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PRESIDENT’S columnHello to all members,It’s been an interestingcouple of months, where I haveattended NZCTA AssociationProvincial and Island shoots atWaikato, Wanganui, Hawke'sBay Central, and Southland andof course the National SkeetChampionships just concludedat Waikato National grounds.These visits have given methe opportunity to view thedevelopments of our ProvincialGrounds, in moving the sportforward, and also the condition of the skeet shutes andsafety shields, of which we had recently requested confirmation fromclubs that these very important safety issues had been completed andwere in place.One thing I have noticed in this electronic age we find ourselvesheading into is to ensure in down the line events the voice releaseequipment is all the same on each field, instead of some on delay andsome on instant release. This is annoying to competitors trying for aNorth South score in a points score event where the voice release hascost them a point or two.New ISSF Rules have recently been released for Trap, Skeet,and Double Trap events. And although I do not wish to advise thechanges in this column, very exciting developments will encouragegreater participation and enjoyment in ISSF events from this pointforward, especially in Double Trap. I would encourage all membersto take an active interest in our Association website as to the rulechanges in place. The Executive has decided that NZCTA events willbe conducted under the new rules from 2013. Upgraded computersoftware is being investigated as we speak.Currently the North Island Executive is one member down with theresignation of David Da Silva due to personal circumstances. I wouldpersonally like to thank David for his contribution to date and wishhim well in his career from this point forward. Maybe we will see himagain at some future date representing the NZCTA on the Executive,where we will all benefit from his years of experience in the DTL andSkeet disciplines. This of course means we have a positive vacancy onthe NI Executive, and all applications for Executive positions need tobe considered by clubs for voting. I would like to ask all clubs fromboth North and South Islands to take a positive proactive approachto voting for the people that you wish to represent you. EveryNational Executive member represents the whole country, not justthe Island of registration. The old days of having a North and SouthIsland Council completely separated are well gone; however eachIsland Vice President is responsible for presiding over activities andrepresentation within his or her own Island. The National President isresponsible for presiding over both Islands obviously.Qualifying for the NZ Teams at the Waikato 2014 World DTLChampionship has commenced at the Hawke's Bay Provincials, andwill end at the 2013 South Island Championship. Qualifying criteriafor the World DTL event can be viewed in another article within thisissue of Gunshot and on the NZCTA website, where all qualifyingscores will be recorded for every individual separately. We will field3 open, 3 Ladies, 3 Juniors, and 3 Veteran Teams plus reserves in allteams (4 open reserves plus 2 in each category ).This is a wonderfulopportunity for members to enter this event either as individuals, oras part of a team within your own country, so get out there and startpractising.Waikato Clay Target Club is well on the way with upgradingthe facilities for the World event with additional trap fields alreadyinstalled. The Waikato President states additions to the currentclub-house facilities will commence following the 2013 National DTLChampionships.The NZ Skeet teams to represent NZ in the Glenn Trophy, to becompeted at the 2013 National Skeet Championships at Canterbury,and the World skeet Championships in America in 2013 wereannounced at the 2012 National Skeet Championships. I am sure allmembers give a hearty congratulations to all selected team membersand wish them well in their future performance. A reminder is givenat this point, that all selected team members to represent NZ must beNZ citizens when the team is selected and announced.On behalf of the NZCTA Executive, we wish all members and theirfamilies a joyous Christmas and a happy holiday period with yourfamilies.Your President, Keith Livingstone ■NOTES FROM THEEXECUTIVE OFFICERPOSTAL SHOOTSClubs are reminded that the results for the Allan Brown(Double Rise) HC Walker (Skeet) and the Hawke's BayShield (Points Score) postal events must be submitted to theNational Office no later than the end of January.HANDICAP BOOKS/STICKERS FOR 2013Shooters are reminded that the 2013 stickers for handicapbooks are sent to clubs. This is the opportunity for clubs tocollect subscriptions and issue shoot calendars to members.2013 DTL NATIONALSShooters aspiring to get into the Mackintosh team arereminded to bring their No 1 uniform (black trousers, blackshoes, white shirt, NZCTA tie and black blaser)NEXT ISSUE CLOSE OFF DATECopy for the next issue (March/April) will close off on 1stFebruary. No late copy will be accepted. All clubs hostingOpen Shoots and Association Championships must advertisethese in Gunshot, along with an entry fee for the event.MERRY CHRISTMASI wish all club administrators a very merry festive seasonand thank those who have helped run our sport over the lastyear. The many volunteers who ensure the clubs continueto function are greatly appreciated by all who attend. I hopeyou have an enjoyable festive season with those who areimportant to you and a safe and happy New Year.gunshot7

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NZ SKEETWAIKATO CLAY TARGET CLUB19 – 24 NOVEMBER 2012NZ Skeet High Guns (L-R) Andrew Caldwell-Smith C Grade, Sam Gawn B Grade, Matt Fallon AA Grade, Peter Lassen A GradeBy Adrienne SearsWaikato Clay Target Club, Monday 19 November 2012, the first dayof the 2012 NZ Skeet Championship week. The field of shootershad come from a weekend of skeet shooting at Thames and werekeen to continue in their chosen sport and improve their scores.The weather had improved and Monday was fine with a cool wind.There were 48 shooters including 11 from Australia that shot the100 targets of the trophy match. Nigel Hughes from Australia tookthe HOA with 99 after a shoot off with Kelvin Gutsell from Mataura.Barry Williamson from Auckland Met won A Grade outright on 93.Tuesday was a clear, sunny day with the 28 gauge and .410 shot.There is a growing interest in these sub gauge disciplines withsome shooters spending up to $15,000 on special barrels. Therewas a bit of juggling to get enough .410 ammo but everyone ralliedto the cause and the match went ahead. One of the instigators ofthe sub gauge events, Brian Thomson, won the .410 Trophy eventwith the only possible. Kelvin Gutsell won A grade on 48 withMalcolm Briggs from Australia 2nd. Sam Gawn from Waihora won1st B grade on 42. Nigel Hughes won the 28g trophy event with apossible after a shoot off with Glenn Walker (1st A) and LindsayRodgers (2nd). Jack Whale from Hawke's Bay was 1st B grade on 47.The Waikato Club and Reloaders Supplies sponsored the trophieswhich were gratefully received by the winners.Wednesday was the first of the NZ Championships with the20 gauge Championship. Gunn Estate has continued theirsponsorship of the NZ Championships and their presence at thisevent is most welcome and certainly adds a superb flavour to thetournament (excuse the pun). Gunn Estate wines have been asponsor of the NZCTA for many years now and their wines havegrown in popularity and many clubs are stocking this wine intheir bars and shooters are asking for it by name. Thank you toGunn Estate wines for this sponsorship which the NZCTA andshooters appreciate and value. The Gunns have worked the landin Hawke’s Bay for generations. Back in 1920 George Gunn movedfrom Central Otago and purchased land in the Bay, still owned bythe family today. Winemaker, Denis Gunn, cut his teeth on thefamily estate vineyards. He went on to become a highly respectedwinemaker and for him it was always about crafting the best ofthe wine classics, time and time again- nothing over the top, justquality wines that are great to drink. Gunn Estate range offersSauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and MerlotCabernet so there is something there for everyone. There were 70shooters who shot this event including 9 Australians in excellentconditions. It was Kopuku shooter Michael Hirtzel who shot theonly 99 who took the Gunn Estate, the Silver Fern, the sash andthe HOA Trophy. Following behind after a shoot off, all on 98 wereTony Truss 1st, Matt Fallon 2nd and Kelvin Gutsell 3rd. Ross Royfrom Dunedin shot 98 and took 1st A grade and Brian Webber fromWaitemata on 96 won 1st B grade. Jim Anderton from Kopukushot 83 to win 1st C Grade. Lorraine Hughes from Australia wonthe Ladies title on 96. Lorraine was the defending winner. MervPratt who has been working hard around the club won the SuperVeterans with 96.Kilwell Sports are a major sponsor of clay target shooting in NZand they have sponsored the Kilwell Skeet Trophy shoot event atthis championship for a very long time. The array of prizes theysupplied this year was most impressive and certainly spurred theshooters on to achieve. Thank you Geoff Wells and Kilwell Sportsfor this continued sponsorship which is very much appreciated.There were 105 shooters who shot this event. After a shoot offthat went 55 targets, Andy Peter from Marlborough took the HOAprize. There were 6 shooters who shot 99 including 2 from A grade,gunshot9

