Well, today was an interesting day to say the least. The day started with a substitution in shooters prior to the match. Pat Vamplew was assigned to both coach and shoot, replacing Roger Romses as a shooter.
At 800 yards, in relatively consistent conditions, the majority of the team performed quite well. We were 8 off after 800, placing us behind GB, Australia and the USA (all 1 off) and the South Africans (6 off). At 900 yards, conditions become more difficult and we were 31 points off. A little disappointing but still within shouting distance of the top teams. At 1000 yards however, we performed quite poorly. The winds were changing quite quickly (between 3 and 11 minutes left with 2-3 minute changes within seconds being quite common). The team never reached their potential and by the end of Day 1, we found ourselves in 6th place.
Scores after Day 1:
1. Great Britain: 3551.403
2. USA: 3520.358
3. South Africa: 3512.336
4. Australia: 3509.367
5. New Zealand: 3485.357
6. Canada: 3421.318
7. West Indies: 3299.212
8. Germany: 3294.218
One bright spot from today was the performance of Des Vamplew. Des had the highest score on the range with a fantastic 225.28v
We return to the range tomorrow to pick ourselves up and put in a much improved performance. Each team member is very much looking forward to doing just that.
Good night.
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