OS Shooting Success at Bisley and Blair Atholl
Old Sedberghians enjoyed success across two major shooting weekends, representing both Scotland and England in prestigious inter-country competitions at Bisley and Blair Atholl.
The annual Home Countries shooting matches hosted by the RAF took place at Bisley over the weekend of 16th and 17th May. For the Scotland squad, the event was approached as both a competitive fixture and an important development opportunity, with younger and less experienced shooters encouraged to participate alongside established competitors.
The weekend programme combined team drills and morning practice sessions with competition shooting, including a short-range match (300x, 500x and 600x) on Saturday and a long-range match (900x and 1000x) on Sunday.
Scotland fielded a squad of more than 20 shooters, from which 12 were selected to compete. Among those selected for the long-range match on Sunday were OS Ollie Christy (97.8), Charlie Cowen (95.8) and Mark Wrigley (91.8). Delivering an excellent team performance, Scotland secured victory over the RAF and the other Home Countries teams of England, Ireland and Wales. Another OS, Simon Osmond, represented England in the same competition.
Attention then turned north to Blair Atholl for the Lawrence Match over the weekend of 13th and 14th June. OS George Wood and Ollie Christy were selected to represent Scotland in the fixture against England. On this occasion, England emerged victorious under the captaincy of fellow OS John Warburton.
These two weekends highlighted both the strength of OS representation in competitive target shooting and the continued development of emerging talent within the sport.
George Wood and Ollie Christy