NZ Skeet High Gun Nigel HughesNZ Skeet Doubles HOA Malcolm BriggsNZ 20g Skeet Championship HOA MichaelHirtzelNZ Skeet Handicap 1st Andy Peterone being Andy who has just come back into the sport after a longabsence away. Colin Heard won 1st AA grade followed by DeanEverett and Tony Truss. Warren Darling from Timaru also shot a99 giving him 1st A grade. The Veterans category is becoming afiercely contested group. There were 3 shooters who shot a credible98 and Laurie Chelepy took out this trophy on the day. The othercategories were won outright without shoot offs required. AlyshaBell from Timaru won Juniors, Lorraine Hughes won Ladies andMurray Cameron won Super Veterans. The Webber Ellis Northvs South Open and Veterans teams were shot at the end of thetrophy shoot to enable those shooters who wanted to go to JohnThompson’s funeral the next day in Te Puke. Both the North teamsin the Open and Veteran showed that they were the strongerteams this time. The Open team (Colin Heard, Dean Everett,Graham Geater, Tony Truss, Jamie Peryer-Fursdon) shot 121 withthe South team shooting 113. The North Veterans team (MurrayCameron, John Tonkin, Merv Pratt) shot 73 with the South teamshooting 71. Out of the Open team the Glenn Trophy for 2013 wasfinalised. This team will compete at the NZ Skeet championshipsagainst Australia next year. The team is Dean Everett, Tony Truss,Jamie Peryer-Fursdon, Kelvin Gutsell, Colin Heard.The NZ Skeet Championship was also thefinal qualifying event for the NZ Skeet teamto compete in the World Championships inSan Antonio, Texas next year as part of anofficial NZ team. The team members are:Colin Heard, Dean Everett, Graham Geater,Jamie Peryer-Fursdon and Kelvin Gutsell.The reserves are Steven Cooper and TonyTruss. Congratulations to these shooterswho have qualified for this team and wewish them well in America.Friday was another glorious Waikato day.The NZ Skeet Handicap Championshipwas on today. After the handicaps wereestablished the 111 shooters got going.From this field 66 qualified for the shootoff which started at 2pm. Gradually theshooters fell out and after six roundsAndy Peter, who thought he had startedthe match and shoot off with two targetshad just kept hitting them all. Ewen Piriedropped out taking 2nd place giving AndyPeter the HOA title, the coveted GunnEstate wine, the Silver Fern and sash. KelvinGutsell was 3rd, Barry Wheildon was 4thMike Sime 5th and John Waldon 6th. Thecategories were all sorted during the shootoffs. Donna Matthews won the Ladies andnew shooter from Waikato Kent Nichollwon the Juniors. Kent has only startedshooting so he has a bright shooting futureahead of him. There were 2150 targets shotin the shoot off. Ross Roy, who turned 60the previous day, was delighted to hear hewas regraded into AA but I hear he hadspent considerable time trying to cleanmarks from his barrels and when he askedfor help was told they were ported barrels.The Ellis Webber North vs South Juniorteam was shot today and again it was theNorth Island team (Connor Hourigan,Mason Reed, Huntar Leslie) who were the stronger team shooting71. The South team shot 66. Unfortunately the South Island wasunable to field a Ladies team this year so there was no competition.George Ellis and Graeme Webber have sponsored this event sinceits inception and expansion to include the categories and thisyear Graeme Webber was present for most of the competition.The NZCTA is very grateful for their foresight to foster this eventto encourage this discipline and we hope their involvement willcontinue for many years to come.Shooting started early, before 9am, in order to get all the shootersthrough the 100 targets for the NZ Skeet Championship. Thenumbers shooting increased to 126, up from 122 two years ago and109 last year. With the total number that the club can handle being130 there was a worry that we would have to turn shooters awaybut thankfully this didn’t eventuate this year. Stager Sport Ltd andCleanburn Energy Systems generously sponsored a 20g Huglu103DE U/O Shotgun for today’s HOA. Stager Sport Ltd sponsorsthe DTL Nationals and this is their first time sponsoring the SkeetNationals and we hope this is a relationship that will continue.Shooters are reminded to consider the NZCTA sponsors whosupport our sport when making their purchases. It was a long day10 gunshot

with the event shoot off finishing just after 7pm, and then therewere the World Skeet team places and reserves to establish plusthe teams for the Australian NZ Skeet Postal Challenge. This isalways a bit of a challenge with shooters qualifying for more thanone team and we were going to shoot this event the following dayso we had to make sure team members were going to be present.There were 5 shooters who shot the possible in the NZ SkeetChampionship including Merv Pratt who took out 1st A gradeand Super Veteran with this score. The shoot off for HOA went 43targets when young Jamie Peryer-Fursdon took the HOA title. Thiswas a very popular win and at presentation time he was delightedto take possession of the Huglu Shotgun and the Gunn EstateWine plus the Silver Fern, sash and trophy. Juniors and Ladieswere both won on 98’s by Mason Reed and Lorraine Hughesrespectively. Peter Lassen from Waihora shot 99 to give him 2ndplace A grade clear but the 3rd place had 4 shooters on 98 so theyhad to shoot off to establish this placing which Jeff Munro took.Young Whangarei shooter Andrew Caldwell-Smith won C gradeclear on 94 but 2nd and 3rd placings had to shoot off with BenteHenry taking 2nd and young Kent Nicholl continuing his excellentrun taking 3rd place.Sunday got off to a great start with the Australian NZ SkeetPostal Challenge teams event roll call at 8.30 and everyone waspresent so shooting got started promptly at 9am. The conditionswere excellent again, as it has been for the entire week. Teamphotos followed then it was straight into the NZ Skeet DoublesChampionship. There were 87 shooters to shoot this event whichincluded 28 AA, 32 A, 15 B and 12 C grade shooters. Last year atChristchurch there were 94 entries and 2 years ago there were78. By this time I think the Australians were starting to feel theyhad better make their move on the High Guns as Malcolm Briggsand Matt Fallon tied on 97 but Malcolm won the shoot off after 20targets. Nigel Hughes continued his fine shooting to take 2nd placeon 96 and Glenn Walker had to shoot off with fellow AustralianLaurie Chelepy for 3rd place, both on 95. Glenn won the shoot offto take 3rd place. Peter Lassen took A grade 1st place clear on 95but club mates Hamish Wilson and Peter Boyd had to shoot off toestablish the places. Waihora is obviously a breeding ground forskeet shooters as Sam Gawn won 1st B grade clear on 93.The High Gun saw Nigel Hughes from Australia come up quietlyand tie with Matt Fallon on 246. This shoot off went 28 targets tosee Nigel win the High Gun title, the coveted Gunn Estate wine,the Silver Fern and the glory of this win. Peter Lassen was A GradeHigh Gun winner and Sam Gawn was B grade winner, and C gradewent to Andrew Caldwell-Smith. The Ladies category High Gunwinner was won by Lorraine Hughes (wife of Nigel) and MasonReed from Whangarei won the Juniors. Laurie Chelepy fromAustralia won the Veterans and Waikato Super Veteran Merv Pratttook out this title.After the presentations were over it was time to say the thank yousand good byes for another year. Dean Everett and his team certainlyput their heart and soul into running this event. The groundslooked magnificent and the event ran well. On behalf of theNZCTA thank you to all the workers who made this an enjoyableweek. Thank you to the shooters who attended and helped makethis event one of the highlights of the shooting calendar.100 Tgt Nth/Sth Skeet Trophy – HOA Nigel Hughes, Australia99. A Grade 1st Kelvin Gutsell, Mataura 99, 2nd Steven Cooper,Rotorua 99, 3rd Dean Everett, Waikato 98. B grade 1st BarryWilliamson, Auckland Met 93, 2nd Sim Hee Neoh, Australia 92, 3rdColin Shaw, Taupo 91.Webber/Ellis North/South North Open Team (L-R) Colin Heard,Dean Everett, Graham Geater, Jamie Peryer-Fursdon, Tony TrussWebber/Ellis North/South North Junior Team (L-R) Mason Reed,Connor Hourigan, Huntar LeslieKilwell Trophy (L-R) Super Vets Murray Cameron, Juniors Alysha Bell,Ladies Lorraine Hughes, Veterans Laurie ChelepyNZ Skeet Championship C Grade (L-R) Bente Henry 2nd, AndrewCaldwell-Smith 1st, Kent Nicholl 3rdgunshot 11

