Le Vasseur leads CI to schools’ triumph
A CI team of five Guernsey and three Jersey cadets have won the schools’ International Rifle-Shooting match after a thrilling finish at Bisley.
Captained by Guernsey’s Matt Le Vasseur, the CI team had lagged behind England by six points after 300 yards, a lead which England increased to 10 at 500 yards.
At 600, however, the islanders pulled out all the stops with four of the eight-man team making highest possible scores, while the other four hardly strayed out of the bullseye.
The 10-point deficit was turned into a stunning six-point CI win over England with Scotland a further five points behind.
For the Channel Islands, the pool of young shooters is virtually down to the teams from two schools, Victoria and Elizabeth College, while England has the luxury of a source pool of several hundred young shooters.
It is remarkable, therefore, that the CI has won this match on several occasions since their first win in 1991 and it came on top of Luke Malcic’s brilliant individual Grand Aggregate triumph.
As Elizabeth’s CCF contingent commander, Tim Slann, put it: ‘It’s been achieved by long hours training on the range and would not have been possible without the support of our dedicated Guernsey staff.’
Meanwhile, in the Imperial Meeting proper, Guernsey’s full-bore captain, Peter Jory, leads the GRC’s results, dropping just a single point so far in The Daily Telegraph (500 yds) and the Conan Doyle (900 yds) combined.
Will Tiffin had a highest possible score of 75 ex 75 in The Daily Telegraph; Adam Jory, Luke Malcic, Matt Le Vasseur and Luc Duffett all scored 50 ex 50 in The Donegall (300 yds), likewise Nick Mace and Mike Creber in the Conan Doyle, and Nick Mace and Ollie Hudson in the Duke of Cambridge (900 yds).
