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LWEM(R) Chris Privett is the champion shot of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. He won the Queen's Medal during the RN Small Arms Meeting from June 29 to July 9 in what may turn out to be the hottest Bisley ever, writes Brian Witts. Privett, shooting for Portsmouth Command and at present serving in HMS Ocprey, pipped Cpl Donaldson RM by five points to give the Navy a second success in three years over the Royals. In the top 30 the Royal Navy held 14 positions to the 16 of the Royal Marines, highlighting the high standard of shooting in the Navy. LWEM(R) Privett also won the RN Service rifle championship from runner-up CPO Mike
Reed of Naval Air Command. The tyro rifle championship was won by Air's AEM Cameron. Lieut. Charles Dickenson,
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LWEM(R) Chris Privett receives the traditional Bisley chairing after winning the Queen's Medal as the champion shot of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. Picture: PO(Phot) Trevor Holland
shooting as an individual entry, won the target rifle championship with an aggregate score of 252. Runner up was P0 Mick Mifflin (Air), a familiar figure at Bisley and one who was to shoot even straighter as the meeting progressed. THREE POINTS
In the final of the pistol championship P0 Phil Hobson (Portsmouth) drew ahead of CPO Terry Mash, last year's winner, to take the crown by three points. Hobson also won the NRA bronze medal shot concurrently with the pistol championship. Mick Mifflin was a clear winner by 24 points over Phil Hobson, the 1982 winner, in the sub-machine gun championship. Winner of the Kendall Trophy run concurrently with this competition was LWEM Harris (Portsmouth). AIR SUCCESS Air Command won eight out of the 12 team events, including the coveted Inter-Command Rifle Cup, the Inter-Command pistol, and the new Herbert Smith Challenge Trophy awarded to the command scoring the greatest number of marks in set team competitions. The sub-machine gun trophy was won by Plymouth, and Portsmouth carried off the General's Cup, the Devonport Cup and the Simonds Bowl. Overall small arms champion and most consistent shot in all four championships was P0 Mick Mifflin. Runner up was CPO Wright (Air), and the Bounton Cup for tyros under 25 was won by AEM Peel, also of Air Command.
Overseas debut is big success
THE Royal Navy smailbore rifle team won the Gibraltar open championship in May with CPO John Krumins (Collingwood) taking the Gibraltar long range championship and the Tuto Garcia Trophy for the best 50 metre aggregate.
This was the first time the Navy team had competed abroad. Results of the various naval smailbore rifle and pistol matches shot under postal conditions have now been collated. Winners of the Inter-Command rifle match were Portsmouth and Medway, who retained the trophy for a third year. The Inter-Command smallbore pistol match was won by Naval Air Command, with Lieut.-Cdr. David Lowe (Thunderer) recording the highest individual score to claim the NSRA Diamond Jubilee Bowl. CPO Krumins won the RN short range rifle championship from Lieut. Gordon Perry (Mercury) out of an entry of 84, and P0 John Bradshaw (Seahawk) beat Lieut.-Cdr. Lowe at Bisley in a
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shoulder to shoulder final to the postal RN smalibore pistol championshp. HMS Collingwood beat HMS Seahawk in the Inter-Establishment rifle competition, but Seahawk came back in the pistol event to beat HMS Sultan. Air Command teams have dominated the pistol competition since 1971. AIR PISTOL The new UIT air pistol championship was won by Lieut.-Cdr. Lowe, as was the RN centre fire championship. Three naval teams trailed in the Inter-Service smallbore rifle match, which was won by the Army. Places were - 1, Regular Army; 2, RAF; 3, Territorial Army; 4, RN; 5, RM; 6, RNR. Lieut. Perry of Mercury was the Navy's top scorei with 199 Out of 200, a performance which won him an NSRA silver medal.