November-December 2008 - New Zealand Clay Target Association
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Permit No. 1510<br />
Permit Post<br />
NEW ZEALAND<br />
Official Journal of the N.Z. <strong>Clay</strong> <strong>Target</strong> Assn. Inc. ISSN 0110-0912<br />
Registered at Post Office Wellington as a Magazine.<br />
<strong>November</strong>/<strong>December</strong> <strong>2008</strong><br />
If not claimed return to:<br />
P.O. Box 5355<br />
Papanui<br />
Christchurch 8542<br />
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy <strong>New</strong> Year
Gunshot 3
MACINTOSH TEAMS <strong>2008</strong><br />
Open Team<br />
Back Row (L-R) S.Gregory, M.Reid, B.Washbourne, J.Malcolm,<br />
K.Gutsell, I.Marshall, A.Barnett, G.Searle, D.Everett<br />
Middle Row (L-R) C.Erceg, E.Erceg, R.Schraag, J.Norwood,<br />
G.Discombe, P.Johanson, N.Pratt, S.Ackland, P.Dunnett<br />
Front Row (L-R) H.Wilson, R.Prince, B.Malcolm, B.Hartley,<br />
G.Geater, T.Truss, G.Wells<br />
Ladies Team<br />
Back Row (L-R) M.Dunnett, L.France, J.Manson<br />
Front Row (L-R) N.Curtis, N.Rooney<br />
Juniors Team<br />
Back Row (L-R) W.Rooney, C.Maxwell, C.Waghorn<br />
Front Row (L-R) K.Chadwick, C.Rooney<br />
Veterans Team<br />
Back Row (L-R) M.Pratt, R.Everett, R.Smith<br />
Front Row (L-R) A.Andreassend, R.Anderson<br />
Results on page 42<br />
Ladies Team<br />
Juniors Team<br />
Veterans Team<br />
Open Team
Official Journal of the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> <strong>Clay</strong> <strong>Target</strong> <strong>Association</strong> Inc.<br />
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER <strong>2008</strong><br />
Contents<br />
Beretta 2 Day High Gun Boys Daniel van<br />
Tiel with Martin Coe from Beretta NZ Ltd.<br />
Report Page 22.<br />
COVER PHOTOGRAPH<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong>’s World Open DTL Champion<br />
Colin Waghorn. Colin shoots for the Gorge<br />
Road Club in Southland and won the event<br />
in Ireland by two points shooting 892/900.<br />
Colin is also the current Beretta Junior<br />
Scholarship recipient.<br />
National Executive<br />
Macintosh Team photographs 4<br />
History made at World Championships in Ireland 6<br />
President’s Report 7<br />
Secretary’s Notes 8<br />
North versus South Postal Shoot 9<br />
Canterbury Provincial Championships 10<br />
Auckland Provincial Championships 13<br />
Waikato Provincial Championships 15<br />
World DTL Championships in Ireland 18<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Secondary School Championships 22<br />
Scott Shield to Central Southland 28<br />
Thames Secondary School Shoot 30<br />
McGregor Shield held at Nightcaps 33<br />
Otago Provincial Championships 34<br />
World Sporting Championships 38<br />
Sporting <strong>Clay</strong> <strong>New</strong>s 41<br />
Macintosh Teams Results 42<br />
ATA Shoot at Waikato 44<br />
Around the Clubs 57<br />
Shoot Calendar 68<br />
PATRON:<br />
George Ellis, 30 Mitchell St, Green Island<br />
Dunedin 9018. Ph (03) 488 3499<br />
Mobile 0274 324 377, Fax (03) 488 2137<br />
Email: Blair.Ellis@xtra.co.nz<br />
PRESIDENT:<br />
Trevor Manson, Lorneville, RD 4, Invercargill<br />
Ph (03) 235 8042 Fax (03) 235 7042<br />
Mobile 0274 324 621<br />
Email: tjmanson@slingshot.co.nz<br />
VICE PRESIDENTS:<br />
Keith Livingstone, Ph Mobile 0274 746 535<br />
A/H (07) 575 2482. Fax (07) 575 2402<br />
Email: status.clothing@clear.net.nz<br />
Neil Winsloe, Alexandra. Ph Pvt (03) 448 8264<br />
Mobile 027 471 0010<br />
Email: highlineequip@xtra.co.nz<br />
EXECUTIVE:<br />
Steve Ackland, 80 Major Aitken Dr, Christchurch.<br />
Ph A/H (03) 337 3713, Mobile 021 737 348<br />
Email: steve.ackland@ihug.co.nz<br />
Evan Johnston, PO Box 319, Greymouth<br />
7840. Mobile 0274 342 123<br />
Email: Break1@xtra.co.nz<br />
George Johnston, PO Box 28410<br />
Remuera Auckland. Ph Pvt (09) 524 0918<br />
Bus (09) 303 3295, Mobile (021) 948 500<br />
Email: geo@xtra.co.nz<br />
Ian Swale, PO Box 25111<br />
Christchurch 8144. Ph (03) 365 9980<br />
Fax (03) 365 9979, Mobile 021 377 216<br />
Email: countryglenlodge@xtra.co.nz<br />
Martin van de Wetering, PO Box 11<br />
Paeroa 3640. Ph A/H (07) 862 8146<br />
Fax (07) 862 8640, Mobile 021 430 345<br />
Email: martin.v@xtra.co.nz<br />
LIFE MEMBERS:<br />
Tom Begg<br />
George Ellis<br />
Murray Havill Vince Peterson<br />
Ewen Pirie<br />
Colin Stott<br />
Graeme Webber<br />
HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS OFFICERS:<br />
June Briggs Ph Pvt (03) 768 5370<br />
Ann Paton Ph Pvt (09) 298 8169<br />
Gavin Paton Ph Pvt (09) 298 8169<br />
Rick Aitchison Mobile 0274 442 085<br />
NEW ZEALAND CLAY TARGET<br />
ASSOCIATION<br />
PO BOX 5355, PAPANUI,<br />
CHRISTCHURCH 8542<br />
Phone (03) 352 8577, Fax (03) 352 0077<br />
Email: nzcta@xtra.co.nz<br />
Web Site: www.nzclaytarget.org.nz<br />
NATIONAL SECRETARY:<br />
Mrs Adrienne Sears<br />
No responsibility is accepted by the<br />
publisher for the accuracy of information<br />
contained in the text, illustrations or<br />
advertisements. The opinions expressed in<br />
this magazine do not necessarily represent<br />
those of the publisher.<br />
Gunshot 5
WHAT MORE DO WE<br />
HAVE TO DO?<br />
By Adrienne Sears<br />
The NZCTA has been asked what has been done to advertise/<br />
promote the recent results from the World DTL Championships.<br />
I would like to outline our frustration in dealing with the media<br />
and getting them both to acknowledge the significance of the<br />
results from the NZ shooters, and to feature these results.<br />
Long before any NZ shooter headed off to Ireland, the media<br />
were contacted about this event. With Tony Brogden being<br />
a wheelchair shooter, qualifying for the Open team was<br />
considered as a positive news story about shooting. The media<br />
were contacted and TV 1 agreed it would make an interesting<br />
story. Tony’s details were given to TV 1 in Auckland but they<br />
failed to contact Tony.<br />
Ewen Pirie (NZ Team Manager) got his son, Clark, out of bed at<br />
3.30am the morning the results were finalised and gave him<br />
all the information on the placings. This was given to Radio<br />
Sport, TV 1 and TV 3 by 6-7am that morning. There was a<br />
brief mention on Radio Sport and <strong>New</strong>stalk ZB on the Sunday<br />
morning, but it appears the radio media were more interested<br />
in a young golfer who had just won a world title that day.<br />
Ron Madden (a clay target shooter who is a cameraman for TV<br />
1) was contacted by both myself and Ewen Pirie as soon as we<br />
were back in NZ. He spoke to the sports reporter for TV 1 who<br />
is based in Christchurch and who had asked to be advised<br />
when Colin Waghorn came back to NZ, as he was travelling<br />
with family for a couple of weeks immediately after the Worlds<br />
finished. This person was given details of when Colin was to<br />
arrive back in Invercargill. He suggested doing an interview<br />
in Christchurch on Colin’s way through. His comment to<br />
Ewen was “it’s not worthy news, some guy coming off a plane<br />
carrying a big cup.” The person from TV1 was advised that<br />
both Colin Waghorn and Natalie Rooney would be at the<br />
Canterbury Provincials the following weekend. Colin’s contact<br />
details were given with a view to an interview on the Sunday.<br />
He didn’t show up and Colin hasn’t heard from him.<br />
When Colin arrived in Invercargill, the Southland Times,<br />
Southland TV, Venture Southland (a District Council operation)<br />
and a District Councillor (the Mayor was unavailable) were all<br />
present at the airport to welcome him home. The Southland<br />
Times have featured at least two articles, including photos<br />
with Colin, the paper also featured Tegan Sutherland, who is<br />
from Southland as well. All other newspapers see these news<br />
items. Southland TV has done a feature on Colin that lasted<br />
for 12 minutes.<br />
Immediately on my return, a press release was sent to the<br />
Christchurch Press, with a note asking them to put it out to<br />
the NZ Press <strong>Association</strong>. A copy was also sent to Mediacom.<br />
Mediacom is the NZ Press <strong>Association</strong>’s public distribution<br />
agency. The media release was also sent directly to the sports<br />
editor at the NZ Press <strong>Association</strong>.<br />
I am not sure how many, if any, newspapers around the<br />
country have chosen to pick up the information from the NZ<br />
Press <strong>Association</strong> but from the comments coming back from<br />
shooters, I suspect that not many have.<br />
If you have a grizzle that the World DTL Championships have<br />
not featured in your local paper, can I suggest that you contact<br />
the sports editor and ask him why he has chosen not to run<br />
this information.<br />
From the <strong>Association</strong>’s point of view, I’m not sure what more<br />
we can do.<br />
HISTORY MADE<br />
IN IRELAND<br />
The success of the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> shooters was not the only<br />
momentous thing that happened in Ireland during the World<br />
DTL Championships.<br />
The International <strong>Clay</strong> <strong>Target</strong> Shooting Federation (ICTSF)<br />
was formed. This organisation was officially formed and will<br />
be responsible for the World DTL, English Skeet and English<br />
Sporting Championships.<br />
The founding countries of the ICTSF are: Sweden, South Africa,<br />
England, Wales, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong>, Australia, Northern Ireland,<br />
France and Scotland. It is envisaged that in time many more<br />
countries will join this organisation.<br />
The President of the ICTSF is our very own Ewen Pirie. John<br />
McCormick (Ireland) is the Vice President.<br />
The NZCTA congratulates Ewen on his election to this<br />
prestigious position and wishes him well.<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> has been very active in getting this organisation up<br />
and running over the last few years and it is with considerable<br />
pleasure we now see an official body to oversee the world<br />
championships. With a common set of rules, everyone will<br />
benefit and there will be no surprises for competitors that<br />
enter into these events.<br />
The World (English) Skeet Championships will be held at<br />
Doveridge <strong>Clay</strong> Sporting Club, (Derbyshire) from 29th July to<br />
2nd August, 2009.<br />
South Africa will be hosting the 9th World DTL Championships<br />
in Cape Town on 12-21 March, 2010.<br />
Nominations were called for countries to host the World<br />
(English) Sporting Championships in 2011. Both <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong><br />
and South Africa will be putting proposals to the ICTSF Board,<br />
with a decision to be made at the end of this year.<br />
The 2012 World Skeet (English) Championships will be held in<br />
the southern hemisphere at a country yet to be decided on,<br />
and the 2013 World DTL championships will revert back to the<br />
northern hemisphere.<br />
Gunshot 6
President’s Report<br />
At the World DTL Championship level<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> has an enviable result<br />
record over all the categories. The<br />
recent Worlds held in Ireland were<br />
no exception. Watching young Colin<br />
Waghorn shoot the way he did under<br />
difficult conditions and see him come<br />
out on top and be crowned the world<br />
champion was something special. Going<br />
into the last fifty targets Colin was two<br />
points ahead, but was even going into<br />
the last 25 and then to come out 2 points<br />
ahead to win was something else.<br />
Dull overcast drizzly weather and low<br />
variable targets made things difficult.<br />
Colin’s temperament under pressure<br />
was to be admired, something even<br />
the most hardened expert would have<br />
found difficult to maintain under the<br />
conditions. He looked as cool as, and<br />
on the mark, but I’m sure it wasn’t quite<br />
that easy. I, along with the rest of <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> shooters, congratulate Colin<br />
on this fabulous result that has put us<br />
on top of the world in DTL shooting.<br />
Colin had already done some shooting<br />
in Wales prior to the Worlds and he did<br />
very well at the Home International, so<br />
he was well adjusted to shooting on the<br />
other side of the world. What makes<br />
Colin’s result so much more special for<br />
me is the fact that he comes from my<br />
home town and learnt to shoot through<br />
the school system at my club under my<br />
wife Jan’s coaching. Colin’s achievement<br />
is something she will treasure for a long<br />
time.<br />
Natalie Rooney of Timaru, who claimed<br />
the World Ladies Championship,<br />
achieved the other exceptional result<br />
at the tournament. Natalie was a few<br />
ahead of Natalie Curtis from Matamata<br />
going into the final 50 targets. The<br />
results seesawed with both the girls<br />
having a chance to beat the other until<br />
Natalie Rooney dug in and eventually<br />
won the day. It’s a shame that there<br />
can only be one winner but having<br />
a one-two finish is fantastic. Also<br />
special congratulations to Natalie for<br />
her success. This is a girl who’s going<br />
places in her sport of shooting.<br />
The success story continued with the<br />
Open Team coming in only two points<br />
behind England for a silver medal, the<br />
Juniors also won a silver and the Veterans<br />
with a bronze, not forgetting of course,<br />
the Ladies team, who won the gold<br />
medal. In the grades Ewen Pirie won a<br />
bronze medal in A grade. I personally<br />
would like to thank and congratulate<br />
all the team members who participated<br />
and shot for <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong>. Overall this<br />
would be the best result ever for <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> at this competition. Selecting<br />
teams is never an easy job or in some<br />
cases not a popular one but in this case<br />
the selectors got it pretty right.<br />
The selection of a squad to travel to<br />
Ireland and the decision to make the<br />
final team selection on results in Ireland<br />
caused a few comments. I do think that it<br />
was the right decision. Picking the team<br />
on the Wednesday night was not however<br />
ideal and would have been better with a<br />
day between selection and competition.<br />
The pre- world programme didn’t allow<br />
us the opportunity to get the results of<br />
the shooters collated any earlier, plus,<br />
some shooters arrived at Esker later<br />
than others and were not able to post<br />
scores and get acclimatised. I myself<br />
was disappointed with my shooting and<br />
I’m sure that a lot of others were as well.<br />
To put things in perspective, I found the<br />
grounds very noisy and very different<br />
from what I was used to. There was a<br />
long 15 trap layout and the shooting<br />
alternated from outside layouts to<br />
shooting under enclosed shelters. We<br />
were shooting towards a 2 meter high<br />
peat bank with 10 to 12 years old pine<br />
trees on top, approximately 20 meters<br />
from the distant peg. One would have<br />
thought the noise would have been<br />
soaked up within the peat and the<br />
trees, but the reverberation of the shot,<br />
especially inside the shelters was very<br />
intense. Some people had earplugs<br />
within their earmuffs. The gravel where<br />
people walked and cars drove was only<br />
about 4 meters behind where we were<br />
shooting and that added greatly to the<br />
distractions.<br />
The microphones were just a pain, from<br />
not working at all to letting targets<br />
go without calling. To their credit the<br />
Laporte technicians worked very hard<br />
for many an hour night and day and did<br />
improve them eventually. This, along<br />
with the rain, wind and dull overcast<br />
days, added up to make the shooting<br />
conditions difficult to say the least. At<br />
the presentations it was great to see<br />
so many of our team members up on<br />
the stage. It was very special when<br />
after Colin had received his cup the<br />
Kiwi Mums spontaneously led the <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong>ers into singing the national<br />
anthem. A very fitting and heart felt<br />
tribute appreciated not only by us but<br />
by everyone at the presentation. Well<br />
done girls.<br />
Ireland is a great place and the Irish<br />
people are fantastic. The shoot did<br />
have several management problems<br />
and this did take some time to sort out.<br />
This combined with ‘behind the scenes’<br />
politics made for a very interesting<br />
shoot. Looking forward to 2010 in South<br />
Africa. The boys over there assure us<br />
it will be one of the best and is to be<br />
held in a beautiful and safe part of the<br />
country. I was going to comment on<br />
the media coverage on the Worlds or<br />
lack of it but I know that Adrienne has<br />
dealt with this in her report. I would<br />
however like thank our local paper who<br />
gave Colin front page status and the<br />
local TV who were at the airport on his<br />
arrival home and who followed up with<br />
a 12 minute interview on their sports<br />
roundup.<br />
At the recent Secondary School<br />
South Islands and Nationals held<br />
in Christchurch we had just on 280<br />
competitors. This is up on previous<br />
years at Christchurch showing that as<br />
yet there has been no let up in numbers.<br />
The conditions on the Saturday turned<br />
out to be shocking with a screaming<br />
southerly coming through with force.<br />
Some targets ended up coming back<br />
toward the shooters and landing<br />
around the traphouse. The wind and<br />
then rain made conditions pretty tough<br />
and yet the HOA for the day in the boys<br />
was only 2 points down and the girls,<br />
4 points. Luckily on the Sunday the<br />
conditions were pretty good and the<br />
shooting results reflected this with the<br />
some very good scores, shootoffs etc.<br />
The single rise shootoff went to 156<br />
targets, not bad.<br />
Once again special thanks must go to<br />
Rudi Hoetjes for the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Fish<br />
and Game sponsorship. The trophies<br />
on the table, the medals and the two<br />
beautiful shields for the regional teams<br />
are a credit to Fish and Game and very<br />
well sort after. Once again to Fish and<br />
Game, thank you for your effort to<br />
make this shoot such a success. I look<br />
forward to working with you Rudi in the<br />
future.<br />
In past years at the Secondary School<br />
Nationals, we have had a gun put up<br />
for HOA. One year for the boys and<br />
the next year for the girls. Although<br />
appreciated it did make things awkward<br />
with the Nationals being in alternate<br />
islands. When Beretta took over the<br />
sponsorship of Benelli, Martin Coe was<br />
quick to see the potential in secondary<br />
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school shooting and was happy to rectify the HOA gun<br />
anomaly by agreeing for Beretta <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> to present two<br />
guns per Nationals, one for each the boys and girls HOA. When<br />
I am up on the stage doing the presentations and I see the<br />
faces of the winners receiving their prizes the effort involved<br />
in the sponsorship makes it all worthwhile. To Martin Coe<br />
and his Beretta <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> company many many thanks<br />
on behalf of all the secondary school shooters out there. A<br />
fantastic gesture. I said at the presentation that our trophy<br />
table for secondary school shooting between Fish and Game<br />
and Beretta <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> would be the envy of anywhere in<br />
the world.<br />
When you look at our school programme and see the school<br />
shooters going on to the juniors ranks and note their success,<br />
we are certainly the envy of many countries and it is a subject<br />
which is well spoken about internationally and it is often<br />
questioned as just how do we do it. The results speak for<br />
themselves with 13 members of the recent 30 strong World<br />
DTL team originating from school shooting being represented<br />
in all categories except the veterans.<br />
At the last <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Shooting Federation meeting in October<br />
we had a very full and frank discussion that I think may have<br />
helped the moving process. Tony Weymouth is on his way<br />
back from the United Kingdom albeit for only a few months<br />
and this should put us on the path for the future. Someone<br />
will still have to take over from him and will be employed in<br />
the new year under Tony to learn the ropes. Tony will still<br />
be used as needed in an advisory capacity and will probably<br />
operate from England. Hopefully we can move on and settle<br />
the demands and criteria requirements with SPARC. It’s been<br />
pretty frustrating for the last 18 months but hopefully we will<br />
be heading in the right direction.<br />
Trevor Manson<br />
Secretary’s Notes<br />
Postal Shoots<br />
Clubs are reminded that score sheets for the Allan Brown<br />
and HC Walker Postal Shoots must be in the National Office<br />
no later than 14th <strong>December</strong>. The original score sheets<br />
must be sent in.<br />
Entries for the Hawkes Bay Shield (Points Score) close 31<br />
January with the event to be shot in February. Team entries<br />
are $5.00 per team.<br />
Annual Registration Invoices<br />
The annual registration invoices to individual shooters will<br />
be mailed out in <strong>November</strong>. Shooters are reminded that the<br />
2009 handicap book sticker will be sent to your nominated<br />
club for collection at your convenience. This is the ideal<br />
time to pay the club subscription and collect any programme<br />
information for the coming year from your club.<br />
Next Issue Close Off Date<br />
Copy for the next issue (Jan/Feb) will close off on 1st<br />
<strong>December</strong>. No late copy will be accepted. All clubs hosting<br />
Open Shoots and <strong>Association</strong> Championships must advertise<br />
these in Gunshot.<br />
Buy/Sell Column in Gunshot<br />
Members are reminded that the Buy/Sell Column in Gunshot<br />
is free to financial members. All advertisements must be<br />
sent to the National Office, either by email or in writing,<br />
before the close off date.<br />
Adrienne Sears<br />
National Secretary<br />
YOU AND YOUR DETAILS<br />
From time to time I get requests from other shooters and<br />
club secretaries for shooters information, usually a telephone<br />
number or email address so you can be contacted. Under the<br />
Privacy Act, unless I have your specific written permission, I<br />
cannot give this information out.<br />
Where I believe the information being requested is in your<br />
interests or in the interests of clay target shooting, I will give<br />
contact details to another person (subject to your prior consent<br />
on the account form). Unless I receive permission, in writing,<br />
each year, I cannot give your contact details to anyone who<br />
requests this.<br />
Information on our members is NEVER given out to commercial<br />
interests. Your privacy is treated extremely seriously.<br />
The information the <strong>Association</strong> keeps on computer is your<br />
name, address, phone numbers, email address, firearm licence<br />
numbers, club registered, date of birth, current handicap<br />
percentages and membership status. You are entitled to<br />
review this information at any time. Please don’t forget to let<br />
me know if you change address.<br />
Your email address is also requested, as this is often the<br />
most cost-effective way to contact people. This is requested<br />
from all shooters each year as it can change. Please consider<br />
keeping this up to date in case we need to contact you.<br />
Shooters’ dates of birth are collected for statistical information.<br />
From time-to-time, we are requested by government and<br />
funding agencies to provide statistics on members. These<br />
statistics never personally identify individuals. The date<br />
of birth also allows the <strong>Association</strong> to identify Juniors and<br />
Veterans as these differ for various disciplines (eg ISSF and<br />
sporting juniors are under 21, for DTL is it under 18 but the<br />
Mackintosh and World Juniors are under 21). Junior and student<br />
members must supply their date of birth to qualify for the fee<br />
reduction that they enjoy. The competition programme that<br />
runs at major tournaments also automatically picks up juniors<br />
and veterans if their date of birth is held. If your date of birth<br />
is not held, your account will ask you to provide this.<br />
If you have any queries, don’t hesitate to contact me.<br />
Adrienne Sears<br />
National Secretary<br />
Club Rates<br />
Clubs are urged to check your rates account; a number of clubs<br />
have had their rates have increased dramatically. I would like<br />
to advise members to approach their local council to insure<br />
that you are saving at least 50%. Copied below is the section<br />
from the Rating Powers Act for your information.<br />
1. Land owned or used by a society incorporated under<br />
the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908 as a<br />
showground or place of meeting.<br />
2. Land owned or used by a society or association of persons<br />
(whether incorporated or not) for games or sports, except<br />
galloping races, harness races, or greyhound races.<br />
3. Land owned or used by a society or association of persons<br />
(whether incorporated or not) for the purpose of any branch<br />
of the arts.<br />
Notes:<br />
For the purposes of this Part, unless the context otherwise<br />
requires:<br />
land does not include land used for the private pecuniary<br />
profit of any members of the society or association<br />
land, in clause 2, excludes land in respect of which a club<br />
licence under the Sale of Liquor Act 1989 is for the time<br />
being in force.<br />
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Bodkin Shield<br />
Winning Team Bodkin Shield <strong>2008</strong> Dunedin 90/90. L–R Tom<br />
Begg, Len Hurley, Lindsay Phillips, Wayne Larsen, Nigel Wilson,<br />
Ross Roy<br />
The <strong>2008</strong> Bodkin Shield, the pinnacle of teams shooting in the<br />
South, was won with a very rare possible when the event was<br />
conducted by the Moa Creek Club in August. Dunedin No. 1<br />
won with the 90/90 score, closely followed by Alexandra with<br />
89/90. The event will be conducted by Alexandra next year as<br />
the right to hold it goes to the highest scoring Central Otago<br />
club. Twenty-one 6 shooter teams contested the event this<br />
year in cold, calm and dull conditions.<br />
Champion Ammunition to sponsor<br />
NZ Skeet Handicap Championship<br />
at <strong>2008</strong> Skeet Nationals<br />
The NZCTA is pleased to announce that Champion Ammunition<br />
NZ Ltd. will sponsor the NZ Skeet Handicap Championship<br />
for the next three years, commencing with the <strong>2008</strong> Skeet<br />
Nationals at the Waitemata <strong>Clay</strong> <strong>Target</strong> Club later this month.<br />
NZ distributor Craig Pulman is a strong supporter of clay<br />
target shooting in the Auckland region through sponsorship<br />
at several club events.<br />
In addition to having the NZ distributorship for Champion,<br />
Craig is also the agent for White Flyer targets and a range of<br />
shooting accessories.<br />
The NZ Championships sponsorship will allow Champion<br />
Ammunition to have a greater national focus for the brand and<br />
supporting the Skeet Handicap event means that shooters at<br />
all levels will be exposed to Champion through the targets-in<br />
system.<br />
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NORTH VS SOUTH<br />
COMPETITION<br />
Recent changes to the North/South competition have been met<br />
with confusion so here is a brief outline of the competition(s).<br />
DTL<br />
The North/South DTL event has qualifying events over all<br />
districts and provincials. Qualifying scores include the Single<br />
Rise, Single Barrel and Points Score (as points). The possible<br />
is 125. A minimum of 3 qualifying events must be posted but<br />
shooters can post as many qualifying scores as they wish, or<br />
as many events as they attend.<br />
There is a $5.00 entry fee for the Open team qualifying scores.<br />
If the $5.00 is not paid, then the score cannot count for the<br />
Open Team.<br />
The Ladies, Juniors and Veterans teams do not have an entry<br />
fee for these category teams. Ladies, Juniors and Veterans<br />
can pay the $5.00 fee for the Open Team qualification and will<br />
also have the score count towards the category team.<br />
Note: All Ladies, Juniors and Veterans who attend the Districts<br />
and Provincial events must indicate they wish their scores<br />
to be included in the qualifying for the team. If the Juniors,<br />
Veterans and Ladies do not tick a box on the entry form at<br />
qualifying events to indicate they wish their scores to qualify,<br />
then their scores will not be counted.<br />
The qualifying period runs from each Island Championship.<br />
The Island Championship is not a qualifying event; this is<br />
used to break any ties for team places over the Points Score<br />
Championship.<br />
The teams from each Island come together at the DTL<br />
Nationals to compete against each other. The team travel on<br />
a self-funded basis for the Ladies, Juniors and Veterans teams<br />
and the Open Team travelling inter-island get their travel costs<br />
reimbursed.<br />
SKEET<br />
The North/South Skeet event has qualifying events over a<br />
minimum of two Districts and Provincial Skeet Championships<br />
plus a minimum of two 100 target events that must be<br />
advertised as such in Gunshot.<br />
There is an Open team in each Island plus a Ladies, Juniors<br />
and Veterans team. All shooters are eligible to compete for<br />
the Open team and a $5.00 entry fee applies to all shooters<br />
intending to submit a qualifying score. Ladies, Juniors and<br />
Veterans can pay the $5.00 fee for the Open Team qualification<br />
and will also have the score count towards the category<br />
team.<br />
Note: All Ladies, Juniors and Veterans who attend the district<br />
and provincial events plus 100 <strong>Target</strong> qualifying events must<br />
indicate they wish their scores to be included in the qualifying<br />
for the Skeet team. If the Juniors, Veterans and Ladies do not<br />
tick a box on the entry form at qualifying events to indicate<br />
they wish their scores to qualify, then their scores will not be<br />
counted.<br />
It is recommended that clubs use some sort of entry form<br />
to enable the Ladies, Juniors and Veterans to identify<br />
themselves, plus indicate if they wish to enter for the North/<br />
South competition.<br />
The qualifying period for the Skeet teams is currently under<br />
review by Council because of the difficulties caused by the<br />
changed dates of the NZ and Aust Skeet Nationals at which the<br />
Glenn Trophy teams compete. Currently our team is selected<br />
from the North/South competition. There will be an update on<br />
this in the next Gunshot.<br />
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ProvincialsCanterbury<br />
Canterbury <strong>Clay</strong> <strong>Target</strong><br />
Club 13-14 September<br />
By Steve Ackland<br />
The Canterbury Provincials were shot<br />
over the weekend of 13th and 14th<br />
September <strong>2008</strong>. A good turn out of<br />
competitors arrived from the North<br />
Island, Marlborough, West Coast,<br />
Canterbury, Otago and Southland.<br />
A very special thanks to Colin Waghorn<br />
and Natalie Rooney for displaying<br />
their respective trophies and gold<br />
medals recently won at the World<br />
DTL Championships in Ireland. It goes<br />
without out saying what an absolutely<br />
fantastic result it was by these shooters,<br />
with Colin becoming World Open<br />
DTL Champion and Natalie the World<br />
Woman’s DTL Champion! Both of these<br />
