From a field of 1,100, David Le Quesne was in ninth place with Cliff Mallett in tenth, both having scored 50 with 8 v-bulls.
In the Grand Aggregate, meanwhile, which consists of a culmination of scores from a variety of competitions, only Richard Benest and David Le Quesne are currently in the top 50.
Benest is 23rd with Le Quesne in 47th place for an event which was due to finish with the Prince of Wales shoot this morning.
In yesterday’s preliminary round for the Queen’s Trophy, however, Jersey had no less than 13 shooters who made the cut and are through to the second stage.
With a cut-off point of 101.11, Queen’s (1st stage) saw Colin Mallett score 102.9; Richard Benest 103.12; Chris Cotillard 103.8; Graham Harris 102.11; Ian Jones 104.13; Alex Langley 103.10; Wally Langley 102.8; John Le Maistre (Victoria College) 103.11; David Le Quesne 103.8; Denys Le Vesconte 102.9; John Norman 102.13; Mary Norman 102.7 and Peter Stock 101.14.
Only 300 shooters go through to the second round and, according to Jersey shooter Chris Cotillard, yesterday’s competition was one of the hardest at the range to date.
‘The wind constantly changed direction and the mirage effect also kept changing, which meant that some of the scores were as much by luck, as judgement,’ he explained.
Cotillard is also one of 12 Islanders who eased themselves into the second phase of the St George’s shoot during the only competition at Bisley on Tuesday.
The other 11 are Colin Mallett, Michael Bateman and Rob Jelley (both Victoria College), Richard Benest, Graham Harris, Ian Jones, Wally Langley, David Le Quesne, Alan Le Sueur, Denys Le Vesconte and Mary Norman.
The second stage will see them fire at 600 yards with the top 100 going through to the finals, again on Saturday.
This afternoon’s challenge for the Island squad is the annual overseas team event.
This year, as last, a team of 12 shooters will take on Canada for a trophy which Jersey has won on more than one occasion, over the years.
