Many of the 99 shooters taking part reported heavy rain on the way to the ground, yet the afternoon stayed fair and the temperature warm, contributing to a relaxed and happy atmosphere throughout.

The event took place over a 10-stand layout, offering a wide variety of targets to test the field, from the classic elevated high bird on stand one to loupers, battues, crossers, droppers and much more.

They were also treated to a challenging but fun multi-trap pool, tempting shooters with eight separate targets.

That garnered 278 entries, resulting in a record payout to the top three guns. After a lengthy shoot-off to whittle all the possible eight from eight scores down, Bob Purvis was left smiling when his name was shouted as winner.

In the shoot proper, Gary Meikle lead the way on a high of 94 to take high gun, just one ahead of Colin Will who won the AA class outright on 93 (both former Scottish team captains).

Stewart Cumming, part of a three-way tie for third place in the class on 89, enjoyed the highest score for a South of Scotland SCTA member shooter and picked up the championship trophy.

Barry Sutherland took A Class honours again by a single target from Braidwood's Stuart Donaldson, in turn just one ahead of clubmate Jim Brodie and visiting gun Peter Cairney, who shared third slot on 86.

It was Braidwood's Bob Clark who rose to the top of B Class after shooting 87. Nearest to him was Nick Harrison, who had 81 on the board.

C Class fell to yet another local lad, Peter Scott Aiton, who headed up a Braidwood 1-2-3 on 79, in front of Jeff Ayrton's 77 and Stevie De Luca's 75.

The Scottish team raffle, organised by Shirley Bruce, raised £90, with James Jamieson buying the winning ticket.

The annual all-round event is this coming Sunday, when members compete for the magnificent Longhope Crystal Bowl over four disciplines and 80 targets. This shoot is squadded. Last entry 12.30pm.

All welcome.