28g Skeet Trophy – HOA Nigel Hughes, Australia 50. A grade 1stGlenn Walker, Australia 50, 2nd Lindsay Rodgers, Southland 50,3rd Kelvin Gutsell, Mataura 49. B grade 1st Jack Whale, Hawke's Bay47, 2nd Jim Anderton, Kopuku 45, 3rd Sim-Hee Neoh, Australia 45..410g Skeet Trophy – HOA Brian Thomson, Kopuku 50. A Grade 1stKelvin Gutsell, Mataura 48, 2nd Malcolm Briggs, Australia 48, 3rdLocky Irons, Australia 48. B grade 1st Sam Gawn, Waihora 42, 2ndSim-Hee Neoh, Australia 41, 3rd Jack Whale, Hawke's Bay 41.20g Skeet Championship – HOA Michael Hirtzel, Kopuku 99. AAgrade 1st Tony Truss, Rotorua 98, 2nd Matt Fallon, Waitemata 98,3rd Kelvin Gutsell, Mataura 98. A grade 1st Ross Roy, Dunedin 98,2nd Mason Reed, Whangarei 97, 3rd Andy Peter, Marlborough97. B grade 1st Brian Webber, Waitemata 96, 2nd Sim-Hee Neoh,Australia 96, 3rd Jim Tarrant, Te Kuiti 91. C grade 1st Jim Anderton,Kopuku 83, 2nd Deborah Pritchard, Bay of Plenty 72. LadiesLorraine Hughes, Australia 96, Veterans Michael Hirtzel, Kopuku99, Super Veterans Merv Pratt, Waikato 96.Kilwell Trophy – HOA Andy Peter, Marlborough 99. AA Grade 1stColin Heard, Rotorua 99, 2nd Dean Everett, Waikato 99, 3rd TonyTruss, Rotorua 99. A grade 1st Warren Darling, Timaru 99, 2nd BlueFreeman, Hutt Valley 98, 3rd Ewen Pirie, Mataura 98. B grade 1stSam Gawn, Waihora 96, 2nd Alysha Bell, Timaru 94, 3rd Sim-HeeNeoh, Australia 92. C grade 1st Danica Radich, Whatitiri 87, 2ndTony Holt, Taupo 87, 3rd Andrew Caldwell-Smith, Whangarei 85.Ladies Lorraine Hughes, Australia 98. Juniors Alysha Bell, Timaru94, Veterans Laurie Chelepy, Australia 98, Super Veterans MurrayCameron, Hutt Valley 97.Webber/Ellis North/South Skeet – Open Team North 121 (ColinHeard, Dean Everett, Graham Geater, Tony Truss, Jamie Peryer-Fursdon), South 113 (Peter Boyd, Lindsay Rodgers, Ray Everett,Kelvin Gutsell, Mike Sime). Veterans Team North 73 (MurrayCameron, John Tonkin, Merv Pratt). South 71 (Ewen Pirie, BarryFoster, Ron Dennis). Juniors Team North 71 (Connor Hourigan,Mason Reed, Huntar Leslie), South 66 (Alysha Bell, BrittanyPilcher, Kostyn Morrison).Glenn Trophy Team (for 2013) Dean Everett, Tony Truss, JamiePeryer-Fursdon, Kelvin Gutsell, Colin Heard. Reserves Mike Sime,Graham Geater.NZ Skeet Handicap – 1st Andy Peter, Marlborough, 2nd Ewen Pirie,Mataura, 3rd Kelvin Gutsell, Mataura, 4th Barry Wheildon, Taupo,5th Mike Sime, Timaru, 6th John Waldon, Rotorua. Ladies DonnaMatthews, Wanganui Rangitikei, Juniors Kent Nicholl, Waikato,Veterans, Ewen Pirie, Mataura, Super Veterans, Ron Dennis,Southland.NZ Skeet Championship – HOA Jamie Peryer-Fursdon, Rotorua100. AA Grade 1st Nigel Hughes, Australia 100, 2nd Guy Brooks,New Plymouth 100, 3rd Paul Currie, Waihi 100. A grade 1st MervPratt, Waikato 100, 2nd Peter Lassen, Waihora 99, 3rd Jeff MunroSouthland 98. B grade 1st Sam Gawn, Waihora 96, 2nd Jim Tarrant,Te Kuiti 94, 3rd Alysha Bell, Timaru 94. C grade 1st AndrewCaldwell-Smith, Whangarei 94, 2nd Bente Henry, Waitemata 94,3rd Kent Nicholl, Waikato 89. Ladies Lorraine Hughes, Australia98, Juniors Mason Reed, Whangarei 98, Veterans Laurie Chelepy,Australia 99, Super Veterans Merv Pratt, Waikato 100. 2 PersonSkeet Teams 1st Tony Truss, Jamie Peryer-Fursdon 199, 2nd DeanEverett, Merv Pratt 199. 5 Person Team 1st Tony Truss, Colin Heard,Jamie Peryer-Fursdon, Steve Cooper, Graham Geater 494, 2ndLorraine Hughes, Nigel Hughes, Glenn Walker, Laurie Rodden,Laurie Chelepy 490.Australia NZ Skeet Team – Open Merv Pratt, Paul Currie, JamiePeryer-Fursdon, Guy Brooks, Tony Truss, Colin Heard, DeanEverett, Graham Geater, Peter Lassen, Jeff Munro, Mason Reed,NZ Skeet Doubles Championship (L-R) Hamish Wilson 2nd, PeterLassen 1st, Peter Boyd 3rdNZ Skeet Championship AA Grade (L-R) Guy Brooks 2nd, NigelHughes 1st, Paul Currie 3rdKilwell Trophy AA Grade (L-R) Dean Everett 2nd, Colin Heard 1st,Tony Truss 3rdNZ Skeet Championship 2 person team winners Jamie Peryer-Fursdon,Tony Truss12 gunshot

2013 South Island and National ISSF Championships5th - 10th February 2013Hosted by Canterbury Clay Target Club McLeans Island, Christchurch.Tuesday 5th February 2013Entries close 1pm150 targets South Island Double Trap plus final.Wednesday 6th February 2013Entries close 1pm150 targets NZ National Double Trap plus final.Thursday 7th February 2013Entries close 9am.Shooting to commence 9.30am75 targets South Island Trench plus Ladies final.75 targets South Island ISSF Skeet plus Ladies final.Friday 8th February 2013Shooting to commence 9.30am75 targets South Island Trench plus final.75 targets South Island ISSF Skeet plus final.Saturday 9th February 2013 Entries close 9am.Shooting to commence 9.30am75 targets NZ National Trench plus Ladies final.75 targets NZ National ISSF Skeet plus Ladies final.Sunday 10th February 2013Shooting to commence 9.30am75 targets NZ National Trench plus final.75 targets NZ National ISSF Skeet plus final.Lunch and refreshments availableEntries as per NZCTA Rules- Targets 31centsContact Bev Searle Phone 03 3832074The Waikato Clay Target Clubare pleased to present the 150 target pre Nationals DTL shootSunday February 24th, 2013, 9.00am start50 Target Single Rise50 Target Single Barrel50 Target Points Score150 Targets totalEntry $70.00Shot in one visit per 50 targets and over A, B, and C gradesIncludes targets, levies, $3.00 compulsory sweep per 50 and $2.00 HOA sweep in each grade.Catering, refreshments and essential shooting supplies available on the dayInformation at www.wctc.co.nz14 gunshot