shooters are incredibility humble about<br />
their success, but I’m sure all shooters<br />
have taken immense pleasure and a lot<br />
of Kiwi pride with Colin and Natalie’s<br />
results!<br />
For the 70 competitors shooting day<br />
one, the weather on Saturday dawned<br />
overcast but fine. Unfortunately with<br />
the grey overcast cloud came very<br />
dull light conditions, which meant<br />
for a challenging day’s shooting, but<br />
at least there was no wind! The day<br />
started with the Double Rise and with<br />
the only possible scored, Barry Foster<br />
of Timaru took out High Overall. The<br />
next event shot was the Minis, which<br />
produced 4 possible scores and after<br />
the resulting shoot-off the title went to<br />
local Canterbury Committee Member<br />
Doug Evans. Skeet was next on the<br />
program and produced only 4 possible<br />
scores, with the eventual winner being<br />
Timaru shooter Ray Everett. The Skeet<br />
Five Person Teams match was taken<br />
out by Timaru. Day one concluded with<br />
the Triples and 2 possible scores were<br />
shot by Pop Andreassend and Cameron<br />
Rooney both of Timaru, with Pop being<br />
the eventual winner.<br />
Day two of the shoot produced<br />
ideal conditions with clear skies and<br />
little wind which all meant for great<br />
targets. A pleasing turnout of 100<br />
competitors took part in activities which<br />
commenced at 9:30am and concluded<br />
with presentations at 4:30pm. The day<br />
commenced with the blue ribbon event<br />
Single Rise which had 25 possible scores<br />
and at the conclusion of the shoot-off<br />
the honours went to Cameron Rooney<br />
of Timaru. I need to make a special<br />
mention of two B Grade shooters, Scott<br />
Rissman (Timaru) and Russell Wall<br />
(Darfield), who both held their own<br />
in the single rise shoot-off for a good<br />
period of targets. The second event shot<br />
was the Points Score with 4 possible<br />
scores and the eventual winner from<br />
Southland being another very promising<br />
shooter, Daniel Warnock (Gorge Road).<br />
The Teams Match shot over the Points<br />
Score event was taken out by Timaru.<br />
Finally the weekend concluded with<br />
the Single Barrel producing 11 possible<br />
scores and the title eventually going to<br />
Pop Andreassend of Timaru.<br />
The High Gun was closely contested, with<br />
Ray Everett of Timaru just piping fellow<br />
Timaru competitor Pop Andreassend.<br />
Pop took out the A Grade, B Grade was<br />
Mike Sheppard of Waihora, C Grade was<br />
Murray Palmer of Canterbury, Veterans<br />
was also Ray Everett and Juniors was<br />
young William Rooney of Timaru.<br />
Once again thank you to all of those<br />
shooters you attended these provincials<br />
and who also helped throughout the<br />
weekend. A special thanks to the<br />
ladies in the office! Finally, thanks to<br />
the Committee of the Canterbury <strong>Clay</strong><br />
<strong>Target</strong> Club, who give so much of their<br />
own time in organizing and running<br />
these events!<br />
Take Care & Good Shooting – Best<br />
Regards Steve<br />
Results<br />
Skeet – HOA Ray Everett, Timaru 25. A<br />
grade 1st Cameron Rooney, Timaru 25,<br />
2nd Tom Begg, Dunedin 25, 3rd Stanley<br />
Childs, Ellesmere 25. B Grade 1st Hamish<br />
Wilson, Waihora 24, 2nd Chris Helem,<br />
Mead Te Pirita 23, 3rd Bevan Brown,<br />
Darfield 23. C grade 1st Simon McMillan,<br />
Ellesmere 22, 2nd Craig Robertson,<br />
Nightcaps 22, 3rd Peter Wright,<br />
Amberley 20. Juniors William Rooney,<br />
Timaru 21, Veterans Ray Everett, Timaru<br />
25. 2 Person Team 1st Cameron Rooney,<br />
Ray Everett 50, 2nd Shane Watson, Pop<br />
Andreassend 48. 5 Person Team 1st Ray<br />
Everett, Pop Andreassend, Cameron<br />
Rooney, Mike Sime, Natalie Rooney 120,<br />
2nd Lindsay Rodgers, Michael Dobbie,<br />
Phil Harraway, Colin Waghorn 119.<br />
Double Rise – HOA Barry Foster, Timaru<br />
20. A grade 1st Tom Begg, Dunedin<br />
19, 2nd Ian Burt, Amberley 19, 3rd<br />
Derek Sheen, Canterbury 17. B grade<br />
1st Peter Wright, Amberley 17, 2nd<br />
Mike Sheppard, Waihora 17, 3rd John<br />
Bradford, Amberley 16. C grade 1st<br />
Robert Costella, Amberley 15, 2nd<br />
Murray Palmer, Canterbury 15, 3rd Des<br />
Draper, Amberley 15. Juniors William<br />
Rooney, Timaru 16, Veterans Tom Begg,<br />
Dunedin 19.<br />
Minis – HOA Doug Evans, Canterbury 15.<br />
A grade 1st Michael Dobbie, Southland<br />
15, 2nd Clark Pirie, Mataura 15, 3rd<br />
Michael Smith, Mataura 15. B grade<br />
1st Mike Sheppard, Waihora 14, 2nd<br />
Peter Williams, Mataura 14, 3rd Simon<br />
McMillan, Ellesmere 12. C grade 1st<br />
Des Draper, Amberley 14, 2nd Vincent<br />
Bayley, Marlborough 11, 3rd Robert<br />
Costello, Amberley 9. Juniors William<br />
Rooney, Timaru 13, Veterans Michael<br />
Smith, Mataura 15.<br />
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Triples – HOA Pop Andreassend, Timaru<br />
50. A grade 1st Cameron Rooney,<br />
Timaru 50, 2nd Colin Waghorn, Gorge<br />
Road 49, 3rd Gary Rooney, Timaru 48.<br />
B grade 1st John Berry, Methven 47,<br />
2nd Dick Connolly, North Canterbury<br />
46, 3rd Peter Williams, Mataura 46. C<br />
grade 1st Vincent Bayley, Marlborough<br />
44, 2nd Des Draper, Amberley 43, 3rd<br />
Murray Palmer, Canterbury 43. Juniors<br />
William Rooney, Timaru 48, Veterans<br />
Pop Andreassend, Timaru 50.<br />
Single Rise – HOA Cameron Rooney,<br />
Timaru 25. A grade 1st Michael Dobbie,<br />
Southland 25, 2nd Lindsay Rodgers,<br />
Southland 25, 3rd Evan Johnston,<br />
Barrytown 25. B grade 1st Scott Rissman,<br />
Timaru 25, 2nd Russell Wall, Darfield<br />
25, 3rd Mike Sheppard, Waihora 25. C<br />
grade 1st Robert Costello, Amberley 24,<br />
2nd Murray Palmer, Canterbury 24, 3rd<br />
David Harkerss, Ellesmere 23. Ladies<br />
Natalie Rooney, Timaru 25, Juniors<br />
William Rooney, Timaru 24, Veterans Pat<br />
Marshall, Marlborough 25.<br />
Points Score – HOA Daniel Warnock,<br />
Gorge Road 75. A grade 1st Steve Ackland,<br />
Canterbury 75, 2nd Michael Smith,<br />
Mataura 75, 3rd Shane Watson, Methven<br />
74. B grade 1st Peter Wright, Amberley<br />
75, 2nd Guy Spooner, Canterbury 74,<br />
3rd Dave Philip, Amberley 72. C grade<br />
1st Andrew Harkerss, Ellesmere 71, 2nd<br />
David Adams, Ellesmere 68, 3rd Robert<br />
Costello, Amberley 68. Ladies Natalie<br />
Rooney, Timaru 72, Juniors Robert<br />
Costello, Amberley 68, Veterans Michael<br />
Smith, Mataura 75. Club Team 1st<br />
Timaru (Pop Andreassend, Ray Everett,<br />
Gary Rooney, Natalie Rooney) 294.<br />
Single Barrel – HOA Pop Andreassend,<br />
Timaru 25. A grade 1st Ray Everett,<br />
Timaru 25, 2nd Natalie Rooney, Timaru<br />
25, 3rd Evan Johnston, Barrytown 25. B<br />
grade 1st Malcolm Smith, Canterbury<br />
24, 2nd John Hare, Barrytown 23, 3rd<br />
Rebecca Searle, Canterbury 23. C<br />
grade 1st David Adams, Ellesmere 23,<br />
2nd Robert Costello, Amberley 22, 3rd<br />
Tracy Searle, Canterbury 21. Ladies<br />
Natalie Rooney, Timaru 25, Juniors<br />
William Rooney, Timaru 23, Veterans<br />
Pop Andreassend, Timaru 25.<br />
High Gun – Ray Everett, Timaru 227. A<br />
grade Pop Andreassend, Timaru 226, B<br />
Grade Mike Sheppard, Waihora 209, C<br />
grade Murray Palmer, Canterbury 193.<br />
Juniors William Rooney, Timaru 211,<br />
Veteran Ray Everett, Timaru 227.<br />
High Gun Ray Everett<br />
Single Rise HOA Cameron Rooney<br />
High Gun (L-R) Mike Sheppard B Grade, Pop Andreassend A Grade, Murray Palmer C<br />
Grade<br />
Single Rise A Grade (L-R) Lindsay Rodgers 2nd, Michael Dobbie 1st, Evan Johnston 3rd<br />
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Single Rise Veterans Pat Marshall, Ladies Natalie Rooney, Juniors William Rooney<br />
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Triples A Grade (L-R) Colin Waghorn 2nd, Cameron Rooney 1st, Gary Rooney 3rd<br />
Points Score HOA Daniel Warnock<br />
Minis B Grade (L-R) Peter Williams 2nd, Mike Sheppard 1st, Simon McMillan 3rd<br />
Minis HOA Doug Evans<br />
Single Rise B Grade (L-R) Russell Wall 2nd, Scott Rissman 1st, Mike Sheppard 3rd<br />
Double Rise HOA Barry Foster<br />
Single Barrel C Grade (L-R) Robert Costello 2nd, David Adams 1st, Tracy Searle 3rd<br />
Single Barrel and Triples HOA Pop<br />
Andreassend<br />
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Auckland<br />
Provincials<br />
Auckland Metropolitan <strong>Clay</strong><br />
<strong>Target</strong> Club Inc 23rd and<br />
24th August <strong>2008</strong><br />
The weather on the Saturday was<br />
reasonably good, with some cloud<br />
cover providing favourable conditions<br />
for shooting.<br />
Skeet was the first event with 54<br />
shooters competing. Five shooters shot<br />
the 25. After the first shoot-off round,<br />
Steve Cooper and Dean Everett were<br />
still going and Steve finally won the<br />
event.<br />
The Double Rise was the next event<br />
with 3 competitors shooting 18 out of<br />
the 20. In the end young Jack Norwood<br />
took top honours with Graeme Gilby<br />
coming 1st A Grade.<br />
Triples were to follow with two shooters<br />
shooting 49 out of 50. Ron Thomassen<br />
won overall with Rob Maskell 1st A<br />
Grade.<br />
The final event for the Saturday was the<br />
Minis, in which three shooters shot the<br />
15 targets. They were Jack Norwood,<br />
Dave Wordley and Mike Nola. In the<br />
final analysis Mike Nola came out on<br />
top with Jack Norwood 1st A Grade.<br />
Sunday dawned with rain and wind and<br />
the inclement weather caused havoc<br />
for the competitors, but competition<br />
continued.<br />
In the first event, the Single Rise, four<br />
shooters shot 25 and at the conclusion<br />
of the shoot-off Jack Norwood came<br />
out on top with Gordon Tucker 1st A<br />
Grade.<br />
No one actually shot the 75 points in<br />
the Points Score, but Alan Vickers shot<br />
74 and took the championship with<br />
Keith Livingston 1st A Grade.<br />
Finally the rain stopped and the wind<br />
decreased. Two shooters shot the 25<br />
targets in the Single Barrel. Once again<br />
Jack Norwood and Alan Vickers were<br />
the successful competitors and Jack<br />
won this title from Alan.<br />
In the High Gun event there were two<br />
shooters tied for this title. Jack Norwood<br />
and Tony Truss were in a close shootoff<br />
with only one point difference and<br />
once again Jack Norwood came out on<br />
top with Tony Truss taking A Grade. B<br />
Grade was won by Clinton Hunt from<br />
the Auckland Met with C Grade won by<br />
Toby Clarke from the Auckland Met.<br />
From my perspective, when watching<br />
the shooting, I must congratulate these<br />
three young shooters, who performed<br />
exceedingly well over the weekend. They<br />
were Jack Norwood, Clinton Hunt and<br />
Toby Clarke. I am sure all these young<br />
men will become very good shooters to<br />
watch in future competition.<br />
Results<br />
Skeet HOA Steve Cooper, Rotorua 25.<br />
A Grade 1st Dean Everett Waikato 25,<br />
2nd Michael Hirtzel Kopuku 25, 3rd<br />
Tony Truss Rotorua 25. B Grade 1st<br />
Myles Browne-Cole Auckland Met 24,<br />
2nd Oliver Saxton Kopuku 24, 3rd<br />
Dave Grant Hutt Valley 24. C Grade 1st<br />
Kerri Wrigley Waitemata 24, 2nd Wayne<br />
Cowley Auckland Met 24, 3rd Greg Ross<br />
Auckland Met 23. Junior Jack Norwood<br />
Rotorua 23, Ladies Kerri Wrigley<br />
Waitemata 24, Vets Merv Pratt Waikato<br />
24. 2 person team Steve Cooper and<br />
Tony Truss 50, 2nd Dean Everett, Merv<br />
Pratt 49. 5 person Team Merv Pratt,<br />
Dean Everett, Jack Norwood, Michael<br />
Hirtzel, Ron Thomassen 119.<br />
Double Rise HOA Jack Norwood Rotorua<br />
18. A Grade 1st Graeme Gilby Waitemata<br />
18, 2nd Paul Hunter Auckland Met 18,<br />
3rd Tony Truss Rotorua 17. B Grade 1st<br />
James Elliot-Forster Auckland Met 16,<br />
2nd Max Andrews Auckland Met 12,<br />
3rd Andy Veltmeyer Waitemata 12. C<br />
Grade 1st Ben Browne-Cole Auckland<br />
Met 12, 2nd Phil Waugh Huntly 9. Junior<br />
Jack Norwood Rotorua 18, Vets Rob<br />
Anderson Auckland Met 16.<br />
Triples HOA Ron Thomassen Putaruru<br />
49. A Grade 1st Rob Maskell Auckland<br />
Met 49, 2nd Peter Borrie Wairarapa 48,<br />
3rd Jack Norwood Rotorua 47. B Grade<br />
1st Max Andrews Auckland Met 47, 2nd<br />
Oliver Saxton Kopuku 46, 3rd John<br />
Tonkin Waitemata 43. C Grade 1st Phil<br />
Waugh Huntly 41, 2nd Ben Browne-Cole<br />
Auckland Met 37, Veterans Phil Brown<br />
Tauranga 47.<br />
Minis HOA Mike Nola Northern Wairoa<br />
15. A Grade 1st Jack Norwood Rotorua<br />
15, 2nd Dave Wordley Northern Wairoa<br />
15, 3rd Graeme Gilby Waitemata 14.<br />
B Grade 1st Don McBeath Auckland<br />
Met 11, 2nd Oliver Saxton Kopuku 11,<br />
3rd Max Andrews Auckland Met 11. C<br />
Grade 1st Ben Browne-Cole Auckland<br />
Met 12, 2nd Phil Waugh Huntly 7. Junior<br />
Jack Norwood Rotorua 15, Vets James<br />
Elliott-Forster, Auckland Met.<br />
Single Rise HOA Jack Norwood 25. A<br />
Grade 1st Gordon Tucker Tauranga 25,<br />
2nd Grant Castles Tauranga 25, 3rd Guy<br />
Brooks <strong>New</strong> Plymouth 25. B Grade 1st<br />
Clinton Hunt Auckland Met 24, 2nd Don<br />
Vincent Waikato 21. C Grade 1st Toby<br />
Clarke Auckland Met 18. Junior Jack<br />
Norwood Rotorua 25, Vets John Farrow<br />
Kopuku 24,<br />
Points Score HOA Alan Vickers Tauranga<br />
74. A Grade 1st Keith Livingston<br />
Tauranga 73, 2nd Ian Hovenden<br />
Waitemata 71, 3rd Les Ingley Waitemata<br />
71. B Grade 1st Clinton Hunt Auckland<br />
Met 64, 2nd Don Vincent Waikato 53. C<br />
Grade 1st Toby Clarke Auckland Met 65.<br />
Junior Josh Saunderson Auckland Met<br />
66, Vets Les Ingley Waitemata 71.<br />
Single Barrel HOA Jack Norwood Rotorua<br />
25. A Grade 1st Alan Vickers Tauranga<br />
25, 2nd Keith Livingston Tauranga 23,<br />
3rd Rob Maskell Auckland Met 23. B<br />
Grade 1st Clinton Hunt Auckland 21,<br />
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High Gun Jack Norwood<br />
High Gun A Grade Tony Truss<br />
Minis HOA Mike Nola<br />
Points Score HOA Alan Vickers<br />
Single Rise Vets John Farrow<br />
Single Barrel Vets Murray Havill<br />
Points Score Veterans Les Ingley, Junior<br />
Josh Saunderson<br />
2nd Don Vincent Waikato 18. C Grade<br />
1st Toby Clarke Auckland Met 14. Junior<br />
Jack Norwood 25, Vets Murray Havill<br />
22.<br />
Points Score Teams Event Top 4 Scores<br />
counting. 1st Tauranga (Grant Castles,<br />
Gordon Tucker, Ben Tuck, Neville<br />
Crawford), 2nd Waitemata (Les Ingley,<br />
Ian Hovenden, Barry McDonald, Gary<br />
Vittle )<br />
High Gun – Jack Norwood, Rotorua 218.<br />
A grade Tony Truss Rotorua 218, B grade<br />
Clinton Hunt Auckland Met 109, C grade<br />
Toby Clarke 97. Juniors Jack Norwood,<br />
Veterans Barry McDonald Waitemata<br />
194.<br />
Double Rise (L-R) Paul Hunter 2nd, Tony Truss 3rd, Graeme Gilby 1st, Jack Norwood<br />
HOA<br />
Single Barrel A Grade (L-R) Robert Maskell 3rd, Keith Livingstone 2nd, Alan Vickers 1st<br />
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Waikato<br />
Provincials<br />
Huntly <strong>Clay</strong> <strong>Target</strong> Club<br />
20 – 21 September<br />
Magnificently fine and sunny weather<br />
was enjoyed the whole weekend.<br />
Saturday attracted 47 shooters for<br />
Skeet, Minis, Double Rise and Triples.<br />
All three North Island Councillors were<br />
present for the weekend and Martin<br />
and Sally van de Wetering provided<br />
the computer programme, which was<br />
a great help to our Secretary and very<br />
much appreciated.<br />
Both Skeet fields were in operation until<br />
a major breakage in High House 2, now<br />
operational again. Three possibles in<br />
Skeet resulted in Dean Everett taking<br />
out the HOA.<br />
Double Rise HOA was won by Keith<br />
Livingstone on 19 and the Mini event<br />
was won by Craig Pulman of Waitemata.<br />
There were four minis possibles<br />
which resulted in a fiercely contested<br />
shoot-off.<br />
Last event on day one, the Triples, saw<br />
only one possible being scored by Brian<br />
Hartley with two shooters on 49 and one<br />
shooter on 48. Third place getter, Laurie<br />
Coppins, also took out the Veterans.<br />
DAY 2 - All three events were shot with<br />
the shoot-offs left until the end of the<br />
day.<br />
Single Rise saw 22 possibles. Myles<br />
Brown-Cole dropped his 61st target<br />
for 3rd A, Martin van de Wetering his<br />
69th for 2nd A. It then became target<br />
for target between Jon Beddis and Dean<br />
Everett. Eventually, Jon missed his 99th<br />
target and Dean shot his target to take<br />
out HOA Single Rise.<br />
Points Score HOA was Les Ingley, a<br />
renowned Point Score shooter, followed<br />
by John Farrow, Myles Brown-Cole, and<br />
John Malcolm, in that order. Les Ingley<br />
also took out the Veterans.<br />
Single Barrel: Two possibles were<br />
attained, Jon Beddis and Jack Norwood.<br />
Norwood missed his 1st target out to<br />
take 1st A and Junior, which left Jon<br />
Beddis HOA once he shot his target. Les<br />
Ingley won the Veterans.<br />
High Gun for the weekend was Brian<br />
Hartley, Tauranga.<br />
The Huntly Club Executive thanks all<br />
shooters for their participation and<br />
their fellowship, particularly those who<br />
travelled from the South Island and the<br />
central North Island. The Club’s next<br />
major event is the N.Z. College Games<br />
in <strong>December</strong>.<br />
Results:<br />
Skeet – HOA Dean Everett, Waikato<br />
25. A Grade 1st Merv Pratt, Waikato<br />
25, 2nd Brian Hartley, Tauranga 25,<br />
3rd Ray Everett, Timaru 24. B grade<br />
1st Jimmy Dobson, Tauranga 25, 2nd<br />
Brendon Malcolm, Hawkes Bay 24,<br />
3rd Craig Pulman, Waitemata 24. C<br />
grade 1st Dave Smith, Dannevirke 22,<br />
2nd Owen Robinson, Waikato 22, 3rd<br />
Robert Waugh, Huntly 21. Juniors Owen<br />
Robinson, Waikato 22, Veterans Merv<br />
Pratt, Waikato 25. 2 Person Team 1st<br />
Dean Everett, Merv Pratt 50, 2nd Ron<br />
Thomassen, Jack Norwood 45.<br />
Double Rise – HOA Keith Livingstone,<br />
Rotorua 19. A grade 1st Chris Cassin,<br />
Patangata 18, 2nd John Malcolm,<br />
Hawkes Bay 18, 3rd Brendon Malcolm,<br />
Hawkes Bay 18. B grade 1st George<br />
Johnston, Waitemata 15, 2nd Bill Smith,<br />
Te Aroha 14, 3rd Denis Hillman, Huntly<br />
14. C grade 1st John Travers, Tauranga<br />
15, 2nd Jackson Corbett, Waikato 12,<br />
3rd Grant Forster, Huntly 8. Juniors Jack<br />
Norwood, Rotorua 17, Veterans Ray<br />
Everett, Timaru 17.<br />
Minis – HOA Craig Pulman, Waitemata<br />
15. A grade 1st Chris Cassin, Patangata<br />
15, 2nd Laurie Coppins, Waitemata<br />
15, 3rd Peter Krippner, Waikato 15. B<br />
grade 1st Bill Smith, Te Aroha 14, 2nd<br />
Peter Lapwood, Huntly 13, 3rd James<br />
Elliott-Forster, Auckland Met 12. C<br />
grade 1st Jackson Corbett, Waikato<br />
12, 2nd John Travers, Tauranga 11, 3rd<br />
Grant Forster, Huntly 10. Juniors Jack<br />
Norwood, Rotorua 12, Veterans Laurie<br />
Coppins, Waitemata 15.<br />
Triples – HOA Brian Hartley, Tauranga<br />
50. A grade 1st Martin van de Wetering,<br />
Thames 49, 2nd Brendon Malcolm,<br />
Hawkes Bay 49, 3rd Laurie Coppins,<br />
Waitemata 48. B grade 1st Peter<br />
Lapwood, Huntly 44, 2nd Denis Hillman,<br />
Huntly 42, 3rd Brian Smith, Dannevirke<br />
41. C grade 1st John Travers, Tauranga<br />
47, 2nd Jackson Corbett, Waikato 44,<br />
3rd Grant Forster, Huntly 26. Juniors<br />
Shaun Travers, Tauranga 48, Veterans<br />
Laurie Coppins, Waitemata 48.<br />
Single Rise – HOA Dean Everett, Waikato<br />
25. A grade 1st Jon Beddis, Huntly 25,<br />
2nd Martin van de Wetering, Thames 25,<br />
3rd Myles Browne-Cole, Auckland Met<br />
25. B grade 1st Brian Smith, Dannevirke<br />
25, 2nd Dave Smith, Dannevirke 24, 3rd<br />
James Elliott-Forster, Auckland Met 24.<br />
C grade 1st Jackson Corbett, Waikato<br />
22, 2nd Grant Forster, Huntly 22, 3rd<br />
Andrew Muggeridge, Waikato 21. Juniors<br />
Jack Norwood, Rotorua 25, Veterans Les<br />
Ingley, Waitemata 25.<br />
Points Score – HOA Les Ingley, Waitemata<br />
75. A grade 1st John Farrow, Kopuku<br />
75, 2nd Myles Browne-Cole, Auckland<br />
Met 75, John Malcolm, Hawkes Bay 75.<br />
B grade 1st Bill Smith, Te Aroha 72,<br />
2nd Peter Lapwood, Huntly 69, 3rd<br />
Victoria Collie, Waitemata 66. C grade<br />
1st Jackson Corbett, Waikato 68, 2nd<br />
Grant Forster, Huntly 67, 3rd Andrew<br />
Muggeridge, Waikato 64. Juniors Jack<br />
Norwood, Rotorua 73, Veterans Les<br />
Ingley, Waitemata 75.<br />
Single Barrel – HOA Jon Beddis, Huntly<br />
25. A grade 1st Jack Norwood, Rotorua<br />
25, 2nd Myles Browne-Cole Auckland<br />
Gunshot 15
Dean Everett, Skeet and Single Rise HOA<br />
Single Rise A Grade (L-R) Martin van de Wetering 2nd, Jon Beddis 1st, Myles Browne-Cole<br />
3rd<br />
Keith Livingstone, Double Rise HOA<br />
Single Rise B Grade (L-R) Dave Smith 2nd, Brian Smith 1st, James Elliott-Forster 3rd<br />
Brian Hartley, High Gun<br />
Met 24, 3rd Paul Basten, Tauranga 24. B<br />
grade 1st James Elliott-Forster, Auckland<br />
Met 22, 2nd Dave Smith, Dannevirke 22,<br />
3rd Cameron Muggeridge, Waikato 20. C<br />
grade 1st Andrew Muggeridge, Waikato<br />
23, 2nd Jackson Corbett, Waikato 22,<br />
3rd John Travers, Tauranga 21. Juniors<br />
Jack Norwood, Rotorua 25, Veterans Les<br />
Ingley, Waitemata 24. Club Teams 1st<br />
Tauranga 291 (Brian Hartley, Ben Tuck,<br />
Gordon Tucker, Ross Ellis),<br />
High Gun – Brian Hartley, Tauranga 228.<br />
A grade Brendon Malcolm, Hawkes Bay<br />
226, B grade Dave Smith, Dannevirke<br />
199, C grade Jackson Corbett, Waikato<br />
201. Juniors Jack Norwood, Rotorua 220,<br />
Veterans Ray Everett, Timaru 219.<br />
Triples B Grade (L-R) Denis Hillman 2nd, Peter Lapwood 1st, Brian Smith 3rd<br />
Skeet B Grade (L-R) Craig Pulman 3rd, Jimmy Dobson 1st, Brendon Malcolm 2nd<br />
Gunshot 16
Points Score C Grade (L-R) Grant Forster 2nd, Jackson Corbett 1st, Andrew Muggeridge<br />
3rd<br />
Ray Everett Veteran High Gun, Jack<br />
Norwood, Junior High Gun<br />
Double Rise C Grade (L-R) Grant Forster 3rd, John Travers 1st, Jackson Corbett 2nd<br />
Craig Pulman, Minis HOA<br />
Minis A Grade (L-R) Peter Krippner 3rd, Chris Cassin 1st, Laurie Coppins 2nd<br />
Les Ingley, Points Score HOA<br />
Jackson Corbett (L) C Grade High Gun, Dave Smith B Grade High Gun<br />
Jon Beddis, Single Barrel HOA<br />
Gunshot 17
The Esker Shooting grounds<br />
<strong>2008</strong> DTL World Champs<br />
Ireland, August <strong>2008</strong><br />
By Adrienne Sears<br />
After many months of anticipation the<br />
time had finally come where a group<br />
of <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> shooters presented<br />
themselves at the Esker Gun Club<br />
for the pre-world and World DTL<br />
Championships.<br />
The first pre-world event had only 62<br />
competitors, but <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> featured<br />
prominently on the honours board,<br />
taking 1st, 2nd and 3rd in AA Grade,<br />
1st and 3rd Ladies, 3rd Juniors and all 3<br />
Veterans places. The second event also<br />
saw <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> feature prominently.<br />
This pattern repeated itself over the next<br />
few days, even though the competitor<br />
numbers slowly grew. By the third day<br />
Colin Waghorn had shown the world he<br />
was there and took the HOA from 142<br />
other competitors. The ladies also won<br />
the 3 places, with the Juniors taking 1st<br />
and 3rd and the Veterans also taking 1st<br />
and 3rd. The next day saw the Veterans<br />
take all 3 places and Natalie Rooney<br />
won the Ladies in the first event of the<br />
day. Tuesday had 131 competitors – not<br />
as many as you would expect for a<br />
pre-world event, but again the <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> shooters held their own and<br />
featured in the dispatches. Wednesday’s<br />
100 DTL event had 319 competitors and<br />
Brendan Malcolm won the High Gun<br />
with Natalie Rooney taking 2nd Ladies.<br />
On Wednesday night the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong><br />
teams were named and the shooters<br />
went home to focus on the World<br />
Championships, which started the next<br />
day. The naming of the team was always<br />
going to make some happy and others<br />
not so. Experience has yet again proved<br />
that travel to the other side of the world<br />
does have an impact on many shooters.<br />
Gunshot 18<br />
Some that were on form in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong><br />
didn’t shoot so well in Ireland and others<br />
just seemed to focus on hitting those<br />
targets. There had been problems with<br />
the voice release system, which caused<br />
many shooters to become irritable. The<br />
host club had an agent from Laporte<br />
on the grounds, but he was unable to<br />
get the voice release system operating<br />
properly so two people were flown in,<br />
one direct from Beijing and one from<br />
England. They worked all night and<br />
made considerable improvement to the<br />
system so they worked quite well for<br />
the World events. The light conditions<br />
varied and some of our competitors<br />
found shooting in the huts difficult to<br />
get used to. There were 16 traps, with<br />
half of the shooting stations being<br />
enclosed in a hut. These shooting huts<br />
were a god-send when it rained. Did<br />
I mention the rain? It rained every day<br />
except one. Not all day but there were<br />
showers and a distinct lack of sun. If<br />
that’s the Irish summer, then we don’t<br />
do so badly in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong>. To be fair,<br />
it was the wettest summer in memory<br />
for the Irish. There were houses being<br />
evacuated as the water was almost up to<br />
the window sills, roads closed because<br />
of wash-outs and paddocks flooded<br />
everywhere. Even at the club grounds,<br />
which had the pathways covered in<br />
chip, the paddock over the road from<br />
the club which was intended for general<br />
use had to be restricted to 4x4’s as cars<br />
would just get stuck in the bog. The<br />
Esker Shooting Grounds were built<br />
especially for the World Championships.<br />
Two years ago there was nothing there.<br />
With the very wet summer and the high<br />
water table the toilets didn’t work so<br />
everyone was using the port-a-loos.<br />
All the rain seemed to be a wonderful<br />
breeding ground for the wasps which<br />
were just a nuisance. Tegan Sutherland<br />
got stung on her arm while shooting<br />
her second target on the second day of<br />
the Worlds but being a true Southland<br />
girl, she just kept going.<br />
With the rain either just finished or<br />
about to start, most shooters looked<br />
for somewhere to sit and chat. The<br />
only place available under cover was<br />
the army tent erected as a dining area.<br />
Unfortunately the wasps also thought<br />
this was a good place to hang out. Ray<br />
and Pat Mac had the only trade site on<br />
the grounds so hopefully business was<br />
good for these seasoned travellers.<br />
The formal dinner on Thursday night was<br />
a grand affair. The Irish Prime Minister<br />
attended and there were the usual<br />
speeches and presentations. Those <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> shooters that attended seemed<br />
to enjoy themselves. The Worlds saw<br />
competitors from England, Ireland,<br />
Northern Ireland, Wales, Australia,<br />
Sweden, France, Scotland, Isle of Man,<br />
Germany, Bulgaria, South Africa, USA<br />
and <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> attend.<br />
The final day of the Worlds was by far<br />
the wettest of the week. This didn’t stop<br />
Colin Waghorn from shining. Colin had<br />
just turned 21 in July and was the Beretta<br />
Junior Scholarship winner this year.<br />
Shooting with his new Beretta Colin<br />
took the HOA Individual medal from<br />
635 competitors from 14 countries. It<br />
was such a magical time, especially for<br />
his parents who were there to see him<br />
win. Natalie Rooney continued her run<br />
of excellent shooting and took Ladies<br />
1st and Natalie Curtis took 2nd place.<br />
Ewen Pirie won 3rd A Grade. The Irish<br />
Prime Minister presented the awards at<br />
the prize giving in front of a large crowd.<br />
Colin’s magnificent cup was brand<br />
new and was accompanied by a large
cheque. Natalie Rooney was presented<br />
with a wonderful crystal trophy.<br />
The NZ teams did extremely well with<br />
the No 1 Open team taking 2nd place,<br />
the Ladies taking 1st, the No 1 Juniors<br />
winning 2nd and the Veterans winning<br />
3rd place. This was an outstanding<br />
result from our shooters.<br />
All the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> shooters behaved<br />
with dignity and decorum. The black<br />
tracksuits were very smart and eye<br />
catching. I’m not sure how the French<br />
boys managed to keep their white suits<br />
clean with all the mud around.<br />
All too quickly the event was over and<br />
everyone left to either make their way<br />
home or to have a holiday before going<br />
home. Natalie Curtis and Anja van de<br />
Wetering left the shoot not knowing<br />
where they were going – they intend to<br />
stay in Ireland for a year to have a look<br />
around and work. We wish them all the<br />
very best for their O.E.<br />
The 9th World DTL Championships will<br />
be held in Cape Town, South Africa, on<br />
12-21 March 2010. This date will mean<br />
some re-arrangement of our own DTL<br />
Nationals may have to take place but<br />
I’m sure there will be many shooters<br />
who will be keen to attend. The event<br />
will be held at the Valley Gun Club, one<br />
of the oldest clay target shooting clubs<br />
in South Africa and is nestled below<br />
the Simonsberg Mountain in the lush<br />
vineyards of the Paarl Valley and is set<br />
on 40 hectares of rich vegetation. Cape<br />
Town rates as one of the most beautiful<br />
cities in the world and offers tourists<br />
an abundance of opportunities ranging<br />
from pristine beaches, the Waterfront,<br />
Table Mountain, the historical Robben<br />
Island, the Paarl and Stellenbosh Wine<br />
lands to nearby game parks and nature<br />
reserves. For more information visit:<br />
www.valleygunclub.co.za<br />
Full results, Pre World Events<br />
Friday 15 August 62 Competitors<br />
Event 1 50 DTL<br />
HOA Alexander Paton, Scotland<br />
221/225. AA Grade 1st Martin van de<br />
Wetering, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 220/225. 2nd<br />
Colin Waghorn, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 145/150,<br />
3rd Gary Rooney, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 208/225.<br />
A Grade 1st Cliff Pain, England 146/150,<br />
2nd Gerry O’Donoghue, Ireland 215/225,<br />
3rd Geoff Moore, Australia 213/225.<br />
B Grade 1st Nick Harvey, Bulgaria<br />
136/150, 2nd Cahal McDonald, Ireland<br />
136/150, 3rd Stewart Crain. Australia<br />
127/150. C Grade 1st Diamuid Duffy,<br />
Ireland 134/150, 2nd Tom O’Grady,<br />
Ireland 132/150. Ladies 1st Natalie<br />
Curtis, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 145/150, 2nd Viv<br />
Moore, Australia 143/150, 3rd Anja van<br />
de Wetering, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 211/225.<br />
Juniors 1st Glenn Barton, Australia<br />
215/225, 2nd Tobie De Wet, South Africa<br />
211/225. 3rd Cameron Rooney, <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> 138/150. Veterans 1st Graeme<br />
Williams, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 144/150, 2nd<br />
Peter Williams, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 218/225,<br />
3rd Malcolm Mitchell, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong><br />
214/225.<br />
Event 2 50 Single Barrel<br />
HOA John Carroll, Ireland 72/75. AA<br />
Grade 1st Nathan Power, Australia 48/50,<br />
2nd Robert Viney, Australia 72/75, 3rd<br />
Robert Prince, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 70/75. A<br />
Grade 1st Gerry O’Donoghue, Ireland<br />
48/50, 2nd Geoff Moore, Australia<br />
47/50, 3rd Dave McCormack, Ireland<br />
47/50. B Grade 1st Dan O’Halloran,<br />
Ireland 43/50, 2nd Stewart Crain,<br />
Australia 42/50, 3rtd Danny Kearns,<br />
Ireland 41/50. C Grade 1st Diamuid<br />
Duffy, Ireland 43/50, 2nd Brendan<br />
Connaughton, Ireland 38/50. Ladies 1st<br />
Viv Moore, Australia 46/50, 2nd Helen<br />
