Horwood shot up the leader board on Wednesday, confirming his place yesterday, and was only one point away from claiming the prestigious Silver Cross – a feat never achieved by an Islander.
Elsewhere in the competition, Jersey’s other shooters continued to leave their mark with 11 of them through to the Queen’s II today – including Victoria College’s Ashley Morris who won the Chairman’s Prize for being top cadet in the Queen’s I on Wednesday.
Yesterday, Andrew Le Cheminant claimed silver in the Ghurka Appeal, Horwood and David Le Quesne took the Fulton Pairs and Sophie Ponter and Campbell Dickson won the T Class Fulton Pairs for up and coming shots.
Le Cheminant eventually finished 18th in the Grand, Daniel Richardson 37th and Richard Benest 46th, combining with Horwood and Le Quesne to be the best team of five in the Grand and claim the Marlingham.
On Wednesday Horwood emerged the second best shooter of the day with a perfect 105 in the Queen’s I to finish second in the competition, going on to score a solid 49 out of 50 on the tricky Stickledown Range Four at 900 yards.
He then rounded off the day by finishing top Jerseyman in the Donaldson Memorial Final with 73 out of 75 at 1,000 yards to move up from 13th to third in the Grand – out of 1,300 shooters. He confirmed his placing yesterday with a near perfect finish of 75.12 in the Prince of Wales to beat his previous best finish in the Grand of sixth.
Also firing well in the Queen’s I on Wednesday was Richardson who finished fourth and moved up to 42nd in the Grand – he and Horwood were among only four shooters to score 105, while Morris, Graeme Harris and Edward Voisin all scored 104s to book their places in the Queen’s II.
Benest, Alex Langley, Le Cheminant, Cliff Mallett, Colin Mallett and Le Quesne also join them in the Queen’s II.
In Wednesday’s long range Conan Doyle shoot, Le Quesne produced an impressive 50.08 and Le Cheminant a fine 50.05 while yesterday Jersey just missed out in the Overseas after being beaten by just four v-bulls by Guernsey.
Today, the top 300 shooters in the Queen’s I will take part in the second stage with the top 100 making it through to tomorrow’s final, while the St George’s II and the Kolapore – between Great Britain, Jersey, Canada, Guernsey and Kenya, will also be shot before the Open concludes tomorrow.