DTLSouth Island ChampsSouthland Clay Target ClubThe expression “from North Cape tothe Bluff” is often bandied about but wecould certainly have used it to describethe attendance at the South Island DTLChampionships this year. A hundred andtwenty names were on the score boardrepresenting some thirty five clubs. Wewere delighted that so many people hadtaken the trip south and were happy towelcome so many from the North Island.Delighted as we were to see the northerntravellers we were very equally as pleasedto host our regular visitors, those fromThe West Coast, Canterbury, Otago and ofcourse our local Southland shooters.The scene had been set for an interestingtournament. Our club had been fortunateto receive a substantial grant from theInvercargill Licensing Trust. This enabledus to carry out some very necessarymaintenance in the form of new trap lids,height pegs and skeet chutes. The groundshad their usual four yearly spruce up andthe buildings had a new coat of paint. Thishas taken considerable time and effort bya core of our members and their obviousinput is there for all to see.The nature of our sport means we oftenhave to pray to the weather gods andwhile the days were not exactly summerconditions we managed to complete thethree days in reasonable conditions whichis always a plus.Friday was the chosen day for the Ball Trapand our Trophy match. A large field ofeighty six competitors competed, a betternumber than we had anticipated. ColinWaghorn, Gorge Road, recently returnedfrom Canada, won the Ball Trap outrightwith the only possible. Local man CliffMunro battled with Alistair Crosbie fromPuketiro for honours in B Grade and BruceBest a new recruit to shooting, took CGrade.We had secured sponsorship from threelocal businesses, Shooters World Gore,RD1 Invercargill and Radcliffe Electricalfor the Trophy match. Neil Pratt from TeKuiti started the weekend on a high note totake the honours closely followed by BrianHartley Bay of Plenty and Damian BriggsBarrytown. B and C Grade were as keenlyfought with Mike Burdon from Balfour andStuart McKerchar Roxburgh taking theirgrades.The Saturday started as is usual on ourgrounds with the Skeet competition. KelvinGutsell continued his winning way in thisdiscipline taking the HOA after a shoot offwith Robert Prince Hutt Valley and ColinWaghorn. Russell Kelly, a good Nightcapsman, was delighted to claim B Grade andAllan Diack another from the NightcapsClub was the C Grade claimant.The 2 Man Skeet team winners also had tobe decided with a shoot off and it was theNorth Islanders doing battle. The pairingof Peter Borrie and Robert Prince was toogood for Brian Hartley and Martin van deWetering and the 5 Man team was wonoutright by Southland.Double Rise and the tricky little Minis werecontested next. No possibles in the DoubleRise but Grant Nilsson Northern Wairoaand William Rooney Timaru fought forthe HOA with Grant claiming the winner’sbadge. Allan Diack and Bruce Best wavedthe Nightcaps flag in both B and C Grades.Ball Trap HOA C WaghornThe ever consistent Ray Everett Timaruwon a very short lived shoot off to secureHOA Minis and new shooter Mark EalesWest Otago made B Grade his.And so to Single Rise. Thirty one possiblesmeant the prediction that this event wouldnot be decided until Sunday morning cametrue. Six shooters, Phil Harraway Southland,Mike Sime Timaru, Dave Wordley Putaruru,Colin Waghorn Gorge Road, Gavin SearleCanterbury and Robert Prince UpperHutt were on the grounds early on Sundaymorning to decide the blue ribbon event.After two and a bit rounds the placingshad all been determined and Dave Wordleycame out on top. Congratulations Dave, afine effort.The Provincial team Points Score matchcreated much interest and much lightheartedbanter for some who didn’tperform as expected. Six teams competedfor top honours, Southland, Otago,Canterbury, Northland, Bay of Plenty andWaikato with a delighted Southland teamwinning.The programme then continued with theremaining three disciplines and like muchof the weekend the winning positions wereshared between several shooters with noone person dominating the podium. PeterBorrie Wairarapa won the Triples. RayEverett Timaru took the Points and StuartSutherland Southland the Single Barrel. Asin the main events the categories generallywere shared among several competitors,the exception being the Super Veteranswhere John Smith Puketiro and Art DiackNightcaps did battle on a regular basis.Unique to the South Island competitionis the Andy Black Cup, a contest betweenprovinces decided on the aggregate scoresover the weekend. This year CanterburySkeet HOA K. Gutsellgunshot 15

Double Rise C Grade G. Russell 3rd, S.McKerchar 2ndGrade M Sime (Timaru) 1, R Prince (UpperHutt) 2, P Harraway (Southland) 3. B GradeB Richardson (Central Southland) 1, MEales (West Otago) 2, A Diack (Nightcaps)3. C Grade S McKerchar (Roxburgh) 1,A Diamond (West Otago) 2, G Turner(Nightcaps) 3. Lady J Manson (Southland),Junior J Nilsson (Northern Wairoa), VeteranR Everett (Timaru), Super Veteran J Smith(Puketiro).Allan Millar Cup – Club Team Southland(L Rodgers, P Harraway, S Sutherland, LMaxwell, J Manson, M Dobbie) 1.Triples HOA P Borrie (Wairarapa). AGrade G Nilsson (Northern Wairoa)1, B Warnock (Gorge Road) 2, M Sime(Timaru) 3. B Grade B Richardson (CentralSouthland) 1, A Diack (Nightcaps) 2, PWilliams (Mataura) 3. C Grade G Russell(Southland) 1, G Turner (Nightcaps) 2, SMcKerchar (Roxburgh) 3. Lady N Rooney(Timaru), Junior R Bell (Timaru), VeteranR Everett (Timaru), Super Veteran A Diack(Nightcaps).Points Score HOA R Everett (Timaru). AGrade M van de Wetering (Thames) 1, LRodgers (Southland) 2, E Pirie (Mataura) 3.B Grade R Roy (Dunedin) 1, B Richardson(Central Southland) 2, I Reeves (Dunedin)Single Barrel HOA S.Sutherland3. C Grade J Diack (Nightcaps) 1, G Turner(Nightcaps) 2, B Best (Nightcaps) 3. LadyR Bell (Timaru), Junior R Bell (Timaru),Veteran R Everett (Timaru), Super VeteranA Diack (Nightcaps).Single Barrel HOA S Sutherland(Southland). A Grade E Pirie (Mataura) 1,T Fuller (Auckland Met.) 2, G Castles (Bayof Plenty) 3. B Grade B Richardson (CentralSouthland) 1, I Reeves (Dunedin) 2, CMunro (Southland) 3. C Grade A Diamond(West Otago) 1, B Best (Nightcaps)2, G Russell (Southland) 3. Lady WHughan (South Otago), Junior A Brown(Nightcaps), Veteran E Pirie (Mataura),Super Veteran J Smith (Puketiro).A Black Trophy – Provincial TeamCanterbury (H Holland, R Everett, G Searle,M Lovett, C Pilcher, W Rooney) 1.Provincial Shoulder to Shoulder PointsScore Team Southland (D Warnock, BWalker, E Pirie, S Sutherland, P Harraway) 1.High Gun Champion of Champions REverett (Timaru). A Grade C Pilcher(Timaru), B Grade B Richardson (CentralSouthland), C Grade G Russell (Southland).Ladies Natalie Rooney, Junior Rachel Bell,Veterans Ray Everett. Super Veterans ArtDiack. ■Triples HOA P.Borriebuy/sellWANTEDRemington 1100I am looking for a very particulargun, was around AKL region early2000. Adjustable monte-carlo stock(light brown does not match forendcolour), timney trigger, hastings30inch high rib barrel, choked. Ifyou know its whereabouts pleasecontact me (I was the originalowner),Robert 0210 692085FOR SAL EPerazzi Trap SC3 31 1/2” barrels plus34” single barrel – with chokes.Perazzi skeet SC 3 28” and 30”barrels – with chokes.Perazzi combo MT6 30” double and34” single – with chokesPerazzi single barrel T.M.S SCOengraving 32” full chokePhone Merv 07 856 9637 eveningsPoints Score C Grade (L-R) B.Best 3rd, J.Diack 1st, G.Turner 2ndSingle Barrel A Grade (L-R) G.Castles 3rd, E.Pirie 1st, T.Fuller 2ndgunshot 17