Overton, Australia 43/50, 3rd Natalie<br />
Rooney, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 42/50. Juniors<br />
1st Glenn Barton, Australia 48/50m,<br />
2nd Ricky Schraag, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 71/75,<br />
3rd Brendan Malcolm, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong><br />
70/75. Veterans 1st Paul Schmidt, <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> 49/50, 2nd Laurie Coppins,<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 48/50, 3rd Tim Catling,<br />
Australia 72/75.<br />
Saturday 16th August<br />
Event 3 50 Double Rise 61 Competitors<br />
HOA Paul Chaplow, England 90/100.<br />
AA Grade 1st Ian Mullarkey, England<br />
85/100, 2nd Nick McKeown, Northern<br />
Ireland 44/50, 3rd John Bach, Ireland<br />
43/50. A Grade 1st Dave McCormack,<br />
Ireland 43/50, 2nd Noble Patterson,<br />
Northern Ireland 80/100, 3rd Terrie<br />
Busiko, Australia 79/100. B Grade 1st<br />
Noel Walsh, Ireland 37/50, 2nd Stewart<br />
Crain, Australia 35/50, 3rd Marguerite<br />
Keane, Ireland 34/50. C Grade 1st David<br />
Hackett, Northern Ireland 36/50, 2nd<br />
Maura Walsh, Ireland 35/50, 3rd Damien<br />
Sellars, Ireland 34/50. Ladies 1st Helen<br />
Overton, Australia 40/50, 2nd Tracey<br />
Barton, Australia 37/50, 3rd Natalie<br />
Rooney, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 35/50. Juniors<br />
1st Glenn Barton, Australia 44/50, 2nd<br />
Brendan Malcolm, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 35/50,<br />
3rd Cameron Rooney, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong><br />
39/50. Veterans 1st Graeme Williams,<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 47/60, 2nd John Campbell,<br />
Ireland 43.60.<br />
Event 4 50 DTL 104 competitors<br />
HOA Geoff Faulkes, Australia 149/150.<br />
AA Grade 1st Paul Chaplow, England<br />
147/150, 2nd Ian Mullarkey, England<br />
147/150. A Grade 1st Cliff Pain, England<br />
145/150, 2nd Noble Patterson, Northern<br />
Ireland 145/150, 3rd Darryn Cutting,<br />
Australia 144/150. B Grade 1st Cahal<br />
McDonald, Ireland 145/150, 2nd Stewart<br />
Crain, Australia 143/150, 3rd Paddy<br />
O’Reilly, Ireland 138/150. C Grade 1st<br />
David Hackett, Northern Ireland 136/150,<br />
2nd Martin Hoary, Ireland 135/150, 3rd<br />
Damien Sellars, Ireland 131/150. Ladies<br />
1st Viv Moore, Australia 143/150,l 2nd<br />
Natalie Rooney, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 142/150,<br />
3rd Tracey Barton, Australia 141/150/.<br />
Juniors 1st Tobie De Wet, South Africa<br />
148/150, 2nd Glenn Barton, Australia<br />
145/150, 3rd Cameron Maxwell, <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> 141/150. Veterans 1st Graeme<br />
Williams, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 144/150, 2nd<br />
Tim Catling, Australia 143/150, 3rd<br />
Laurie Coppins, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 143/150.<br />
Sunday 17th August<br />
Event 5 100 DTL 142 competitors<br />
HOA Colin Waghorn, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong><br />
299/300. AA Grade 1st Paul Chaplow,<br />
England 298/300, 2nd Ian Mullarkey,<br />
England 297/300, 3rd Ray Collinson,<br />
Australia 296/300. A Grade 1st Cliff<br />
Pain, England 292/300, 2nd Sean<br />
Hoban, Ireland 284/300, 3rd Sandy<br />
Gall, Scotland 283/300. B Grade 1st<br />
Cahal McDonald, Ireland 276/300, 2nd<br />
Marguerite Keane, Ireland 275/300, 3rd<br />
Stewart Crain, Australia 271/300. C Grade<br />
1st Aidan Rochford, Ireland 275/300,<br />
2nd Paddy Mockett, Ireland 274/300,<br />
3rd Martin Hoary, Ireland 273/300.<br />
Ladies 1st Anja van de Wetering, <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> 290/300, 2nd Natalie Rooney,<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 289/300, 3rd Natalie<br />
Curtis, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 286/300. Juniors<br />
1st Brendan Malcolm, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong><br />
295/300. 2nd Glenn Barton, Australia<br />
294/300, 3rd Cameron Rooney, <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> 290/300. Veterans 1st Laurie<br />
Coppins, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 292/300, 2nd<br />
Peter Arrowsmith, England 290/300, 3rd<br />
Paul Schmidt, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 289/300.<br />
Event 6 Deauville Duo. 28 Teams. 1st<br />
Robert Prince, Brendan Malcolm, <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> 29/30, 2nd Paul Chaplow, Ian<br />
Mullarkey, England 48/50, 3rd Stewart<br />
Crain, Nathan Power, Australia 47/50,<br />
4th Pat Donaghy, Mike Noone, Ireland<br />
45/50.<br />
Monday 18th August<br />
Event 7 50 Double Rise. 60<br />
Competitors<br />
High Gun Paul Chaplow, England<br />
92/100. AA Grade 1st Domingo Diaz,<br />
Australia 88/100, 2nd Arty Del-Ben,<br />
Australia 87/100, 3rd Jim Doherty,<br />
Ireland 79/100. A Grade 1st Alan<br />
Loughnane, Ireland 45/50, 2nd Geoff<br />
Moore, Australia 93/100, 3rd Darryn<br />
Cutting, Australia 79/100. B Grade 1st<br />
Thomas McMahon, Ireland 40/50, 2nd<br />
Stewart Crain, Australia 35/50, 3rd<br />
Joseph Noone, Ireland 31/50. C Grade<br />
1st Dairmuid Duffy, Ireland 38/50, 2nd<br />
Martin Hoary, Ireland 25/50. Ladies 1st<br />
Natalie Rooney, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 40/50,<br />
2nd Helen Overton, Australia 38/50, 3rd<br />
Tracey Barton, Australia 36/50. Juniors<br />
Tobie De Wet, South Africa 45/50, 2nd<br />
Gunshot 19
Andrew Waddington, England 42/50,<br />
3rd Glenn Barton, Australia 41/50.<br />
Veterans 1st Graeme Williams, <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> 40/50, 2nd Jim Tarrant, <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> 36/50, 3rd Malcolm Mitchell,<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 35/50.<br />
Event 8 100tgts 114 Competitors<br />
High Gun Glenn Barton, Australia<br />
140/140. AA Grade 1st Ian Mullarkey,<br />
England 99/100, 2nd Mike Noone,<br />
Ireland 99/100, 3rd Gerard McCoy,<br />
Ireland 99/100. A Grade 1st Barrie<br />
Jonkers, South Africa 98/100, 2nd Geoff<br />
Moore, Australia 97/100, 3rd Dieter<br />
Allwardt, Germany 97/100. B Grade<br />
1st Joseph Noone, Ireland 111/120, 2nd<br />
Gerry Maginess, Australia 109/120, 3rd<br />
Thomas McMahon, Ireland 93/100. C<br />
Grade 1st Martin Hoary, Ireland 96/100,<br />
2nd Henry Hartl, Germany 96/100, 3rd<br />
Paddy Mockett, Ireland 93/100. Ladies<br />
1st Natalie Curtis, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 138/140,<br />
2nd Tracey Barton, Australia 98/100,<br />
3rd Viv Moore, Australia 97/100. Juniors<br />
1st Alex Sikorski, England 119/120, 2nd<br />
Brendan Malcolm, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 117/120,<br />
3rd Andrew Waddington, England<br />
117/120. Veterans 1st Lars Bager,<br />
Australia 98/100, 2nd Jim Tarrant, <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> 113/120, 3rd Paddy O’Reilly,<br />
Ireland 112/120.<br />
Event 9 100 Single Barrel 131<br />
Competitors<br />
High Gun Paul Chaplow, England<br />
98/100. AA Grade 1st Glen Castellaro,<br />
Australia 99/102, 2nd Ian Mullarkey,<br />
England 98/102, 3rd Steve Atkins,<br />
Australia 104/108. A Grade 1st Robert<br />
Agar, England 94/100, 2nd Gerry<br />
O’Donoghue, Ireland 97/104, 3rd Peer<br />
Iuel, South Africa 96/104. B Grade 1st<br />
Gahal McDonald, Ireland 94/100, 2nd<br />
Rob Henderson, South Africa 89/100,<br />
3rd Thomas McMahon, Ireland 89/100. C<br />
Grade 1st Kieran Kearns, Ireland 88/100,<br />
2nd Noel Kearns, Ireland 85/100, 3rd<br />
Breda O’Halloran, Ireland 83/100.<br />
Ladies 1st Tegan Sutherland, <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> 98/108,. 2nd Natalie Rooney,<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 97/108, 3rd Tracey Barton,<br />
Australia 89/100. Juniors 1st Tobie De<br />
Wet, South Africa 97/100, 2nd Tom Holt,<br />
Australia 104/108, 3rd Anthony Rullo,<br />
Australia 103/108. Veteran 1st Malcolm<br />
McClelland, South Africa 97/105, 2nd<br />
Graeme Williams, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 96.105,<br />
3rd Laurie Coppins, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong><br />
91/100.<br />
Wednesday 20th August Event 10<br />
100 DTL<br />
High Gun Brendan Malcolm, <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> 299/300. AA Grade 1st Gerry<br />
McCoy, Ireland 297/300, 2nd John<br />
Stafford, England 297/300, 3rd David<br />
Goulding, Ireland 297/300. A Grade 1st<br />
Quentin Smit, South Africa 296/300,<br />
2nd Enda Clerkin, Ireland 295/300,<br />
3rd Geoff Moore, Australia 294/300.<br />
B Grade 1st John Devenney, Ireland<br />
294/300, 2nd Cahal McDonald, Ireland<br />
291/300, 3rd Michael Robson, England<br />
290/300. C Grade 1st Henry Hartl,<br />
Germany 281/300, 2nd Henry Kermeen,<br />
Isle of Man 276/300, 3rd Tony Dornan,<br />
Northern Ireland 276/300. Ladies 1st<br />
Tracey Barton, Australia 288/300, 2nd<br />
Natalie Rooney, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 283/300,<br />
3rd Sam Sharpe, England 282/300.<br />
Juniors 1st Tom Holt, Australia 296/300,<br />
2nd Anthony Rullo, Australia 294/300,<br />
3rd Kevin Purcell, Ireland 292/300.<br />
Veterans 1st Robert Taylor, England<br />
290/300, 2nd John Winn, England<br />
289/300, 3rd Peter Arrowsmith, England<br />
289/300.<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Teams:<br />
Open No 1: Robert Prince, Kelvin<br />
Gutsell, Gavin Searle, Colin Waghorn,<br />
Sam Gregory.<br />
Open No 2: Daniel Warnock, Martin<br />
van de Wetering, Tony Brogden, John<br />
Malcolm, Gary Rooney.<br />
Open No 3: Trevor Manson, Charlie<br />
Stewart, Jan Manson, Ricky Schraag, Jim<br />
Tarrant.<br />
Veterans No 1: Laurie Coppins, Paul<br />
Schmidt, Graeme Williams.<br />
Veterans No 2: Graham Geater, Peter<br />
Williams, Ewen Pirie.<br />
Juniors No 1: Brendan Malcolm, Cameron<br />
Rooney, Nick Gavin.<br />
Juniors No 2: Cameron Maxwell, Kriston<br />
Chadwick, Tegan Sutherland.<br />
Ladies: Natalie Curtis, Natalie Rooney,<br />
Anja van de Wetering.<br />
Team results:<br />
Open – 1st England 2923, 2nd <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> No 1 (C.Waghorn 596, R.Prince<br />
587, G.Searle 581, S.Gregory 581,<br />
K.Gutsell 576) 2921, 3rd Australia No 1<br />
2915, 4th Northern Ireland No 1 2896,<br />
5th Ireland No 2 2883, 6th England No<br />
2 2867, 7th Northern Ireland No 2 2866,<br />
8th Wales 2866, 9th France 2845, 10th<br />
Scotland 2845, 11th Ireland No 1 2838,<br />
12th Sweden 2833, 13th Ireland No 3<br />
2833, 14th <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> No 2 J.Malcolm<br />
581, D.Warnock 574, G.Rooney 562,<br />
T.Brogden 555, M. Van de Wetering 530)<br />
2802, 15th Northern Ireland No 3 2798,<br />
16th South Africa 2754, 17th Germany<br />
2745, 18th <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> No 3 (R.Schraag<br />
563, C.Stewart 545, T.Manson 542,<br />
J.Manson 538, J.Tarrant 537) 2725<br />
Ladies – 1st <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> (N. Curtis<br />
582, N. Rooney 581, A. Van de Wetering<br />
546) 1709, 2nd England No 1 1690, 3rd<br />
Australia No 1 1662, 4th France 1649,<br />
5th Scotland No 1 1610, 6th Wales 1600,<br />
7th Ireland No 2 1592, 8th Ireland No 1<br />
1577, 9th Northern Ireland 1575.<br />
Juniors – 1st Australia 1755, 2nd <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> No 1 (B.Malcolm 575, C.Rooney<br />
580, N.Gavin 579) 1734, 3rd England No<br />
1 1725, 4th France 1701, 5th Northern<br />
Ireland No 1 1700, 6th Ireland 1692,<br />
7th Northern Ireland No 2 1700, 8th<br />
Ireland No 1 1692, 9th <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong><br />
No 2 (C.Maxwell 559, K.Chadwick 556,<br />
T.Sutherland 534) 1649, 10th Ireland No<br />
2 1627, 11th Wales 1609.<br />
Veterans – 1st England 1 (R.Taylor<br />
962, G.Win 588, T.Barrable 573) 1753,<br />
2nd Australia 1 (D.Diaz 589, G.Faulkes<br />
589, L.Bager 573) 1751, 3rd <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> 1 (G.Williams 581, L.Coppins<br />
576, P.Schmidt 576) 1733, 4th France<br />
1695, 5th <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 2 (E.Pirie 584,<br />
P.Williams 557, G.Geater 553) 1694, 6th<br />
Northern Ireland 1660, 7th Ireland No 1<br />
1639, 8th Ireland No 3 1555, 9th Ireland<br />
No 2 1549, 10th Wales 1315.<br />
Individual Competition.<br />
635 Competitors.<br />
Open: 1st Colin Waghorn, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong><br />
892/900, 2nd Robert Taylor, England<br />
958/975, 3rd Lynne Curtis, Australia<br />
957/975, 4th Aaron Smyth, Northern<br />
Ireland 887/900, 5th John Stafford,<br />
England 885/900, 6th Marc Crimmins,<br />
Australia 883/900, 7th Steve Guest,<br />
Australia 957/975, 8th John Bellamy,<br />
England 799/900, 9th Nick McKeown,<br />
Northern Ireland 955/975, 10th Paul<br />
Chaplow, England 953/975.<br />
AA Grade 1st Hendy Hume, Northern<br />
Ireland 880/900, 2nd Arty Del Ben,<br />
Australia 952/975, 3rd Sean Doherty,<br />
Ireland 950/975.<br />
A Grade 1st Phillip Murphy, Ireland<br />
875/900, 2nd Robert McLaughlin,<br />
Northern Ireland 945/975, 3rd Ewen<br />
Pirie, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 943/975.<br />
B Grade 1st Tommy Johansson, Sweden,<br />
868/900, 2nd Martin Jansson, Sweden<br />
864/900, 3rd McDonald Cathal, Ireland<br />
854/900.<br />
C Grade 1st Patrice Carriere, France<br />
867/600, 2nd Mathias Vezier, France<br />
862/900, 3rd Christian Bergdahl,<br />
Sweden 861/900.<br />
Ladies 1st Natalie Rooney, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong><br />
865/900, 2nd Natalie Curtis, <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> 859/900, 3rd Denise Humphrey,<br />
England 853/900.<br />
Junior 1st Glen Barton, Australia<br />
873/900, 2nd Chris Toner, Ireland<br />
870/900, 3rd Anthony Rullo, Australia<br />
853/900.<br />
Veteran 1st Robert Taylor, England<br />
958/975, 2nd John Winn, England<br />
878/900, 3rd Geoff Faulkes, Australia<br />
877/900.<br />
SEE Letter to Editor. Page 31<br />
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Colin Waghorn and Natalie Rooney<br />
A Grade (L-R) Ireland Prime Minister, Ewen Pirie 3rd, Phillip<br />
Murphy 1st, Robert McLaughlin 2nd<br />
The Ireland Prime Minister and the NZ No 1 Open team (L-R)<br />
Kelvin Gutsell, Gavin Searle, Colin Waghorn, Sam Gregory,<br />
Robert Prince)<br />
NZ No 1 Junior Team (L-R) Cameron Rooney, Brendan Malcolm,<br />
Nick Gavin<br />
NZ Ladies Team (L-R) Anja Van de Wetering, Natalie Curtis,<br />
Natalie Rooney with the Ireland Prime Minister<br />
Natalie Curtis, Natalie Rooney and Anja van der Wetering<br />
shooting<br />
Individual Ladies (L-R) Denise Humphrey 3rd, Natalie Rooney<br />
1st, Natalie Curtis 2nd with the Ireland Prime Minister<br />
NZ Veteran Team (L-R) Laurie Coppins, Graeme Williams, Paul<br />
Schmidt<br />
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<strong>2008</strong> Fish & Game South<br />
Beretta 2 Day High Gun Girls Maria<br />
Dunnett<br />
Beretta 2 Day High Gun Boys Daniel van<br />
Tiel<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Overall High Gun (Including<br />
Skeet) Cameron Rooney<br />
NZ Single Barrel HOA Nick Gavin<br />
NZ DTL Boys High Gun Joel Hobart<br />
NZ DTL Girls High Gun Tegan Sutherland<br />
South Island Overall High Gun (Including<br />
Skeet) and NZ Single Rise HOA, James<br />
Morgan<br />
South Island Points Score HOA and<br />
South Island DTL High Gun Issac<br />
Gutschlag<br />
NZ Skeet 2 Person Team winners (L-R)<br />
Jacob Reid, Andrew Sutton<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Skeet HOA Luke Vitasovich<br />
SI Single Rise HOA Robert Greig<br />
South Island Skeet HOA Elliot Wilson<br />
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Island AND <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong><br />
Secondary School Championships<br />
Canterbury <strong>Clay</strong> <strong>Target</strong> Club, 27-29 September<br />
The <strong>2008</strong> South Island and <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Secondary School<br />
Championship competition got off to a very rough start on<br />
Saturday 27 September. It was the type of conditions that<br />
only the Canterbury <strong>Clay</strong> <strong>Target</strong> Club at Christchurch could<br />
dish up. From the howling nor west in the morning it turned<br />
straight around to a howling southerly in the afternoon. It<br />
is the only time I have seen targets thrown and then return<br />
to the trap house landing beside it. I’m told this can happen<br />
at Norfolk Island. Regardless, there was still some very good<br />
shooting by the 289 competitors from 44 schools (19 South<br />
Island schools represented and 25 from the North Island).<br />
This was a firm increase on the 270 competitors in 2006 in<br />
Christchurch.<br />
Saturday night saw an AGM take place and the election<br />
of the Secondary School Committee for the coming year.<br />
The highlight of that meeting was the reconfirming of the<br />
recommendation to Council to remove the $10 student fee<br />
and to make all students become junior members at the junior<br />
membership cost of $35. This allows them all to receive our<br />
Gunshot magazine (costed at $25) so that they can be up to<br />
date with shoot information, results, sponsors products and<br />
the overall news of our sport. It also entitles them to shoot at<br />
any event and any club, instead of the very restrictive student<br />
registration that only allowed them to shoot at school events<br />
and only their local club. Only 44% of our 627 junior members<br />
actually used the student membership with 351 opting for the<br />
junior membership outright.<br />
Sunday saw the National Championship take place in good<br />
conditions. There was a very healthy shoot-off for the Single<br />
Rise event with James Morgan from Waimate High School<br />
coming out on top having shoot 176 targets to win.<br />
Monday for the skeet events was again a very average day but<br />
with 116 skeet shooters and with the Fish and Game Shields<br />
shot for first up, it was a very eventful day<br />
The level of shooting was a pleasure to see and a great<br />
complement to our sponsors Fish and Game <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong><br />
who dedicate a lot of time, effort and money into fostering<br />
secondary school shooting. Thank you very much and long<br />
may this relationship continue because the continued growing<br />
success of our junior shooters is directly attributable to your<br />
help and sponsorship. To Beretta and Martin Coe a big thank<br />
you and I just wish I could have won one of those 686’s.<br />
Kilwell and Geoff Wells – they are always there and give us<br />
magnificent help, service and sponsorship. Thank you very<br />
much.<br />
Lastly, but not least it is well worth mentioning that shooting<br />
at this event were four juniors that represented <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong><br />
in Ireland in <strong>2008</strong> – Tegan Sutherland, Nick Gavin, Ricky<br />
Schraag and Cameron Rooney. It was fitting to see Nick and<br />
Cameron shooting off for the National High Over All High Gun<br />
at the end of the tournament as their last involvement with<br />
Secondary School Shooting.<br />
Results:<br />
South Island Single Rise Championship – HOA Robert Greig,<br />
Kings College 20. Boys 1st Garth Gallagher, Ashburton College<br />
20, 2nd Jock Saxton, St Pauls Collegiate 20, 3rd Gareth Havill,<br />
Christchurch Boys 20. Girls 1st Melissa Jager, Thames High<br />
School 19. 2nd Bronte Wodward. St Peters 19, 3rd Laura Bray,<br />
Waiuku College 19.<br />
South Island Points Score Championship – HOA Issac Gutshlag,<br />
Otago Boys High 60. Boys 1st Geoff Morris, Otago Boys High<br />
60, 2nd Max Andrews Waiuku College 60, 3rd David Carswell,<br />
Te Aroha 59. Girls 1st Maria Dunnett, Matamata College 59,<br />
2nd Jessica Scott, Central Southland 58, 3rd Tegan Sutherland,<br />
Central Southland 57.<br />
South Island Points Score Teams Boys 1st Te Aroha College<br />
(Ryan Budd, Eric Van Lankveld, David Carswell, Simon Van<br />
Lankveld, Stuart Hines) 279, 2nd Waiuku College (Liam<br />
Shadgett, Clinton Hunt, Jesse Whitehead, Josh Sanderson,<br />
Todd Hamilton) 277, 3rd Lindisfarne (Kurt McCormick, Hamish<br />
Gannon, Sam Tod, Flether Black, Wilson Colin) 271. Girls 1st<br />
Matamata College (Ashley Payze, Maria Dunnett, Brittany<br />
Hobart) 172, 2nd Hauraki Plains (Amy van Bysterveldt, Jessica<br />
Wenham, Charlotte Duffy) 149, 3rd Pukekohe High (Stacey<br />
Matheson, Emma Millen, Brooke Robertson) 144.<br />
South Island Single Barrel Championship – HOA Andrew<br />
Mackay, St Pauls Collegiate 10. Boys 1st Robert Greig, Kings<br />
College 10, 2nd Josh Sanderson, Waiuku College 10, 3rd<br />
Trent Robinson, Pukekohe High 10. Girls 1st Charlene Ruffell,<br />
Dunstan High 8, 2nd Maria Dunnett, Matamata College 8, 3rd<br />
Ashley Payze, Matamata College 8.<br />
South Island Single Rise Trophy – HOA Robert Greig, Kings<br />
College 20. Boys 1st Garth Gallagher, Ashburton College 20,<br />
2nd Jock Saxton, St Pauls Collegiate 20, 3rd Gareth Havill,<br />
Christchurch Boys 20, 4th Luke Vitasovich, Huntly 20, 5th<br />
Clinton Hunt, Waiuku College 20, 6th Tod Hamilton, Waiuku<br />
College 20, 7th Jake Michelle, Pukekohe High 20, 8th Logan<br />
Rankin, Whangarei Boys 20, 9th James Morgan, Waimate High<br />
20, 10th Jordan Berry, Matamata College 20. Girls 1st Melissa<br />
Jager, Thames High School 19. 2nd Bronte Woodward. St<br />
Peters 19, 3rd Laura Bray, Waiuku College 19, 4th Chloe Tipple,<br />
Avonside Girls 19, 5th Maria Dunnett, Matamata College 19.<br />
Winchester Interschool Challenge Trophy (over NI & NZ Points<br />
Score) Te Aroha College 554 (L-R) Simon van Lankveld, Stuart<br />
Hines, Ryan Budd, David Carswell, Eric van Lankveld<br />
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South Island High Gun – Boys<br />
Isaac Gutschlag, Otago Boys<br />
88, Girls – Maria Dunnett,<br />
Matamata College 86.<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Points Score<br />
Championships – HOA Daniel<br />
van Tiel, Kings College<br />
60. Boys 1st Joel Hobart,<br />
Matamata College 60, 2nd<br />
Nick Gavin, Whangarei Boys 60, 3rd Josh Wilson, Whangarei<br />
Boys 60. Girls 1st Tegan Sutherland, Central Southland College<br />
60, 2nd Alannah Withers, Karamu High 57, 3rd Maria Dunnett,<br />
Matamata College 56.<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Points Score Team – Boys 1st Whangarei<br />
Boys (Nick Gavin, Brent Martin, Ethan Erceg, Tim Mannion,<br />
Logan Rankin) 281, 2nd Kings College (Daniel van Tiel, Paul<br />
Sutherland, Daniel Spratt, Robert Greig, Robert Horrocks) 280,<br />
3rd Whangarei (Ian King, Hugh McKenzie, Hayden Coote, Rhys<br />
Were, Josh Wilson) 275. Girls 1st Matamata College (Ashley<br />
Payze, Maria Dunnett, Brittany Hobart) 159, 2nd Central<br />
Southland College (Jessica Scott, Tegan Sutherland, Brooklyn<br />
Sutherland) 140, 3rd Pukekohe High (Stacey Matheson, Emma<br />
Millen, Brooke Robertson) 138.<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Single Barrel Championship – HOA Nick Gavin,<br />
Whangarei Boys 10. Boys 1st Kurt McCormick, Lindisfarne<br />
10, 2nd Sam Sidey, Christchurch Boys High 10, 3rd Ian King,<br />
Whangarei Boys 10. Girls 1st Maria Dunnett, Matamata College<br />
10, 2nd Jessica Scott, Central Southland 9, 3rd Melissa Jager,<br />
Thames 9.<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Single Rise Championships – HOA James Morgan,<br />
Waimate 20 + 176. Boys 1st Rhys Were, Whangarei Boys 20,<br />
2nd Logan Rankin, Whangarei Boys 20, 3rd Brent Martin,<br />
Whangarei Boys 20.<br />
Girls 1st Melissa Jager, Thames 20, 2nd Jessica Scott, Central<br />
Southland 20, 3rd Ashley Payze, Matamata College 19.<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Single Rise Trophy HOA James Morgan, Waimate<br />
20. Boys 1st Rhys Were, Whangarei Boys 20, 2nd Logan<br />
Rankin, Whangarei Boys 20, 3rd Brent Martin, Whangarei Boys<br />
20, 4th Max Andrews, Waiuku College 20, 5th Jack Norwood,<br />
St. Pauls Collegiate 20, 6th Todd Hamilton, Waiuku College<br />
20, 7th Cameron Rooney, Timaru Boys 20, 8th Matthew<br />
King, Whangarei Boys 20, 9th Hamish Gannon, Lindisfarne<br />
20, 10th Kurt McCormick, Lindisfarne 20. Girls 1st Melissa<br />
Jager, Thames 20, 2nd Jessica Scott, Central Southland 20, 3rd<br />
Ashley Payze, Matamata College 19, 4th Amy van Bysterveld,<br />
Hauraki Plains 19, 5th Alanah Withers, Karamu High 19<br />
Open North vs South Teams event – 1st North Island (Joel<br />
Hobart, Daniel van Tiel, Ricky Schraag, Matthew Hedley,<br />
Scott Verran) 209, 2nd South Island (Tegan Sutherland, Simon<br />
Parsons, Tom Reed, Cameron Rooney, Scott McFadden) 206.<br />
Top 5 Scores: Matthew Heldey, Ricky Schraag, Scott Verran,<br />
Simon Parsons, Cameron Rooney.<br />
Girls North vs South Teams event – 1st South Island (Jessica<br />
Scott, Vanessa Johnson, Rachael Dickie) 122, 2nd North Island<br />
(Alanah Withers, Melissa Jager, Maria Dunnett) 110. Top 3<br />
Scores: Vanessa Johnson, Rachael Dickie, Alanah Withers.<br />
Winchester Interschool Challenge Trophy over NI & NZ Points<br />
Score teams – Te Aroha College (Ryan Budd, Eric van Lankveld,<br />
David Carswell, Simon van Lankveld, Stuart Hines) 554.<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> High Gun – Boys Joel Hobart, Matamata College<br />
90, Girls Tegan Sutherland, Central Southland College 87.<br />
Beretta 2 Day High Gun – Boys Daniel van Tiel, Kings College<br />
173, Girls Maria Dunnett, Matamata College 170.<br />
South Island Skeet – HOA Elliot Wilson, Central Southland<br />
25. Boys 1st Ethan Erceg, Whangarei Boys 25, 2nd Luke<br />
Vitasovich, Huntly 24, 3rd David Gow, Gore High 24. Girls<br />
Tegan Sutherland, Central Southland College 23, 2nd Melissa<br />
Jager, Thames 21, 3rd Sarah van Bysterveldt, Hauraki 18. 2<br />
person teams 1st Hamish Bell, Elliott Wilson, Central Southland<br />
College 49, 2nd David Gow, Matthew Williams, Gore High 47.<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Skeet – HOA Luke Vitasovich, Huntly 25. Boys 1st<br />
William Rooney, Timaru BH 24, 2nd Jamie Peryer, Rathkeale<br />
24, 3rd Andrew Sutton, Dunstan High 24. Girls 1st Amy van<br />
Bysterveldt, Hauraki 22, 2nd Melissa Jager, Thames 22, 3rd<br />
Tegan Sutherland, Central Southland 20. 2 Person Team 1st<br />
Andrew Sutton, Jacob Reid, Dunstan 47, 2nd William Rooney,<br />
Cameron Rooney, Timaru Boys 47.<br />
North vs South Skeet 1st North (Luke Vitasovich, Ethan Erceg,<br />
Matthew King) 67, 2nd South (Andrew Sutton, Hamish Bell,<br />
Elliott Wilson) 56.<br />
Overall High Gun (Including Skeet) South Island – James<br />
Morgan, Waimate Boys 110. <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> – Cameron Rooney,<br />
Timaru Boys 110.<br />
Fish & Game Regional Teams Challenge – Open Teams<br />
1st Hawkes Bay (Matthew Hedley, Hamish Gannon, Simon<br />
Schaw, Kurt McCormick, Chris Schaw) 234, 2nd Auckland/<br />
Waikato (Max Andrews, Todd Hamilton, David Carswell, Eric<br />
Van Lankveld, Daniel Tiel) 228, 3rd Wellington (Tim Groves,<br />
Callum Beattie, Sam Andrew, Matt Linch, Jamie Peryer) 224.<br />
Girls Teams 1st Southland (Tegan Sutherland, Rachael Dickie,<br />
Jessica Scott) 127, 2nd Auckland/Waikato (Maria Dunnett,<br />
Melissa Jager, Ashley Payze) 124, 3rd Central South Island<br />
(Vanessa Johnson, Jessica McDonald, Georgina McCullough)<br />
109. Individuals – HOA Matthew Hedley, Hawkes Bay 50, 1st<br />
Chris Schaw, Hawkes Bay 49, 2nd Eric van Lankveld, Auckland<br />
Waikato 49, 3rd Sam Campbell, Easters 49. Girls HOA Maria<br />
Dunnett, Auckland/Waikato 49, 1st Tegan Sutherland,<br />
Southland 46, 2nd Jessica Scott, Southland 43, 3rd Vanessa<br />
Johnson, Central Southland 41.<br />
North/South DTL winners, North Island (L-R) Ricky Schraag, Joel<br />
Jobart, Matthew Hedley, Scott Verran, Daniel van Tiel<br />
North South DTL Girls 1st South Island (L-R) Rachael Dickie,<br />
Jessica Scott, Vanessa Johnson<br />
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NZ Single Rise Girls (L-R) Jessica Scott 2nd, Melissa Jager 1st,<br />
Ashley Payze 3rd<br />
NZ Single Rise Boys (L-R) Logan Rankin 2nd, Rhys Were 1st,<br />
Brent Martin 3rd<br />
NZ Points Score Boys (L-R) Nick Gavin 2nd, Joel Hobart 1st, Josh<br />
Wilson 3rd<br />
NZ Points Score Girls (L-R) Alannah Withers 2nd Tegan<br />
Sutherland 1st, Maria Dunnett 3rd<br />
SI Single Rise Boys (L-R) Jock Saxton 2nd, Garth Gallagher 1st,<br />
Gareth Havill 3rd<br />
SI Points Score Team Boys 1st (L-R) Ryan Budd, Eric van<br />
Lankveld, Simon van Lankveld, Stuart Hines, David Carswell<br />
South Island Points Score Girls (L-R) Jessica Scott 2nd, Maria<br />
Dunnett 1st, Tegan Sutherland 3rd<br />
NZ Points Score Boys Team 1st Whangarei (L-R) Tim Mannion,<br />
Logan Rankin, Ethan Erceg, Brent Martin, Nick Gavin<br />
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ISSF Zone<br />
Championship<br />
Canterbury <strong>Clay</strong> <strong>Target</strong> Club<br />
4 -5 October <strong>2008</strong><br />
North South DTL Top 5 Scorers (L-R) Matthew Hedley, Simon<br />
Parsons, Cameron Rooney, Scott Verran, Ricky Schraag<br />
Skeet HOA Malcolm Duff. A Grade 1st Geoff Jukes<br />
Trench HOA Graeme Ede. A Grade 1st John Duff, 2nd John<br />
Hillock. B Grade 1st William Rooney, 2nd Hamish Wilson, 3rd<br />
Jessica Scott. Juniors – William Rooney. Veterans – John Hillock.<br />
No ladies as only one competitor<br />
No entries for Double Trap<br />
ISSF SOUTH ZONE<br />
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Fish & Game Regional Teams Challenge Open 1st Hawkes Bay<br />
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Chris Schaw, Hamish Gannon, Simon Schaw<br />
Fish & Game Regional Teams Challenge Girls 1st Southland (L-R)<br />
Tegan Sutherland, Jessica Scott, Rachael Dickie<br />
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SECONDARY SCHOOL FEES<br />
By Grant Castles<br />
At the recent Secondary School AGM held at Christchurch Gun<br />
Club, the issue regarding the secondary school membership<br />
fees was raised and that there had been no reasons given as<br />
to why the decision was made to drop the Student Member<br />
category.<br />
Following is an explanation why the Secondary School<br />
Committee (SS) recommended to the Council that the student<br />
($10.00) membership be dropped and all secondary school<br />
shooters be Junior Members ($35.00) as discussed at the<br />
Secondary School’s AGM held at the SS Nationals.<br />
From the information that was held at the NZCTA office, we<br />
knew that 56% of SS shooters were already Junior Members.<br />
Of the 44% of SS Student Members only 25% were active<br />
shooters. One of the big messages we got from SS shooters<br />
was that they did not know what was going on with <strong>Clay</strong> <strong>Target</strong><br />
Shooting events other than Secondary school shooting.<br />
This point was again raised at the AGM.<br />
The biggest changes that comes from the change from Student<br />
Membership to Junior Membership is that they all get a Gunshot<br />
magazine and are able to compete at all <strong>Clay</strong> <strong>Target</strong> events.<br />
The Committee felt that the biggest way to get these non<br />
active shooters involved more with our sport was through the<br />
Gunshot and then being able to compete at all events.<br />
The Gunshot magazine is a very good window into our sport<br />
from which all shooters get to know what is happening around<br />
the clubs. The Gunshot not only tells all shooters what is<br />
happening, but also all rule changes that have been made.<br />
Junior shooters are now a big part of our sport, not only at SS<br />
level but at all levels and competitions. These junior shooters<br />
are now featuring all through the Gunshot (these juniors are<br />
now beating us older fellows).<br />
Secondary school shooting is evolving (in my opinion) into<br />
our greatest ever achievement within our sport. With this SS<br />
programme producing world-beating sports people we need<br />
to continue to move forward with this growth.<br />
This year we have a total of 627 SS registered shooters. What<br />
a great achievement.<br />
The sponsorship that we now receive for our SS Competitions<br />
is regarded as some of the best support given as quoted by<br />
our President at presentations at the SS Nationals.<br />
