he Snap Shoot Competition was held at Binton on Tuesday. This competition requires shooters to be not only accurate but also quick. Shooters qualify for the final round only if they can manage a score of 22 or more from five pellets shot within one minute. Andy Smith was the first to try his luck and was the first to qualify. Alan Brookes also qualified at his first attempt as did Andy Morris who shot five bulls, an amazing feat given the short time allowed. Paul Clingan took two attempts to qualify and Will Cemis was timed out on his first attempt but then went on to shoot 21 and then on his third attempt, he too put in five bulls for 25pts. Michelle Dale was the only woman who qualified for the final. Valiant, but unsuccessful attempts to qualify were made by John Maycock, Louise price, Paul Nixon Barron and Simon Dale.

In the final round, Andy Morris could not reproduce the accuracy shown earlier and though he shot three bulls he was timed out after four pellets. Paul Clingan shot all fours for 20 and Michelle Dale was eliminated as unfortunately she failed to find the bull. Andy Smith managed two bulls but a three brought his score to 21 and Alan Brookes stayed out of the threes also scoring 21. A shoot off for second place saw Alan Brookes come off best with 21.2pts. Will Cemis was the overall winner with a score of 22pts.

n the fifth week of league matches, Andy Morris shot a possible in the match between Binton A and Wilmcote. So far this season, we have had a possible every week from a different shooter, long may this high standard continue. Andy was first to the target and set the bell ringing to notch up his first possible of this season which naturally gave the Wilmcote team an early lead in this match. Team mates, Lyn Brookes, John Maycock, Brian Adshead, Tim Stephens and Jon Packard, who was making a return to shooting after the Guards team folded at the end of last season, all shot 30. Alan Brookes shot 29 and Paul Boazman 28. The lowest of the eight score was dropped to give Wilmcote a total of 214 points. Binton A put Gary Hooper on first who with fours and bulls scored 31. He was followed by Simon Dale who with bulls and fours scored 32. Michelle Dale and John Parrott repeated the 31 and 32 scores to put Binton in the lead by just one point. Alan Dyer shot 30 and Neil Bragg 28 which gave the lead back to Wilmcote but Binton's anchormen Will Cemis and Andy Smith shot 30 and 31 respectively to snatch the game from Wilmcote. After dropping their lowest score, Binton finished on 217 points.

Binton B fielded only six shooters in their match at Wilmcote against eight from the MEB. Bill Fleming and Mike Perry both shot 30 with Brian Portman having the bad luck of a missed shot. Ben Chamberlain and Alan Watts upped the ante with scores of 32 a piece which left Gordon O'nions as last man who scored 28. With the addition of an A N Other score Binton finished on 201 points. MEB shot without Paul Clingan. Richard Groom started the team off with 28 followed by Jan Beattie and Fred Williams who both shot 30 which put MEB in the lead. Kath Williams and Ray Hodgkins struggled to find the bull and had to be satisfied with scores of 29 and 27. Alison McMillan had the teams highest score of the night when with bulls and fours she shot 32. Karl McMillan and Gordon Spencer finished of the shooting, each scoring 29. MEB dropped the lowest of their eight score to total 207.

Avenue-RBL were at home to Home Guard. Richard Mills made a steady start with 29 and was followed by the league's youngest shooter Josh Bridge who had mixed fortunes. Jackie Mills who has not been shooting every week because of a bad shoulder put away four bulls and three fours for 32 much to her own surprise. Colin Fulford and Steve Hodges also shot 32. Irene Parsons and Bill Gately both slipped a pellet into the threes but they made up for it with two bulls to score 29. This gave the team a score of 208. Avenue-RBL's performance lacked lustre and they had too many loose pellets without the comfort of bulls to pull back the points. Steve Ray shot a disappointing 31, Paul Nixon Barron 30, Paul Seabury gave a very creditable performance with 29. Dee Green also shot 29. The rest of the team were also-rans with scores of 27.