Double Rise HOA G.NilssonHigh Gun Ray Everett plus HOA Minis andPoints ScoreSingle Rise HOA D. WordleySingle Rise (L-R) Ladies J.Manson, Juniors J.Nilsson, Veterans R.EverettSkeet B Grade (L-R) G.Castles 3rd, R.Kelly 1st, D.Robertson 2ndHigh Guns (L-R) Super Veterans Art Diack, Ladies Natalie Rooney,Juniors Rachel Bell, Veterans Ray EverettSingle Rise A Grade (L-R) P.Harraway 3rd, M.Sime 1st, R.Prince 2nd18 gunshot

Open Team Back (L-R) Jeff Munro, Peter Lassen, Tony Truss, Graham Geater, Dean Everett, Mason Reed.Front (L-R) Shane Quinn, Guy Brooks, Merv Pratt, Jamie Peryer-Fursdon, Paul Currie, Colin HeardLadies Team Back (L-R) Brittany Pilcher, Marian Whyte, Sheryl Anglem. Front (L-R) Kerri Wrigley,Donna Matthews, Danica RadichJuniors Team Back (L-R) Andrew Caldwell-Smith, Henry Clarke, Huntar Leslie. Front (L-R) JamesFulford, Alysha Bell, Conor Hourigan.Veterans Team Back (L-R) Jim Tarrant, John Tonkin, Michael Hirtzel. Front (L-R) Barry McDonald,Brian Thurlow, Ewen Piriegunshot 21

NSSA World SkeetSan Antonio, TexasOn Saturday 22nd September the intrepid travellers of EwenPirie, Dean Everett and Andy Peter met in Auckland prior to flying(eventually) to San Antonio. Eventually as there was a stop in LosAngeles, combined with a delay in departure from LA to San Antonio.The total travel time was approximately 19 hours flying time, with a 4+hour stop in LA making it a long day.We were picked up at just on midnight by Merv Pratt, who had travelledover two weeks earlier with his wife Margaret for a deserved break;plus to pick up some sub gauge carrier barrels he had purchased priorto leaving NZ. Merv had packed Margaret off home earlier in the daymaking the remainder of the trip a boys' only affair.Getting into our accommodation at Staybridge Suites in Colonnadeafter midnight, priorities were set – quick allocation of beds, thentesting of barrel fit. Merv had secured three spots for us to shoot atSan Antonio Gun Club the following morning, however we would bein the first wave; 9 am start!San Antonio Gun Club is one of the original skeet grounds in the USand absolutely beautiful. Spanish Style skeet houses, (see photo)immaculate grounds and friendly people. San Antonio Gun Clubshould not be mistaken for the National Shooting complex. Herewe met up with Matt Fallon and the British skeet shooters on theirannual migration, plus the other Australasian pair of Mal Briggs andKelvin Gutsell; Mal and Kal as they became known. Other familiarAustralians were on site including Paul & Leone Johnston, Nigel &Lorraine Hughes and Glenn & Paulette Walker to mention a few.San Antonio Gun Club run a Pre world 500 target event the weekendprior to Mini World and World shoot which is well supported byinternational travellers, Doubles on Friday, 12g and 28g Saturday andfinally 20g and .410 on Sunday. Targets in the air and being shot at,is the theme of shooting the World Champs; It’s not for the fainthearted. It is Skeet Nirvana.Shooting started at 9am, not a minute earlier due to city ordinance,however as the first shot rang out at 9am, the church bells in thedistance rang out heralding the beginning of a wonderful trip.The cost of shooting in US is similar to what we experience here inNZ; to shoot 200 targets including some of the optional sweeps plusammo of the various gauges cost me USD$196. Sounds a lot whenwritten like this, but when the exchange rate is NZD$1 = USD$0.82it’s better and cheaper than shooting in Australia. Costs for the wholetwo weeks excluding purchases over and above shooting but includingfood, accommodation (shared) and airfares came to approximately$5,600; a lot of money I know but truly the most memorable trip I haveever experienced. Ewen was heard to say that of all the internationalevents he had been to, he never expected that one would get him askeen as this trip did.The NSSA do it well. All entries are completed well prior to departing.A squad pack is posted two weeks prior to Championships starting,showing your squad number, time of starting each day and yourshooter position within the squad. On the first day, you register at theNational Ground paying entries on your credit card but all options (ofwhich there are many) are paid in cash. Then shooting begins.At the National Grounds there are 47 skeet fields, but not all in a row.Fields are spread over the huge site forming the National Shootingcomplex. The main 9 fields including Stadium Field run along the frontof the main pavilion and Vendors Row. 20 more are approximatelyhalf a kilometre in front obscured by trees and bush; further down theThe squad with traps in the background at the National ShootingComplexgently sloping site are 12 fields affectionately known as the dirty dozen,confirmed when the skies opened on Monday of World Doubles withmud aplenty; and finally 6 fields behind the main car park area on a hilloverlooking the whole complex.Vendor row is not for the girls. There are boys' toys of every type;Krieghoff factory service, Du Pont, White Flyer, Remington, Kolar,Great Lakes Shooting Supply, Alamo Shooting Supply, Paxtons,Perazzi and Caesar Guerini to name only some of the suppliers on site.There were ammo bags of every description including ones made outof Elephant, Croc and stingray. Guns galore, of every conceivable price– even one specially made for Hugh Heffner which would be virtuallyunsellable to anyone with any type of morals. Belts and buckles,cleaning products, stocks, barrels, bits and pieces, you name it, it wasthere for you to buy and stuff into overweight baggage. Nirvana.It took us a few days to realise a very key point. Skeet in America is thesame as in New Zealand. The targets aren’t better. The targets don’trun on rails. The referees are normal people.Skeet is the same the world over, targets are buffeted by wind just asthey are at home, there is equally as much space around a target tomiss it as there is at home, and station 7 is missed just as easily in theStates as it is at home, if you don’t pay attention. Once you realise thisyou have a great time, there is nothing left to learn except stamina toshoot 200 targets a day; plus you need to get on with it. You have 10seconds to shoot your target from the time the last person shot. Whenyou shoot 100 targets in a single visit, you shoot 100 targets in a singlevisit. One squad leader advised us to carry 4 extra shells, as once youfinish station 8 he moved directly to station 1 and started shooting,picking up the remaining ammo for the round when passing stationtwo. This level of speed is needed to get through 800 competitorsper day.We saw the great shots in action. Wayne Mays, Todd Bender, RobertPaxton, but we also saw them beaten by ‘normal’ shooters givingus hope that we could achieve a great result. On the last day ofcompetition Matt Fallon came very close to pulling off the ultimate,shooting a perfect 100/100 using .410. His first place A grade didn’tdo justice to the achievement that he accomplished. On the last daythere was a bit of breeze, it was warm and muggy. To shoot 100 targetsperfectly with 14 grams of shot earned Matt a hat shot full of holes as isthe practice in the States. Only 5 shooters achieved the perfect scorein the Championship. ■gunshot 23