We have major sponsors with Fish and Game and Beretta<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong>. These sponsors now invest many thousands of<br />
dollars into SS shooting.<br />
The only way that all SS shooters get to see what these sponsors<br />
are putting into their sport is through the Gunshot. We do not<br />
think it is a great ask of these SS shooters that they invest an<br />
extra $25.00 per annum into their sport to be informed and to<br />
show appreciation for the sponsorship received.<br />
From comments made, we know that their $35.00 per annum<br />
fee for clay target shooting is no greater that what is being<br />
asked from schools to compete in other sports.<br />
These issues for the fee changes that were made at a special<br />
meeting last <strong>November</strong> were discussed at the AGM this year<br />
and were presented as a motion and it was passed at the AGM<br />
that the new fees were to stay in place.<br />
I hope this article clarifies the reasons why the SS Committee<br />
made this change.<br />
Thanks for reading<br />
Secondary School Committee<br />
NZ Secondary School Shooters<br />
Junior vs Student Membership Statistics<br />
Membership proportion<br />
Junior 56% Student 44%<br />
351 Junior Members, 276 Student Members = 627 Junior<br />
Members in total<br />
Student membership shooters<br />
No Percentage 75% Has a Percentage 25%<br />
Out of all 276 student membership shooters, 25% (69) have a<br />
percentage.<br />
Secondary School<br />
Committee<br />
North Island<br />
Co-ordinator: Grant Castles, PO Box 1111, Tauranga. Castles.<br />
family@xtra.co.nz Ph 07 544 2010 mob 0274 737 484<br />
Gavin Paton, 3 Rushgreen Ave, Papakura. gavinp@xtra.co.nz<br />
Ph 09 298 8169 mob 027 486 1981<br />
Les Clarke, 20 Bayview Drive, Waiuku. lesclarke@xtra.co.nz<br />
Ph 09 235 9362 mob 021 920 771<br />
Judy Garshaw, 176 Bothwell Park Road, RD 2, Waiuku.<br />
garshaws@internet.co.nz Ph 09 235 2844 mob 021 712 3745<br />
South Island<br />
Co-ordinator: Gary Rooney, Studholme, RD 10, Waimate.<br />
g.a.rooney@xtra.co.nz Ph 03 689 9800<br />
Win Morris, 40 Earnscleugh Rd, Alexandra.<br />
sirrom@actrix.co.nz Ph/Fax 03 448 6243<br />
Gavin Searle, 296 Mairehau Road, Christchurch 8083<br />
Ph 03 383 2074 searlefamily@xtra.co.nz<br />
Bruce Stuart, Wrights Bush, Waianiwa, RD 4, Invercargill.<br />
bcstuart@es.co.nz PH03 235 2882 mob 0274 360029,<br />
Fax 03 235 2887<br />
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SCOTT SHIELD<br />
SECONDARY SCHOOLS SHOOT<br />
Scott Shield winners, Central Southland College (L-R) E.Wilson, H.Rose, L.Carey,<br />
W.Lindsay, H.Bell<br />
HOA Single Barrel A.Sutton with M.Rodway (Fish & Game)<br />
Points Score Senior (L-R) J.Reid 2nd , J.Scott 1st, M.Williams 3rd<br />
Held at Nightcaps <strong>Clay</strong><br />
<strong>Target</strong> Club<br />
20 July <strong>2008</strong><br />
The club was all ready for an influx of<br />
shooters, and as usual they were all<br />
lining up at the window three quarters<br />
of an hour ahead of time. It is so nice to<br />
see keen shooters ready to get on with<br />
the business of shooting. The day was<br />
overcast with the odd shower of rain<br />
and quite cool, but that didn’t seem to<br />
deter the quality of shooting.<br />
In the Point Score there were seven<br />
possibles, two in the senior and five<br />
in the juniors. After a shoot-off of<br />
40 targets, Tim Evans from Northern<br />
Southland came out the winner from<br />
Jessica Scott from Central Southland<br />
College. Next was the Single Barrel<br />
with six possibles, and Andrew Sutton<br />
from Dunstan took this out.<br />
We then re-squadded the shooters<br />
for the Scott Shield teams match<br />
incorporating the Single Rise individual<br />
cups as well. We had 12 possibles in<br />
this. This shoot-off went to 65 targets,<br />
with David Gow of Gore High School<br />
winning from Michael Sutherland of<br />
Northern Southland College. When<br />
the scores were added up, Central<br />
Southland Red came out on top for the<br />
Scott Shield by one point from Gore<br />
High School. Then it came down to who<br />
was to win the HOA Cup for the days<br />
shooting. Two junior shooters from<br />
Northern Southland had not missed a<br />
target for the day, which in itself was a<br />
great achievement, but one had to win<br />
HOA and the other would then take the<br />
Junior medal. So off they went and shot<br />
5/5/5 as per High Gun rules. Michael<br />
Sutherland finished one target down<br />
and Tim Evans was two targets down.<br />
I would like to thank all shooters,<br />
coaches and parents who came and<br />
supported our club’s shoot, especially<br />
the five new junior shooters who came<br />
down from Craighead with their coach.<br />
I hope you all enjoyed your day’s<br />
shooting. I would also like to thank our<br />
members and visiting members who<br />
came and helped run this day. Also<br />
thank you to M.Rodway and Fish and<br />
Game for their continuing support of<br />
this event. Without them we wouldn’t<br />
have the medals to hand out to our<br />
winning shooters. So hope we see you<br />
all back again next year and good luck<br />
with the rest of your year’s shooting.<br />
Results<br />
Points Score – HOA T.Evans, Northern<br />
Southland College. Senior 1st J.Scott,<br />
Central Southland College, 2nd J.Reid,<br />
Dunstan, 3rd M.Williams, Gore High.<br />
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Scott Shield Senior High Gun J.Reid<br />
Scott Shield Ladies High Gun winner<br />
J.Scott<br />
Scott Shield HOA High Gun M.Sutherland<br />
Junior 1st M.Sutherland, Northern<br />
Southland College, 2nd I.Gutschlag,<br />
Otago Boys, 3rd B.Harper, Southland<br />
Boys High.<br />
Single Barrel – HOA A.Sutton, Dunstan.<br />
Senior 1st C.Ruffell, Dunstanm, 2nd<br />
D.Gow, Gore High, 3rd T.Sutherland,<br />
Central Southland College. Junior 1st<br />
M.Sutherland, Northern Southland<br />
College, 2nd T.Evans, Northern Southland<br />
College, 3rd T.Goatley, Menzies.<br />
Single Rise –HOA D.Gow, Gore High.<br />
Senior 1st A.Sutton, Dunstan, 2nd<br />
L.Carey, Central Southland College, 3rd<br />
J.Reid, Dunstan. Junior 1st M.Sutherland,<br />
Northern Southland College, 2nd H.Bell,<br />
Central Southland College, 3rd T.Evans,<br />
Northern Southland College. Ladies 1st<br />
T.Sutherland, Central Southland College,<br />
2nd J.Scott, Central Southland College,<br />
3rd C.Ruffell, Dunstan.<br />
Scott Shield Teams 1st Central Southland<br />
College (E.Wilson, L.Carey, W.Lindsay,<br />
H.Rose, H.Bell), 2nd Gore High No<br />
1 (M.Williams, R.Catto, M.Paterson,<br />
C.McLeod, D.Gow). Ladies Team 1st<br />
Central Southland College (J.Scott,<br />
B.Sutherland, T.Sutherland).<br />
High Gun – M.Sutherland, Northern<br />
Southland College. Senior J.Reid,<br />
Dunstan, Junior T.Evans Northern<br />
Southland College. Ladies J.Scott,<br />
Central Southland College.<br />
Conservation Prizes – Senior L.Euston,<br />
Central Southland College, Junior<br />
K.Pearson, Craighead.<br />
ILT Postal Shoot – 1st Central Southland<br />
College 197 (E.Wilson, T.Sutherland,<br />
L.Carey, W.Lindsay, H.Bell), 2nd Gore<br />
High School Gold 196 (M.Williams,<br />
R.Catto, M.Paterson, J.Hastie, D.Gow).<br />
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Scott Shield Junior High Gun T.Evans<br />
Single Rise HOA D.Gow<br />
INTERESTING FACTS<br />
Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was<br />
ruled ‘Gentlemen Only... Ladies Forbidden’... thus the word GOLF<br />
entered into the English language.<br />
Everyday more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S.<br />
Treasury.<br />
Men can reader smaller print than women can; woman can hear<br />
better.<br />
Coca-Cola was originally green.<br />
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs<br />
in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg<br />
in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.<br />
If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of<br />
natural causes.<br />
In English pubs, ale is ordered in pints and quarts... So in old<br />
England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at<br />
them ‘Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down.’ Its where we<br />
get the phrase ‘mind your P’s and Q’s.’<br />
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National<br />
Monuments.<br />
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Thames School Shoot<br />
Steve Chapman of Waikato Fish and<br />
Game presenting Cameron Muggeridge<br />
with the key to the shooting pond for next<br />
season while a proud mum watches on.<br />
It was a very successful day, perfect<br />
weather throughout, no wind. There<br />
was an excellent turnout with 116<br />
shooters, up slightly on last year.<br />
The highlight of the day was the Neil<br />
Carseldine Memorial shoot. The Neil<br />
Carseldine Memorial shoot is a 20 target<br />
Points Score event, five shooters per<br />
team and we had 24 teams competing<br />
from the Tauranga, Rotorua, Taupo,<br />
Hamilton and Auckland regions. The<br />
team event has a maximum score of 60<br />
points per shooter, 300 per team.<br />
The team shoot was won by Tauranga<br />
Boys High School after a shoot-off<br />
with Hamilton Boys High School. Both<br />
schools scored 284 out of a possible<br />
300, with Tauranga Boys High School<br />
winning the shoot-off in convincing<br />
fashion. Scores were: Sam Campbell<br />
57, Curtis Blyth 57, Shaun Travers 56,<br />
Scott Verran 58, Mitch Black 56. Total<br />
284. Hamilton Boys High School was<br />
second, also scoring 284 out of 300<br />
(Matt Lanigan 56, Cameron Muggeridge<br />
60, Thomas Potter 57, Matt Catley 54,<br />
Adam Hussey 57). Te Aroha College was<br />
third, with a score of 278 out of 300.<br />
Previous winners of this competition<br />
were: 2004 Waiuku College 294/300,<br />
2005 Hauraki Plains College 278/300,<br />
2006 Kings College 293/300, 2007<br />
Waiuku College 283/300.<br />
The ladies team event - three people<br />
per team - was won again by Matamata<br />
High School. The team comprised<br />
of Ashley Payze, Maria Dunnett and<br />
Brittany Hobart. Total score 169/180,<br />
an excellent score. Last year two of<br />
the same team members won the ladies<br />
prize with a score of 142/180.<br />
Two individual events, being the single<br />
rise of 20 targets and the single barrel<br />
of 10 targets, were amalgamated for the<br />
prize giving as one event, a maximum<br />
score of 30. Three shooters scored a<br />
perfect 30/30. The shoot off, which<br />
Jack Norwood, High Gun for the day<br />
went to 17 targets, was won by Curtis<br />
Blyth - Tauranga Boys High School.<br />
Second was Sam Campbell also from<br />
Tauranga and third, Mathew Fisher from<br />
Hauraki Plains College.<br />
A further 11 boys scored 29 out of 30<br />
and entered a minor shoot off for the<br />
smaller prizes.<br />
The ladies event was won by Maria<br />
Dunnett with Laura Bray second and<br />
Brittany Hobart third after a shoot-off.<br />
The overall high gun award for the day<br />
covered the 20 target single rise, the<br />
20 target points score and 10 target<br />
single barrel. The possible score over<br />
the three events was 90 points. Eight<br />
shooters scored 87/90. The shoot-off<br />
was won by Jack Norwood of Rotorua.<br />
A highlight of the prize giving were the<br />
six drawn prizes donated by Fish and<br />
Game <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Auckland/Waikato.<br />
They donated five <strong>2008</strong> junior shooting<br />
licences, which went to Lucas Hadley,<br />
Matt Lanigan, Jessica Wenham, Ben<br />
Walker and Mathew Fisher<br />
The NZ Fish and Game Waikato branch<br />
also donated the exclusive use of one<br />
of their shooting ponds for the full<br />
shooting season next year. Suitable<br />
for two shooters, this prize went to the<br />
shooter with the highest score in the<br />
high gun event who would be under<br />
18 as at May next year. Of the eight<br />
shooters who scored 87/90, only two<br />
would be still under 18 next year. These<br />
two shooters entered a shoot-off, with<br />
Cameron Muggeridge of Hamilton Boys<br />
High School winning this. Cameron<br />
receives the exclusive use of the pond<br />
and a free shooting licence.<br />
Steve Chapman of Fish and Game<br />
Auckland/Waikato was on hand to<br />
present the prizes.<br />
Many thanks to our sponsors: Toyota<br />
NZ, Thames, Kilwell Sports Limited,<br />
Rotorua, NZ Fish and Game-Auckland/<br />
Waikato.<br />
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LETTER To The Editor<br />
Dear Sir<br />
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS <strong>2008</strong><br />
I wish to draw to the attention of the NZCTA Executive and<br />
members some of the inconsistencies that occurred at the<br />
recent World DTL Championships at Esker, Ireland.<br />
Those shooters who were successful, under very trying<br />
conditions and organisation, deserve the highest praise but<br />
the organisation on the part of NZCTA leaves a lot to be<br />
desired. There are several points that need to be mentioned,<br />
these being:<br />
(1) Qualifying and competing in the event.<br />
If the NZCTA is going to set qualifying standards and<br />
guidelines in regard to selection for the various teams,<br />
then these MUST be adhered to by the <strong>Association</strong>. It was<br />
quoted in those standards and guidelines:<br />
(a) There will be a requirement to submit at least five<br />
scores from various competitions.<br />
(b) The national selectors will make their squad selections<br />
from the scores recorded by members who declare an<br />
intention to attend.<br />
(c) The squads selection, position or placing of individual<br />
members (and or any reserves, if taken) will be made<br />
by the selectors after shooting at the pre-worlds event<br />
in Ireland.<br />
(d) Attendance at and competing in the pre-worlds being<br />
hosted in Ireland will be a requirement of the final team<br />
selection.<br />
(e) Shooters have been asked to advise the NZCTA office<br />
of their intentions if they are considering qualifying for<br />
teams at the World Championships….. we cannot take<br />
responsibility for non-communication with shooters<br />
who have not registered an interest.<br />
(f) All squad/team members will be expected to attend<br />
arranged team meeting(s) in Ireland prior to the Worlds<br />
event briefing.<br />
If these were advertised and given to members then,<br />
why were they not followed in the final team selection in<br />
Ireland? Why was only one team meeting ever held, and<br />
that was only to announce the team (which not everyone<br />
attended). How can a squad member be selected as a<br />
Junior, Veterans etc and then shoot in a different squad?<br />
Maybe the NZCTA feels that making the statement “a<br />
condition of having individuals considered for the squads<br />
will be that no correspondence will be entered into, and the<br />
selectors decisions are final.” If that is the case, then why<br />
should members travel at huge expense to themselves to<br />
qualify, to represent their association and country at the<br />
World Championships? Maybe it would be cheaper to just<br />
draw the names ‘out of the hat’ after asking for names of<br />
members who would be interested in attending.<br />
(2) Management<br />
(a) How can a person(s) be squad members, selectors,<br />
managers? Are these positions advertised by the<br />
<strong>Association</strong>? Is there a Job description given to these<br />
appointed or is it ok for managers to stand around<br />
and not do their jobs, especially in the development of<br />
team spirit and communication?<br />
(b) Why was no social get-together organised so that<br />
squad members and families could meet?<br />
(c) Why were shoot times/squads changed and no<br />
communication made about changes given to shooters?<br />
It makes a big difference waiting around for six and half<br />
hours waiting to shoot through poor communication.<br />
(d) Is the NZCTA that poor financially that at the<br />
presentation of the World Trophies our winners had<br />
nothing to exchange with their fellow winners. It did<br />
look very bad on our part.<br />
(e) When is the NZCTA going to employ a funding manager<br />
to assist with sponsorship etc for these events at all<br />
levels? This has been talked about at many AGMs.<br />
(f) What press releases has the NZCTA made to ‘cash in’<br />
on the success of having both the World Champion and<br />
Ladies Champion plus all of the other winners.<br />
If we are going to build on this great success then, the NZCTA<br />
needs to evaluate their role/selection process/sponsorship.<br />
They need to support their members who take the time from<br />
work commitments, who finance their own travel costs, to<br />
represent their association, country and fellow shooters at<br />
various competitions. One positive way of evaluating this<br />
Championship would be to supply each shooter that attended<br />
with an evaluation/comment form which then the NZCTA<br />
could act upon.<br />
We do not come from a third world country, so why should<br />
the NZCTA expect the members who represent them to come<br />
under that category. If the <strong>Association</strong> wants support, then<br />
it should be seen to be supporting its members to the full.<br />
Let’s hope that 2010 World Championships in Cape Town has<br />
a 100% improvement in support/management from NZCTA.<br />
Yours faithfully<br />
Malcolm Mitchell (Mitch)<br />
Reply to Malcolm Mitchell’s letter to the Editor<br />
I would like to reply to Malcolm’s letter regarding the World<br />
DTL Championships and the issues he raises.<br />
The qualifying criteria were well advertised prior to any squad<br />
selection. The shooters were well informed that SQUADS were<br />
to be named, not individual team compositions. The squads<br />
formed the make-up of the Open, Lady, Junior and Veteran<br />
teams with the final open team being made up of a composite<br />
from the Open, Lady, Junior and Veterans squads. It was<br />
always going to be the case that the composite team, being<br />
the number 3 Open team would be made up of those who<br />
did not make the category teams or the No 1 or No 2 Open<br />
team. Malcolm was named as a non-squad reserve as he had<br />
indicated right from the outset that he was going to Ireland<br />
regardless of whether he was in a team or not. There were<br />
two others who were named as non-squad reserves and they<br />
were put into squads as places became available when named<br />
squad members withdrew from (being available).<br />
Malcolm asks why no correspondence will be entered into as<br />
selectors decisions are final. At some stage a firm decision has<br />
to be made as to who will shoot in which team and a decision<br />
cannot be left hanging while various members appeal and<br />
argue over team placings.<br />
Malcolm also asked how can squad members be selectors<br />
and managers? This has been done for many years when the<br />
<strong>Association</strong> has had team members acting as team managers.<br />
Quite simply it is often a matter of pure economics and<br />
having the best person for the job available. I was fortunate<br />
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to be funded as assistant team manager as Council felt it was<br />
important that someone other than a volunteer from within<br />
our sport knew what would be required to take a team away.<br />
This would give me the knowledge to pass on to whoever<br />
Council elects to act as a team manager in future. It was also<br />
questioned by Council if should we be continually relying on<br />
volunteers to fill these roles, which often takes considerable<br />
time and is it fair to ask a person who is paying their own<br />
way to solely bare the burden of managing a large team while<br />
also trying to compete for their country. The other team<br />
manager (who was also a selector) was Ewen Pirie. Ewen<br />
has had considerable experience in both overseas travel and<br />
team competition. Ewen was selected on merit, along with the<br />
other squad members, into the Veterans squad. Ewen advised<br />
right from the outset that he did not mind which team he<br />
ended up in, being the Veterans or the composite team. His<br />
placing in the Veterans category and grade placing suggests<br />
that he was in the right team. Martin van de Wetering was the<br />
other selector who was also in the open squad. Martin had<br />
put in extremely good scores leading up to leaving NZ but<br />
wasn’t in good form in Ireland so he took himself out of the<br />
number 1 team in favour of Gavin Searle. Again, the number<br />
1 open team scores proved this to be the right thing to do.<br />
Both Martin and Ewen have proved over numerous years of<br />
service to this sport that they are not in this for personal gain<br />
and have the best interests of shooters at heart. As Martin<br />
is also a NZCTA Councillor, he was in the perfect position<br />
to be able to report to Council on the selection process and<br />
how successful this was. Malcolm will be aware that many<br />
various selection processes have been tried over the years<br />
with the view to selecting the very best team possible for the<br />
event. A long delay between the selection and the final event<br />
can often be detrimental as shooters’ form either wanes or<br />
increases. Having the final team placings determined by the<br />
initial qualifying scores, plus the scores shot in the pre-world<br />
events, has proved to be the right thing to do as the results<br />
speak for themselves. The impact of international travel<br />
should not be underestimated.<br />
The 100 target event the day immediately prior to the Worlds<br />
was not the best and perhaps leaving the team selection to<br />
the night before was not ideal for the shooters but no doubt<br />
those shooters who were shooting at their best were in the<br />
right teams.<br />
Malcolm asked why there was no social get-together so squad<br />
members and families could meet. Experience has shown<br />
that with 30-40 shooters, who have paid their own way<br />
and are often travelling with family, all scattered in various<br />
accommodation venues, getting them together is extremely<br />
difficult. It is acknowledged that in Ireland the facilities at the<br />
club did not lend themselves for sitting around in groups as<br />
the clubhouse was used as an office and competitors were<br />
discouraged from going in there. The weather did not make<br />
sitting outside an option for big chunks of the day. Many<br />
shooters want to get out and about and see the country they<br />
had paid a lot of money to visit and did not want to be tied<br />
to “feel-good” get-togethers. There was an official function<br />
that all team members were offered to attend (at no cost to<br />
themselves). Admittedly their partners had to pay for this<br />
function but many <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> shooters and their families<br />
chose to attend and enjoyed themselves. Malcolm was always<br />
named as a non-squad reserve, which meant he did not form<br />
part of the official NZ team and would have had to pay for his<br />
tickets to this event.<br />
Squad details and times were changed for all team members<br />
as the final make-up of teams was established so teams could<br />
shoot as a squad. They were all advised but unfortunately as<br />
Malcolm was not part of the NZ team the shoot office did not<br />
attempt to communicate the details to Malcolm.<br />
Admittedly, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> was in the embarrassing position of<br />
not having anything to exchange with fellow winners. Other<br />
countries had banners to give out. This will not happen again<br />
and investigations are currently being undertaken to source a<br />
supply of suitable banners for team members to exchange.<br />
Many funding agencies will not fund overseas teams as their<br />
criteria exclude the funds going off shore. Also, professional<br />
fund raisers are being excluded from making funding<br />
applications to many of the recognised funding agencies. The<br />
NZCTA did contribute $20,000 to the team members. There<br />
would never be enough money to fully fund a team of that<br />
number to the other side of the world. The ongoing funding<br />
of future World teams will be discussed at the next NZCTA<br />
Council meeting because <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> has the opportunity to<br />
send teams overseas every year with the formation of the new<br />
world body (International <strong>Clay</strong> <strong>Target</strong> Shooting Federation).<br />
See the article about this body elsewhere in this issue. But is it<br />
realistic to have an expectation of a hand-out for a team of 30?<br />
Many team members were successful in obtaining individual<br />
funding and the <strong>Association</strong> was able to help with part of the<br />
application process.<br />
Regarding what has the NZCTA done to “cash in” on the success<br />
of the winners, what has been done to get media recognition<br />
is outlined in an article also elsewhere in this issue. If anyone<br />
has any suggestions on what else can be done I would really<br />
like to hear from them.<br />
Adrienne Sears<br />
GLENN CUP TRIAL PROPOSAL<br />
FOR ISSF BETWEEN NEW<br />
ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA<br />
A Trial Glenn Cup style team event between <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> and<br />
Australia will be held as part of the Australian ISSF Champs at<br />
Cecil Park from Tuesday 20/1/09 to Sunday 25/1/09.<br />
The trial Glenn Cup events is for trap only and 5 person teams<br />
to shoot 50 targets of trap over 2 layouts on Wednesday 21st<br />
January.<br />
Pending a review of the success of this initiative we envisage<br />
this would become an annual event to be shot in alternative<br />
countries as per the current Glenn Cup. Therefore it would be<br />
next shot in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> at our 2010 ISSF Nationals.<br />
Selection for the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Glenn Cup team will be from<br />
the top 5 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> competitors competing in the 125<br />
target Commonwealth Trap Championship on Tuesday 20th<br />
January.<br />
For any further information contact Keith Livingstone<br />
ISSF Convenor NZCTA or refer to www.claytarget.com.au/<br />
ComingEvents.html<br />
www.shootersshop.com.au<br />
Australia’s largest<br />
online shooting<br />
accessories shop<br />
Gunshot 32
McGREGOR SHIELD SHOOT<br />
McGregor Shield winning team, Southland (L-R) S.Evans, T.Manson, M.Dobbie,<br />
L.Rodgers, P.Harraway<br />
NIGHTCAPS CLAY TARGET<br />
CLUB 6 JULY<br />
The day dawned remarkably well<br />
considering all the snow that we had on<br />
the Friday and Saturday. There was none<br />
under foot, but it was very cold, and it<br />
was winter time, so it was very pleasing<br />
to see all you hardy shooters turn up<br />
to make this a very successful day. As<br />
the club celebrated 50 years last year,<br />
this year the McGregor Shield turned<br />
50. This was donated by the McGregor<br />
family from Mount Linton Station, and<br />
has been keenly contested every year<br />
since then. This year the club added<br />
miniatures to go to the winning club<br />
as well as the winning team shooters,<br />
engraved with 50 years on them. When<br />
the scores were added up at the end<br />
of this match we had a three-way tie<br />
between Southland, Western Southland<br />
and Gorge Road. So off they went to<br />
battle it out, with Southland coming out<br />
on top. Congratulations go to Michael<br />
Dobbie, Phil Harraway, Trevor Manson,<br />
Lindsay Rodgers and Shannan Evans.<br />
Second placing went to Gorge Road<br />
with Western Southland 3rd.<br />
In conjunction we are most fortunate to<br />
have Shooters World sponsor out trophy<br />
match. This was run as a handicap by<br />
distance shoot under NZCTA new rules.<br />
There were 5 possibles all spread over<br />
13 to 18 metres. After the shoot-off<br />
Michael Smith from Mataura came<br />
out the winner from Lindsay Baird of<br />
Nightcaps, both shooting off 18 metres.<br />
Third was David Dickie (16m), 4th<br />
Trevor Manson (18m), 5th Ricki Egerton<br />
(13m), 6th Shannan Evans (20m), 7th<br />
D.Chambers (13m).<br />
High Gun for the day went to Shannan<br />
Evans from Western Southland.<br />
Results:<br />
20 Single Rise – A grade 20’s B.Warnock,<br />
G.Harrison, G.Matheson, B.Thurlow,<br />
M.Smith, R.McDowall, K.Gutsell,<br />
J.Munro, L.Maxwell, L.Rodgers,<br />
M.Dobbie, S.Evans, P.Williams. B<br />
grade 20’s J.Marshall, R.Kelly. 19’s<br />
D.Robertson, L.Hoffman, D.Smith,<br />
E.Sinclair, R.Sinclair. C grade 20 A.Diack,<br />
19 H.Bell, D.Chambers, B.Rodgers.<br />
20 Single Rise – A grade 20 G.Jukes,<br />
G.Evans, P.Williams, S.Diack, T.Manson,<br />
L.Rodgers, S.Evans, D.Warnock,<br />
C.Waghorn. B grade 20 D.Robertson,<br />
R.Kelly, B.Brand. C grade 20 E.McKnight,<br />
R.Egerton, 19 H.Bell.<br />
15 Single Rise McGregor Shield Teams<br />
Match – possible M.Dobbie, G.Evans,<br />
P.Williams, B.Warnock, R.Sinclair,<br />
N.Kelland, M.Smith, F.McKnight,<br />
L.Baird, L.Wilson, S.Evans, P.Harraway,<br />
C.Waghorn, D.Warnock. Winning Team<br />
– Southland (M.Dobbie, P.Harraway,<br />
T.Manson, L.Rodgers, S.Evans), 2nd<br />
Gorge Road, 3rd Western Southland.<br />
20 HBD Shooters World Trophy Match –<br />
possible M.Smith, R.Egerton, T.Manson,<br />
L.Baird, D.Dickie. 1st M.Smith, Marauera,<br />
2nd L.Baird, Nightcaps, 3rd D.Dickie,<br />
Nightcaps, 4th T.Manson, Southland,<br />
5th R.Egerton, Western Southland,<br />
6th S.Evans, Western Southland, 7th<br />
D.Chambers, Western Southland.<br />
10 Pr Double Rise – A grade 17 J.Munro,<br />
J.Manson, L.Rodgers, M.Dobbie, S.Evans,<br />
L.Baird. B grade 17 E.Sinclair, 16 R.Kelly,<br />
D.Dickie, B.Brand, A.Wilson. C grade<br />
14 F.McKnight, 12 H.Bell, D.Chambers,<br />
A.Diack.<br />
STANDARDISED<br />
FORMAT FOR<br />
ISSF EVENTS<br />
The following format must be adhered<br />
to in all zone matches and Island<br />
matches when stand alone only.<br />
Day 1 - 75 targets trap and skeet (open<br />
graded event)<br />
- 75 targets trap and skeet<br />
women’s (plus 25+ final)<br />
-Women’s presentations only.<br />
Day 2 -50 targets trap and skeet (plus<br />
25+ final open graded event)<br />
At conclusion of trench event<br />
- 75 pair double trap plus 25 pair<br />
final (open graded event)<br />
- Presentations for trap/skeet/<br />
double trap.<br />
This is done to standardise the<br />
programme and allow as many shooters<br />
as possible to compete in the Trench<br />
and Double Trap events over 2 days.<br />
Letters to the Editor<br />
The <strong>Association</strong> welcomes letters<br />
from members.<br />
However, for future issues they<br />
should be no more than 250<br />
words per letter.<br />
Members are reminded that the<br />
Editor has the discretion to not<br />
print any letters that are too long,<br />
defamatory or inaccurate.<br />
NEW ZEALAND CLAY TARGET<br />
ASSOCIATION<br />
PO BOX 5355, PAPANUI, CHRISTCHURCH<br />
Ph (03) 352 8577 Fax (03) 352 0077<br />
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www.nzclaytarget.org.nz<br />
Gunshot 33
Otago Provincial<br />
Championships<br />
Wanaka 2-3 August <strong>2008</strong><br />
‘I’d like to welcome you to the Gavin<br />
Searle Show’ sorry Eminem…….<br />
Canterbury, Southland and Dunedin<br />
had snow down to sea level, the Crown<br />
Range and Lindis Passes were dodgy<br />
being open one minute and closed the<br />
next and guess what?..... it was the<br />
Wanaka Gun Club’s turn to host the<br />
Otago Provincials.<br />
Gallons of soup, dozens of pies,<br />
savouries and other treats waited to be<br />
devoured. Who would be able to make it<br />
to the shoot? The irony of it all was that<br />
Wanaka was sitting in the middle of all<br />
the rough weather basking in windless<br />
sunny conditions (typical for us).<br />
We were very happy to see the 70 or<br />
so shooters make the effort and attend<br />
what we are calling the Gavin Searle<br />
Show. Some of the shooters were using<br />
this as a final tune up before heading<br />
