March/April 2009 - New Zealand Clay Target Association

wellington district results
High Guns Chris Parkinson A grade, Brendon Malcolm High Gun, Huia Prince B grade, and Shane Ashworth C grade.
Skeet Chris Parkinson 1st A, Karen Hayes 1st C, Chris Cassin HOA, Dave Grant 1st B
Attendance on the Saturday was a little down on usual with
33 competitors. First event for the day was Skeet and with
only one possible to Chris Cassin who took HOA as well as the
sought after Sos Savage Memorial Trophy. Chris Parkinson,
Kriston Chadwick and Murray Cameron shot off for A Grade
with 24’s and finished in that order. That Murray would not be
a bad Skeet shot if he could hit high 1. Dave Grant took out
B grade with a 24, as did Karen Hayes in C Grade, a personal
best for her.
Next up was Triples, with Brendon Malcolm taking HOA from
Keith Livingstone with the only 2 possibles. First B Grade won
by Huia Prince with a respectable 49 and Shane Ashforth
taking C Grade with a 41.
Next was the Double Rise and, with problems in the past with
timing issues on the Laporte Twin Lap, we were wondering if
we would get through the event. In the end, the timing was
not too bad and resulted with some good scores. Chris Cassin
won HOA with the only 19, Rob Prince taking 1st A Grade with
the only 18 and five 17’s shooting off for the minor places. B
grade was taken out by Huia Prince on 16 and C grade won by
Shane Ashworth with 14.
The Minis proved to be elusive with only two possibles
recorded. John Malcolm taking out HOA, leaving Chris Cassin
with 1st A Grade. Quite fitting, as John may have had some
sort of relationship going with the minis and had a head start
on the rest of us as John kindly picked up the Minis from
Woodville on his way down. Many thanks John.
Last event for the day was the Ball Trap. Best score of 24 shot
by Club President Blue Freeman, Andrew Sanders and Rob
Prince. After the shoot off, Blue took out HOA honours from
Andrew getting 1st A Grade and Rob 2nd A Grade. Not a bad
result for a Skeet shooter eh Blue. 1st B Grade was won by Huia
Prince with 20 and C Grade won by young Jordan Rose on 19.
Sunday started with Keith Livingstone leading the High Gun
by 2 from Chris Cassin and Brendon Malcolm, so it was going
to be a tight tussle with the DTL events to shoot. Also had a
better turnout with 43 competitors on the Sunday.
First up the Single Rise and only 12 possibles shot. Brendon
Malcolm came out victorious after shooting 154 tgts in the
shoot off from local Adam Green with Karl Andrews taking the
Veterans badge with 2nd A Grade and Rob Prince 3rd A grade.
Young Gregory Bentley took out 1st B Grade and the Junior
badge after a shoot off with Kim Owen with 24’s and C Grade
was won by Shane Ashforth after a shoot off with local Gun
Shop owner Dave Gwerder
Alison Sim won the Ladies badge after a shoot off with Karen
Hayes on 22.
The Points Score event saw four possibles with Rob Prince
showing he is coming to grips with his new sponsorship deal
including a new Blaser and Hull ammunition taking out HOA.
1St A Grade won by Brendon Malcolm from Mark McGhie and
Chris Parkinson taking 2nd and 3rd respectively. Huia Prince
won the B Grade with a 72 and Jordan Rose the C Grade with
a fine 72.
Next, the testing Single Barrel. With the conditions improving
as the day went on, the event produced three possibles. The
shoot off saw Brendon Malcolm come out ahead of Chris Cassin
from Phil Bazalo and Rob Prince 3rd A Grade with 24, Brendon
also posting the only 125 of the day in the Buck Knives North
South Qualifying. B Grade was again won by Huia Prince with
a 22 and the C Grade resulted in a Rose quinella with Jordan
beating father Charlie in a shoot off also with 22’s.
Shirley Savage with Chris Cassin and the Sos Savage Memorial
Trophy for the HOA in Skeet
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