Wang/Rang finally won through from Gavin Searle 1st A after atotal of 92 targets. Mitchell Dean (Jnr) 2nd and Robert Prince HuttValley 3rd continued the shoot off after having both dropped outon the same target to decide the minor placings for A grade.B grade was won outright by Phil Morrison Hutt Valley 25 with allother B graders lining up to shoot off with 24’s. Another 23 targetswon David Donald Western Lake 2nd place and Michael DavidsonWaverly 3rd. Conor Hourigan (Jnr) shot well in C grade to recorda 24 and 1st place with Angus Donald 19, 2nd C followed by BayleyDonald in 3rd.All Single Rise was finished and presentations were concluded byaround 5.30pm.The second day dawned fine but again windy, thankfully the againpromised rain didn’t eventuate. Although shooters were reluctantto squad up the shooting finally got underway a little late.In Triples the wind affected targets saw the placings sorted earlywith Brad Warnock the only one to shine through with 50 andHOA, close behind with a 49 Vance Butcher snared 1st A and aftera short shoot off Roger Bidois Taumarunui, pipped Gavin Searlefor 2nd A. The B grade was self sorting Phil Morrison 47 1st B, SamDonald 45 2nd and Chris Higgie Palmerston North 44 3rd.Conor Hourigan won C grade outright on 42 with the Donaldbrothers shooting off for the remaining places. Angus 2nd Bayley3rd.Points Score was well contested with four shooters on 75 andfour on 74 points. It took only 10 targets to sort 3 of the placings.Grant Wareham Hutt Valley HOA, David Challies Eketahuna 1st A,Lynton Bremer 2nd A and another 10 targets for the 74’s to sort out3rd Mitchell Dean.David Donald in B grade shot a creditable 75 to take 1st withMichael Holmes 71 2nd and Ian Howatson 68 3rd. Conor Hourigan67 1st C grade, Angus Donald 60 2nd and Dave Christie 57 3rd.The final event of the Championships was closely contested bytwo top shooters. Vance Butcher and Gavin Searle both on 25shot another 17 targets before Gavin took out the HOA in SingleBarrel with Vance 1st A. 2nd and 3rd was shot off by the five on24’s and after another 15 targets Mitchell Dean was 2nd with DavidSmith Dannevirke in 3rd place. A short shoot off was required todecide the B grade. Phil Morrison 23 1st, Chris Higgie 23 2nd, andLiam Quinn Woodville 21 3rd. C grade was self-sorting with ConorHourigan 20 coming out on top 1st, Dave Christie 2nd with an 18and Angus Donald’s 16 won him 3rd.The Categories were very closely contested in all events andshooters to stand out were Rebecca Searle in Ladies, MitchellDean, a force to be reckoned with in both Juniors and Open. In theVeterans Eric Dais 217 quietly crept ahead of his rivals Kelvin Ellison212 and Keith Livingston 211.High Gun was won by Brad Warnock on 227, six points ahead ofhis nearest rivals Mitchell Dean 221 and Gavin Searle 221, after ashoot off Gavin won the A grade High Gun. Ian Howatson 201 wasB grade High Gun and Conor Hourigan on 200 took the C gradeHigh Gun.After a convincing performance over the weekend Mitchell Dean221 was Junior High Gun.Eric Dais 217 snared Veterans High Gun and Rebecca Searlecomfortably won Ladies High Gun.These Provincials were a great success, thanks to the workers,helpers and shooters alike. All competition was concluded earlyand with presentations completed travellers were well on theirway home by 3pm. ■Double Rise A Grade (L-R) Tony Mokomoko 1st, Vance Butcher 2nd,Mitchell Dean 3rdHigh Guns (L-R) Gavin Searle A Grade, Ian Howatson B Grade, ConorHourigan C GradeHigh Guns (L-R) Ladies Rebecca Searle, Juniors Mitchell DeanSkeet A Grade (L-R) Gavin Searle 3rd, Robert Prince 1st, Shane Quinn2ndgunshot 25

Triples B Grade (L-R) Sam Donald 2nd, Phil Morrison 1st, Chris Higgie3rdMinis C Grade (L-R) Angus Donald 3rd, Bayley Donald 1st, ConorHourigan 2ndPoints Score A Grade (L-R) Lynton Bremer 2nd, David Challies 1st,Mitchell Dean 3rdSingle Rise HOA Lynton BremerMinis HOA Guy BrooksPoints Score HOA Grant Wareham26 gunshot

hawke's bay PROVINCIALSDouble Rise HOA Robert PrinceBy Nigel Field President HBCTCWelcome to sunny Hawke’s Bay. It is 9am on Saturday17th Nov and all the skeet shooters are standing aroundchewing the fat, looking at the sky, reliving past victoriesand losses but not registering. NZCTA President KeithLivingston and Michael Holmes inspect the targetsthrown for them by shoot manager Graeme Allisterand Trap mechanic Mike Withers. The light is good, thebirds fly beautifully from the new La Porte traps but stillthe skeet shooters hang around not registering. Somebrave souls gingerly attempt to correctly fill out thediabolically complicated registration form with moreboxes than Eden Park and take them to the secretary’soffice. The trickle starts to grow but we need to get asquad on the mark to start the ball rolling. Let’s getsome of the locals shooting. Graeme and Mike can bein the first squad. They are men of action. They don’tneed to wait around until the sun is near its apogeeor that little zephyr of wind settles down so the callgoes out that they are in squad one. Middle aged menmoving quickly to get guns, ammo and onto the markis a thing of rare beauty. Both respond with possibleswhile the registrations build steadily to a mini tsunamiat the office. Eric Dias, Kelvin Ellison and B graderShane Ashforth all post possibles. They line up for theshoot off, everyone trying to be relaxed and friendlybut hiding the fact that they desperately want to beatthe other guys standing next to them. By station two itis all over with Shane Ashforth holding his nerve andclaiming bragging rights over the A graders. In the Cgrade a young local Sandy Campbell who has only beenshooting skeet for 6 months triumphs outright with a 23.Skeet A Grade 1st Eric DaisOn to minis and with eyes like golf balls the shootersapproach these little messengers of doom. Only SaintDylan Woolhouse emerges from this dragon's denwith a possible. Angus Donald, a young Wairarapashooter, slew 13 in a performance well beyond his age,experience, weight and height.How many times has it been said that you have to beable to shoot double rise to win Provincials? They wereall there to be shot but nobody did, Robert Prince takingit out from Graeme Williams on 18.Day one concludes with the Single Rise and 15 possibles.Mike Withers underlined his Mackintosh Teamselection this year by taking the HOA. A few quiet beerswere consumed as shooters, with their guns cleaned,oiled and locked in their cars I may add, analysed theirday's shooting.The forecast for Sunday was not promising but the startof the day was calm and the first few squads were givenan armchair run. By the sixth squad a squall of Biblicalproportions blew in taking with it the hope, dreamsand sweepstakes of some very fine shooters. Logs thesize of railway sleepers were needed just to keep thephonopulls from gracefully sliding from one station tothe next. Some shooters in the clubhouse from the earlysquads were heard to commiserate with the squadsfacing this challenge. There was only a hint of irony intheir voices.Dylan Woolhouse who had nearly convinced himselfthat he had blown his chances on the first day laid downthe challenge with possibles in the Triples and PointsScore. Only Chris Cassin and Stuart Bell could staygunshot 27

with him in the Points Score. Dylan was applying the blow torchso it would come down to the Single Barrel. The wind had settledsomewhat but the birds still danced a merry jig and 23 was enoughfor Dylan to win the High Gun. Congratulations to the other HighGuns; A: Chris Cassin B: Darryl Remnant, C: Angus Donald, Ladies:Doreen Sanderson, Junior: Mitchell Dean and Veteran: Stuart Bell.A huge thank you to Dick Bird our secretary and his assistant SueSingle Barrel A Grade (L-R) Keith Livingstone 3rd, Mark Walsh 1st,Dave Challies 2ndField for the smooth operation of the office over both the days.To Graeme Allister, Mike Withers and all the other club memberswho assisted in planning, organising and running the shoot. I amproud of the way HBCTC presented and conducted itself for theProvincials and look forward to see a large number of you at ourDistricts during Easter in 2013.Results:Skeet – HOA Shane Ashforth, Patangata 25. A grade 1st Eric Dais,Palmerston North 25, 2nd Graeme Allister, Hawke's Bay 25, 3rd KelvinEllison, Wairoa 25. B grade 1st Gordon Tucker, Bay of Plenty 24, 2ndPaul Rutland, Gisborne 24, 3rd Dave Dockery, Gisborne 23. C grade1st Sandy Camble, Patangata 23, 2nd Mark Johnston, Dannevirke 22,3rd Craig Pennell, Te Aroha 22. Ladies Doreen Sanderson, Kaikohe22, Juniors James Fulford, Hawke's Bay 23, Veterans Eric DaisPalmerston North 25. 2 Person Team Mike Withers, Graeme Allister50, 2nd Stuart Bell, Kelvin Ellison 49. 5 Person Team 1st RobertPrince, Peter Borrie, Eric Dais, Mike Holmes, Grant Wareham.Double Rise – HOA Robert Prince. A grade 1st Graeme Williams15, 2nd Dave Smith 15, 3rd Vance Butcher 15. B grade 1st MikeMcCormick 16, 2nd Dave Dockary, 3rd Darryl Remnant. C grade1st Angus Donald, 2nd Connor Damp McCourt. Juniors MitchellDean, Veterans Graeme Williams. Minis – HOA Dylan Woolhouse15. A grade 1st Stan Whiteman 15, 2nd Mark Walsh 15, 3rd JamesTriples A Grade Vance Butcher 2nd, Dave Challies 1st, Dave Smith 3rdHigh Gun (L-R) Darryl Remnant B Grade, Angus Donald C Grade,Chris Cassin A GradeSingle Rise HOA Mike WithersHigh Gun and HOA Minis and Triples DylanWoolhousePoints Score and Single Barrel HOA ChrisCassin28 gunshot