of to the Worlds in Ireland and by their<br />
performances here they were clearly on<br />
track for some great things over there.<br />
We were lucky to see some fantastic<br />
shooting in the Double Rise with three<br />
shooters achieving possibles in the<br />
qualifying round. Len Hurley was rapped<br />
to have won the HOA and you couldn’t<br />
wipe the smile of Guy Spooner’s face<br />
with his effort.<br />
The skeet featured, who else, Kelvin<br />
Gutsell hanging on to overcome an in<br />
form Geoff Jukes. Russell Kelly gets a<br />
special mention here for his C grade<br />
possible to take the grade with John<br />
Sutherland ‘only’ managing a 24.<br />
Minis are always challenging at the<br />
Wanaka Gun Club, it's the way we like<br />
them (yeah right). Clark Pirie has been<br />
in great form in the skeet, lately posting<br />
some impressive scores around the<br />
central clubs so it was good to see him<br />
grind out a win in the A grade minis<br />
while Rob Dixon of Alexandra seemed<br />
to be in every shoot-off category<br />
(except Ladies and Juniors) Rob winning<br />
the Veterans and the B grade with his<br />
club mate Michael Benne grabbing 3rd<br />
in the same grade, clearly something in<br />
the water there.<br />
Triples had four possibles and once<br />
again a prolonged shoot-of with Lindsay<br />
Rodgers taking the A grade followed by<br />
Evan Johnson and Wayne Larsen. John<br />
Talbot shot a possible to take B grade<br />
in fine style.<br />
Gunshot 34<br />
Day one finished in good time with<br />
plenty of good scores shot, excellent<br />
targets and great shooting conditions.<br />
“Be here early tomorrow………” (Trevor<br />
Manson, President, NZCTA)<br />
No further comment on that one<br />
necessary……….<br />
Day two and the weather conditions<br />
were the same, sunny, no wind. The<br />
targets were like dinner plates only<br />
smaller and orange and set up in a clear<br />
sky.<br />
Half the field shot possibles in the<br />
single rise and I’ll get back to the shoot<br />
off later.<br />
In the Points Match we only had three<br />
possibles with B graders Allan Wilson<br />
and Jacob Reid joining Phil Harraway in<br />
the sweep. Twenty shooters on 74 fought<br />
it out for the leftovers. Congratulations<br />
to Bob Wilson from Wakatipu. Not only<br />
did he gain a first place in the C grade,<br />
but after all the shoot-offs etc he had<br />
amassed his first 100 straight DTL.<br />
The eleven Single Barrel possibles took<br />
a while to sort out as they kept on<br />
breaking targets. Tegan Sutherland not<br />
only hung in there to win the Ladies<br />
title but achieved a 3rd A grade in the<br />
process. You do need to be on your<br />
game when competing against Natalie<br />
Rooney.<br />
Ok the Single Rise story………………<br />
as mentioned half the field shot their<br />
25s so the shoot off was going to be<br />
a marathon, and it didn’t disappoint.<br />
The squads went on a ramble over the<br />
five DTL traps back and forth, back<br />
and forth until, after about 125 targets,<br />
we were down to 6 shooters. Daniel<br />
Warnock was playing catch up and<br />
needed to shoot a batch of 25 targets<br />
on his own before joining the final<br />
squad, which, thankfully, he did. In<br />
the fading light nature was taking its<br />
course and after about 200 targets we<br />
had 2 shooters left: Daniel Warnock and<br />
Wayne Larsen. Another 60 targets with<br />
‘spotters’ helping the ref and eventually<br />
the inevitable happened.<br />
The one name missing from above is<br />
Gavin Seale because I wanted to leave<br />
the best for last. Over the course of the<br />
weekend Gavin shot a High Gun score of<br />
234/235, the only glitch being a second<br />
barrel in the Points Score. Along the way<br />
he won HOA Minis, HOA Triples and HOA<br />
Single Barrel. While there was a whole<br />
heap of red chalk on the scoreboard<br />
it was the solid line next to his name<br />
which had everybody talking……. Could<br />
he shoot the weekend clean? There were<br />
about 70 people who had their fingers<br />
crossed hoping he would.<br />
In his speech at the prize giving Gavin<br />
used his time to offer encouragement to<br />
those heading away to the Worlds and<br />
in true Gavin style praised his fellow<br />
competitors. His High Gun win along<br />
with his words were heavily applauded.<br />
A real champion (no pun intended).<br />
Cheers 2low8s<br />
Results<br />
Minis HOA Gavin Searle. A grade 1st<br />
Clarke Pirie, 2nd Wayne Larsen, 3rd<br />
Phil Harraway. B grade 1st Rob Dixon,<br />
2nd John Talbot, 3rd Michael Bennie. C<br />
grade 1st Paul Johansen, 2nd Tom Cray,<br />
3rd Bob Wilson. Junior William Rooney,<br />
Ladies Tegan Sutherland, Veteran Rob<br />
Dixon. Possibles Rob Dixon, Wayne<br />
Larsen, Gavin Searle, Clarke Pirie.<br />
Double Rise HOA, Len Hurley. A grade<br />
1st Gavin Searle, 2nd Graeme Smith, 3rd<br />
Jan Manson. B grade 1st Guy Spooner,<br />
2nd Edward Talbot, 3rd Rod McKenzie.<br />
C grade 1st Paul Johansen, 2nd Bon<br />
Wilson, 3rd Phil Shuker. Junior Edward<br />
Talbot, Ladies Natalie Rooney, Veteran<br />
Rob Dixon. Possibles Guy Spooner, Len<br />
Hurley, Gavin Searle.<br />
Skeet HOA, Kelvin Gutsell. A grade<br />
1st Geoff Jukes, 2nd Gavin Searle, 3rd<br />
Lindsay Rogers. B grade 1st Stuart<br />
Cunningham, 2nd Dougal Norrie, 3rd<br />
Len Hurley. C grade 1st Russell Kelly, 2nd<br />
John Sutherland, 3rd John Talbot. Junior<br />
Andrew Sutton, Ladies Natalie Rooney,<br />
Veteran Dougal Norrie. Possibles.<br />
Russell Kelly, Len Hurley, Dougal Norrie,<br />
Stu Cunningham, Ray Anderson, Geoff<br />
Jukes, Gavin Searle, Lindsay Rogers,<br />
Lindsay Maxwell, Kelvin Gutsell.<br />
2 person skeet team Gavin Searle and<br />
Russell Smart<br />
5 person skeet team. Southland.<br />
Triples HOA, Gavin Searle. A grade 1st<br />
Lindsay Rogers, 2nd Evan Johnson, 3rd<br />
Wayne Larsen. B grade 1st John Talbot,<br />
2nd Len Hurley, 3rd John Sutherland. C<br />
grade 1st Paul Johansen 2nd Thomas<br />
Cray, 3rd Max Spooner. Junior William<br />
Continued on page 40
Gavin Searle, High Gun, HOA<br />
Minis, HOA Single Barrel,<br />
HOA Triples<br />
Single Rise HOA Daniel<br />
Warnock<br />
Points Score HOA Phil<br />
Harraway<br />
Double Rise HOA Len Hurley<br />
High Gun (L-R) Junior William Rooney, Ladies Natalie Rooney<br />
Single Rise A Grade (L-R) Denis Nyhon 2nd, Wayne Larsen 1st,<br />
Mike Sime 3rd<br />
High Gun (L-R) John Talbot B Grade, Phil Harraway A Grade, Bob<br />
Wilson C Grade<br />
Single Rise Junior Jacob Reid, Ladies Rebecca Searle, Veteran<br />
Derek Sheen<br />
Single Barrel A Grade (L-R) Tegan Sutherland 3rd, Quinton<br />
McDowell 1st, Daniel Warnock 2nd<br />
Single Barrel B Grade (L-R) Rob Dixon 2nd, John Talbot 1st, Guy<br />
Spooner 3rd<br />
Points Score B Grade (L-R) Jacob Reid 2nd, Allan Wilson 1st, Len<br />
Hurley 3rd<br />
Minis A Grade (L-R) Wayne Larsen 2nd, Clarke Pirie 1st, Phil<br />
Harraway 3rd<br />
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FITASC SPORTING WORLD<br />
Typical building in Cyprus<br />
The first field of the day<br />
On the way to the Gun Club, looking back at Limassol<br />
A typical shooting field<br />
David Alley in action shooting at the green targets<br />
The 30th FITASC Sporting World Championships<br />
were held 25th to 28th September in Limassol,<br />
Cyprus. A keen team of nine shooters and 3 wives<br />
from N.Z. decided to make the long journey and<br />
see what the island of Cyprus in the south east<br />
Mediterranean had to offer.<br />
Some of us had a stopover in Dubai, while others travelled<br />
through Bangkok, and roughly 20 hours of flying time later<br />
we arrived at Larnaca airport. We had decided to arrive about<br />
5 days before the competition started, in order to get our<br />
bearings, catch up on some sleep, collect ammo, get in some<br />
practice, etc. While this suited most, unfortunately a couple<br />
of the team ended up in bed with head colds a day before the<br />
shoot started; hardly ideal preparation.<br />
On the evening of the 23rd, FITASC held their Annual General<br />
Meeting. Russell Cooper and Geoff Wells attended on behalf of<br />
the N.Z.C.T.A. The meeting covered a review of the previous<br />
years meeting, Annual Reports, Rule modifications and<br />
changes across all disciplines governed by FITASC (Sporting,<br />
Helice ZZ, Compak Sporting, Universal Trench and the new<br />
Combined Game Shooting), Competition calendar for the next<br />
two years, and some other general business. Following are<br />
the key points that were discussed;<br />
1. In 2007 a total of 44 international championships were<br />
held across the 5 disciplines, with over 6300 participants<br />
– up on the previous year.<br />
2. FITASC has made solid financial progress – a change from<br />
recent years.<br />
3. a) An Oceania Cup has been formed to start in 2009. This<br />
will be a combination of the Oceania Championships<br />
(held at Rotorua 27-29 March) and the Grand Prix (held<br />
at Geelong, Victoria in May – dates to be confirmed).<br />
b) <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> has the opportunity to hold an annual<br />
200 target Grand Prix, which will become part of the<br />
Oceania Cup. This will most likely start in 2010.<br />
4. Various organisations from Chile, Finland, Azerbaijan,<br />
Ireland, Sweden and Holland have all been affiliated with<br />
FITASC under various disciplines.<br />
5. Organisations from Slovakia and Georgia have been<br />
suspended for not paying their affiliation fees. (Although<br />
Russia has offered to pay for Georgia – not a joke…)<br />
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CHAMPIONSHIPS, CYPRUS<br />
6. From 2009, shoot-offs will only be used for deciding<br />
places 1-3. Beyond that a count back will be used starting<br />
from the last layout used (ie. if an 8 layout course has<br />
been shot over, then field number 8 will be used for<br />
the count back, regardless of the last field shot by each<br />
competitor).<br />
7. Rule modification for Compak Sporting: Any shooter on<br />
a stand without hearing protection or safety glasses is<br />
considered absent and will not be entitled to shoot.<br />
8. Rule modification for sporting: In a report double where<br />
a malfunction occurs on the second shot, or the second<br />
target is broken, the result of the first target is noted<br />
and not recorded. The reason being that the shooter<br />
can still break both targets with the second shot. The<br />
shooter repeats the double, but is obviously unable to<br />
break the first target with the first shot if it was missed<br />
in the original double. He still can however break both<br />
targets with the second shot if he chooses to do so. In<br />
a simultaneous or rafale double, the double is repeated<br />
and no score established (no change to this rule).<br />
9. Combined game shooting has been added as a discipline.<br />
This is basically a combination of simulated live hunting,<br />
running boar, firing at silhouette targets of deer, chamois<br />
etc. All done with rifles larger than 22 Hornet. This<br />
discipline is in its infancy, but is tipped to grow strongly<br />
in Europe.<br />
10. FITASC is considering affiliating with the World Anti<br />
Doping Agency. There was debate for both sides of this<br />
argument, but it would appear that it is inevitable at<br />
some stage in the near future.<br />
11. 2009 Compak European Champs – Italy 12-14 June<br />
2009 Compak World Champs – France 4-6 September<br />
2009 Sporting Oceania Champs – Rotorua 27-29 March<br />
2009 Sporting European Champs – France 11-14 July<br />
2009 Sporting World Champs – Warrnambool, Victoria,<br />
Aust. 16-22 <strong>November</strong><br />
2010 Sporting Oceania Champs – Australia date & venue<br />
TBC<br />
2010 Sporting European Champs – Russia date & venue<br />
TBC<br />
2010 Sporting World Champs – Italy date and venue TBC<br />
That covers most things that will be of interest to us in N.Z.<br />
Geoff Wells has a copy of the full report if anyone wants to<br />
take a look.<br />
On the evening of the 24th we all attended the opening<br />
ceremony. This was a great occasion with a large number of<br />
the 876 competitors attending to watch the national teams<br />
from 30 countries parading. After discussions with Council<br />
it was agreed that <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> would enter a Senior and<br />
Veteran team. The main reason was to show our support<br />
to FITASC, as apart from USA in 2006, this would be the<br />
first NZ team entered at a World Championship since 2001<br />
in Mataura. We were not after national recognition, as all<br />
but one member of the two teams have represented NZ<br />
recently anyway, most as recent as the Oceania Champs<br />
in <strong>New</strong> Caledonia in April. We were personally thanked by<br />
Jean-Francois Palinkas (President of FITASC) for our efforts, it<br />
did not go unnoticed.<br />
Thursday 25th saw the competition start – a long time in the<br />
waiting for those of us that had booked our trip in <strong>December</strong><br />
last year! First squads started at 8.00am, with everyone<br />
shooting 50 targets per day for four days. Doesn’t seem<br />
a lot, but it has to be done this way due to the number of<br />
entries. Start times changed each day to ensure fairness for<br />
all competitors.<br />
Four shooters shot the first 50 straight, including former<br />
Champion Ben Hustwaite (U.K.) and defending Junior<br />
Champion Brett Winstanley (U.K.). Defending World Champion<br />
Richard Faulds (and Olympic Double Trap Gold Medallist in<br />
Sydney 2000) was in touch on 49. Best of the Kiwis were<br />
Cooper and Wells on 44, Brian Deadman 40, Ron Madden 39<br />
and David Alley 39.<br />
Day two saw Hustwaite stretch his run to 100 straight – the<br />
fourth time this has happened over the first 100 targets in<br />
a World Championship in history. Faulds was still keeping<br />
in touch on 99. After a slow first day shooting 45, multiple<br />
World Champion George Digweed was on 92, but with a lot<br />
of shooters ahead of him shooting near perfect scores he had<br />
a lot of work to do. Kiwis at the half way mark: Cooper 82,<br />
Wells 80, Alley 79, Deadman 79, Madden 74, Simon Hawkin<br />
72, Chris Parkinson 69, Blair Masters 67 and Graham Scott<br />
49.<br />
Shooting conditions were tough, with temperatures hovering<br />
in the low 30s most of the time, interrupted by one torrential<br />
downpour – this first in years apparently! The terrain was<br />
dry and rocky with little vegetation, and transport to most of<br />
the grounds was by army trucks that were bumpy and very<br />
dusty. However, we knew this would be the case and it was<br />
the same for everyone.<br />
A change in fortune on day three saw Faulds take the lead<br />
with a perfect 50 to reach 149. Hustwaite on the other hand<br />
effectively put himself out of the competition by shooting 45<br />
to finish with 145 to be tied with Anthony Matarese (U.S.A.),<br />
and one ahead of Kevin Jobling (U.K.).<br />
Things were also getting tense around the Kiwi dinner table<br />
with Cooper, Alley and Wells all tied on 119, and Deadman<br />
close behind on 116. With 50 to shoot, who could withstand<br />
the non-stop abuse, mocking, and pressure we were throwing<br />
at each other!<br />
The final day saw Faulds drop only his second target (the<br />
first one being his very first target back on day 1) to finish<br />
on 198 – a new world record and World Champion for the<br />
third time. Hustwaite and Matarese both shot 49 to tie on<br />
194. The shoot off saw Matarese win 2nd place, 22 targets<br />
to 20. Fourth place went to Jobling on 192, and Digweed<br />
finished strong on 189 for 5th. Best of the Australians were<br />
Damien Birgan on 183 tied for 17th, and Brenton Irons 178<br />
tied for 45th.<br />
Alley saved his best for last shooting 46, including a 25<br />
straight. He finished on 165 to be the best of the Kiwis, tied<br />
for 158th out of the 876 strong field. Cooper shot 158, Wells<br />
157, Deadman 156, Parkinson 150, Madden 143, Hawkin 140,<br />
Masters 139 and Scott 102.<br />
John Bidwell won Veterans with 186, Joe Cantey III Super<br />
Veterans on 170, Brett Winstanley won Juniors again with<br />
187, and Cheryl Hall picked up another Ladies crown with<br />
176.<br />
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Team Placings:<br />
Senior: 1st USA 739<br />
2nd France 734<br />
3rd Great Britain 728<br />
20th <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 628<br />
Veterans: 1st Great Britain 540<br />
2nd France 516<br />
3rd Italy 497<br />
12th <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 403<br />
Super Vets: 1st USA 473<br />
2nd Great Britain 465<br />
3rd France 457<br />
Ladies: 1st Great Britain 484<br />
2nd USA 482<br />
3rd France 467<br />
Juniors: 1st Italy 538<br />
2nd Great Britain 518<br />
3rd France 518<br />
Ben Hustwaite won the World Cup by 0.9 of a point from<br />
George Digweed. Damien Birgan from Australia was 4th. Brian<br />
Deadman finished 4th in the Junior World Cup by 4 points.<br />
Sadly being unwell for three days probably cost him a World<br />
Cup medal.<br />
After a mammoth prize giving and closing ceremony, many<br />
farewells and goodbyes to foreign friends, we headed for the<br />
hotel. Half of the travelling team left for home the next day,<br />
while the others were taking the opportunity to see some<br />
more of Europe and North Africa since we were so close.<br />
All in all a great trip, many good memories, and already<br />
planning a comeback in Australia in <strong>November</strong> next year!<br />
South Zone (NI) Sporting<br />
<strong>Clay</strong>s Championship<br />
Hutt Valley Gun Club 14th September <strong>2008</strong><br />
Hutt Valley Gun Club had a very busy weekend hosting the<br />
South Zone North Island Sporting <strong>Clay</strong>s Championships. These<br />
were qualifying matches for selection to <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Sporting<br />
<strong>Clay</strong>s teams and so saw shooters from around the country<br />
joining in. A warm up 100 target match on Saturday found 36<br />
shooters chasing the club level targets. The slightly tougher<br />
FITASC course on the Sunday kept 38 shooters guessing as<br />
they tried to hit all the targets. At least the weather was as<br />
near to perfect as you could ask for.<br />
Unlike other disciplines offered for competition in clay target<br />
shooting, sporting has a large variety of targets flying in all<br />
directions, in an effort to simulate game shooting. Nothing<br />
can be more frustrating (or addictive!!) than trying to hit a<br />
‘rabbit’ rolling along the ground, and immediately having to<br />
hit a ‘teal’ flying almost straight up into the sky.<br />
Trophy match results over 100 targets. A Grade: 1st B<br />
Deadman 88, 2nd B Quin 87, 3rd R Cooper 85. B Grade: 1st M<br />
Davidson 72, 2nd B Manton 71, 3rd J Davidson 67. C Grade: 1st<br />
G Rastrick 77, 2nd E Olsen 71, 3rd M Hoverd 67<br />
Zone match results over 100 targets. High Over All B Deadman<br />
92. A Grade: 1st C Parkinson 87, 2nd D Coe 83, 3rd B Quin 80.<br />
B Grade: 1st A Saunders 75, 2nd R Edwards 72, 3rd J Saunders<br />
71. C Grade: 1st G Rastrick 80, 2nd T Bishop 73, 3rd B Manton<br />
67. Veterans: G MacPhee 80. Ladies: J Davidson 64, Junior: T<br />
Bishop 73<br />
Continued from page 34<br />
Rooney, Ladies Natalie Rooney, Veteran Ray Everett. Possibles.<br />
John Talbot, Evan Johnson, Gavin Searle, Lindsay Rogers,<br />
Single Rise HOA Daniel Warnock. A grade 1st Wayne Larsen,<br />
2nd Denis Nyhon, 3rd Mike Sime. B grade 1st Alan Wilson,<br />
2nd Jacob Reid, 3rd Rebecca Searle. C grade 1st Bob Wilson,<br />
2nd Paul Johansen, 3rd Thomas Cray. Junior Jacob Reid, Ladies<br />
Rebecca Searle, Veteran. Derek Sheen. Possibles Paul Johansen,<br />
Thomas Cray, Bob Wilson, Eddy Talbot, John Talbot, Dougal<br />
Norrie, Alan Wilson, Rebecca Searle, Jacob Reid, Graeme<br />
Hughes, Rob Dixon, Wayne Larsen, Ross Roy, Allan Booth,<br />
Russell Kelly, Mike Sime, Natalie Rooney, Stu Cunningham,<br />
Evan Johnson, Graeme Smith, Derek Sheen, Gavin Searle,<br />
Michael Dobbie, Phil Harraway, Lyndsay Maxwell, Kelvin<br />
Gutsell, Michael Williams, Michael Smith, Rex Smart, Daniel<br />
Warnock, Quinton McDowell, Ray McDowell.<br />
Points Score HOA Phil Harraway. A grade 1st Gavin Searle, 2nd<br />
Ray Everett, 3rd William Rooney. B grade 1st Allan Wilson, 2nd<br />
Jacob Reid, 3rd Len Hurley. C grade 1st Bob Wilson, 2nd Paul<br />
Johansen, 3rd Phil Shuker. Junior Jacob Reid, Ladies Natalie<br />
Rooney, Veteran Rob Dixon. Possibles Allan Wilson, Jacob Reid,<br />
Phil Harraway Jacob Reid 74s (x 20)<br />
Single Barrel HOA Gavin Searle. A grade 1st Quinton McDowell,<br />
2nd Daniel Warnock, 3rd Tegan Sutherland. B grade 1st John<br />
Talbot, 2nd Rob Dixon, 3rd Guy Spooner. C grade 1st Mark Eade,<br />
2nd Paul Johansen, 3rd Max Spooner. Junior Andrew Sutton,<br />
Ladies Tegan Sutherland, Veteran, Derek Sheen. Possibles Rob<br />
Dixon, John Talbot, Guy Spooner, Tegan Sutherland, Natalie<br />
Rooney, Gary Rooney, Derek Sheen, Gavin Searle, Daniel<br />
Warnock, Quinton McDowell, Geoff Jukes.<br />
HIGH GUN; Gavin Searle 234/235. A grade Phil Harraway, B<br />
grade John Talbot, C grade Bob Wilson. Junior William Rooney,<br />
Ladies Natalie Rooney, Veteran Derek Sheen<br />
Provincial club team points score; Wanaka #2. 296/300 Ray<br />
Anderson (74) Jerry Cray (74) Denis Nyhon (74) Rex Smart (74)<br />
PLANNING A<br />
SUMMER HOLIDAY<br />
IN TAUPO?<br />
The Taupo <strong>Clay</strong> <strong>Target</strong> Club<br />
will be holding<br />
Their CHRISTMAS SHOOT<br />
on <strong>December</strong> 26<br />
All shooters are welcome to attend<br />
Hams, chickens, turkeys<br />
& lots of other prizes<br />
Four 10-<strong>Target</strong> DTL matches<br />
plus “Consolation”<br />
Information (07) 378 0530<br />
AH (07) 377 6253<br />
(07) 378 2479, (07) 378 1260<br />
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SPORTING CLAY NEWS<br />
By Ian Swale<br />
Oceania’s 2009 Team Qualifying<br />
Starting after the nationals in <strong>2008</strong> the number of team<br />
qualifying targets was lifted to 700 being made up of<br />
the following to qualify for the 2009 Oceania’s which are<br />
programmed to be held in NZ.<br />
One island, 100 targets compulsory<br />
Nationals, 200 targets compulsory<br />
One zone, 100 targets compulsory<br />
Plus 3 qualifying events (which could be zone championships<br />
or identified competitions) making a total of 700 targets.<br />
The Sporting Committee, after much consideration and<br />
consultation with shooters, has decided to reduce the minimum<br />
qualifying criteria to 600 targets, down from the original<br />
700 targets. It is still compulsory to attend the Nationals in<br />
February, an Island Championship and one Zone shoot, this<br />
makes 400. The other 200 can be made up from any qualifying<br />
shoots, zone shoots or the Island Championship.<br />
The main reasons behind this decision are the changing<br />
economy, and increased cost for shooters to attend the<br />
required events. Also, the Northern Zone South Island shoot<br />
was cancelled as no club was able to run it in the time frame<br />
set down. We feel it is in the best interests of the shooters to<br />
make it easy to attain team qualifying standards, not harder.<br />
We trust that you accept our decision.<br />
Qualifying shoots held so far are:<br />
Province of Southland:<br />
President’s Cup Rotorua:<br />
Southern Zone North Island Upper Hutt:<br />
Qualifying shoots still to be shot are:<br />
<strong>November</strong> 9th Greymouth S.I Sporting champs<br />
<strong>November</strong> 15th TVDA Northern Zone N.I<br />
<strong>November</strong> 16th TVDA Anniversary shoot 100 Sporting<br />
February 5th TVDA N.I. Sporting Championships<br />
February 6th & 7th TVDA NZ National sporting<br />
Championships<br />
Final team selection is to be at the discretion of the Sporting<br />
Committee, in liaison with the NZCTA Council. On attaining a<br />
qualifying score the NZCTA reserve the right for the final team<br />
selection and shall not necessarily be based on the qualifying<br />
scores.<br />
2009 Oceania: All team members will have their individual<br />
entry fee and team fees paid for.<br />
2009 World Team Qualifying<br />
Selecting and qualifying for the Worlds in 2009<br />
The Sporting Committee is going to ask shooters who at this<br />
stage are intending to attend and seek selection in a team to<br />
join the development squads. This will be done by January<br />
2009.<br />
Shooters are invited to show their intentions to attend the<br />
Worlds in 2009 at Warnambool in Australia. The squads would<br />
then be requested to attend a number of training shoots,<br />
to get used to shooting targets that would be up to world<br />
standards. It is our thinking that these training shoots would<br />
also give the selection committee a better overall appraisal of<br />
a shooter’s consistency and team commitment.<br />
It is envisaged squads would be made up as follows:<br />
Open Team 20-25<br />
Veterans 15<br />
Super Veterans 10<br />
Juniors 12<br />
Ladies 8<br />
Before the Oceania’s in 2009, anyone could join any of the<br />
above squads on completion of the shooter’s agreement, as<br />
it is our intention to have a training day the day before the<br />
normal qualifying shoots, where squads would be made up<br />
from the squads above. Some of the training days would be<br />
compulsory. The final selection for the world teams would be<br />
over the following shoots which will be compulsory, after a<br />
short list of shooters is made at the conclusion of the 2009<br />
Oceania’s. Shoots to count are the following:<br />
Oceania’s 2009 plus either 2 or 3 shoots of 100 targets, which<br />
will be held after the Oceania’s, but must be held by the first<br />
week in August 2009. The naming of all team members will<br />
be made at the conclusion of the 3rd shoot. This will give<br />
the team members time to get all their paper work to enter<br />
Australia.<br />
Team selection<br />
To be at the discretion of the Sporting Committee, in liaison<br />
with the NZCTA Council.<br />
On attaining a qualifying score the NZCTA reserves the right<br />
for the final team selection, which may not necessarily be<br />
based on the qualifying scores. Also at the moment we are<br />
trialling another system to help select teams, as we know<br />
there are some distortions in the system that we are currently<br />
using.<br />
Shooters’ agreement<br />
All members who are wishing to be selected in a NZ team for<br />
the Oceania’s must sign a Shooters’ Agreement form and sent<br />
back to Ian Swale by the 25th January 2009.<br />
Address: Country Glen Lodge, 107 Bealey Avenue,<br />
Christchurch 8013.<br />
This can be downloaded from the NZCTA web site from the<br />
form’s page.<br />
Guns, equipment and ammunition<br />
General. (a) All devices, ammunition or equipment which are<br />
not in these rules, or which are contrary to the spirit of these<br />
regulations and rules, are not allowed. The referee, shoot<br />
management or jury has the right to examine the shooter's<br />
guns and ammunition at any time. Guns. (a) All types of<br />
shotguns, including semi-automatics, may be used, provided<br />
their calibre does not exceed 12 gauge. Guns smaller than 12<br />
gauge may be used. (b) Slings or straps on guns are prohibited.<br />
(c) Guns with magazines must have the magazines blocked so<br />
that it is not possible to put more than one cartridge in the<br />
magazine at one time.<br />
Hearing protection<br />
The shooters, referees, staff and members of the public on or<br />
near a layout event must wear hearing protection.<br />
Safety glasses<br />
The shooters, referees and staff must wear safety glasses.<br />
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MACKINTOSH RESULTS<br />
Open Team: 1st Canada 5961, Runner Up Australia 5939. Other scores: Northern Ireland 5911, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 5905, England 5886,<br />
Ireland 5875, Scotland 5845, Wales 5815, South Africa 5703.<br />
Ladies Team: 1st Australia 1184, Runner Up England 1161. Other scores: <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 1159, Canada 1158, Wales 1135, Scotland<br />
1133, Ireland 1133, Northern Ireland 1105.<br />
Juniors Teams: 1st England 1176, Runner Up Wales 1170. Other scores; <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 1169, Ireland 1169, Australia 1167, Canada<br />
1152, Northern Ireland 1149, Scotland 1116.<br />
Veterans 1st Canada 1191, Runner up Australia 1185. Other scores: England 1185, Scotland 1170, Northern Ireland 1169, Wales<br />
1158, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 1155, Ireland 1153.<br />
The NZCTA congratulates the winning teams.<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Open Team:<br />
Name 1st 25 1st 25 2nd 25 2nd 25 3rd 25 3rd 25 4th 25 4th 25 Total Total<br />
Pts Tgts Pts Tgts Pts Tgts Pts Tgts Pts Tgts<br />
Brian Hartley 74 25 75 25 75 25 75 25 299 100<br />
Brendon Malcolm 74 25 75 25 75 25 75 25 299 100<br />
Tony Truss 75 25 75 25 74 25 75 25 299 100<br />
Graham Geater 74 25 75 25 75 25 75 25 299 100<br />
Barry Washbourne 74 25 75 25 74 25 75 25 298 100<br />
Kelvin Gutsell 74 25 74 25 75 25 75 25 298 100<br />
Ian Marshall 73 25 75 25 75 25 75 25 298 100<br />
Gary Discombe 73 25 74 25 75 25 75 25 297 100<br />
Robert Prince 75 25 71 24 75 25 75 25 296 99<br />
Dean Everett 75 25 74 25 75 25 72 25 296 100<br />
Peter Johanson 75 25 74 25 75 25 72 25 296 100<br />
Samuel Gregory 70 24 75 25 75 25 75 25 295 99<br />
Neil Pratt 75 25 72 24 73 25 75 25 295 99<br />
Gavin Searle 72 24 74 25 75 25 74 25 295 99<br />
Ricky Schraag 74 25 75 25 74 25 71 24 294 99<br />
Chris Erceg 75 25 72 24 71 24 75 25 293 98<br />
Jack Norwood 70 24 71 24 75 25 75 25 291 98<br />
Alan Barnett 72 24 72 24 74 25 73 25 291 98<br />
Geoff Wells 72 24 70 24 72 24 75 25 289 97<br />
Mark Reid 66 23 74 25 73 25 74 25 287 98<br />
Top 20 Scores 5905<br />
Ethan Erceg 74 25 69 23 72 25 72 24 287 97<br />
Steve Ackland 70 24 74 25 74 25 69 24 287 98<br />
Paul Dunnett 69 23 74 25 71 24 72 24 286 96<br />
Hamish Wilson 72 25 71 24 67 23 75 25 285 97<br />
John Malcolm 72 24 69 23 69 23 73 25 283 95<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Ladies Team:<br />
Name 1st 25 1st 25 2nd 25 2nd 25 3rd 25 3rd 25 4th 25 4th 25 Total Total<br />
Pts Tgts Pts Tgts Pts Tgts Pts Tgts Pts Tgts<br />
Natalie Curtis 75 25 75 25 72 24 73 25 295 99<br />
Natalie Rooney 75 25 75 25 68 23 75 25 293 98<br />
Jan Manson 73 25 70 24 71 24 74 25 288 98<br />
Maria Dunnett 73 25 69 23 67 23 74 25 283 96<br />
Top 4 Scores 1159<br />
Lois France 71 24 68 23 70 24 64 22 273 93<br />
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<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Juniors Team<br />
Name 1st 25 1st 25 2nd 25 2nd 25 3rd 25 3rd 25 4th 25 4th 25 Total Total<br />
Pts Tgts Pts Tgts Pts Tgts Pts Tgts Pts Tgts<br />
Cameron Rooney 75 25 73 25 71 24 74 25 293 99<br />
Cameron Maxwell 70 24 75 25 74 25 74 25 293 99<br />
William Rooney 74 25 71 24 72 24 75 25 292 98<br />
Colin Waghorn 75 25 71 24 75 25 70 24 291 98<br />
Top 4 Scores 1169<br />
Kriston Chadwick 71 24 72 25 73 25 71 24 287 98<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Veterans Team<br />
Name 1st 25 1st 25 2nd 25 2nd 25 3rd 25 3rd 25 4th 25 4th 25 Total Total<br />
Pts Tgts Pts Tgts Pts Tgts Pts Tgts Pts Tgts<br />
Pop Andreassend 74 25 74 25 75 25 72 24 295 99<br />
Rob Anderson 74 25 72 24 71 24 73 25 290 98<br />
Rob Smith 72 24 71 24 75 25 69 23 287 96<br />
Ray Everett 74 25 71 24 74 25 64 22 283 96<br />
Top 4 Scores 1155<br />
Merv Pratt 71 24 67 23 68 24 70 24 276 95<br />
Taieri Shield at Alexandra<br />
Results from the Inter Collegiate Shoot held at the Alexandra<br />
<strong>Clay</strong> <strong>Target</strong> Club on 24 August. Shooting conditions were<br />
excellent with a fine day after a very hard frost. Shooters<br />
from Coastal Otago and Southland came and enjoyed the sun<br />
after the wet they had endured<br />
We were pleased to hear that Colin Waghorn and Natalie<br />
Rooney had topped the scores and this proved the point that<br />
all the time put in by coaches of secondary school shooting<br />
