Reading Rifle and Revolver Club defeats Robert Service High School
Reading Rifle and Revolver Club defeated Robert Service High School 2366.2 to 2326.9 in the 2024 National Precision Air Rifle League Post-Season. Reading Rifle and Revolver Club was led by Neilan Fahey who shot a 601.2. The remaining contributing members were Phoebe Forgues, Jack Daniels, Pauline Jeong, and Julia Wang. They are from Woburn, MA, and are coached by Maureen Louise Trickett.
Reading Rifle and Revolver Club is competing in the Distinguished Division Tournament within the Junior Rifle Club Conference where they won the division and finished the season with a 4 - 4 record.
Robert Service High School was led by Henry Riffe who shot a 607.6. The remaining contributing members were Madelyn Nickerson, Mylee Flatt, Joshua Miller, and Clinton Miller. Robert Service High School is from Anchorage, AK, and is coached by GySgt Tom Foust.
Robert Service High School is also competing in the Distinguished Division within the Junior Rifle Club Conference they claim second place. They finished the season with a 2 - 6 record.
The league is a national team league for high school teams and junior rifle clubs. The league has two parts. An 8 week regular season, followed by the post-season.
The Champions Division is reserved for the top teams in the country. The top eight teams from the Champions Division regular season will compete in a single elimination tournament for the league championships.
In each game the teams compete in what is known as a Standing Air Rifle match. The match is nearly identical to the air rifle events in the Olympic Games. Each athlete shoots 60 shots in the standing position, the most difficult position in rifle competitions. Scored in decimal, each shot is worth a maximum of 10.9 points. The sum of points scored in the 60 shots is the athlete's total. The team score is comprised of the best four athletes from each team of 5 athletes.
The National Air Rifle League is sponsored by Scopos. Scopos is the makers of the Orion Scoring System, the Athena Electronic Scoring Target System, and Rezults, the worlds first mobile friendly result website for shooting. Scopos is located in Manassas, VA.
Weekly league recaps are available at https://www.scopos.tech/news/category/national-leagues.
Complete league standings are available at https://rezults.scopos.tech/league/1.1.2024111815140564.3/
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2024112610515475.1
Reading Rifle and Revolver Club team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2665
Robert Service High School team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2666
02 - 08 Dec 2024