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Post by dromia » Sun Jun 25, 2006 1:18 pm

I have just recieved this response from the Phoenix Head of Stats, my score will stand as the current record for .303" 800,900 and 1000 yd aggregate.

"Adam,

John Robinson passed on your query about the establishment of a new record for the .303 800/900/1000 yards. Given the unusual circumstances of this year's 800/900/1000 yard events, the Phoenix Committee discussed this at our "washup" meeting last Thursday. You will be pleased to hear that we all agreed your score from this year should stand as the new record! This will, of course, appear in next year's Phoenix Booklet.

Unfortunately there was an error in this year's booklet which may confuse things. It said that Vs counted as 6 in all the long range events. This isn't actually true - Vs are 5s EXCEPT in the F Class 400/500/600 and 800/900/1000 and in the McQueen. This means your new record score will be shown as 192 10V, not 202 10V as you might have thought. This is the same scoring system as was used when David Shepperd set the previous record of 174 4V in 2004. Congratulations on surpassing his record by such a large margin!

We look forward to seeing you at Phoenix again next year to defend this new record.

All the best,

Charles Murton
Chief Stats, Phoenix 2006"
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Post by dhtaxi » Sun Jun 25, 2006 1:28 pm

Fantastic stuff Adam well done.

We have a celebrity in our midst.

Any chance of a picture of the rifle used.
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Post by joseyclosey » Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:02 pm

Congratulations Mr. S :D

Joe ;)
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Post by Brass Rat » Sun Jun 25, 2006 3:19 pm

Wow!

How does it feel to be part of history.
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Post by Woftam » Sun Jun 25, 2006 8:22 pm

I don't know which is more impressive -

Adam's achievement (which is very impressive)

or a committee where they "all agreed" on the logical/fair answer - a rarity these days.
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My hero!

Post by Brian the Brit » Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:35 am

Bloody well done, that man!

Who said that Committees never listen to a reasoned argument?

Respect is due.

Brian the gongless Brit
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Post by mozark » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:08 am

Cheers, Adam.

BTW, let's see the rifle. (we know what you look like.)

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Post by stripperclip » Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:34 am

well done Adam congrats.
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