Phil Gray came to win it all – and he did. He topped the podium in the Sporting event, claimed his Blaser F16, then almost accidentally won the Pool Shoot for a healthy cash payout and a pair of Pilla glasses. He made the Classic look easy, but his path to the top was not. Phil had to tackle Paul Murgatroyd’s tactical target setting, and hundreds of other competitors all hungry for success.
Setting
Dan Martin, who organised the event with his team at Orston, explains the route Sporting competitors had to take to reach the podium.
“First, there was a qualifying round, of two 75-target courses,” he said, “a red and a blue for a total of 150 targets. The top five competitors from each class and category were then invited back to shoot a final