Fulford 14. B grade 1st Craig Pennell 13, 2nd Darryl Remnant 13, 3rdBrian Smith 13. C grade 1st Angus Donald 13, 2nd Jane Dunkerley 8,3rd Connor Kemp McCourt 7 Ladies Doreen Sanderson 12, JuniorsJames Fulford 14, Veterans Stan Whiteman 15.Single Rise – HOA Mike Withers 25. A grade 1st Roger Bidois 25, 2ndDave Smith 25, 3rd Mitchell Dean 25. B grade 1st Sam Kirk 25, 2ndDavid Donald 24, 3rd Darryl Remnant 24. C grade 1st Angus Donald23, 2nd Jane Dunkerley 21, 3rd Connor Kemp McCourt 20. LadiesDoreen Sanderson, Juniors Mitchell Dean, Veterans Karl Andrews.Triples – HOA Dylan Woolhouse 50. A grade 1st Dave Challies49, 2nd Vance Butcher 49, 3rd Dave Smith 48. B grade 1st DoreenSanderson 45, 2nd Mike McCormick 44, 3rd Tim Moore 44. C grade1st Angus Donald 39, 2nd Connor Kemp McCourt 30, 3rd JaneDunkerley 22. Ladies Doreen Sanderson 45, Juniors James Fulford44, Veterans Laurie Coppins 47.Points Score – HOA Chris Cassin 75. A Grade 1st Dylan Woolhouse74, 2nd Stuart Bell 75, 3rd Mitchell Dean 74. B grade 1st MichaelHolmes 73, 2nd David Donald 73, 3rd Dave Dockary 70. C grade 1stConnor Kemp McCourt 59, 2nd Angus Donald 53, 3rd Louis Bird 52.Ladies Doreen Sanderson 64, Juniors Mitchell Dean 74, VeteransStuart Bell 75. Club Team Hawke's Bay (Dylan Woolhouse, JamesFulford, John Harkness, Nigel Field) 294.Single Barrel – HOA Chris Cassin 25. A grade 1st Mark Walsh 25,2nd Dave Challies 24, 3rd Keith Livingstone 23. B grade 1st DarrylRemnant 23, 2nd Doreen Sanderson 23, 3rd Dave Dockary 22. Cgrade 1st Connor Kemp McCourt 22, 2nd Angus Donald 21, 3rd JaneDunkerley 14. Ladies Doreen Sanderson 23, Juniors Connor KempMcCourt 22, Veterans Keith Livingstone 23.High Gun – Dylan Woolhouse 223. A grade Chris Cassin, B gradeDarryl Remnant 207, C grade Angus Donald 159. Ladies DoreenSanderson 200, Juniors Mitchell Dean 215, Veteran Stuart Bell 216. ■High Guns (L-R) Stuart Bell Veterans, Doreen Sanderson Ladies,Mitchell Dean JuniorsSingle Rise A Grade (L-R) Dave Smith 2nd, Roger Bidois 1st, MitchellDean 3rdDouble Rise A Grade (L-R) Vance Butcher 3rd, Graeme Williams 1st,Dave Smith 2ndMinis Veterans Stan Whiteman, Ladies Doreen Sanderson, JuniorsJames FulfordSingle Rise C Grade 1st Angus Donaldgunshot 29

The winners and competitors2012 NZ NSSA SkeetThe inaugural New Zealand NSSA Championships was held atThames Gun Club the weekend before the NZ Skeet Nationals.The fully booked shoot saw as many as 41 people shooting 400targets across the 4 gauges (12, 20, 28, & .410), to compete for fivetitles.Despite some very challenging weather conditions, with bothstrong blustery wind and rain, the shooters were all still smilingafter two days of shooting. For those unfamiliar with NSSA Skeet,the format was 200 targets each day, shot in two visits of 100.There were a number of shoot offs run as doubles on stations 3,4, and 5.Day one saw the 12 and 28 gauge events decided. The 12 gaugeevent was generously sponsored by Kilwell. The first name on thetrophy with an excellent 98, was John Tonkin (Waitemata). Runnerup after a shoot off with 97 was Peter Shuttleworth (Melbourne,VIC). 1st AA 97 - Ray Everett (Timaru) , 1st A 96 - Dean Everett(Waikato), 1st B 96 - Richard Westlake (Kopuku), 1st C 95 - MikeMillard (West Otago), 1st D 93 - Yvonne Slattery (Whangarei).The 28 gauge event was generously sponsored by Laurie & CandyChelepy of Queensland Australia. The first name on the trophywith an excellent 96, was Locky Irons (Melbourne, VIC), andrunner up with 94 was Hamish Wilson (Waihora). 1st AA 93 -Kelvin Gutsell (Timaru), 1st A 93 - Brian Thomson (Kopuku), 1st B93 - Lindsay Rodgers (Southland), 1st C 90 - Mike Millard (WestOtago), 1st D 74 - Kerri Wrigley (Waitemata).Day two saw a slight improvement in the weather conditions. The20 gauge event was generously sponsored by Ewen Pirie, LindsayRodgers, and Kelvin Gutsell. Getting his name on a second trophyafter a shoot off on 98 was John Tonkin (Waitemata), and runnerup also with 98 was Lorraine Hughes (Caboolture, QLD). 1st AA 97- Mike Hirtzel (Kopuku) , 1st A 98 - Dean Everett (Waikato), 1st B 96- Blue Freeman (Hutt Valley), 1st C 94 - Kerri Wrigley (Waitemata),1st D 93 - Sam Gawn (Waihora).The .410 bore event was generously sponsored by Matt Fallon.Putting his name on the trophy he sponsored was Matt Fallon(Waitemata) after a shoot off on 95, and runner up also with 95was Peter Lassen (Waihora). 1st AA 94 - Ray Everett (Timaru), 1stA 93 - Andy Peter (Marlborough), 1st B 92 - Merv Pratt (Waikato),1st C 93 - Peter Shuttleworth (Melbourne, VIC), 1st D 91 - RichardWestlake (Kopuku).The High Overall event was generously sponsored by Merv andMargaret Pratt. The winner of the inaugural overall trophy withan excellent 380x400 was Ray Everett (Timaru), and runner upwith 376 was Andy Peter (Marlborough). 1st AA 371 - Matt Fallon(Waitemata), 1st A 371 - Dean Everett (Waikato), 1st B 370 - JohnTonkin (Waitemata), 1st C 396 - Richard Westlake (Kopuku), 1st D345 - Sam Gawn (Waihora).The event received some excellent sponsorship with almost $3000in prizes handed out, as well as almost $4000 in cash prizes. Theevent is already being scheduled for 2013 for a location in the SouthIsland. We hope to see you there. A big thank you to ThamesGun Club and all our event sponsors; The MaiMai Supplies (NSIAmmunition), Sam Gawn (Gun City), Merv and Margaret Pratt,Matt Fallon, Ewen Pirie, Lindsay Rodgers, and Kelvin Gutsell,Laurie and Candy Chelepy, and Kilwell. ■John Tonkin being congratulated by Matt Fallongunshot 31

