Mace in top 40 of the Queen’s Prize
A ONE-POINT deficit in the Queen’s Prize at Bisley can equate to a more than 10-place difference in the final positions.
It was always going to be a tough old haul, therefore, for Nick Mace to make up the three points he dropped in the second stage of the competition on Friday.
Even with a Herculean effort in the Queen’s 100 final on Saturday, with maximum points at the longest range in the match, 1000 yards, and dropping just two at 900 yards, Mace’s final position was 38th with 295 ex 300 total.
Lucy Mace was just two points adrift of her husband’s score – they were the only married couple in the final 100 – but that translated into a drop of 33 places into 71st with a score of 293.
Surrey doctor Glyn Barnett magnificently dropped only a single point over the final two stages to take the Queen’s Prize for the third time, a winning record equalled only, since the competition began in 1860, by Wg Cdr David Calvert in 2016 and Arthur Fulton in 1931.
In the final of the St George’s, at 900 yards, Glyn Barnett and Nick Mace had identical highest possible scores and additional central ‘V’ bullseyes but counted down on their central ‘Vs’ total, they were in joint seventh place.
Michael Mann was 68th and Luke Malcic 94th.
In the Kolapore short-range team match, Guernsey came fifth behind GB, Australia, Canada and the USA, beating New Zealand, Jersey, Kenya and Germany.
In the Mackinnon Long Range match, Guernsey were eighth to Jersey’s seventh with a seven-point difference between the two islands.
