Around the Traps: February ‘Ernie Wills Memorial’

4 March 20154 March 2015 / benjaminwwild / Leave a comment

The Warren Gun Club hosted the 19^th year of the Ernie Wills Memorial Shoot on the 14^th.44 shooters travelled from afar to contest this major day of shooting for the Warren Gun Club.

The ‘Ernie Wills Memorial Trophy’ is won by the most consistent shooter of the day, and this year was won by local shooter Rodney Anderson shooting a 131/135 for the day.
Rodney was fortunate to win a lovely commemorative glass and cash for his efforts, as well as being presented the memorial cup by Ernie’s brother Mark and sister in law Deb, who had travelled from Nelson Bay especially to attend the occasion.
The club would like to sincerely thank the Wills family for continuing to support this event, and letting us have the honour of contesting a major shoot in the name of ‘Ern’, who was a great and valued club member.

Winner Rodney Anderson, Deb and Mark Wills and President Don Williamson.

(Ernie Wills pictured above- back row, 3rd from the left)

During the day, the main event the Double Barrel Championship was hotly contested, with Orange CTC shooter David Player winning following a very brief shoot-off. David also received a lovely commemorative glass and cash for the win.

Following a lovely dinner provided by the Warren Gun Club, the club then hosted the NSW Western Zone Night Double Rise Championship. This event was contested by 36 shooters, with Steven Walker from Arnhem Gun Club taking the win.
Steve shot an impressive 28 from 30 clays, in very trying conditions – as it was blowing a gale.
Thank you to all shooters and spectators, who made the day so enjoyable.

Other winners during the day were:

Ernie Wills High Gun

OA Winner – Rodney Anderson (Warren Gun Club)
AA Grade – Ross Morris (Cobar CTC)
A Grade – John Wild (Warren Gun Club)
B Grade – Graeme Patten (Warren Gun Club)
C Grade – Douglas Ferguson (Warren Gun Club)

Double Barrel Championship

Overall Winner – David Player (Orange CTC)
AA Grade – Glenn Harvey (Coonamble CTC)
A Grade – Nigel Clark (Warren Gun Club)
B Grade – Graeme Patten (Warren Gun Club)
C Grade – Dean Murray (Warren Gun Club)

The next club shoot is our major two day event; The Golden Ibis and Denis Hunt Memorial shoot.
This will be held on Saturday 14^th March and Sunday the 15^th, starting 9:30am on the Saturday and concluding mid Sunday afternoon. All shooters, spectators and sponsors of the club are warmly welcome to attend our event.

Warren Gun Club- 2 Day Shoot- March 2015

19 February 201519 May 2015 / benjaminwwild / Leave a comment

The Warren Gun Club invites shooters to it’s Annual 2 Day Shoot – on the 14th & 15th of March, 2015.

The ‘Golden Ibis & Denis Hunt Memorial Cup’ will consist of 7 events shot across 4 layouts.

Saturday- starting at 9:30am.
Event 1: 30T Double Barrel Cash Divide – Noms $15
Event 2: 45T Mixed Targets (15DB, 15S, 15PS) off 18m – Noms $35
Event 3: 30T Single Barrel – Noms $25 Sweeps – $2
Event 4: Double Barrel Championship – Noms $30 Sweeps – $2

Sunday – starting at 8:30am.
Event 5: 30T Points Score Championship – Noms $25 Sweeps – $2
Event 6: 30T Handicap Trophy – Noms $25
Event 7: 30T Point Score President’s Trophy off 18m – Noms $25

Total Nominations – $180 Sweeps- $6
Reduced Nominations 75% (Junior, Lady) Noms – $135 Sweeps – $6

High Guns- Overall and All Grades equal value calculated on all events 1-7.
Championship Events- Overall, First and Second in each grade, and Ladies, Juniors, Veterans.
Trophy events- Overall, First and Second in each grade.
Events 2-5: Grade win takes precedence over Ladies, Juniors, Veterans trophy.
The next placed will win the L, J or V trophy. L, J or V will only be awarded when more than 3 shooters from each category contest the event- only applicable to events and not overall high guns which will be awarded regardless of shooter numbers.

The Warren Gun Club has camping facilities available.
See also ‘The Club’ tab on this website for accommodation around Warren.

Warren Gun Club Inc would like to thank sponsors of the 2 Day Shoot which include- Macquarie Toyota, Warren IGA, The Meat House (Warren), Western Farm Machinery, The United Services Club, Cosgrove’s Transport & Electrical, Neville Owen Fuels, Menzies Pumps, The NSW Firearms Safety Awareness Council, Commercial Helicopter Service Mudgee, Auscott Ltd, and Gun Pro (Dubbo).
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Around the Traps: January

11 January 201512 January 2015 / benjaminwwild / Leave a comment

The first Club Shoot for 2015 started at 3pm on Saturday as is generally required by the traditional heat of January, however 20 shooters still turned out for a rather grey but pleasant afternoon with some light rain, and heavier flies. The Gun Club grounds have responded well to the ever-needed rain, bringing a nice finish to last year’s lane works.

Four events were contested with some great results across all grades.
The first of which was a 20 Target Point Score Cash Divide event.
1^st and 2^nd place getters were: AA Grade- Lawrence Doyle 60/60, Ben Wild 58/60. A Grade – Roland Gale- 60/60, Scott Bennett 60/60. B Grade- Graeme Patten 59/60, David Rourke 57/60. C Grade- Douglas Ferguson 55/60, Paul Hendry 50/60.

The second event was 20 Target Double Barrel.
1^st place getters were: AA Grade- Lawrence Doyle & Mark Ticehurst 20/20.
A Grade- Scott Bennett. B Grade- Mark Meers 20/20. C Grade- Douglas Ferguson 20/20.

The 3^rd event was the 25 Target ‘Tom Wild Handicap’ with 2 Warren shooters scoring a ‘possible’ of 25/25 to qualify for the Tom Wild Memorial Shoot Off in October. They were AA-Grader Ben Wild at 21 metres, and C-Grader Douglas Ferguson on 15 metres.

The fourth and final event was a 20 Target Deauville Singles event shot at the Ball Trap. Shooters were paired, with AA and A graders drawn to team with B and C graders in shooting 1 target with only one shot each. No clear winner was determined as some 6 out of 9 teams shot 17/20 and the late afternoon light and weather pressed the shooters to retire for refreshments after a great days shooting.

The High Gun Winner was AA Grader Lawrence Doyle of Wagga Gun Club with 103/105.
A Grade was won by Roland ‘Butch’ Gale 100/105.
B Grade Graeme Patten 101/105, and C grade Douglas Ferguson 100/105.

Warren would like to thank the shooters who travelled from Coonamble, Cobar, Hermidale and Wagga for the day.

Next month the club will shoot 5 events including the ‘Ernie Wills Memorial’ as well as hosting the ‘Western Zone Double Rise Night Championship’.
Shooting will commence at 3 pm.