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his year has certainly been a year of firsts. We
matches. Earlier in the summer the Wellington side was
have had our first shooting scholar; a record
selected as the North London Rifle Club Under 25 team
breaking average score of 95.25 on British
during a match against the Honourable Artillery Company
Match Targets; we were recognised as the ‘greenest
and the North London captain declared our team skills as
department in College’ and of course had our first
‘exceptional’. We beat the hac by a more than respectable
T
unbeaten Smallbore season at 25
margin.
yards. The shooting team has gone
shot for Scotand last summer against
Andy Brooker [Hl], who
from strength to strength to become
“The shooting team has gone
the Combined Services and Home
the most successful sporting team in
from strength to strength to
become the most successful
sporting team in College .”
Countries, shot again for Scotland—
College. The British Schools’ Open
at Christmas highlighted just how far
we have come, when the Wellington
this time against the
raf, Wales,
Ireland and England.
Several of the team have also
a team beat the Gresham’s a team by a clear 7 points.
Our a and b teams also beat Epsom in the 50m National
shot for their counties, Harry Orpen-Smellie [Bl], worthy
Championships held at the Lord Roberts centre (our one
Essex, Alex Corner [L] for Middlesex, Tommy Hirst [Hg]
time College Governor).
for Berkshire and Max Williams [S] for Hampshire. We
In November we had a Smallbore match against the
member of the Wellington family shooting dynasty, shot for
also had a full bore match against the
Hannah Pugsley [C] British Junior Women’s 3-position Champion
owtrc. As many
ows. For many of them it was the first time they had
of the team were shooting for their respective counties
(full scores) which will move them up a class next year.
Twine memorial Trophy for the highest placed schoolboy.
been to the College range since it moved from near the
it proved to be difficult to establish the scores but the re-
Hannah Pugsley [C] shot a 50.8 in The Times competition at
This means he will also be
‘Upturned Boat’, and so the new one was quite an adventure.
sult was more than conclusive when College yet again beat
300 yards, Andy Brooker shot a 50.3 in the Conan Doyle
classification for Target Rifle.
ows. Hannah Pugsley [C], after becoming the Junior
at 900 yards and Alex Corner shot a 50.5 in the Duke of
Unfortunately for the
ows and fortunately for College,
the
four members of our team scored 100s—something that
British 50m champion in the morning, came and shot two
even Jon Paul (ow) was not even prepared for. He did not
48s for College.
Cambridge at 900 yards.
x class next year, the highest
Understandably Alex had been disappointed not to be
selected for the Athelings but his shooting in the meeting
Alex Bryson was the highest placed schoolboy and
showed the selectors how big a mistake they had made not
Schools’ Week: We shot the four days culminating in
finished 75th in the Grand aggregate (out of 953 competitors
selecting him. He has been chosen to train with the Great
Early this year nine members of the team were
7th place in the Ashburton. The highlight of the week was the
from around the world). Hannah Pugsley was our next best
Britain Under 25 team, to try and get selection for the World
selected for the England Schools’ Smallbore side—with
Overseas’ barbecue with the British Commonwealth Rifle
coming 248th and was the 15th highest schools’ compet