is paying off. Colin’s and Natalie’s success as well as that of<br />
Cameron Rooney and Cameron Maxwell, was greeted by a<br />
huge round of applause<br />
Skeet 1 Andrew Sutton DHS 2 James Morgan WHS 3 Michael<br />
Sutherland NSC<br />
Single Rise Boys 1 David Gow GHS 2 Josh White GHS 3 Dylan<br />
Wear WBHS<br />
Girls 1 Jessica Scott CSC 2 Vanessa Johnson CDS 3 Sharmaine<br />
Love DHS<br />
Other possibles Tom Willocks, Michael Sutherland, Baden<br />
McNab, David Gow, John Hastie, Alex Catto, Henry Watson,<br />
Hamish Bell, Elliot Wilson<br />
Points Score Boys 1 Michael Williams GHS 2 Ryan Catto GHS<br />
3 Isaac Gutschlag OBHS. Girls 1 Jessica Scott CSC 2 Rachael<br />
Dickie GHS 3 Vanessa Johnson CDS<br />
Single Barrel Boys 1 Jacob Reid DHS 2 Tim Evans NSC 3 Craig<br />
Robertson WBHS<br />
Girls 1 Jessica Scott CSC 2 Mandy Unwin NSC 3 Vanessa Johnson<br />
CDS Other Possibles Isaac Gutschlag, Michael Williams, David<br />
Gow, Nathan Bosker, Michael Sutherland, John Hastie, James<br />
O’Connell<br />
Galloway Trophy Single Rise David Gow (GHS)<br />
J Swan Ltd Trophy Points Score Jessica Scott (CSC)<br />
J Swan Ltd Trophy Single Barrel Jacob Reid (DHS)<br />
Dunstan Trophy Skeet Andrew Sutton (DHS)<br />
Best Presented team Waitaki Boys High School<br />
Taieri Shield Gore High School no 2 70/75 John Hastie, Nathan<br />
Orr, Josh White, Alex Catto, Rachael Dickie<br />
HOA Girls Jessica Scott, HOA Boys David Gow<br />
Ray Waghorn Trophy for DTL aggregate over 5 inter school<br />
shoots Michael Sutherland (NSC)<br />
Otago/Southland Skeet Challenge Southland 62 Otago 61<br />
Otago/ Southland Triples Challenge Otago 117 Southland 107<br />
Abbreviations DHS Dunstan HS. NSC Northern Southland<br />
College<br />
GHS Gore HS. WBHS Waitaki Boys HS, CDS Craighead Diocesan,<br />
OBHS Otago Boys HS, JMcG John McGlashan. Waimate HS WHS.<br />
Southland Boys HS SBHS, Menzies College MC, CSC Central<br />
Southland College<br />
Scotts Gap Skeet<br />
4 January 2009<br />
100 Tgts skeet<br />
Ellis Webber North/South<br />
qualifying<br />
NIGHTCAPS CTC<br />
12 noon Start<br />
Tgts 22c<br />
Gunshot 43
Results from the ATA Shoots at Waikato<br />
July 12th shoot.<br />
Our luck finally ran out on the weather with rain or showers<br />
for most of the day. What a good effort from everyone who<br />
attended. It would have been an easy day to find something to<br />
do inside. Thanks again to everyone who helped with the day<br />
and the Waikato club for allowing us to use their facilities.<br />
In the Singles Graeme Williams got first with a 96. Gordon<br />
Tucker 2nd on 95 and Bryce Schou finding good form after a<br />
break from shooting with 3rd on 94.<br />
In Handicap, Wayne Cowley took 1st with 94 Chris Cassin and<br />
Bryce Schou 2nd on 88 and Graeme Williams 3rd with 87.<br />
With the weather conditions and getting the targets set<br />
correctly we didn't get round to the doubles until late so only<br />
25 pair were shot. Graeme Williams 1st with 38 Wayne Cowley<br />
2nd on 36 and Barry Peake 3rd with 34. They were a very<br />
difficult pair to shoot.<br />
The ATA would like to welcome Liam Buchanan as a new junior<br />
member.<br />
August 9th shoot.<br />
We had another day of unusually inclement weather for<br />
Waikato providing a cold grey day with a few light showers,<br />
as well as a few rays of sunshine late in the day. Thanks again<br />
to Dean Everett for making himself available on behalf of<br />
the Waikato club to help with trap setting and reloading and<br />
helping to keep the day running smooth. Thanks are also due<br />
to everyone else who helped with trap loading and scoring etc.<br />
It all helps to make the day run smooth, which in turn allows<br />
us the chance to shoot a 300 target day. Also a big thanks<br />
to Karen Woodward for running the office and cashiering the<br />
shoot.<br />
The Singles were won by Des Coe on 95 Graeme Williams 2nd<br />
on 92 and Wayne Cowley 3rd with 91.<br />
After some trap mechanic work by Wayne Cowley we actually<br />
managed to get a full round of reasonably consistent almost<br />
even doubles targets. A welcome sign for the Reloaders 200<br />
pair of doubles day on September 6th.<br />
Des Coe won the doubles with another 95 to take 1st and also<br />
the HOA for the day. Chris Cassin 2nd on 84 and Bryce Schou<br />
3rd with 72.<br />
On the subject of Doubles, there was a mention recently about<br />
Kay Ohye, a reasonably competent ATA doubles shooter,<br />
being inducted into the Eastern U.S. Hall of Fame. He has<br />
accomplished some impressive shooting stats:<br />
196 x 100 straights in Doubles<br />
198 x 200 straights in Singles<br />
17 x 100 straights in handicap from the 27yd line<br />
The Singles and Handicap are all shot single barrel and the<br />
hundred straights are at a single event on the day not built up<br />
over several events. The main singles events are 200 targets<br />
shot in two rounds of 100 usually one round in the morning<br />
and the other in the afternoon.<br />
His lifetime averages to date;<br />
Singles 99.0 over 252,750 targets<br />
Handicap 93.02 over 217,900 targets<br />
Doubles 97.06 over 154,000 targets<br />
Kay was the first to win all 5 majors at the Grand American and<br />
commented at the time that one of his goals was to achieve<br />
200 x 100 in doubles and 200 x 200 in singles.<br />
Stats courtesy of Trap & Field and the ATA.<br />
The ATA would like to welcome Purdey Woodward, Jason Pole<br />
and Joel Hobart as new junior members.<br />
Also, a reminder that you need to be a current ATA member to<br />
shoot any registered shoots.<br />
In Handicap Des Coe 1st on 95 Wayne Cowley 2nd on 85 Bryce Good shooting,<br />
Schou 3rd on 83.<br />
Paul Basten<br />
RELOADERS 200<br />
Pair Doubles Day<br />
Following are the results for Reloaders sponsored 200 pair<br />
doubles day September 6 <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
We were back to the unusual day of great Waikato weather<br />
with clear skies and mostly calm conditions.<br />
A huge thank you to Sally Sterritt for driving up from Te<br />
Kuiti and bringing her laptop to run the shoot programme.<br />
Her involvement and help made a huge difference in making<br />
the shoot run smoothly. Also, thanks to Brant Woodward for<br />
his help trap setting and loading traps etc as well as Karen<br />
Woodward for handling the office and cashiering the shoot<br />
again. THANK YOU.<br />
The High Gun was won by Des Coe with 374<br />
Jack Norwood 1st A with 373, Peter Borrie 2nd A 343, Chris<br />
Cassin 3rd A 340, Neville Crawford 1st B 319, Paul Basten 2nd<br />
B 306, Barry Peake 3rd B 304, Buzz Kronfeld 1st C 295, Arthur<br />
Hinds 2nd C 272, Russell Cooper 3rd C 268<br />
Everyone enjoyed the chance to work on their doubles<br />
technique and timing with few targets to work on and the<br />
chance to shoot them 5 pair per lane. More than one comment<br />
was made about looking forward to another doubles shoot<br />
and how easy and quick it was to shoot 400 targets.<br />
Thanks again to Reloaders Supplies for their generous<br />
sponsorship of this event.<br />
The ATA would like to welcome the following new members:<br />
Russell Cooper<br />
Buzz Kronfeld<br />
Arthur Hinds<br />
Peter Borrie<br />
Good Shooting.<br />
Paul Basten<br />
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<strong>New</strong><br />
Members<br />
Philip Abbot, Whakatane<br />
Luc Akurangi, Wairoa, Junior<br />
Kenneth Anderson, Whangarei Student<br />
Cory Andrews, Dunedin Junior<br />
J Bajwa, Waitemata Junior<br />
Aaron Ashford, Kopuku Student<br />
S Bajwa, Waitemata<br />
Richard Barry, Ashburton, Student<br />
George Bell, Oamaru Waimate, Junior<br />
Scott Bennett, Dunedin Junior<br />
Ben Berridge, Whangarei Student<br />
Scott Booth, Wairarapa, Junior<br />
Ben Bringans, Waimate Oamaru, Junior<br />
Alexander Brown, Nightcaps, Student<br />
L Brown, Canterbury Junior<br />
Mackenzie Brown, Nightcaps, Student<br />
George Buchanan, <strong>New</strong> Plymouth<br />
Mitchell Budgen, Whangarei Student<br />
Brandon Clark, Tauranga, Junior<br />
Laura Clark, Kaikohe, Student<br />
Ian Claughton, Waitemata<br />
Tasman Collins, Dunedin Junior<br />
Regan Curline, Dunedin Junior<br />
Michael Dean, Waitemata<br />
Matthew Ellmers, Kopuku Student<br />
Jim Enright, Kopuku<br />
Luke Euston, Nightcaps, Student<br />
Mitchell Ewing, Ashburton, Student<br />
Mac Fauvel, Te Aroha<br />
Hamish Fenn, Waitemata<br />
Ben Fraser, Palmerston North, Junior<br />
Garth Gallagher, Ashburton, Student<br />
Brendon Graham, Whangarei Student<br />
Denis Gunn, Hawkes Bay<br />
Mike Hardy, Waitemata<br />
Brett Harpham, Wairarapa, Student<br />
Brad Heinz, Waimate, Student<br />
Taylor Helm, Dunedin Junior<br />
Eli Hodgson, Waikato, Junior<br />
Robert Hubber, Nightcaps, Student<br />
Colin Hughes, Waitemata<br />
Malcolm Hurst, Auckland Met<br />
Wayne Jones, Putaruru<br />
Raniera Kakarana, Kaeo, Student<br />
Jill Kay, Waitemata<br />
Regan Keay, Whangarei Student<br />
Brad King, Waimate Oamaru, Student<br />
Barry Larman, Waitemata<br />
Lawrence McBreen-Smith, Canterbury<br />
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Daniel McDonald, Ashburton, Student<br />
Scott McFadden, Ashburton, Student<br />
Galen Mander, Canterbury, Student<br />
Andrew Marshall, Central Southland<br />
Jacob Marthovich, Whangarei Student<br />
Jaden Matson, Whangarei Student<br />
Conway Mildon, Wairoa Junior<br />
Steve Nearns, Waitemata<br />
Morgan Nimmo, Dunedin Junior<br />
Damian O’Leary, Wairarapa Junior<br />
Kenny Read, Ashburton, Student<br />
Jarrod Ribbon, Wairoa, Junior<br />
Brady Roberts, Whangarei Student<br />
Sean Roberts, Whangarei Student<br />
Marc Robertson, Southland Social<br />
Terry Robertson, Whangarei Student<br />
Hamish Rose, Nightcaps, Student<br />
James Ross, Palmerston North, Junior<br />
Tom Russell, Waimate Oamaru, Junior<br />
Chris Scott, Dunedin Junior<br />
Daniel Shirtcliffe, Kopuku, Student<br />
Kieran Sinnock, Kopuku, Student<br />
Bradley Skelton, Whangarei Student<br />
Jonathan Smith, Darfield, Social<br />
Adam Stephen, Waitemata Junior<br />
Al Stephen, Waitemata<br />
Sam Stevens, Canterbury Junior<br />
Lewis Sutton, Waimate Oamaru, Junior<br />
Alistair Tait, Ashburton, Student<br />
Cameron Tarbotton, Ashburton,<br />
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Grayson Thyme, Whangarei Student<br />
Dylan Townshend, TVDA<br />
Marc Townshend, TVDA<br />
Chrissie Urlich, Tauranga<br />
Richard Vanstone, Whakatane, Family<br />
Kaki Waenga, Taupo<br />
Dalton Ward, Waitemata<br />
Dylan Wear, Waimate Oamaru, Junior<br />
TIMARU<br />
DECEMBER<br />
SHOOT<br />
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T. Cleminson, Dunedin J. Russell,<br />
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75 DTL –A.Wilson, Wakatipu<br />
100 DTL – T.Mannion, Whangarei. R.<br />
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Fundamentally sound: the<br />
follow-through<br />
If we’re going to take our trapshooting<br />
game to the top of our ability level,<br />
we must have great control of all the<br />
fundamentals. Much of what we talk<br />
about in this column are fundamentals,<br />
how they work, how to apply them<br />
and why they are so important. This<br />
column will fit right in with our quest to<br />
master the fundamentals and therefore<br />
improve our game.<br />
The problem with discussing<br />
fundamentals is that sometimes,<br />
readers think they know all about the<br />
particular fundamental being discussed<br />
but, as it often turns out, they have<br />
been given wrong information and<br />
therefore their understanding of that<br />
particular fundamental is flawed. It is<br />
more common amongst newer shooters,<br />
but occasionally I will come across an<br />
experienced shooter who is lacking<br />
in the understanding of a particular<br />
fundamental. I hope your name is not<br />
Jack because that’s the name of the<br />
shooter we will be talking about.<br />
Jack has been shooting for nearly 20<br />
years, and when he stood on Post 1<br />
and got any angle that went to his left,<br />
you would see him fire at the target and<br />
then swing his gun almost to the next<br />
trap on his left. He would break some<br />
of the targets he was shooting at, but<br />
he would also miss a good number of<br />
them. After observing Jack’s wild swing<br />
toward the left angles, I made a mental<br />
note to ask him what he was intending<br />
to accomplish with the extra move he<br />
made after he fired. As he moved down<br />
the line to the other posts, I noticed that<br />
he made an additional move beyond<br />
the target after most all his shots. On<br />
straightaways, his move would find<br />
his gun pointing almost straight up in<br />
the air. On the hard rights from Post 5,<br />
he would end up twisted to the right<br />
toward the adjacent trapfield.<br />
After observing his entire round,<br />
during which he broke 18x25, I had the<br />
opportunity to ask him about the wild<br />
moves after he shot at each target. He<br />
looked at me like I was an idiot and said,<br />
“You have to have follow-through if you<br />
plan on being a trapshooter, I’ve been<br />
told that I’ve got great follow-through.”<br />
Despite his years of experience and<br />
his relative lack of consistent success,<br />
Jack continued to throw his gun around<br />
after shooting at a target because he<br />
thought he was following through. This<br />
is a perfect example of a shooter who<br />
doesn’t understand what follow-through<br />
really is. I asked Jack how his version<br />
of follow-through was helping his<br />
shooting. He informed me that he was<br />
spreading his shotstring out so that<br />
he had a better chance of breaking<br />
the target. I asked him if he had ever<br />
heard of gun control. He told me that<br />
he didn’t get into politics and wasn’t<br />
concerned with gun control because<br />
he was a member of the National Rifle<br />
<strong>Association</strong> and they take care of things<br />
like gun control.<br />
If you are following<br />
through – controlling the<br />
gun and seeing what you<br />
just did to break the<br />
target – you are also<br />
adding one more ingredient<br />
to the mix that will help<br />
you break targets<br />
What Jack was doing was actually<br />
keeping him from breaking many of<br />
his targets. He had a total lack of gun<br />
control and a poor understanding of<br />
follow-through. If any of you have ever<br />
golfed, you will remember that one<br />
of the first things you are told is to<br />
keep your head down and look at the<br />
ball when you are about to drive. You<br />
should continue to look at the ball, or<br />
the target area, until after your swing<br />
drives the ball down the fairway. You<br />
must visually see that the ball is gone,<br />
after your swing, before you look up to<br />
see where it has gone. The swing of the<br />
club after it has struck the ball is not<br />
the follow-through in golf. That is the<br />
momentum you build as you attempt<br />
to drive the ball a long distance (if you<br />
don’t build momentum in golf, it’s called<br />
a putt). The follow-through is actually<br />
visual. You should still be looking down<br />
at the spot where the ball was, before<br />
you look up to see where the ball is.<br />
Now, how do we relate this to<br />
trapshooting? In trapshooting as<br />
well, the follow-through is visual, not<br />
physical. If you are building momentum<br />
with your gun as you approach targets,<br />
your gun is out of control, and it will be<br />
extremely difficult to point the gun as<br />
well as you need to in order to break<br />
targets consistently. There should be no<br />
momentum generated when shooting<br />
targets. The follow-through actually<br />
occurs by keeping the head on the stock<br />
and letting the eyes see what you just<br />
did to your target. If the gun flies past<br />
the target after the shot, you probably<br />
moved the gun far too quickly to make<br />
an effective point on the target,. In<br />
addition, if the gun flies past the target<br />
that you just broke, the eyes probably<br />
went with the gun – and you just shot.<br />
If the gun ends up in the vicinity of<br />
the target you just broke, you will see<br />
what you did to the target, and you<br />
should see that result from the stock of<br />
the gun. This is true follow-through in<br />
trapshooting.<br />
What exactly does this follow-through do<br />
to promote good shooting? It certainly<br />
isn’t intended to spread your pattern, as<br />
Jack was trying to do. First of all, it will<br />
help to prevent the number-one reason<br />
why trapshooters miss targets: lifting<br />
the head. I don’t know whether shooters<br />
want to admire their work or just want<br />
to see better, but head-lifting is a major<br />
problem for many trapshooters, and<br />
follow-through will prevent it.<br />
The next thing follow-through will do for<br />
your shooting is allow you to approach<br />
your targets with great gun control. If<br />
you are going to follow through, you<br />
can’t throw the gun at the target and<br />
build momentum, or the follow-through<br />
(seeing the target break with the head<br />
still on the gun) will be difficult at<br />
best – primarily because the gun is no<br />
longer in the vicinity of the broken (or<br />
missed) target. By moving the gun with<br />
good control, you will be better able to<br />
place your shot where it needs to be.<br />
There will be no momentum and it will<br />
be easy to stay on the gun and see what<br />
you just did to that target. You will also<br />
come to realise that the move of gun to<br />
the target is very minimal and doesn’t<br />
require a long sweeping move.<br />
If you are following through – controlling<br />
the gun and seeing what you just<br />
did to break the target – you are also<br />
adding one more ingredient to the mix<br />
that will help you break targets. When<br />
you are able to see the result of your<br />
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efforts, you will automatically add muscle memory to your<br />
trapshooting databank. In other words, you are eliminating<br />
the need to think your way through each shot. If you merely<br />
see the target, recognise the target and move the gun to the<br />
target, you will break the target because the muscle memory<br />
automatically allows you to point the gun the way you have<br />
done in the past when you successfully broke that same target.<br />
The more times you break each target, using follow-through,<br />
the more information gets stored in the databank. The more<br />
information you have in the databank, the easier it is to breach<br />
each target. The easier it is to break each target, the more<br />
targets you break. As you can see, each of these feeds on the<br />
others, and this is why they say “Practice makes perfect”. Of<br />
course the practice must include follow-through to get things<br />
started.<br />
Jack now has perfect control of his gun, and when you watch<br />
him shoot, you will notice that he approaches his targets<br />
without a lurch and without building momentum. When he<br />
fires, the gun doesn’t fly past the target; it stays in the area<br />
where the target was broken. Jack’s head is still on the stock,<br />
and his eyes are looking at the ball of smoke he just hung out<br />
there. His databank is gaining some great information, and<br />
the task of breaking every target is getting easier and easier.<br />
Jack is now putting more shot on more targets than he has<br />
done in 20 years because he has a true understanding of the<br />
term “follow-through”.<br />
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<strong>2008</strong> BEIJING<br />
OLYMPIC<br />
GAMES<br />
There were four shooters from <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> competing at<br />
the <strong>2008</strong> Olympics in Beijing. Yang Wang (Pistol), Robbie<br />
Eastham (Rifle), Graeme Ede (Men’s Trap) and Nadine Stanton<br />
(Women’s Trap). The NZ team left <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> on 30th July<br />
and returned to NZ on 26th August. It was a requirement that<br />
all team members had to be there for the whole duration of<br />
the Games. This has a significant impact on the athletes as<br />
the time is taking them away from their work and business<br />
commitments. <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong>’s shooting team were in the<br />
minority as they were totally amateur athletes as opposed<br />
to many other countries that had semi-professional or<br />
professional athletes.<br />
Everything is organised and provided by the NZ Olympic<br />
Committee, including all meals, visa’s and transport. Security<br />
was very tight but didn’t cause any problems. Everyone was<br />
checked in and out of the Games Village and you couldn’t go<br />
anywhere without your accreditation (competitors/manager<br />
pass).<br />
The facilities were purpose built apartments. These had been<br />
on sold for private luxury accommodation after the Games.<br />
The meals were on-demand 24/7 and there was an excellent<br />
range of food available from MacDonald’s to health food.<br />
The dining hall seated 5,000 people at any one time.<br />
There was an extensive range of back-up facilities available<br />
to the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> athletes, which included dentists, 2 MRI<br />
scanners, a mini hospital fully staffed with medical teams and<br />
eye specialists.<br />
It was hot and humid. The temperature was around 38 with<br />
85% humidity. Some days it was high 20s to low 30s with<br />
100% humidity. The athletes had to just deal with this, mainly<br />
by drinking lots. The smog was not a problem as the Chinese<br />
Government had closed the factories and taken at least 50%<br />
of the vehicles off the roads.<br />
Graeme Ede and Nadine Stanton had attended a World Cup<br />
at the Beijing venue in April, along with Myles Browne-Cole<br />
and Natalie Rooney. This was a lot larger field who were<br />
familiarising themselves with the ground in the lead-up to the<br />
Games. All the Olympic prospects were present. At the World<br />
Cup the equipment worked well, including the Laporte traps<br />
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The Games Village<br />
Outside the Village (it’s the humidity that makes this one look<br />
foggy)<br />
Spectators seating<br />
The range in action<br />
The dining area<br />
Athletes waiting for the closing ceremony<br />
The dining hall<br />
but the Chinese-made targets were very hard. The targets had<br />
improved significantly for the Olympics.<br />
For the Olympic event Graeme shot over 2 days. There were<br />
35 shooters all shooting 125 targets. The top 6 scores go on<br />
to shoot a 25 target (Single Barrel) final, then both scores are<br />
combined for the total score. Graeme shot 114/125. It was<br />
the 119s that shot off to determine the last places to continue<br />
on into the final. The winning score was 121+25. Graeme<br />
struggled on the first day but regained some form on the<br />
second day to shoot a score equal to the top scorer.<br />
Nadine Stanton shot after Graeme. Her event was over one<br />
day comprising of 75 targets plus a further 25 targets for the<br />
final for the top 6. Nadine was 10th out of the 20 competitors<br />
with a score of 64/75. The 69s went into the final with the<br />
winning score being shot by Finland on 70 +21. Nadine was<br />
the top scorer from the Commonwealth countries.<br />
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<strong>2008</strong> KILWELL/GAMEBORE<br />
INTER-SCHOOL POSTAL SHOOT<br />
This year we are again grateful to Kilwell Sports for the<br />
donation of the following prizes:<br />
• 5 medals to be awarded to the members of the winning<br />
Open team (5 shooters)<br />
• 3 medals to be awarded to the members of the winning<br />
girls team (3 shooters)<br />
• Trophies for the first three places in the boys individual<br />
competition<br />
• Trophies for the first three places in the girls individual<br />
competition<br />
Results<br />
Open Teams:<br />
1st Tauranga Boys High (Sam Campbell, Curtis Blyth, Shaun<br />
Travers, Scott Verran, Mitch Black) 219<br />
2nd Whangarei Boys High Team 1 (Brent Martin, Ethan Erceg,<br />
Tim Mannion, Logan Rankin, Hayden Coote) 210<br />
3rd Timaru Boys High School (Cameron Rooney, Sean Johnson,<br />
Scott Rissman, Jesse Smith, William Rooney) 208<br />
Girls Teams:<br />
1st Matamata College (Ashley Payze, Maria Dunnett, Brittany<br />
Hobart) 117<br />
2nd Central Southland College (Jessica Scott, Brooklyn<br />
Sutherland, Tegan Sutherland) 97<br />
3rd Craighead Diocesan School No 1 (Vanessa Johnson, Jessica<br />
Sutherland, Bella Hargest-Slade) 93<br />
Boys Individual:<br />
1st Brent Martin, Whangarei Boys High 177<br />
2nd Tim Mannion, Whangarei Boys High 174<br />
3rd Jacob Reid, Dunstan High School 100<br />
Girls Individual:<br />
1st Vanessa Johnson, Craighead Diocesan School 46<br />
2nd =Maria Dunnett, Matamata College 40, Teagan Storey,<br />
Matamata College 40<br />
Girls Team 1st Matamata College (L-R) Brittany Hobart, Ashley<br />
Payze, Maria Dunnett<br />
Boys Individual (L-R) Tim Mannion 2nd, Brent Martin 1st, Jacob<br />
Reid 3rd<br />
Girls Individual (L-R) Maria Dunnett 2nd=, Vanessa Johnson 1st,<br />
Teagan Storey 2nd=<br />
HUMOUR:<br />
After retiring, I went to the Benefits Office to sort<br />
out my pension. The woman behind the counter<br />
asked me for my driver's licence to verify my<br />
age. I looked in my pockets and realized I had<br />
left my wallet at home. I told the woman that I<br />
was very sorry, but I would have to go home and<br />
come back later.<br />
The woman said, “Unbutton your shirt”.<br />
So I opened my shirt revealing my curly silver<br />
hair. She said, “That silver hair on your chest<br />
is proof enough for me” and she processed my<br />
Pension application.<br />
When I got home, I excitedly told my wife about<br />
my experience at the Benefits Office.<br />
She said, “You should have dropped your trousers.<br />
You might have got disability, too”<br />
and then the fight started.....<br />
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Gunshot 51
Mental Training by Michael J. Keyes, M.D.<br />
Inconvenient Truths<br />
No, this is not a lecture from Al Gore.<br />
What I want to talk about is how we tend<br />
to find truth inconvenient much of the<br />
time and how this tendency can help us<br />
deal with match pressure. Most of us live<br />
with inconvenient truths. And most of<br />
the time we ignore them. It is a built-in<br />
mechanism of the human condition<br />
to ignore things that might otherwise<br />
bother us enough to either discourage<br />
or frighten us off. Sometimes it is a<br />
defense mechanism that helps us get<br />
through rough times, other times it is<br />
just plain common sense. Nonetheless,<br />
we do have a tendency to not want to<br />
change in spite of reasons that exist<br />
which tell us we should change.<br />
Al Gore talks about global warming<br />
in his movie An Inconvenient Truth. I<br />
don’t want to get into the arguments<br />
for or against the possibility of total<br />
destruction of the human race due<br />
to climate change, but it is a good<br />
example of the type of situation with<br />
which most people don’t want to deal.<br />
The scenario presented by the prospect<br />
of global warming (or cooling, for that<br />
matter) has two things specific to it: It<br />
might not happen and, if it does, it is in<br />
the remote (meaning, not today) future.<br />
We have a tendency to either ignore<br />
such problems or deny they exist. If it<br />
is something more immediate, such as<br />
a comet about to hit the earth, or taxes,<br />
our response would be different.<br />
And so it is with competition shooting.<br />
The inconvenient truth is only one of us<br />
will win a match and, even if you include<br />
all the classification winners (with the<br />
exception of the Lewis Class) in this<br />
equation, most participants are going<br />
to be losers. So, in a rational world, it<br />
does not make sense to compete unless<br />
you have a good chance of winning. But<br />
“rational” has nothing to do with how<br />
the human brain works. Most of us are<br />
hardwired to make sure we survive in a<br />
dangerous world, and that hardwiring<br />
often does the thinking for us.<br />
Take, for example, our use of credit<br />
cards. Ideally, credit cards allow us to<br />
carry small amounts of cash and still<br />
buy items without fear of losing the<br />
cash or having to save up large amounts<br />
of money beforehand. In addition,<br />
credit cards let us buy from remote<br />
sites without all the hassle of mailing a<br />
cheque or cash and worrying about the<br />
mail getting through or stolen. So, why<br />
do so many people have multiple credit<br />
cards, and why is there $950 billion of<br />
credit card debt?<br />
The answer lies in an experiment done<br />
by a group of behavioural economists.<br />
They took a group of subjects and<br />
asked them to choose between fruit<br />
and chocolate. How the subjects replied<br />
depended on the timing of the offer. If<br />
the researchers said they would give the<br />
gift a week from the time they offered<br />
it, most of the subjects took the fruit<br />
after realising it was more healthy. If<br />
the timing was immediate, the subjects<br />
took the chocolate almost every time.<br />
When they looked at the data, the<br />
researchers came to the conclusion<br />
people make immediate choices based<br />
on their desires and remote choices<br />
based on rational needs. Credit cards<br />
offer instant credit with no warning<br />
bells. Only later do people have buyer’s<br />
remorse. Keep this in mind, because<br />
later we will discuss how this can help<br />
your competitive shooting.<br />
Another factor that affects target<br />
shooting is the shifting brain activity<br />
that occurs when mistakes are made.<br />
In an earlier column (see July <strong>2008</strong>),<br />
I wrote about experiments I helped<br />
with that showed timing/performance<br />
faltered before score in pistol shooters.<br />
An article in Proceedings of the National<br />
Academy of Sciences recently showed<br />
a change in the location of activity in<br />
the brain when inattention occurs. This<br />
switch occurs up to half a minute before<br />
the change in a repetitive task occurs.<br />
Thirty seconds is about the same time<br />
lag between timing loss and poor<br />
score we saw in the test with the pistol<br />
shooters.<br />
Where is this leading us? The primary<br />
purpose of mental training is to combat<br />
the effects of match pressure. Having<br />
a sophisticated understanding about<br />
the workings of the brain is just as<br />
important as knowing point of aim,<br />
shot patterns and which technique to<br />
use on a target. This knowledge allows<br />
you to plan for disaster and have a set<br />
of alternatives available when problems<br />
arise.<br />
Let’s start with an easy one. If the odds<br />
are so daunting why do we shoot in a<br />
match? Remember that business about<br />
chocolate versus fruit? Well, I love<br />
chocolate and, in small amounts (less<br />
than half a pound), I believe it is good for<br />
you. The fact my brain wants chocolate<br />
when it is offered is a good thing, as<br />
far as I am concerned. The same holds<br />
true for the shotgun sports. We shoot<br />
because we like to shoot. Pleasure over<br />
rationality is a good thing in that case.<br />
The drive to achieve immediate pleasure<br />
is also a positive factor when it comes<br />
to dealing with match pressure. If used<br />
properly, it assures we continue to focus<br />
on what we are doing. It is the reason we<br />
are told to “stay in the moment” when<br />
we shoot. The rational part of the brain<br />
that chooses fruit is often our enemy in<br />
competitive situations. It causes us to<br />
start looking at the consequences of<br />
our actions, and when we do that, we<br />
get more anxious.<br />
Match pressure occurs because we<br />
have to measure ourselves against a<br />
standard of perfection most of us are<br />
not capable of reaching when the match<br />
starts. This is an inconvenient truth.<br />
