rounds for three different shots. The first shot involved firing three rounds at 100 and 200 and four rounds at 300 metres - targets fall when hit. The second shot was five at 200 and 300 metres with two 30 second exposures. The last 10 rounds were shot at randomly chosen targets. For the first time since this competition began we came first, with Chris and James coming 2nd and 3rd respectively in the individual shot. Well done everyone. Team: H. Homewood, A. Brannon, C. Thomson, K. Slaughter, A. Lovegrove, G. Clifford, T. Standing and J. Parrot.

Many thanks to Katy Slaughter for providing all of the Shooting Reports.

Sunday was an early 0730 start for a day at the ranges for the shooting team. This competition, "SEDSAM" - South East District Skill at Arms Meeting was held as usual at Ash ranges. Two teams were involved in this competition. Team A consisted of: A. Brannon (capt.), C. Thomson, K. Slaughter and A West. The B team were: P. Catt (capt.), H. Pook, H. Homewood and J. Parrot. Each team had nine rounds per person, with two sighters and seven to count. Points are awarded for eithera Bull or inner, outer or magpie where abull is five points and a magpie being two points. The highest possible score is 35 at 200 metres and at 300 metres, therefore making a total score of 70 maximum points. After an enjoyable day the A team came in at 4th place Out of4l schools. Unfortunately while Henry was firing, the sights on his rifle broke, which brought the B team down to 34th place. Let us hope we have better luck next year.