The Warren Gun Club hosted their annual, open two-day shoot on the weekend (9th & 10th March) with 80 competitors travelling from as far as Yamba, Bega and Hay to try and win the Golden Ibis and Dennis Hunt memorial trophy. Conditions were ideal for shooting and the club members have been working very hard over the last few months to have the grounds and facilities looking immaculate.
The first event for the weekend was 30 targets Single Barrel with Wayde Hawkins shooting a possible score and proving victorious in the shoot off.
Frank Dutton was first in C-grade with Charlie Banks getting second place,
Jarrod Barraclough first in B-grade and Brent Barwick took second place,
Kevin Dowton was the winner in A-grade with Brett Trindle picking up second prize
and AA-grade was won by Colin O’Leary, Stephen Schiller was second.
Colin O’Leary won the veterans, Abby Wason got the Ladies Prize with James Mitchell winning the Junior Category.
Next up was 45 mixed targets with Brian Doyle being the overall winner.
Charlie Banks won C-grade over William Abbort,
Jarrod Barraclough was second to Abby Wason in B-grade,
Reyce Bodiam won A-grade with Mark Forgione in second place and in AA-grade Scott Moody edged out Doug Ferguson.
Event 3 on Saturday afternoon was 50 target double barrel where several shooters achieved clean scores. Several shoot offs were required to decide the prize recipients with Brad Kidd taking the overall prize.
Charlie Banks was second in C-grade being beaten Jason Mitchell,
George Smith picked up second in B-grade and Lachlan Hunt continued his quality form to win B-grade and also earnt himself a re-grade.
Peter Hosie was the victor in A-grade in front of Kevin Dowton and Peter Jones beat Jason Peters in AA-grade.
olin O’Leary was the best of the veterans, Helen Overton won the ladies, and Jack Hunter won the junior prize.
Sunday morning started with 30 target point score from 15m.
Jack Hunter was the overall winner.
William Abbort won C-grade over Jason Mitchell,
Brent Barwick was the B-grade winner with Jarrod Barraclough coming second,
Brett Trindle was first in A-grade with Malcolm Stephens second,
and in AA-grade Peter Jones edged out David Player.
Competition was always going to be stiff in the handicap event with $2000 prize money up for grabs, with five competitors shooting 30 out of 30.
John Wason (24m) missed early in the shoot off and got 5th place, Bruce Hunt (17m) was flying the Warren flag getting 4th, Jack Hunter (22m) secured 3rd place, William Abbort (15m) finished second and Brett Trindle (19m) won the event.
The final event for the weekend was 30 target point score shoot from the 18m marker where club president Trevor Banks won the event.
His son Charlie was second in C-grade behind William Abbort,
Abby Wason beat Michael Shields in B-grade,
Brett Trindle was again victorious in A-grade finishing in front of Reyce Bodiam, meanwhile Mark Rogers won AA-grade with Brian Doyle second.
At the completion of the events everyone’s scores were tallied with Brian Doyle proving to be the best of the weekend taking out the overall high gun, Golden Ibis and the Bruce Hunt memorial trophy.
Jack Hunter won junior high gun,
Helen Overton won ladies high gun,
Peter Jackson won veterans high gun.
William Abbort won C-grade high gun,
Abby Wason won B-grade high gun,
Brett Trindle won A-grade high gun
and Peter Jones won AA-grade high gun.
The club would like to congratulate all winners from the weekend and thank our sponsors, the trappers who worked tirelessly all weekend keeping the traps full, the ladies in the kitchen for providing us with fantastic food, the bar staff and all the members who chipped in to make sure the event ran smoothly and successfully.
Overall High Gun winner Brian Doyle with Bruce, Lachie, Ruth and Megan Hunt.
Sash winners from the weekend: Jack Hunter, Wayde Hawkins, Peter Jones, Brett Trindle, Brian Doyle, Trevor Banks, Abby Wason, William Abbort and Peter Jackson.
Warren Gun Club 