It is with great enthusiasm I return to report on the good fun I experienced at the DCRA National Matches in Shirley’s Bay or Kanata or Nepean depending on which part of Ottawa or Eastern ON or Western Quebec you are from
You know it’s coming, If you want to be great, Be Grateful!
* I’m grateful for the community we have built in Garrison Petawawa, I miss all of you. I miss the Petawawa GC President, I miss the PRS clinic MD Ryan , I miss the Rimfire CRPS MD Rickster67, I miss my Butts Officers, I miss the shooters from all over ON and QC
* I’m grateful to the DCRA office staff who mad everything about the matches super smooth, Pierre, Kathy, Scott, BarryP
* I’m grateful for the FPO SeanG for doing the best he can with what he was given
* I’m grateful for ColinM for stepping up and throwing down, otherwise I woulda had to do that job....lots of gratitude, and I gave ya a bolt face sticker!
* I’m grateful for my crafty skill set since that megaphone got fzcked up and it was an easy fix, ColinM , you are off the hook. It’s all good,
* I’m grateful for all the OSA shooters for laughing at my jokes on the firing line
* I’m grateful for my sniper partner John@ since you have now elevated your game, you can help me develop our community of LR shooters in raising their game(s)when we get back home to Garrison Petawawa
* I’m grateful for all the CAF shooters for putting up with my banter at the pistol ranges, you folks were patient and accommodating to this old phart
* I’m grateful to my coaches and mentors who gave me the confidence to thrive (and not merely survive) during the most chaotic stages of the pistol matches
* I’m grateful for CPO2 Brad Browne for our conversations on how to improve the matches and better serve the CAF members and civilian shooters in the future
* I’m grateful to the other members of our Sniper Team: The Mirror Commandos, you guys where there when I needed you....warmest thanks
My dear Garrison Petawawa shooters, you have know for all these years the purpose of grooming your PR shooting skills and that’s my intention: to get you ready to shoot these PR or Service Conditions matches in Connaught Ranges...trust me, it’s a super endeavour.
Now to repack the truck and join Kombayotch and RyanMcle and Emeyer3 in Meaford LRSC for the Steel Challenge.
We have a freaking awesome community here!
Cheers, Barney
PS: my shooting landed me in the middle of the pack. Not bad for not shooting AT ALL during the season. One of these seasons I can get practicing for these matches!