Our desire for immediate satisfaction<br />
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overrides this fact as we enter a match.<br />
We either rationalise it by saying we are<br />
just there for the fun or to win our class.<br />
We choose to deny the fact we can’t<br />
possibly win it all. While therapists point<br />
out such behaviour is not rational, in<br />
this case it is the best thing you can do.<br />
The trick is to keep up these defenses<br />
throughout the match and shoot your<br />
average performance.<br />
As I pointed our earlier, the tendency<br />
of most people is to ignore the<br />
inconvenient truths. Once you start the<br />
match, however, other brain factors try<br />
to interfere. The first is what is called<br />
“automatic thoughts.”<br />
Match stress is a variant of another<br />
survival function called the fight-or-flight<br />
response, which causes the brain to<br />
send a signal you need to get out of the<br />
way of danger. Part of this response is<br />
having the thought you are about to<br />
lose and need to run. You know there<br />
is no real danger, but the thoughts still<br />
come. If you are prepared to deal with<br />
them, the effects of these thoughts<br />
can be blunted. If you are not ready to<br />
shunt them into a different direction,<br />
they will change the way you shoot.<br />
Self-talk, relaxation, knowing automatic<br />
thoughts are coming and preparing for<br />
them and minimizing their effect are all<br />
mental tools you can develop.<br />
The other problem that often arises is<br />
the opposite of match stress – boredom.<br />
One of the goals of training to shoot in<br />
competition is minimizing the number<br />
of factors that can come into play<br />
when you attempt to shoot a target.<br />
You only have to focus on one aspect<br />
of your shooting and all the rest is<br />
automatic. That is why skeet shooters<br />
are most likely to shoot a perfect<br />
score – skeet has the fewest variables<br />
on the course and the answer to each<br />
of the 25 problems offered is generally<br />
well-known. It is a matter of learning<br />
to focus on each problem and putting<br />
together a good match. As you go up<br />
the ladder (trap, sporting, hunting) the<br />
variables expand. Shooting a perfect<br />
score in a big sporting clays match is a<br />
little hard to do.<br />
There goes another<br />
beautiful theory, about to<br />
be murdered by a brutal<br />
gang of facts.<br />
Duc de La Rochefoucauld,<br />
French writer and moralist<br />
(1613 – 1680)<br />
As you become more adept at shooting<br />
targets in your chosen sport, you tend to<br />
get more relaxed and comfortable with<br />
the course of shooting. This can lead to<br />
a loss of focus and concentration as the<br />
shooting becomes more repetitive in<br />
your mind. In a sport where perfection<br />
rules, a small slip of concentration can<br />
cost you greatly.<br />
Fortunately, score and performance<br />
are not the same thing. As you learn<br />
to monitor your performance you can<br />
often figure out when you are losing<br />
concentration and adjust your level of<br />
focus. This takes time, practice and<br />
dedication, just like all the other skills<br />
you acquire.<br />
Shooters have known these things for<br />
years. The best shooters have developed<br />
the skills needed to deal with these<br />
human tendencies in shooting. What is<br />
exciting is now we have a lot of data<br />
that verifies the observations of coaches<br />
and shooters over the years and can<br />
help point you in the right direction to<br />
solve problems more efficiently.<br />
Humans don’t always act in a rational<br />
manner when it comes to dealing<br />
with pleasure or the effects of match<br />
pressure. We tend to go with the<br />
hardwired responses that can hurt<br />
or help us and were not designed for<br />
rational thinking. The more you know<br />
about these responses, the more you<br />
can plan to use them to your benefit.<br />
By Courtesy of Shotgun Sports<br />
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25 Tgt Skeet Champs 25 Points Score Champs 50 Tgt Points Score<br />
15 Tgt Minis Champs 25 Single Barrel Champs 4 Grades. Entry $50<br />
30 Tgt 18m Triples Champs Plus Continental Champs<br />
Buck Knives North/South DTL Qualifying Event $5 entry for Open Team only<br />
Ladies, Juniors and Veterans DTL North South team entry = no charge<br />
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Detecting your pattern, Part 2<br />
Last month we talked about patterning<br />
and what it can tell us about our guns.<br />
We also talked about our friend, Jim,<br />
and his problem with a trapgun that<br />
was no longer shooting high enough<br />
now that he was an experienced<br />
shooter and was shooting his targets a<br />
bit more quickly.<br />
With a gun that has no available<br />
adjustments to change the point of<br />
impact, Jim had a dilemma. He tried to<br />
point his targets on the high side but<br />
found that this was not the solution.<br />
With his low-shooting gun (50/50) he<br />
found that he couldn’t be consistent<br />
when trying to cover targets. He found<br />
himself measuring targets rather than<br />
just seeing them, moving to them<br />
and shooting them. He was trying to<br />
make himself adjust to a gun that just<br />
wasn’t shooting high enough for him.<br />
Jim discovered that he had to cover the<br />
target to break it. When he covered<br />
the target, he couldn’t see it. When he<br />
couldn’t see it, he would lift his head to<br />
see it. When he lifted his head to see it,<br />
he couldn’t hit it.<br />
The simple solution to Jim’s problem is<br />
a gun that shoots higher, but without<br />
adjustments, how was he going to<br />
accomplish this task?<br />
Any shooter who suspects that he<br />
needs a higher-shooting gun can find<br />
out if this is the cure by making the<br />
gun shoot higher. Since Jim’s gun didn’t<br />
have the needed adjustments available<br />
he went to the corner drugstore and<br />
bought some Dr Scholl’s mole foam and<br />
moleskin. These products are available<br />
with a sticky backing and work great for<br />
adding height to a stock. Jim cut some<br />
strips of foam (thicker than moleskin<br />
and with a layer of form padding<br />
between the soft material portion and<br />
the sticky back). The strips were a<br />
couple inches wide, and Jim placed two<br />
of them on top of each other and then<br />
on top of his comb. He wrapped a full<br />
piece of moleskin over the foam pads<br />
to smooth things out. He then placed<br />
electrician’s tape on all the outer edges<br />
to help hold everything in place. Now<br />
he mounted the gun and found that he<br />
could no longer form the figure-8 sight<br />
picture he was accustomed to seeing,<br />
(That is a good thing at this point. If<br />
he could still see the figure-8, the gun<br />
would still shoot 50/50). Jim could<br />
see rib between the middle and front<br />
beads and decided that a figure-8 was<br />
not necessary.<br />
Knowing what your<br />
correct point of impact<br />
is will allow you to<br />
adjust any gun to shoot<br />
perfectly for you<br />
The padding felt comfortable to him<br />
as he mounted the gun and called for<br />
his first target. He came to the target<br />
naturally, and pointed it in his normal<br />
manner, and fired. The target turned to<br />
a ball of smoke. He continued to smoke<br />
targets until he got to wondering just<br />
how high his gun was now shooting.<br />
Combined with the thinking, the<br />
pointing went south for one target, but<br />
Jim got back on track and smoked the<br />
rest of the targets for a 24. Jim’s gun<br />
was now shooting where he wanted<br />
it to. He had made an adjustment that<br />
suited him perfectly. If necessary, he<br />
could have started over with more<br />
or less mole foam until he found the<br />
perfect point of impact.<br />
Now that he knew what he wanted, he<br />
could pattern the gun and find out what<br />
the ideal point of impact is for him.<br />
The biggest mistake many shooters<br />
make is having a custom stock made<br />
without knowing where the point of<br />
impact should be. Once you know<br />
your perfect point of impact, you can<br />
go to a custom stockmaker and let<br />
him measure the stock with the mole<br />
foam in place. When the stock is rough,<br />
you can pattern it to see if the point<br />
of impact is correct. If the pattern is<br />
too high, take a little more wood off<br />
the top of the stock. If it’s right on,<br />
the stock can be finished, and you will<br />
be hammering targets with a gun that<br />
suits you perfectly.<br />
Knowing what your correct point<br />
of impact is will allow you to adjust<br />
any gun to shoot perfectly for you. If<br />
the gun has an adjustable rib, adjust<br />
it to your point of impact. With the<br />
adjustable ribs, in combination with<br />
an adjustable stock, you can not only<br />
adjust the gun to shoot perfectly for<br />
you, but it can also be adjusted to any<br />
sight picture you want to see at the<br />
same time. Keep in mind that knowing<br />
exactly where you want a gun to shoot<br />
is a good starting point, but because<br />
some guns will move differently than<br />
others, there may be some tweaking<br />
necessary to get the desired result.<br />
Length of barrel(s), gun weight and gun<br />
balance will often make two guns that<br />
are set up to shoot identically actually<br />
shoot a little differently. You will be<br />
able to tell if the gun is set up correctly<br />
by shooting some targets. If you do<br />
what you are supposed to do and point<br />
the target the way you want to point it,<br />
the target should turn to smoke.<br />
Point of impact can also be adjusted by a<br />
barrel guru. The amount of adjustment<br />
available through barrel boring may not<br />
be enough to suit you, but the barrel<br />
experts can work wonders when you<br />
know that you want the gun to shoot<br />
two or three inches higher or lower.<br />
Add-on ribs can also be utilised to<br />
change point of impact. These ribs<br />
can be made to make the gun shoot<br />
higher or lower. If the rib is high in the<br />
back, toward the receiver, and low in<br />
the front, toward the front sight, the<br />
gun will shoot higher. If the goal is to<br />
make the gun shoot lower, the height<br />
of the rib at the front and the back can<br />
be adjusted to accomplish that goal as<br />
well. Add-on ribs are not as expensive<br />
as some other forms of point-of-impact<br />
adjustment, but they seem to be quite<br />
effective. Drastic adjustments may<br />
also require stock adjustments to<br />
compensate for the higher rib.<br />
Competent gunsmiths can also turn<br />
most trap stocks into adjustable stocks<br />
by cutting the comb and adding the<br />
hardware necessary for the stock to be<br />
adjusted upward for a higher-shooting<br />
gun, as well as sideways for a perfect<br />
fit that allows the eyes to remain level.<br />
If an adjustable buttpad is added, the<br />
gun can be made to shoot exactly<br />
where you want it to, with the eyes<br />
level and looking straight forward,<br />
and the mount will be as comfortable<br />
as sitting in your lounge chair. You<br />
can even purchase a stock with all the<br />
Continued on page 67<br />
Gunshot 55
Far North “Mini Marathon”<br />
250 <strong>Target</strong>s Single Rise 15m<br />
Kaikohe <strong>Clay</strong> <strong>Target</strong> Club<br />
29th & 30th <strong>December</strong> <strong>2008</strong><br />
9-00AM Start<br />
$1500 Trophy Shoot<br />
4 Grades AA, A, B, C.<br />
Prizes proportionate to entries<br />
Total Entry $120 Includes<br />
<strong>Target</strong>s/trophies/NZCTA Levy<br />
Trophies all grades including<br />
Veterans/Ladies/Juniors<br />
Optional sweeps available<br />
Extra events, time permitting<br />
Corsivia High Dome <strong>Target</strong>s used exclusively.<br />
Trophies & this advert sponsored by<br />
Reloaders Supplies Ltd<br />
Lunch available both days<br />
Enquiries: B.Sanderson (09) 407 6226<br />
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ALEXANDRA<br />
Around the Clubs<br />
17 May Central Otago Championships.<br />
Cold, calm and foggy<br />
Match 1 Skeet HOA Kelvin Gutsell<br />
(Mataura) 25. A grade D McKenzie<br />
(Alexandra) 25. B grade J Manson<br />
(Southland) 23. C Grade G Harrison<br />
(Gorge Rd) 22. Ladies J Manson 23<br />
Juniors A.Sutton (Alexandra) 24 Veterans<br />
T Begg (Dunedin) 25<br />
Match 2 Minis (15) HOA Colin Waghorn<br />
(Gorge Rd) 15. A Grade M.Dobbie<br />
(Southland) 15. B Grade A Stuart (Moa<br />
Creek) 15. C Grade B Rodgers (Southland)<br />
14. Ladies J Manson 15 Juniors B Rodgers<br />
14 Veteran A Stuart<br />
Match 3 Points Score HOA Tom Begg<br />
(Dunedin) 75. A grade K Gutsell 75.<br />
B Grade N Kelland (Moa Creek) 75.<br />
C Grade P Johansen (Southland). 68<br />
Ladies J Manson 71 Juniors A Sutton 71<br />
Veterans T Begg 75<br />
Match 4 Double Rise HOA Stuart<br />
Cunningham (Mataura) 18. A Grade C<br />
Waghorn 18. B Grade N Kelland 17. C<br />
Grade A Rule (Southland) 16. Ladies J<br />
Manson 14 Juniors A Rule Veterans T<br />
Begg 18<br />
Match 5 Single Rise HOA Andrew<br />
Sutton (Alexandra) 25. A grade G Evans<br />
(Western Southland) 25, B Grade A<br />
Wilson ( Wakatipu) 25, C grade P Shuker<br />
(Wakatipu) 25. Ladies J Manson 25<br />
Juniors A Sutton Veterans P Williams 25<br />
Match 6 Single Barrel HOA Colin Waghorn<br />
25. A Grade K Gutsell 25, B Grade S<br />
Clearwater (Dunedin) 24, C Grade P<br />
Johansen 22. Ladies J Manson 24 Juniors<br />
A Sutton 19 Veterans P Williams 23<br />
High Gun Colin Waghorn 181. A Grade<br />
Kelvin Gutsell 180, B Grade N Kelland<br />
167, C Grade Aaron Rule 153<br />
August Day 3 of the Bodkin Shield<br />
Tournament Cool but calm conditions<br />
Match 1 Possibles R Digby, J Smith, D<br />
Robertson, N Johnstone, W Watson, Tom<br />
Cray, Trev Cray, B Wilson, N Kelland, B<br />
Waugh, S Gawn, A Kerr, B Molyneux, O<br />
Williamson, K Grant, S Manson, B Foster,<br />
D Dow, W Darling, R Roy, L Phillips, M<br />
Dobbie, J Robertson, P Muntz,<br />
Match 2 Possibles: J Young, E Sinclair, D<br />
Robertson, J Straith, H Albert, Tom Cray,<br />
P Shuker, P Bayne, A Rule, B Waugh, P<br />
Templeton, C Hughes, B Molyneux, G<br />
Matheson, K Grant, G Hughes, J Willetts,<br />
S Robertson, D Folley, J Marshall, W<br />
Larsen, R Anderson, L Hurley, J Turner, L<br />
Rodgers, D Taylor.<br />
Match 3 Possibles:- R Kelly, W Winskill,<br />
Trev Cray, P Nelson, B Waugh, N Wilson,<br />
P Templeton, C Robertson, S Gawn,<br />
B Molyneux, G Matheson, R Watson,<br />
G Hughes, J Willetts, P Armstrong,<br />
T Appleby, J Cray, L Hurley, R Roy, L<br />
Phillips, D Taylor, P Muntz<br />
Trophies over Matches 2 & 3 L Hurley 1,<br />
B Waugh 2 , G Hughes 3, P Templeton<br />
4, G Matheson 5. Other Possibles B<br />
Molyneux, J Willetts, D Taylor<br />
Sir William Bodkin HOA for Alexandra B<br />
Waugh 60/60, R/U B Molyneux 60/60<br />
Ernie Barrett Memorial for 3 days at<br />
Wanaka, Moa Creek, Alexandra R<br />
Watson 174/180, R/U D Robertson<br />
174/180<br />
4 person teams over 3 days Last In<br />
(Southland) 684 1st, The Coasters<br />
(Dunedin) 677 2nd, Timaru 675 3rd<br />
AUCKLAND METROPOLITAN<br />
3 August<br />
Past Members Remembrance Day HOA<br />
D Coe, AA grade 1st J Norwood, 2nd<br />
B Woodward, A grade 1st T Hamilton,<br />
2nd B Schou, B grade 1st C Hunt, 2nd T<br />
Robertson, C grade 1st J Tonkin, 2nd B<br />
Browne-Cole<br />
7 September<br />
Champion Ammunition Handicap by<br />
Distance 100 targets 1st M Browne-Cole,<br />
2nd J Elliott-Forster, 3rd O Saxton, 4th R<br />
Walton, 5th G Paton, 6th B Schou, 7th M<br />
Matsell, 8th L Ingley 9th G Ross.<br />
BARRYTOWN<br />
17 August Snow on tops, cold showers<br />
25 Points Score – A grade 1st Evan<br />
Johnston, 2nd Graeme Smith. B grade 1st<br />
Brent Whittington, 2nd Dave Stewart.<br />
30 Triples Championships – A grade<br />
1st Graeme Smith, 2nd Evan Johnston.<br />
B grade 1st Brent Wittington, 2nd= Tom<br />
Dunn, Dave Stewart<br />
25 Continental – A grade 1st Evan<br />
Johnston, 2nd Graeme Smith. B grade 1st<br />
Brent Whittington, 2nd Dave Stewart.<br />
CAMBRIDGE<br />
July<br />
20 Tgt Sweep – possible I.Marshall,<br />
P.Krippner<br />
Rex and Pat Calder Tribute Cup – winner<br />
P.Krippner, R/Up S.Martin<br />
Trophy Match – A grade 1st I.Marshall,<br />
2nd G.Williams, 3rd P.Krippner. B grade<br />
1st B.Middlemiss, 2nd B.Walters, 3rd<br />
D.Vincent. C grade 1st A.Vincent.<br />
CANTERBURY<br />
29 June Secondary School Shoot<br />
Single Rise – A grade 1st Tom Reed<br />
CBHS, 2nd Cameron Donald CBHS, 3rd<br />
George Scott STAC. B grade 1st James<br />
Feary, CBHS, 2nd Angus Gibb CBHS, 3rd<br />
Henry Pinfold DHS<br />
Points Score – A grade 1st Cameron<br />
Donald, 2nd Tom Reed, 3rd Jamie Havill<br />
CBHS. B grade 1st Nathan Hughes CBHS,<br />
2nd Henry Pinfold, 3rd Matt Deans<br />
CBHS. Teams 1st Christchurch Boys<br />
High School (Jamie Havill, Tom Reed,<br />
Sam Sidey).<br />
Single Barrel – A grade 1st Sam Gawn<br />
STAC, 2nd Cameron Donald, 3rd Jamie<br />
Havill. B Grade 1st Galen Mander STAC,<br />
2nd Henry Pinfold, 3rd George Adams<br />
CBHS.<br />
HOA for day- Cameron Donald CBHS<br />
64/65.<br />
Schools attending: Christchurch Boys<br />
High School, St Andrews College,<br />
Darfield High School, Lincoln High<br />
School, Burnside High School and<br />
Craighead Diocesan School<br />
27 July<br />
TA Everett Memorial Points Score –<br />
HOA Gavin Searle. A Grade 1st William<br />
Rooney, 2nd Colin Miller, 3rd Gary<br />
Rooney. B Grade 1st Hamish Holland,<br />
2nd Jim Hannah, 3rd Laurie Hastie.<br />
C Grade 1st Dave Theyers, 2nd Kay<br />
Perrett, 3rd Richard Moon.<br />
Triples Championship – HOA Duncan<br />
Jefferis. A Grade 1st Gavin Searle, 2nd<br />
Natalie Rooney, 3rd Wesley Oldham.<br />
B Grade 1st Laurie Hastie, 2nd Andy<br />
Sheppard, 3rd Jim Hannah. C Grade<br />
1st Karl Perrett, 2nd Richard Moon, 3rd<br />
Dave Theyers.<br />
24 August<br />
Mini Championships – HOA Bevan<br />
Brown. A grade 1st Shane Watson, 2nd<br />
Rex Scott, 3rd Graeme Everett. B grade<br />
1st Paul Lefevre, 2nd Leith McLachlan,<br />
3rd John Bradford. C grade 1st James<br />
Barnett, 2nd Alasdair Bennett, 3rd<br />
David Adams.<br />
Vale Shield Teams Match – 1st Ellesmere<br />
No 1, 2nd Ellesmere No 3, 3rd Mead Te<br />
Pirita.<br />
DARFIELD<br />
3 August Weather Calmish, coolish and<br />
dull.<br />
Event 1. 10 tgt eye-opener A Grade<br />
B.Johnson, D.Folley 10's. B Grade<br />
M.Robertson, G.Macdonald 10's. C<br />
Grade C. DeBressac, F.Wright 10's<br />
Event 2. 25 tgt Handicap Ross Shield<br />
Round 2. A Grade Sam Gawn, B.Brown,<br />
D.Folley, I.Macdonald, M.Deaker,<br />
T.Stuart, D.Jefferis 25's. B Grade<br />
C.Robertson, M.Robertson, J.Bradford<br />
25's. C Grade G.Wall 25, R.Digby, L.<br />
McBreen 24's Winner of the Ross Sheild.<br />
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ANNUAL TOP GUN TROPHY<br />
and Jim Mollaun Shield<br />
Hosted by Hutt Valley Gun Club Inc<br />
Wallaceville Rd, Mangaroa<br />
Sunday, 16th <strong>November</strong> <strong>2008</strong><br />
9.00 am start. Noms close 10.30 am.<br />
Event 1. 25 Tgt Skeet<br />
Event 2. 25 Tgt Sporting<br />
Event 3. 25 Tgt DTL<br />
Event 4. 25 Tgt Ball Trap<br />
$1500.00 Trophies sponsored by <strong>Target</strong> Products Ltd & Pyms Tawa Motors Ltd,<br />
including 3 Slabs Falcon Ammunition and $250.00 Shell Petrol vouchers as a<br />
drawn prize from HOA and first five in each grade (16 in draw). 2 Slabs<br />
Falcon Ammunition and $50.00 Shell Petrol Vouchers to HOA (Top Gun).<br />
Prizes down to five places per grade.<br />
Jim Mollaun Shield to be run in conjunction with Top Gun<br />
3 person teams, 1 A grade, 1 B grade & 1 C grade.<br />
Day Entry $60.00.<br />
Ammunition, Lunch and Refreshments available on grounds.<br />
President Club House Secretary<br />
Blue Freeman (04) 527 4368 Wayne Pym<br />
Ph (04) 438 5238 Ph (04) 234 6306<br />
DALE SHIELD TEAM SHOOT<br />
Hosted by Hutt Valley Gun Club Inc<br />
Wallaceville Rd, Mangaroa<br />
30th <strong>November</strong> <strong>2008</strong><br />
9.00 am start. Noms close 10.30 am.<br />
Event 1: 15 Tgt Single Rise. 15m, A, B, C Grades. Graded Sweep $2.00<br />
Event 2: 25 Tgt Points Score. 15m. A, B, C Grades. Graded Sweep $2.00<br />
Optional ungraded Sweep $5.00.<br />
Event 3: Dale Shield. 20 Tgt Single Rise. A=16, B = 14, C=12. Sweep $2.00. Five<br />
person teams shot in 2 x 10 Tgt visits to trap each.<br />
Optional $300.00 cash trophy on event 3. Entry $8.00 ea.<br />
Team entries $10.00 per team. 50% paid to winning team.<br />
Day entry $43.00 incl optional.<br />
Ammunition, Lunch and Refreshments available on grounds.<br />
President Club House Secretary<br />
Blue Freeman (04) 527 4368 Wayne Pym<br />
Ph (04) 438 5238 Ph (04) 234 6306<br />
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Murray Robertson.<br />
Event 3. 15 Pair Double Rise Champs<br />
A.Grade 1st B.Brown 29, 2nd D.Jefferis<br />
27, 3rd I.Macdonald 26. B Grade 1st<br />
G.Macdonald 27, 2nd M.Robertson<br />
24, 3rd J.Bradford 23. C.Grade 1st<br />
D.Maindonald 25, 2nd L.Jefferis 24, 3rd<br />
R.Digby 23<br />
Best junior Sam Gawn<br />
7 September<br />
Weather Light Easterlies, coolish and<br />
dull.<br />
Event 1 15 tgt Single Barrel A Grade Steve<br />
Gawn, Sam Gawn, Bevan Brown 15's. B<br />
Grade I.Harrison, J.Bradford, R.Wall 15's.<br />
C Grade L.Jefferis, A.Macdonald, J.Scott<br />
14's<br />
Event 2 25 tgt H.O.A. DTL Champs<br />
High Gun Steve Gawn. A Grade 1st<br />
D.Jefferis, 2rd I.Macdonald. B Grade 1st<br />
G.Macdonald, 2nd C.Robertson, 3rd<br />
M.Robertson. C Grade 1st F.Wright, 2nd<br />
P.Thorp, 3rd J.Scott<br />
Event 3 25 tgt Points Score Cup Winner<br />
Dave Folley 75/75.<br />
DUNEDIN<br />
10 August. Frosty start, then fine with<br />
light winds<br />
Skeet: A Grade: S Cookson, R Fraser, G<br />
Larson, R Roy (23). B Grade: P Carr (23);<br />
M Field, M Marsh, L Hurley (22). C Grade:<br />
R Yardley (20)<br />
Skeet Aggregate: A Grade: R Roy (25); G<br />
Larson (22); S Cookson (19). B Grade: M<br />
Field, M Marsh (23); T Cowan, L Hurley<br />
(22). C Grade:.R Yardley (22)<br />
25 tgt Single Rise Aggregate: A Grade: S<br />
Cookson, P Carr (23), R Roy (22). B Grade:<br />
T Willocks, G Larson (25); C Twist, L<br />
Hurley (24). C Grade: H Wadsworth (24);<br />
Ramsay (23); T Cleminson, R Didham<br />
(22)<br />
25 Tgt DTL (Trophies): A Grade: S<br />
Cookson, R Roy, L Phillips (25). B Grade:<br />
T Cowan, G Larson, L Hurley (25). C<br />
Grade: T Cleminson (25); Grant (23); H<br />
Wadsworth (22)<br />
Cup Winners: Stevenson Cup: R Roy.<br />
Weir Cup: L Hurley<br />
Fooks Cup: T Cleminson<br />
30 August<br />
Around the Clubs<br />
Skeet: A Grade: R Roy (25); R Fraser, S<br />
Cookson, T Begg (24). B Grade: L Hurley<br />
(23); M Field, T Cleminson (19). C Grade:<br />
M Jameson (20); N Barnes (16)<br />
Skeet Aggregate: A Grade: R Roy (25); S<br />
Cookson, T Begg (24). B Grade: L Hurley<br />
(24); M Field (21); T Cleminson (17). C<br />
Grade: M Jameson (23); N Barnes (21)<br />
25 tgt Single Rise Aggregate: A Grade:<br />
R Roy, T Begg, L Hurley, W Larsen (25).<br />
B Grade: G Larson, T Cleminson (24); N<br />
Wilson (21). C Grade: S Bennet (17); M<br />
Nimmo (13)<br />
25 Tgt Points Score: A Grade: L Hurley<br />
(74); W Larsen (71); R Roy (69). B Grade: T<br />
Cleminson (70); N Wilson (67); G Larson<br />
(66). C Grade: M Nimmo, S Bennet (47)<br />
15 Pr D Rise: A Grade: W Larsen (27); L<br />
Hurley, R Fraser (24). B Grade: G Larson<br />
(24); T Cleminson (23), N Wilson (19)<br />
4 October <strong>2008</strong>. Dunedin District<br />
Championships<br />
Conditions: Very windy, rain with fine<br />
spells<br />
25 <strong>Target</strong> Skeet A Grade: M Smith,<br />
T Begg, R Everett (25). B Grade: S<br />
Clearwater, G Harrison (23); D Sheen,<br />
T Sutherland, T Cleminson, P Nyhon<br />
(22). C Grade: D Warnock (24), E Park<br />
(22), N Johnstone (21). HOA: R Everett.<br />
A Grade: 1st: M Smith 2nd: T Begg 3rd:<br />
C Waghorn. B Grade: 1st: S Clearwater<br />
2nd: G Harrison 3rd: T Cleminson. C<br />
Grade: 1st: D Warnock 2nd: E Park 3rd:<br />
N Johnstone<br />
15 <strong>Target</strong> Mini’s A Grade: M Dobbie (15);<br />
T Begg, C Pirie, D Warnock, D McKenzie,<br />
L Maxwell (14). B Grade: E Park (14);<br />
S Clearwater, N Wilson (13). HOA: M<br />
Dobbie. A Grade: 1st: L Maxwell 2nd: D<br />
McKenzie 3rd: T Begg. B Grade: 1st: E<br />
Park 2nd: S Clearwater 3rd: N Wilson<br />
10 Pair Double Rise A Grade: B Foster,<br />
D McKenzie (19); T Sutherland, C Pirie,<br />
C Waghorn (17). B Grade: E Park (16); T<br />
Cleminson (14); C Robertson (12). HOA:<br />
D McKenzie. A Grade: 1st: B Foster 2nd:<br />
C Waghorn 3rd: T Sutherland. B Grade:<br />
1st: E Park 2nd: T Cleminson 3rd: C<br />
Robertson<br />
25 <strong>Target</strong> Single Rise A Grade: M Sime, M<br />
Smith, D Warnock, D McKenzie, J Munro<br />
(25). B Grade: S Clearwater, C Robertson<br />
(23); N Wilson, E Park (22). C Grade: R<br />
Greatbanks (15)<br />
HOA: M Sime. A Grade: 1st: D McKenzie<br />
2nd: D Warnock 3rd: J Munro. B Grade:<br />
1st: S Clearwater 2nd: C Robertson 3rd:<br />
N Wilson. C Grade: 1st: R Greatbanks<br />
25 <strong>Target</strong> Points Score A Grade: A<br />
Booth, C Pirie (74); T Begg (72); D Sheen,<br />
C Waghorn (71). B Grade: S Clearwater,<br />
C Robertson (63), N Wilson (63); E Park<br />
(62). C Grade: R Greatbanks (48). HOA:<br />
C Pirie. A Grade: 1st: A Booth 2nd: T<br />
Begg 3rd: C Waghorn. B Grade: 1st: S<br />
Clearwater 2nd: C Robertson 3rd: N<br />
Wilson . C Grade: 1st: R Greatbanks<br />
25 <strong>Target</strong> Single Barrel A Grade: B Foster,<br />
M Sime, T Begg, A Booth, C Waghorn<br />
(23). B Grade: S Clearwater (20); E Park,<br />
C Robertson (19). HOA: C Waghorn. A<br />
Grade: 1st: A Booth 2nd: M Sime 3rd: T<br />
Begg. B Grade: 1st: S Clearwater 2nd: E<br />
Park 3rd: C Robertson<br />
High Gun: C Pirie (174) A Grade: T Begg<br />
(173) B Grade: E Park (155)<br />
5 October<br />
Club DTL Championships Conditions:<br />
Fine with moderate winds<br />
Skeet 25 <strong>Target</strong>s A Grade: R Everett<br />
(25); L Phillips, T Begg (24). B Grade: W<br />
Larsen (25); P Nyhon (24); D Sheen (23).<br />
C Grade: T Willocks (23); R Yardley (22);<br />
N Barnes (20). Championship Winners:<br />
A Grade: R Everett B Grade: W Larsen C<br />
Grade: R Yardley.<br />
Mini’s 15 <strong>Target</strong>s A Grade: W Larsen<br />
(14); M Sime, L Phillips, T Begg (13).<br />
B Grade: J Wilson (13); T Willocks, N<br />
Wilson, G Larson, P Nyhon (12). C Grade:<br />
I Campbell, R Yardley (13); J Young<br />
(11). Championship Winners: A Grade:<br />
W Larsen B Grade: J Wilson C Grade: I<br />
Campbell<br />
Double Rise 10 Pair A Grade: M Sime,<br />
D Sheen (18); L Hurley, M Smith (17). B<br />
Grade: G Larsen (15); J Wilson (14); S<br />
Clearwater, T Cleminson, N Welsh (12).<br />
C Grade: R Yardley (12); C Twist (11); J<br />
Young, N Didham (10). Championship<br />
Winners: A Grade: M Sime B Grade: G<br />
Larsen. C Grade: R Yardley<br />
Single Rise 25 <strong>Target</strong>s A Grade: L Hurley,<br />
R Campbell, L Phillips, M Smith, R Everett,<br />
W Larsen (25). B Grade: S Clearwater<br />
(25); T Willocks, P Nyhon (24). C Grade:<br />
R Yardley (23); I Campbell (22); C Twist<br />
(19). Championship Winners: A Grade: W<br />
Larsen B Grade: S Clearwater C Grade:<br />
R Yardley<br />
Law Shield Teams Match: Dunedin 4: S<br />
Clearwater, T Cleminson, L Phillips, R<br />
Yardley (94/100)<br />
Arch Begg Memorial Tray: L Hurley<br />
Aburn Veteran Trophy: M Smith (25)<br />
Points 20 <strong>Target</strong>s A Grade: T Begg (59);<br />
A Booth, W Larsen (58). B Grade: T<br />
Cleminson (56); J Wilson (54); G Larson<br />
(53). C Grade: J Young (53); I Campbell<br />
(50); N Didham (49). Championship<br />
Winners: A Grade: T Begg B Grade: T<br />
Cleminson C Grade: J Young<br />
Single Barrel 15 <strong>Target</strong>s A Grade: M<br />
Sime, A Booth, M Smith (14). B Grade:<br />
N Wilson, S Clearwater (13); G Larson,<br />
J Wilson (12). C Grade: C Twist (14); J<br />
Young, I Campbell (10). Championship<br />
Winners: A Grade: M Sime B Grade: N<br />
Wilson C Grade: C Twist<br />
High Gun: T Begg (146). A Grade: W<br />
Larsen (146) B Grade: G Larson (138) C<br />
Grade: J Young (119)<br />
Gunshot 59
Wanaka Gun Club<br />
50th Anniversary<br />
Waitangi Weekend 2009<br />
Friday 6th Feb Anniversary Dinner and Awards<br />
Saturday 7th Feb. Shoot programme will include<br />
‘Gentleman’ Jim Haugh 50 target skeet teams match<br />
‘Gillespie’ 25 target single barrel<br />
Plus more………….<br />
Anniversary medals will be awarded to HOA and<br />
places in grades for both skeet and DTL.<br />
You know this will be good<br />
Expressions of interest to: rexsmart@xtra.co.nz<br />
Rex Smart, 8 Larch Place, Wanaka 9192<br />
03 443 5470 0274 860 472<br />
NORTHLAND 200<br />
Whangarei Combined Gun Club<br />
Saturday 27th <strong>December</strong> <strong>2008</strong><br />
Kaeo <strong>Clay</strong> <strong>Target</strong> Club<br />
Sunday 28th <strong>December</strong> <strong>2008</strong><br />
100 Single Rise <strong>Target</strong>s each day 4 x 25 <strong>Target</strong>s.<br />
Four prizes A,B,C Grades $65, $45, $30, $20.<br />
Sweeps on each 25 Tgts and 100 Tgts.<br />
$100 cash divided between any possible on each day.<br />
HOA = $100<br />
Total cost $60.00 each day.<br />
LUNCH, AMMO & REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE<br />
Contact John Richardson, Kaeo (09) 407 6214<br />
George Gee, Whangarei (09) 435 1742<br />
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EKETAHUNA<br />
August<br />
Points Score Champs – A grade<br />
J.Houghton 75, B grade G.Roberts 72, C<br />
grade D.Mason 73.<br />
Triples Championships – A grade<br />
G.Gadsby 50, B grade D.Smith 47, C<br />
grade B.Smith 46.<br />
Rigby Memorial – K.Andrews<br />
Eketahuna/Western Lake Shield –<br />
Western Lake after a shoot off.<br />
ELLESMERE<br />
August<br />
25 Skeet – 25 S.Childs, B.Marshall.<br />
Trophy A grade 1st S.Childs, 2nd<br />
D.West. B grade J.McCormick, CGrade<br />
1st B.Marshall.<br />
Minis Championship – Open winner<br />
B.Washbourne, R/Up J.Pateman. Club<br />
Championship J.McCormick, R/Up<br />
B. Washbourne. Club Bars A grade<br />
J.McCormick, B grade G.Lemon, C grade<br />
A.Harkerss.<br />
30 Tgt Winchester Trophy – 1st 15 Tgts<br />
possible S.Elms, B.Marshall, B.Tait,<br />
C.Wesley, J.Pateman, S.Everett, R.Wall,<br />
B.Washbourne, R.Wilson. 2nd 15 Tgts<br />
possible D.Maindonld, K.Perrett,<br />
S.McMillan, B.Marshall, C.Wesley,<br />
J.McCormick, R.Greatorex, R.Wall,<br />
S.Everett, P.Heney, C.Greenwood,<br />
G.Wall, R.Wilson, A.Harkerss. Over<br />
30 Tgts possible B.Marshall, R.Wall,<br />
S.Everett, R.Wilson. Trophies 1st R.Wall,<br />
2nd S.Everett, 3rd B.Marshall.<br />
WH Winchester Cup and IH Winchester<br />
Cup – winner B.Marshall, R/Up<br />
C.Wesley<br />
Sweep – A grade 19 R.Wilson, 18 W.Hill,<br />
J.McCormick, C.Greenwood, S.Watson.<br />
B grade 20 B.Marshall, 18 R.Wall, 15<br />
G.Lemon. C grade 18 A.Harkerss,<br />
S.Elms, 17 D.Maindonald.<br />
GREYMOUTH<br />
10 August<br />
Around the Clubs<br />
50 Sporting <strong>Clay</strong>s 1st Alan Muphy<br />
40, 2nd Barrie Greenall 39, 3rd Evan<br />
Johnston 37. 15 <strong>Target</strong> Eye Opener,<br />
Possibles, Graeme Smith, Evan Johnston,<br />
Alan Murphy,<br />
25 Single Barrel HOA Evan Johnston<br />
24, A Grade 1st. Brian Forest 23, 2nd.<br />
Graeme Smith 22, 3rd Alan Murphy 21,<br />
B Grade, 1st Dave Stewart 23, 2nd Peter<br />
Bayliss 20, 3rd= Bob Broadhurst, Derek<br />
Hutchinson 18. C Grade, 1st Rae Eder 20,<br />
2nd Jim Eakin 19, 3rd= Mike Coll, Tom<br />
Jellyman 16. 15 <strong>Target</strong> Minis, Graeme<br />
Smith, Evan Johnston, Bob Broadhurst,<br />
Peter Bayliss 13s.<br />
14 September<br />
25 Skeet 1st Alan Muphy 25, 2nd= Mike<br />
Havill 23, Jamie Havill 23.<br />
15 <strong>Target</strong> Eye Opener Possibles Alan<br />
Murphy, Brian Forrest, Pieter Muntz.<br />
30 Triples A Grade 1st Pieter Muntz 49,<br />
2nd Alan Murphy 48, 3rd Mike Havill 47.<br />
B Grade 1st Jamie Havill 49, 2nd Derek<br />
Hutchinson 47, 3rd Brian Forrest 45.<br />
C Grade 1st Gareth Havill 45, 2nd Jim<br />
Eakin 38, 3rd Greg Compton 37.<br />
15 <strong>Target</strong> Minis Club Championship HOA<br />
