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.
1st and 2nd 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.
1st 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 3rd 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.
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