Pellet On Pellet Magazine No.8 BFTA Grand Prix 3 Tawd Vale 2016 | Página 2

GRAND PRIX 3
TAWD VALE

I’m feeling a bit better
heading into the Tawd Vale
GP, although I’m hoping
it’s a better course than
last year, the wind and
loads of targets over 50
did me completely in last
time. I found myself also
losing interest half way
around, which was very
unusual for me but with the
course setting on the GP’s
this this year has been

exceptionally high so I’m
expecting good things at
Tawd because it’s a great
ground.
With the terrible score from
Millride well behind me I’m
definitely more settled after
all of the practice. I was
super pleased with pulling
it back at GP2 in Bisley,
that really helped my frame
of mind. I also had a very

good shoot at Harriers
in the MFTA Summer
League last Sunday. My
confidence in myself and
the gun is back, welcome
back old friends! These
are both big things when
they’re on your mind but all
I’ve got to do now is keep
my focus and knock those
tin chickens down, no
biggie eh!

I’m getting at least 3
practice sessions in a week
now and working hard on
a repeatable routine for
all three positions. Gilly
pointed out at Harriers that
I should be checking the
distance more and staying
on the gun for follow
through so I’m going to be
looking at that today down
at Anston. Should get a
good 5-6 hours in with

the weather, just hope the
mozzies aren’t out to eat
me to death. The goal of
getting to the top end of B
Grade this year is the plan
and it’s starting to come
together. If I can pick up a
top ten place in the GP’s
I’ll be pretty chuffed with
myself.

wind was all over the place
at Anston. I practiced a
load of standers and had a
quick shoot around on the
HFT course. Nothing too
testing but Gilly was right, I
am coming off the gun too
soon, even on standers.

Phil The Bear was buzzing
when he got in the car on
Saturday was mostly just
Sunday, he informed me
sitting on the plinker as the he’d been up since 4am

and had cooked himself
3 pork chops with a load
of veg and was full to the
brim! It’s like picking up a
giddy toddler sometimes
but it made me smile as
we headed up the M1
listening to Public Image
Limited. As I listened to
Phil rattle on I reckoned by
the time we get to Tawd
I’ve got enough material to
write the next Ken Loach

film, kind of a cross over
between Kes and Selwyn
Froggitt. I still don’t reckon
I’ve managed to talk him
out of buying a Leup
though. He’s left handed
and has a tendency to pull
things into focus rather
than use a smooth action,
it would kill him off for sure,
his money though and he’s
not one for listening.