Mike Havill 14. A Grade 1st Alan Murphy<br />
12, 2nd Pieter Muntz B Grade 1st Peter<br />
Bayliss 13, 2nd= Brian Forrest, Jamie<br />
Havill 11. C Grade 1st Greg Compton 10,<br />
2nd Les Saxton 9.<br />
HUNTLY<br />
July<br />
25 Single Rise – A grade 25 J.Nash,<br />
B.Jones, 24 G.Sixtus, W.Cowley, J.Beddis.<br />
B grade 24 M.Lanigan, 23 J.Kempthorne,<br />
P.Lapwood, D.Constantine. C grade 23<br />
G.Forster, 19 T.Lawry, 16 P.Waugh.<br />
25 Single Rise – A grade 23 C.Kennedy,<br />
W.Dowley, G.Sixtus, M.Vincent,<br />
G.Wallace, B.Jones, J.Beddis. B grade 24<br />
J.Kempthorne, G.Beddis, 22 D.Hillman,<br />
D.Constantine. C grade 22 G.Forster, 20<br />
T.Lawry, 15 P.Waugh.<br />
25 Points Score – A grade 74 J.Beddis,<br />
72 G.Wallace, 69 G.Sixtus. B grade 71<br />
M.Lanigan, 64 P.Lapwood, 63 G.Beddis.<br />
C grade 59 G.Forster, 50 T.Lawry, 48<br />
P.Waugh.<br />
25 Single Barrel – A grade 22 B.Jones,<br />
J.Beddis, 21 J.Bond, W.Cowley. B grade<br />
22 D.Constantine, 20 M.Lanigan,<br />
19 D.Hillman. C grade 14 G.Forster,<br />
T.Lawry, 11 P.Waugh.<br />
Trophy – A grade 1st J.Beddis, 2nd<br />
= G.Wallace, B.Jones. B grade 1st<br />
M.Lanigan, 2nd D.Constantine, 3rd<br />
D.Hillman. C grade 1st G.Forster, 2nd<br />
T.Lawry, 3rd P.Waugh.<br />
August<br />
25 Skeet – A grade 24 J.Beddis, B.Jones. B<br />
grade 18 G.Sixtus. C grade 21 R.Waugh,<br />
20 G.Forster, L.Vitasovich.<br />
25 Single Rise – A grade 25 J.Beddis, 23<br />
B.Jones, R.Waugh, L.Vitasovich. B grade<br />
21 D.Hillman, M.Lanigan. 20 D.Garrett.<br />
C grade 19 P.Waugh, 18 G.Forster, 9<br />
M.Beddis.<br />
25 Single Rise – 24 G.Sixtus, L.Vitasovich,<br />
23 R.Waugh. B grade 23 D.Garrett, 22<br />
P.Lapwood, 21 D.Hillman, M.Lanigan.<br />
C grade 19 P.Waugh, 14 G.Forster, 7<br />
M.Beddis.<br />
25 Single Rise – 25 B.Jones, J.Beddis,<br />
24 G.Sixtus, J.Bond, L.Vitasovich. B<br />
grade 24 J.McDonald, 21 M.Lanigan,<br />
P.Lapwood. C grade 23 G.Forster, 19<br />
P.Waugh, 12 M.Beddis.<br />
15 Pr Double Rise – A grade 26 G.Sixtus,<br />
21 B.Jones, J.Beddis. B grade 17<br />
D.Garrett, M.Lanigan, 15 P.Lapwood. C<br />
grade 134 P.Waugh, 12 G.Forster.<br />
Trophy – A grade 1st J.Beddis, 2nd<br />
L.Vitasovich, 3rd B.Jones. B grade 1st<br />
D.Hillman, 2nd M.Lanigan, 3rd D.Garrett.<br />
C grade 1st P.Waugh, 2nd G.Forster, 3rd<br />
M.Beddis.<br />
HUTT VALLEY<br />
15 June<br />
Kelly Taylor Cup/Shield – Possibles<br />
J.Peryer, B.Freeman, M.McGhie,<br />
W.Kurney, on hdcp K.Butters, R.Edwards,<br />
P.Peryer, D.Turner, B.Shortis, A.Green,<br />
T.Anstey, J.Mason, G.Walsh, W.Pym,<br />
M.Hanor, G.Caird, R.Prince, D.Grant.<br />
15 Single Rise HBD possibles<br />
I.Dobson, E.Sawtell, H.Cumming,<br />
B.Shortis, T.Hannah, P.Peryer, J.Peryer,<br />
J.Mason, G.Walsh, W.Pym, M.Janor,<br />
G.Caird, D.Turner, R.Prince, D.O’Neil,<br />
K.Andrews.<br />
5pr Double Rise 1st W.Kurney 10, 2nd=<br />
K.Butters, D.Turner, R.Prince 9.<br />
Kelly Taylor Cup – D.Turner<br />
Kelly Taylor Shield – W.Kurney.<br />
H.Prince Ladies Kauri Cup –<br />
H.Cumming.<br />
50 Points Score – A grade 1st D.Turner<br />
150, 2nd- K.Butters, B.Freeman, D.Grant<br />
148. B grade 1st G.Walsh 145, 2nd<br />
H.Prince 143, 3rd P.Peryer 141. C grade<br />
1st E.Sawtell 140, 2nd B.Shortis 126, 3rd<br />
H.Cumming 123.<br />
9-10 August<br />
100 Tgt Skeet – A grade 1st= C.Matthews,<br />
M.Cameron 99, 3rd P.Boyd 96. B grade<br />
1st D.Brough 90, 2nd W.Pym 85, 3rd<br />
T.Benson 85. C grade 1st D.Feutx 91,<br />
2nd G.Bentley 83, 3rd A.Markham 83.<br />
100 Skeet Famous Grouse Trophy –<br />
possible G.Walsh, S.Rae, G.Girvan,<br />
J.Peryer, D.Feutz, D.Brough,<br />
R.Williamson, M.Janor, J.McKinstry.<br />
Winner – M.Janor.<br />
50 DTL – A grade 1st= D.Turner, M.Janor<br />
50, 3rd= A.Green, C.Parkinson, P.Borrie,<br />
W.Pym, J.McKinstry 49. B grade 1st<br />
J.Peryer 49, 2nd= D.Feutz, T.Dixon 48.<br />
C grade 1st= J.Robertson, M.Harrison<br />
44, 3rd J.Rose 43.<br />
17 August<br />
100 Tgt Sporting Club Champs – A grade<br />
1st C.Parkinson 89, 2nd P.Hullett 84, 3rd<br />
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Around the Clubs<br />
C.Matthews 83. B grade 1st D.Feutz 88,<br />
2nd J.Saunders 80, 3rd K.Butters 77. C<br />
grade 1st K.Owen 72, 2nd K.O’Riley 72,<br />
3rd B.Coe 68. Junior 1st E.Sawtell 61,<br />
2nd J.Rose 50, 3rd M.Shortis 38.<br />
KAEO<br />
September<br />
50 DTL – possible B.Cates, C.Browne,<br />
B.Smith, R.Kay.<br />
25 Ball Trap Championships – A grade<br />
B.Cates, B grade E.Goodhue 21.<br />
10 Pr Double Rise – G.Hare 17, C.Browne<br />
17, J.Horricks 17.<br />
MOA CREEK<br />
16 August Bodkin Shield<br />
20 Tgt Sweep – possible D.Jefferis,<br />
R.McKenzie, A.Sutton, O..Williamson,<br />
A.Kerr, T.Cleminson, R.Dixon, B.Walker,<br />
S.Plaisted, E.Sinclair, N.Winsloe, B.Geary,<br />
L.Phillips, T.Begg, S.McBreen, R.Craigie,<br />
W.Watson, R.Smart, E.Park, B.Brand,<br />
B.Souness, W.Winskill, A.Thompson,<br />
J.Mason, J.Dundass, A.Saunders,<br />
B.Foster, T.Lewis, B.Brown, W.Darling,<br />
G.Jukes, M.Sime, B.Holden, S.Robertson,<br />
J.Robertson, P.Cleave, D.Taylor, S.Gawn,<br />
R.Watson, B.Swan, M.MacIntosh,<br />
B.Molyneux.<br />
20 Tgt Sweep – possible B.Waugh,<br />
T.Stuart, D.Jefferis, R.McKenzie,<br />
D.McKenzie, B.Thurlow, C.Munro,<br />
M.Smith, S.Plaisted, E.Sinclair, B.Geary,<br />
L.Hurley, R.Roy, L.Phillips, S.McBreen,<br />
P.Johansen, B.Dickie, W.Watson, R.Smart,<br />
E.Park, B.Brand, B.Souness, A.Thompson,<br />
J.Mason, J.Dundass, A.Wilson, P.Shuker,<br />
P.Armstrong, H.Robertson, J.Robertson,<br />
P.Cleave, N.Rule.<br />
20 Tgt Sweep possible B.Waugh,<br />
T.Stuart, D.Jefferis, R.McKenzie,<br />
S.Manson, B.Thurlow, M.Marsh,<br />
T.Cleminson, B.Walker, C.Munro,<br />
M.Williams, S.P{laisted, B.Geary,<br />
L.Johansen, R.Roy, L.Phillips, T.Begg,<br />
J.Loudon, R.Craigie, W.Watson, P.Bayne,<br />
J.Cray, R.Smart, J.Smith, B.Warnock,<br />
G.Sinnamon, M.Conijn, K.Stowell,<br />
J.Mason, C.Pirie, B.Brown, M.Sime,<br />
P.Andreassend, W.Larsen, B.Holden,<br />
R.Taylor, S.Robertson, G.Hughes,<br />
P.Cleave, C.Robertson, S.Gawn,<br />
R.Watson, P.Muntz.<br />
Trophy – 1st R.McKenzie, 2nd D.Jefferis,<br />
3rd B.Waugh, 4th T.Stuart.<br />
Bodkin Shield – Dunedin 90/90<br />
(L.Phillips, R.Roy, N.Wilson, T.Begg,<br />
L.Hurley, W.Larsen), R/Up Alexandra<br />
No 2 89/90 (J.Reid, A.Kerr, A.Sutton,<br />
R.Dixon, D.McKenzie, J.Marshall)<br />
METHVEN<br />
July<br />
20 Tgt Presidents Aggregate – A grade<br />
20 S.Watson, B.Lilley, A.Tait, R.Lilley,<br />
R.Richards. B grade 20 Ben Lilley, 17<br />
D.Bell. C grade 19 M.Redmond, 17<br />
G.Read.<br />
20 Tgt Single Barrel Championship – A<br />
grade 19 S.Watson, A.Tait, R.Lilley. B<br />
grade 19 Ben Lilley, 14 D.Bell. C grade 15<br />
C.DeBressac, 13 G.Read, M.Redmond.<br />
HOA R.Lilley. A grade A.Tait, B grade<br />
Ben Lilley, C grade C.DeBressac.<br />
25 Tgt Points Score trophy – A grade<br />
1st S.Watson, 2nd R.Richards, 3rd<br />
G.Middleton. B grade 1st B.Lilley, 2nd<br />
D.Bell. C grade 1st M.Redmond, 2nd<br />
C.DeBressac, 3rd G.Read.<br />
NORTH CANTERBURY<br />
3 August<br />
Skeet A Grade 1st D Reid 25, 2nd G<br />
Cockburn 24, 3rd D Connolly 23, B<br />
Grade 1st J Whitford 24, 2nd D Evans 23,<br />
3rd D Gane 22, C Grade 1st B Quinn 23,<br />
2nd = V Witham, V Luisetti 21.<br />
Eye Opener A Grade 1st = M Maniatis,<br />
C Wesley, I Burt, D Evans 10, B Grade<br />
1st = P Wright, M Sheppard 10 2nd = H<br />
Porritt, D Gane 9, C Grade 1st B Quinn<br />
10, 2nd = V Witham, V Luisetti 9.<br />
3rd Fiddler Memorial Shoot A Grade 1st<br />
= G Maniatis, C Wesley, I Burt, D Evans<br />
15, B Grade 1st = P Wright, D Reid 15,<br />
2nd = M Sheppard, J Whitford 14, C<br />
Grade 1st B Quinn 15, 2nd M Adams 14,<br />
3rd V Witham 13.<br />
Single Rise A Grade 1st G Maniatis<br />
24, 2nd = G Cockburn, C Wesley 23, B<br />
Grade 1st = D Connolly, P Wright 24, 3rd<br />
H Holland 23, C Grade 1st B Quinn 24,<br />
2nd W McGregor 23, 3rd = V Luisetti, M<br />
Adams 22.<br />
Points Score Championship High<br />
Overall: C Wesley 71<br />
A Grade 1st A Burt 71, 2nd D Evans<br />
71, 3rd G Cockburn 69, B Grade 1st D<br />
Connolly 69, 2nd H Holland 67, 3rd D<br />
Reid 66, C Grade 1st W McGregor 56,<br />
2nd V Luisetti 56, 3rd M Adams 49.<br />
PALMERSTON NORTH<br />
10 August<br />
25T Skeet A Grade W Hancock 25, B<br />
Grade M Free 24, C Grade Callum Beattie<br />
23<br />
W A Thomson 50Tgt S/Rise Possibles<br />
D Turner, B Taylor. HOA B Taylor 50, A<br />
Grade D Turner 50, B Grade D Peck 48,<br />
C Grade C Shailer 48<br />
Fred Farmer 50Tgt P/Score HOA D<br />
Thomson 147, A Grade V Butcher 147,<br />
B Grade J McQuarters 142, C Grade L<br />
Shailer 135<br />
High Gun A Grade W Hancock 218, B<br />
Grade B Taylor 208, C Grade L Shailer<br />
199<br />
14 September<br />
B A Hedley 50Tgt Skeet HOA D Matthews<br />
47, A Grade E Dais 47, B Grade B Taylor<br />
46, C Grade M Lynch 41<br />
Norm Hansen 50Tgt S/Rise Possibles<br />
W Hancock, Chris Beattie, D Turner, J<br />
Caldwell, V Butcher. HOA Chris Beattie<br />
50, A Grade D Turner 50, B Grade B<br />
Taylor 49, C Grade S Andrew 48<br />
10PR D/Rise A Grade D Turner, V<br />
Butcher 16, B Grade B Taylor 16, C Grade<br />
S Andrew 13<br />
High Gun A Grade Chris Beattie 191, B<br />
Grade B Taylor 119, C Grade S Andrew<br />
105<br />
PALMERSTON WAIKOUAITI<br />
19 July Alan Kemp Memorial<br />
20 Tgt Single Rise - A Grade: P Carr,<br />
L Phillips, D Merrett, P Cleave 20. B<br />
Grade: G Hughes 20. H Matheson 18.<br />
G Muir 17. C Grade: K Ferguson 18. P<br />
Brown, W Blackmore 17.<br />
20 Tgt Single Barrel - A Grade P Carr,<br />
L Phillips 20. R Roy, N Sutherland 19. B<br />
Grade: H Matheson 19. G Hughes 18.<br />
C Grade: P Brown, W Blackmore 18. K<br />
Ferguson 16.<br />
20 Tgt Point Score - A Grade: M Sime, L<br />
Hurley 60. N Sutherland 58. B Grade: G<br />
Hughes 57. G Muir, H Matheson 50. C<br />
Grade: K Ferguson 53. P Brown 49. W<br />
Blackmore 48.<br />
Alan Kemp Memorial Tray winner -<br />
Lindsay Phillips.<br />
High Gun. - Len Hurley<br />
PUKETIRO<br />
28 June<br />
10 Single Rise – 10 A.Crosbie, J.Mason,<br />
A.Thompson<br />
25 Single Rise – 24 A.Thompson, 23<br />
J.Mason, 22 J.Andrews.<br />
25 Single Rise 23 J.Andrews, 22 J.Mason,<br />
21 K.Thompson<br />
Illingworth Memorial – A.Thompson<br />
HA Burgess Memorial – J.Andrews<br />
27 July<br />
10 Single Rise – 9 J.Smith, J.Andrews, 8<br />
J.Fenton<br />
20 Single Riuse – 20 J.Smith, 18 J.Mason,<br />
A.Thompson.<br />
40 Single Rise – 38 A.Thompson,<br />
J.Mason, 36 J.Smith.<br />
Glem Wilson Memorial – J.Smith<br />
TR Burgess Memorial – A.Thompson<br />
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PUTARURU<br />
July<br />
Jelevich Cup winners Putaruru No 1<br />
(Pete Goodwin, Jack Norwood, Ronnie<br />
Thomassen, Maria Dunnett, Paul<br />
Dunnett) 74/75<br />
Cucksey Cup winners Putaruru No 1<br />
(Pete Goodwin, Jack Norwood, Ronnie<br />
Thomassen, Maria Dunnett, Paul<br />
Dunnett) 358/375<br />
Results 25 tgt Skeet possible Dean<br />
Everett, Andy Sanders, Tony Truss<br />
10 pr D/Rise 1st A Grade J Norwood, G<br />
Carroll 19/20. 1st B Grade K Fitzgerald,<br />
2nd D Vincent, 3rd J Hobart and M<br />
Noakes. 1st C Grade L Needham-Jones<br />
2nd A Vincent and<br />
C Hill<br />
25 tgt Ball Trap Championship HOA<br />
Andy Sanders 25/25, A Grade Toby<br />
Nicholl. B Grade K Fitzgerald, C Grade<br />
A Vincent<br />
25 tgt HBD Championship HOA Pete<br />
Goodwin, 1st Runner up K Fitzgerald,<br />
2nd Runner-up M Vincent<br />
ROTORUA<br />
August<br />
Around the Clubs<br />
Presidents Cup Sporting <strong>Clay</strong>s – HOA<br />
P.Goodwin 88. A grade 1st D.Coe 86,<br />
2nd Adam Hanson 86, 3rd G.Wells 85. B<br />
grade 1st A.Sanders 78, 2nd F.Levesque<br />
77, 3rd L.Stephenson 76. C grade 1st<br />
G.Rastrick 74, 2nd D.Townshend 71, 3rd<br />
D.Feutz 71. Ladies 1st L.Groundwater<br />
71, 2nd K.Hrstich 67, 3rd J.Davidson 65.<br />
Veterans 1st G.Allen 81, 2nd R.Cooper<br />
70, 3rd B.Nickelson 68. Juniors 1st<br />
J.Norwood 74, 2nd D.Townshend 71,<br />
3rd T.Bishop 65.<br />
SOUTH OTAGO<br />
23 August. Fine weather Skeet B Grade<br />
– P Carr 24, M Milne 21, W Begg 20. C<br />
Grade – R Blair 23, K Blair 21, G Begbie,<br />
W Hughan, M Darmody, M Farquhar 19.<br />
20 Single Rise A Grade – P Carr 20. B<br />
Grade – M Milne 20, W Begg 19, E Webb<br />
18. C Grade – M Darmody 20, G Begbie<br />
19, J Young, W Hughan, M Farquhar 18.<br />
20 Point Score A Grade – P Carr 57. B<br />
Grade – M Milne 59, W Begg 54, E Webb<br />
31. C Grade – C Blair 57, W Hughan 54,<br />
J Young 52.<br />
HOA for day – P Carr 101<br />
6th September Fine weather.<br />
Skeet B Grade M Milne 22, R Campbell<br />
21. C Grade E Webb, C Blair, L Marshall,<br />
J Young 21, T Willocks 20, W Hughan, R<br />
Blair 19.<br />
20 Single Rise A Grade M Milne, R<br />
Campbell 20. B Grade T Willocks 19, E<br />
Webb 18. C Grade J Fenton 20, W Hughan,<br />
G Begbie, J Young 19, L Marshall, K Blair,<br />
R Blair, L Kelly 18.<br />
20 Single Barrel A Grade – M Milne,<br />
R Campbell 19. B Grade E Webb 15, T<br />
Willocks 13. C Grade C Blair, G Begbie<br />
17, W Hughan, L Marshall, J Young 16, R<br />
Blair, L Kelly 15.<br />
HOA for day – M Milne 61.<br />
TAUMARUNUI<br />
3 August King Country Districts<br />
15 Minis – HOA K.Livingstone 15. A grade<br />
1st T.Ewens, 2nd= C.Short, B.Tresidder,<br />
P.Krippner, G.Tucker, D.Wordley,<br />
R.Tucker, T.Brogden, C.Heard, T.Truss<br />
15. B grade 1st R.Anderson 13, 2nd<br />
B.Peake 13. C grade 1st E.Campbell 12.<br />
Skeet – HOA C.Heard 25. A grade 1st<br />
T.Truss 25, 2nd= K.Livingstone, P.Borrie,<br />
M.Holmes, B.Peake 24. B grade 1st<br />
T.Tyrrell 23, 2nd T.Ewens 23. C grade<br />
1st E.Campbell 18.<br />
10 Pr Double Rise – HOA T.Truss 19. A<br />
grade 1st R.Tucker 18, 2nd= N.Pratt,<br />
P.Krippner, C.Short, L.Coppins 18. B<br />
grade 1st J.Corbett 16, 2nd R.Anderson,<br />
B.Peake 15. C grade 1st E.Campbell 12.<br />
Triples – HOA B.Peake 50. A grade<br />
1st P.Krippner 50, 2nd C.Heard 49. B<br />
grade 1st D.O’Neil 46, 2nd= D.Meehan,<br />
B.Larsen 45. C grade 1st E.Campbell.<br />
Single Rise – HOA K.Livingstone. A<br />
grade 1st P.Krippner, 2nd T.Truss, 3rd<br />
L.Ingley. B grade 1st R.Anderson 24, 2nd<br />
B.Peake 24, 3rd J.Corbett 24. C grade 1st<br />
E.Campbell 25, 2nd J.Corbett 24.<br />
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North Island North Zone ISSF Championships<br />
Hosted By<br />
Waikato Gun Club Inc<br />
12th – 14th <strong>December</strong> <strong>2008</strong><br />
Friday 12th – Afternoon Practice (Trap & Skeet)<br />
Trap & Skeet Practice from 1.00pm<br />
SORRY NO FOOD AVAILABLE ON FRIDAY – Drinks & light snacks only.<br />
Saturday 13th – Trap & Skeet Day 1<br />
75tgt Nth Zone Open Trap & Skeet Championships<br />
75tgt Nth Zone Women’s Trap, Skeet & Finals<br />
Entries Close at 9.00am, Trap Draw at 9.30am, Start at 10.00am.<br />
Sunday 14th – Trap & Skeet Day 2<br />
50tgt Open Trap & Skeet plus Open Finals<br />
10.00am Start<br />
150tgt Nth Zone Double Trap Championship at Conclusion of Trap Final<br />
(Double Trap Practice available all Sunday prior to competition)<br />
LUNCH, AMMO & REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE<br />
Entry Fees as per NZCTA Rules. <strong>Target</strong>s 28 cents<br />
Contact: Peter Krippner 021 949 929 or 07 871 3942<br />
Northland Districts <strong>2008</strong><br />
To be held at<br />
Whangarei Combined Gun Club<br />
McAllister Road, Mangapai.<br />
Saturday 6th <strong>December</strong><br />
25 Skeet, 10 Pr Double Rise, 15 Mini’s, 30 Triples<br />
Sunday 7th <strong>December</strong><br />
25 Single Rise, 25 Points Score, 25 Single Barrel<br />
COST <strong>Target</strong>s at 28 cents, Mini’s 40 cents<br />
Championship entry $6.00 ($8 for Single Rise)<br />
Ellis Webber North/South Skeet<br />
Buck Knives North/South DTL<br />
Whangarei Combined Christmas Shoot<br />
Sunday 23rd <strong>November</strong><br />
Great Prizes<br />
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Points Score – HOA L.Coppins 75. A<br />
grade 1st K.Livingstone 75, 2nd T.Truss<br />
75, 3rd S.Webb 75. B grade 1st B.Peake<br />
75, 2nd R.Anderson 75, 3rd D.Meehan<br />
70. C grade 1st E.Campbell 67, 2nd<br />
J.Corbett 67.<br />
Single Barrel – HOA L.Ingley 25. A grade<br />
1st C.Short 25, 2nd D.Wordley 25, 3rd=<br />
K.Livingstone, C.Pullman 24. B grade<br />
1st R.Anderson 24, 2nd D.Meehan 22,<br />
3rd D.O’Neil 21.<br />
TAUPO<br />
27 July Club Champs<br />
Skeet – HOA T.Birdsall 25. A grade<br />
G.Allen, I.Lindsay 24. B grade C.Shaw<br />
24. C grade B.Wilson.<br />
Handicap Skeet – HOA T.Birdsall 25.<br />
I.Lindsay, B.Nickelson, S.Hanford,<br />
C.Shaw, R.Hayes, B.Wilson, T.Lindsay,<br />
R.Mitchell 25.<br />
ISSF Skeet – HOA M.Hoverd 20. G.Allen<br />
20.<br />
Ball Trap – HOA G.Allen 24. A grade<br />
S.Hanford 22. B grade B.Nickelson 22.<br />
T.Birdsall 22, C grade T.Lindsay 23.<br />
Double Rise – HOA S.Hanford 15. A<br />
grade G.Allen 15, B grade B.Nickelson<br />
15, C grade B.Wilson 15.<br />
Minis – HOA G.Nixon 14. A grade<br />
A.Sanders, I.Lindsay 13. B grade G.Ferris<br />
12, T.Birdsall 12. C grade R.Mitchell 14.<br />
24 August Club Champs<br />
Single Rise – HOA G.Nixon. A grade<br />
G.Nixon, L.Stephenson 25. B grade<br />
G.Ferris 25, R.Mitchell, T.Birdsall 24. C<br />
grade B.Wilson, T.Lindsay 22, T.Holt,<br />
J.Cannard 21.<br />
Points Score – HOA J.Waldon 75, G.Allen<br />
74, L.Stephenson 72. B grade R.Mitchell<br />
71, B.Sharp 69, M.Noakes 66. C grade<br />
T.Holt 66, B.Wilson 63, T.Lindsay 62.<br />
Hcp by Distance – G.Nixon, S.Hanford,<br />
L.Stephenson 24.<br />
Single Barrel – HOA A grade S.Hanford<br />
24, G.Nixon 23, C.Shaw, J.Waldon,<br />
L.Stephenson 21. B grade R.Mitchell<br />
22, B.Sharp, M.Noakes, A.Olivera 19.<br />
C grade T.Holt, B.Wilson 21, B.Gould,<br />
J.Cannard 15.<br />
28 September<br />
Around the Clubs<br />
10 Pr Tower Shoot – B.Nickelson 16,<br />
T.Bishop 15, R.Hayes 14.<br />
Barry and Audrey Flight Trophy (pairs)<br />
– B.Nickelson 22, G.Allen 23 = 45, 1st,<br />
C.Heard 22, Z.Waenga 19 = 41, 2nd.<br />
25 Tgt Five Stand A grade C.Heard 21,<br />
A.Sanders 17, B.Nickelson, G.Allen 16.<br />
B grade G.Ferris 17, T.Bishop, B.Wilson<br />
16, R.Hayes, L.Stephenson 15. C grade<br />
G.Nixon, M.Hoverd 15, J.Cannard 13.<br />
25 Tgt Five Stand A grade C.Heard 21,<br />
G.Allen 20, B.Nickelson 19. B grade<br />
Z.Waenga 20, T.Bishop 19, B.Wilson 17.<br />
C grade A.Olivera 19, J.Cannard 16,<br />
M.Hoverd 15.<br />
TAURANGA<br />
7th September cool temperatures and<br />
light winds<br />
Event 1: Lamming Memorial (100 Tgts<br />
Points Score). Grant Castles HOA; A<br />
Grade, Paul Schmidt 1, Darren Castles<br />
2, Ben Tuck 3: B Grade, Joel Hobart 1,<br />
Murray Fraser 2, Don O'Neil 3. C Grade,<br />
Brittany Hobart 1, Jarred McLeod 2, John<br />
Travis 3.<br />
Event 2: Club Continental Championship<br />
Murray Havill HOA; A Grade, Darren<br />
Castles 1, Lindsay Thomson 2, Grant<br />
Castles 3. B Grade, Dick Leece 1. C<br />
Grade, John Travers 1, Jarred McLeod 2<br />
Brody Clark 3.<br />
October 4th cloudy conditions,<br />
moderate to strong northerly wind<br />
Event 1.100 <strong>Target</strong> Single Barrel<br />
Handicap by Distance. Paul Schmidt<br />
1, Alan Vickers 2, Neville Crawford 3,<br />
Des Coe, Jack Norwood and Ben Tuck<br />
4th equal, Ross Ellis 7, Craig Pulman<br />
and Scott Verran 8th equal, and Brian<br />
Hartley 10th.<br />
Event 2. Anderson Memorial (25 Skeet).<br />
Paul Schmidt HOA; A Grade, Des Coe<br />
1, B Grade, Craig Pulman 1, Jim Hunt<br />
2, Neville Crawford 3. C Grade, Jimmy<br />
Dobson 1, Shaun Travers 2, Scott Verran<br />
3.<br />
TE AROHA<br />
August<br />
60 <strong>Target</strong> Trophy HOA Steve Martin<br />
60,1st A grade Rex Mikkelsen 58, 2nd<br />
Eric Van Lankveld 58, 3rd Ian Spencer<br />
58. B Grade 1st Shane Walters 56, 2nd<br />
John Mathieson 54, 3rd Mick Menzies<br />
54. C Grade 1st Callum Treloar 53, 2nd<br />
Ethan Richmond 52, 3rd Bob Menzies<br />
51<br />
25 <strong>Target</strong> Points Score 1st Steve Martin<br />
75,2nd Eric Van Lankveld 74, Shane<br />
Walters 74, 3rd Michael Keightley 71.<br />
15 <strong>Target</strong> Ball Trap Mick Menzies 15 Rex<br />
Mikkelsen 15<br />
TIMARU<br />
3 August<br />
25 Skeet – D.Philip. A.Andreassend,<br />
C.Rooney. 25.<br />
25 Skeet – T.Maaka, P.Heney, M.Sime,<br />
A.Andreassend, C.Rooney 25.<br />
15 Pr Double Rise – D.Blanchett, B.Foster<br />
28, D.Philip, A.Andreassend 27.<br />
25 Lawrence Trophy – B.Rissman,<br />
M.Sime, D.Philip. A.Saunders, J.Talbot,<br />
N.Rooney, C.Rooney, D.Shenn,<br />
A.Henderson, P.Gallagher, D.Wills,<br />
B.McCarthy, G.Rooney, W.Rooney 25.<br />
Winner – Gary Rooney.<br />
Mitchell Cup Teams Match – possibles<br />
B.Rissman, M.Sime, D.Philip. J.Talbot,<br />
A.Andreassend, N.Rooney, C.Rooney,<br />
W.Rooney, D.Sheen, I,Kofeod,<br />
S.Rissman, T.Henderson, A.Henderson,<br />
S.Wills, P.Gallagher, B.McCarthy. Winner<br />
Timaru No 1 99 (B.Rissman, S.Rissman,<br />
C.Rooney, W.Rooney, G.Rooney).<br />
25 Points Score – P.Heney,<br />
A.Andreassend, D.Sheen, I.Kofoed,<br />
W.Fenwick 75.<br />
25 Single Barrel – J.Talbot, W.Rooney,<br />
D.Sheen 25.<br />
7 September Sth Canty Dist<br />
Minis – A grade 1st R.Everett, 2nd D.Dow,<br />
3rd M.Sime. B grade 1st J.Morgan, 2nd<br />
P.Brown, 3rd D.Philip.<br />
Double Rise – A grade 1st= R.Everett,<br />
B.Foster, 2nd T.Maaka, 3rd C.Helem. B<br />
grade 1st P.Brown, 2nd R.Aitchison, 3rd<br />
D.Philip.<br />
Triples – A grade 1st W.Rooney, 2nd<br />
B.Foster, 3rd R.Everett. B Grade 1st<br />
D.Philip, 2nd S.Rissman, 3rd D.Brough.<br />
Skeet A grade 1st R.Everett, 2nd T.Begg,<br />
3rd G.Smith. B grade 1st P.Heney, 2nd<br />
T.Maaka, 3rd D.Sheen. B grade 1ST<br />
P.Heney, 2nd T.Maaka, 3rd J.Morgan. C<br />
grade 1st P.Brown, 2nd S.Rissman, 3rd<br />
J.Talbot.<br />
Single Rise – A grade 1st B.Rissman, 2nd<br />
N.Rooney, 3rd R.Everett. B grade 1st<br />
P.Brown, 2nd J.Morgan, 3rd S.Rissman.<br />
C grade 1st S.Davis, 2nd S.Rooney, 3rd<br />
R.Tikitiki.<br />
Points Score – A grade 1st D.Sheen,<br />
2nd E.Johnston, 3rd A.Andreassend.<br />
B grade 1st S.Rissman, 2nd D.Philip,<br />
3rd J.Morgan. C grade 1st S.Davis, 2nd<br />
K.Ridgen, 3rd S.Rooney.<br />
Single Barrel – A grade 1st C.Rooney,<br />
2nd E.Johnston, 3rd W.Rooney. B grade<br />
1st P.Brown, 2nd D.Brough, 3rd D.Philip.<br />
C grade 1st K.Ridgen, 2nd S.Davis, 3rd<br />
R.Tikitiki.<br />
WAIHORA<br />
8th August<br />
3rd night shoot 1 G Bonniface, 2 N<br />
Shirley, 3 T Maaka, 4 G Cameron.<br />
17th August<br />
<strong>Target</strong> Products 5 Stand H.O.A B Quinn<br />
92/100. A Grade 1 B Masters 89, 2 P<br />
Lassen 87, 3= R McGowan 82, 3= W<br />
Philpott 82. B Grade 1 G Maniatis 85,<br />
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KAITAIA GUN CLUB<br />
ANDY YERKOVICH 100 TARGETS DTL<br />
MEMORIAL SHOOT<br />
Sunday 4th January 2009<br />
9am Start<br />
Prizes HOA, A, B, & C Grades<br />
Entry $75 including sweeps<br />
Don’t miss the Seafood Lunch Compliments of the Kaitaia Gun Club<br />
President: Mark Shaw Ph 09-4082999 or 027-4908260<br />
TARANAKI DISTRICT<br />
CHAMPIONSHIPS<br />
WAVERLEY GUN CLUB<br />
BEACH RD. WAVERLEY<br />
SUNDAY 9th NOVEMBER <strong>2008</strong><br />
Start 9 am<br />
25 Skeet 25 Single Rise<br />
15 Minis 25 Points Score<br />
10pr Double Rise 25 Single Barrel<br />
Ellis Webber and Buck Knives North/South Qualifying $5 each<br />
Entry Fee $90.00 plus $5.00 optional sweeps on each event.<br />
Secretary Claire Symes 06 3465664 Waverley<br />
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2 J Truscott 79, 3 M Sheppard 78, 4 M<br />
Wellsford 76. C Grade 1 W Watts 72, 2 J<br />
Leary 70, 3 B Vial 68, 4 E Kerr 67.<br />
Ladies A Woolley 72<br />
6 September<br />
Hammond Memorial S Everett, A Sloan,<br />
G Cockburn & P Askey tied on 50/50.<br />
Shoot-off won by A Sloan 60/60.<br />
19 Sept<br />
Final Night Aggregate 1 P LeFevre,<br />
2 D Richardson, 3 G Cameron, 4 J<br />
Damsteegt.<br />
Aggregate Cup P Lassen 133/140.<br />
28 Sept<br />
Ballingers H&F 5 Stand HOA W Philpott<br />
92/100. A Grade 1 G Maniatis 90, 2 D<br />
Pilbrow 86, 3 A Stringer 83. B Grade 1<br />
D Gane 82, 2 G Cain 80, 3 D Reid 79.<br />
C Grade 1 E Kerr 72, 2 R Dillon 68, 3 W<br />
Watts 87.<br />
WAIROA<br />
August<br />
Skeet,1st round, A Grade R O’Connor, S<br />
Bell 23, K Ellison 22, B Grade R Gregory<br />
23, P Brownlie 18, B Smart 10, C grade D<br />
Dockary 21, R Spence , B Young 20,<br />
Skeet 2nd round A Grade S Bell, 23,<br />
B Lane 21, R O’Connor 20, B grade R<br />
Gregory 25, B Smart 21, P Brownlie 19,<br />
C grade B Young 22, R Spence 21, D<br />
Dockary 19<br />
Single Rise , A grade K Ellison 25, R<br />
O’Connor, R Spence 24, B Grade R<br />
Gregory 25, J Harkness, B Young 24,<br />
D Dockary 22, C Grade J Ribbon 24, G<br />
Watson, 23, C Smith 22<br />
Under 21 Trophy, Jarrod Ribbon<br />
Points Score, A Grade R O’Connor 75,<br />
R Spence 74, K Ellison 72, B grade J<br />
Harkness 74, R Gregory 71, D Dockary<br />
70, C Grade G Watson 70, J Ribbon 65,<br />
C Mildon 64<br />
Double Rise A Grade, S Bell 19, B Lane<br />
18, R Spence , R O’Connor 17, B Grade,<br />
R Gregory, B Young, D Dockary 13,<br />
C grade C Smith 13, G Watson, 12, T<br />
Jarden 11<br />
McKinnon Trophy, Stuart Bell<br />
WESTERN LAKE<br />
6 April<br />
Around the Clubs<br />
Points Score Champs. A Grade: 1st M<br />
McGhie, 2nd G Gadsby, 3rd Andrew Sim.<br />
B Grade: 1st P Conwell, 2nd = R Smith,<br />
L McGhie. C Grade: 1st G Bentley, 2nd D<br />
Donald, Alison Sim.<br />
2nd Round Jury Cup Possibles - P Kelly,<br />
M McGhie, G Roberts, C Henderson.<br />
Tasman Cup Aggregate - Mark McGhie<br />
1 June<br />
Bob Parker Memorial Trophy - A Grade:<br />
Doug Turner, B Grade: Ian Evans, C<br />
Grade: Dick Kelly<br />
Jury Cup - Ian Evans Wharekauhau Auto<br />
Shoot -Jamie Peryer, Grahame Roberts<br />
H.O.A Bob Parker Memorial Shield - Ian<br />
Evans<br />
3 August<br />
Single Rise Champs A Grade: 1st G<br />
Gadsby, 2nd N Parker. B Grade: 1st I<br />
Evans, 2nd T Monk, 3rd G Roberts.<br />
C Grade: 1st G Bentley, 2nd D Mason,<br />
3rd= K Sim, B Hoey, Enid Evans Novice<br />
C Grade Cup - Greg Bentley<br />
Double Rise Champs A Grade: N Parker,<br />
B Grade: L McGhie, C Grade: G Bentley<br />
McQuilkin D/R Cup - Lance McGhie<br />
H.O.A. Jared Rogers Memorial Trophy -<br />
Noel Parker<br />
WHANGAREI<br />
August 3.<br />
100 Skeet “Wagner” Trophy A Grade<br />
1st: Mike Hertzel, 2nd John Dangen,<br />
3rd John Hendriks. B Grade: 1st: Eddie<br />
Webb, 2nd Russell Collinson, 3rd Doug<br />
Jecentho. C Grade 1st: Roger Alexander,<br />
2nd Logan Rankin, 3rd David Henry<br />
September 7<br />
Wright Hick Patterson Cups 100 DTL<br />
A Grade 1st Chris Erceg 2nd Grant<br />
Nilsson 3rd Chas Mellor. B Grade 1st<br />
Andrew O’Hara 2nd Russell Collinson<br />
3rd Maurice Bourke. C Grade 1st Jamie<br />
Sanderson 2nd Dave Donaldson 3rd<br />
Amy Van Bijsterveld<br />
Humour:<br />
A new monk arrives at the monastery.<br />
He is assigned to help the other monks<br />
in copying the old texts by hand. He<br />
notices, however, that they are copying<br />
from copies, not the original manuscripts.<br />
So, the new monk goes to the head monk<br />
to ask him about this, pointing out that<br />
if there were an error in the first copy,<br />
that error would be continued in all of<br />
the subsequent copies. The head monk<br />
says, "We have been copying from the<br />
copies for centuries, but you make a<br />
good point, my son." So, he goes down<br />
into the cellar with one of the copies to<br />
check it against the original. Hours go<br />
by and nobody sees him. So, one of<br />
the monks goes downstairs to look for<br />
him. Hearing sobbing coming from the<br />
back of the cellar, he finds the old monk<br />
leaning over one of the original books<br />
crying. He asks the old monk what's<br />
wrong, and in a choked voice came the<br />
reply, "The word is celebrate."<br />
Continued from page 55<br />
adjustments necessary for point of<br />
impact, comfort and perfect fit. These<br />
are the Precision Fit Stocks, available<br />
from Vern Brown in Colorado. Vern will<br />
also help you with the adjustments<br />
necessary to make the gun do what<br />
you want it to do.<br />
By starting with a pattern board,<br />
shooters should be able to determine<br />
exactly where they want their guns to<br />
shoot. Don’t be afraid to experiment<br />
with point of impact but always make<br />
sure you have a good gun mount before<br />
you start to make any adjustments.<br />
The eyes should be level and looking<br />
out the front. To accomplish this, the<br />
gun should be mounted by bringing it<br />
to the face with a roll of the shoulder,<br />
rather than placing it on the shoulder<br />
and then crawling onto the stock in<br />
an attempt to get a sight picture. By<br />
rolling the shoulder to get the gun to<br />
your face, you will add consistency<br />
to your mount, and you will see your<br />
targets better. If you need to tip your<br />
head sideways, cant the gun, or bend<br />
the neck forward to get the sight<br />
picture you need, I would bet that your<br />
stock is not fitted properly.<br />
For the last two columns, we’ve<br />
been talking about the reasons for<br />
patterning our guns, and what to<br />
do with that information once we’ve<br />
acquired it. Jim is waiting for his new<br />
stock and is confident that when he<br />
puts it on his old gun it will now shoot<br />
where it is supposed to. If we could all<br />
shoot guns that are perfectly suited to<br />
our style, pace and body configuration,<br />
I’m confident that we would all be<br />
putting more shot on more targets<br />
consistently. Having a perfected fitted<br />
gun that shoots where we look makes<br />
the game easier, the scores higher,<br />
the application of the fundamentals<br />
more consistent – and it also makes<br />
the game more fun. Now, if we can<br />
just execute perfectly, we probably<br />
wouldn’t miss another target all year.<br />
That perfect execution is now the key.<br />
Good fundamentals, good gun control<br />
and finally, the mind game. Oh, yeah;<br />
the mind game. Sounds like a subject<br />
for another column to me.<br />
By Courtesy of Trap & Field<br />
www.shootersshop.com.au<br />
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online shooting<br />
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Gunshot 67
SHOOT CALENDAR<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
31 Oct/1 Southland South Island DTL Championships<br />
1-2 Hutt Valley ISSF South Zone Champs (NI)<br />
2 Auckland Met Reid Cup<br />
8-9 Greymouth South Island Sporting Champs<br />
8 Te Kuiti Waikato 300 (1st day)<br />
9 Putaruru Waikato 300 (2nd day)<br />
9 Waverley Taranaki Districts 66<br />
15 TVDA Sporting <strong>Clay</strong>s North Zone (NI) Champs<br />
15-16 Waikato 200 Tgt Skeet Nth/Sth<br />
15-16 Woodville Hawkes Bay Provincials<br />
15-16 Balfour 200 Tgt Skeet. Nth/Sth x 2 46<br />
16 TVDA Anniversary Shoot<br />
16 Hutt Valley Williams & Kay Top Gun 58<br />
17-23 Waitemata <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Skeet Championships<br />
23 Marlborough 100 Tgt Skeet Nth/Sth<br />
29-30 Balfour ISSF South Zone Champs (SI) 26<br />
30 Hutt Valley Dale Shield 58<br />
DECEMBER<br />
6-7 Balfour Southland Provincials 48<br />
6-7 Whangarei Northern Districts 64<br />
13-14 Waikato ISSF North Zone (NI) 64<br />
26 Taupo Christmas Shoot 40<br />
27 Whangarei Northland 200 }<br />
28 Kaeo Northland 200 }60<br />
29-30 Kaitaia Far North Mini Marathon 56<br />
JANUARY<br />
1 Dunedin 100 Tgt Points Score Hogmanay Haggis<br />
3 Balfour 100 Tgt Skeet Nth/Sth<br />
3-5 Barrytown Westland Provincials 54<br />
4 Nightcaps 100 Tgt Skeet Nth/Sth 43<br />
4 Kaitaia Andy Yerkovich Mem. 100 DTL 66<br />
10-11 Hutt Valley North Island ISSF Championships<br />
17-18 Hutt Valley Wellington District Championships<br />
24-25 Waikato North Island DTL Championships<br />
31/1 Feb Tauranga BOP Provincial Championships<br />
31/1 Feb Dunedin Skeet Festival Nth/Sth x 2<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
1 Timaru 100 Tgt Skeet Nth/Sth<br />
1-2 TVDA NI & NZ 5 Stand Champs<br />
5-7 TVDA NI & NZ Sporting <strong>Clay</strong> Champs<br />
6-7 Wanaka 50th Anniversary 60<br />
7-15 Balfour SI & NZ ISSF Champs<br />
28/7Mar Waikato NZ DTL Champs<br />
MARCH<br />
27-29 Rotorua FITASC Oceania Championships 46
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