WestlandDistrictChampionshipsLocky Irons 28g winner with sponsor Laurie ChelepyMerv Pratt and Ray Everett discuss the finer points of shootingShooting in actionJohn Tonkin in actionThe Westland District Championships were held at Barrytown overLabour weekend with yes, you read it correctly, just 18 shooters.The weather gods were kind with just a brief shower on Saturday,but the Met gurus did us no favours with their pessimistic andincorrect forecast. As Ray Everett aptly put it, “we’re here havingfun, while everyone else is wishing they were”. The magnificentnew district medals from Tony Truss were keenly sought, whichmade the competition fierce. The 100 target skeet North-Southqualifying match for the impressive Graeme Smith Trophy and$300 for HOA was shot on the Monday, with a few passing showersand hail, and tricky winds. The odd trap problem will be rectifiedwith new Laporte traps arriving in the New Year. Ray Everett wasthe winner of this event with 98/100, followed by John Moore 95,Peter Borrie, Andy Peter and Graeme Smith on 93. Ray Everettcontinued his unbroken sequence – and his dominance – of thesechampionships and we were pleased to welcome back PeterBorrie and Richard Bartlett. We were also privileged to watch twopromising juniors in Kristy Havill and Kostyn Morrison. Kostynshot a fine 48/50 in the 50 target single barrel sweep.Results – District Champs25 Skeet HOA R.Everett (24) A Grade 1st D.Briggs (23) 2nd P.Borrie(23) 3rd W.Oldham (22). B Grade 1st R.Bartlett (23) 2nd S Anglem(22) 3rd W. Ironside (21) C Grade 1st T.Jacobs (21). 2nd R.Moon (20)3rd S.Ackland (20).30 Triples HOA D.Briggs (48) A Grade 1st S.Anglem (47) 2ndR.Everett (47) 3rd P.Borrie (46). B Grade 1st K. Morrison (44) 2ndJohn Hare (39) 3rd J.Briggs (38) C Grade 1st K.Havill (34).10 Pair Double Rise HOA W.Oldham (20) A Grade 1st R.Everett(19) 2nd M.Palmer (17). 3rd P.Borrie (17) B Grade 1st J.Hare (14) 2ndR.Barlett (12) 3rd T.Jacobs (12) . C Grade 1st K.Havill (11).25 Single Rise HOA W.Oldham (25) A Grade 1st M.Havill (25) 2ndR.Everett (25) 3rd M.Palmer (25) B Grade 1st T.Jacobs (25) 2ndR.Bartlett (23) 3rd J.Hare (23) C Grade 1st K.Havill (22).25 Points HOA P Black (74) A Grade 1st S.Anglem (74) 2nd D.Briggs(74) 3rd M.Palmer (74). B Grade 1st J.Hare (68) 2nd K.Morrison (67)3rd T. Jacobs (67) C Grade 1st K.Havill (47).25 Single Barrel HOA R.Everett (25) A Grade 1st W.Oldham (24)2nd S.Ackland (23). 3rd P.Black (23) B Grade 1st J.Hare (23) 2ndR.Bartlett (21) 3rd T.Jacobs (21) C Grade 1st K.Havill (18).High Gun R.Everett (213) A Grade D.Briggs (207) B Grade J.Hare(187) C Grade K.Havill (132).Sweep Winners.25 Continental 1st P.Black (25) P.Borrie (25) 3rd R.Bartlett,K.Morrison, M.Palmer,W.Oldham, S.Anglem, J.Moore, S.Ackland.25pr Double Rise 1st W.Oldham 46/50, 2nd P.Black, R.Everett44/50, 4th W.Ironside,D.Briggs 41/50.50 Single Barrel 1st R.Everett 50/50, 2nd K. Morrison 48/50, 3rdJ.Moore, D.Hutchison, L.Arthur 46/50.100 Skeet 1st R.Everett 98/100, 2nd J.Moore 95/100, 3rd P.Borrie,G.Smith, A.Peter 93/100. ■32 gunshot

2014 ICTSF World DTL TeamsQualifying criteriaThe qualifying period for NewZealand teams for the 2014 WorldDTL to be held at Waikato, will startat the 2012 Hawke's Bay ProvincialChampionships and end at the 2013South Island DTL Championshipswhere the teams will be named. (The2013 Northland Districts held on thesame weekend as the 2013 SI DTLChampionships is NOT a World DTLqualifying event).All Points Score events at Districts,Provincials and Islands within thesetime frames shall be qualifying eventswith the 2013 DTL National PointsScore being a compulsory qualifyingevent (counting as 2 scores), on a firstpast the post system.Shooters must put in at least 5 scoresfrom Districts, Provincials or Islandsplus the 2 compulsory scores fromthe 2013 DTL National Points ScoreChampionships. Shooters may put inTrench HOA Graeme Ede A Grade 1stScott Wilson, 2nd Gavin Searle, 3rd MylesBrowne-Cole. B Grade 1st Russel Foster,2nd Tim Fuller, 3rd John Duff. C Grade1st Craig Pilcher, 2nd Matthew Lovett, 3rdBrittany Pilcher.Ladies: Natalie Rooney. Vets Gavin Searle.as many scores as they wish with thetop 5 scores from Districts, Provincialsand Islands to count.There will be no entry fee for thequalifying.The NZCTA will provide all teammembers a contribution of $300.00each plus provide each team memberwith a NZCTA polo shirt and 2 NZCTAbanners.The NZCTA will pay for team entriesbut team members are responsiblefor their individual entries.The NZCTA intends to field 3 Open, 3Ladies, 3 Junior and 3 Veterans teamsinto the 2014 World Championships.Clubs hosting qualifying events mustsend scores from all competitorsshooting Points Score championshipsto the National Office with shooterscategories (Ladies, Juniors, Veterans)marked. ■ISSF North Zone S.I.Canterbury Clay Target Club, 6-7 October 2012Skeet HOA Paul Wilson. A Grade 1stGeoff Jukes, 2nd Gary Hoffman. CGrade 1st Amy van Bysterveldt, 2ndBarry Washbourne. Juniors: Amy vanBysterveldt.Double Trap. HOA Scott Wilson. A Grade1st Russel Foster, 2nd Murray Palmer. ■new membersLawrie Anderson, Hawke's BayKeri Ann Birch, Rotorua, JuniorRoydon Butcher, Auckland Met, SocialHamish Cameron, Dunedin, SocialConnor Clark, Hutt Valley, JuniorGrant Clark, Hutt Valley, SocialLauchlin Clark, Hutt Valley, JuniorJulian Cook, Hutt Valley, SocialLeon Den Harder, Auckland MetKevin Henderson, AmberleyHamish Hulme-Moir, Waitemata, JuniorJosh Juniper, Hutt Valley, JuniorGreg Lindsay, GreymouthSteve McGee, Hutt Valley, SocialShaun McKean, Hutt Valley, SocialPaul Morris, Hutt Valley, SocialJaydee O’Gorman, Dunedin, JuniorAlastair Scott, Te KuitiSam Sydow, Hutt Valley, SocialMark Whitecliff, Hutt Valley, Social2012NORTHLANDDISTRICTSWHANGAREI, 3-4 NOVEMBERDespite the weather forecasters predictingrain, the first day of the Northland Districtsdawned bright and cloudy. Luckily,that is how it remained for most of thecompetition. The shooters seemed toenjoy themselves and the supporters andworkers did too. There was some verygood shooting.Skeet HOA Mason Reed 25. A Grade 1stGary Vittle 25, 2nd Dave Wordley 25, 3rdJohn Tonkin 24. B Grade 1st Greg Thorp 22,2nd Chris Browne 22, 3rd Bruce Sanderson21. C Grade 1st Danica Radich, 2nd RichardWorker, 3rd Jack Steeneveld.Double Rise HOA Grant Nilsson 19. AGrade 1st Mason Reed 19, 2nd Mike Nola 17,3rd Bruce Sanderson 17. B Grade 1st JohnHendriks 18, 2nd Phil Garland 16, 3rd JackSteeneveld 16. C Grade 1st Wayne Winter,2nd Richard Worker, 3rd Tim Brandon.Minis HOA Grant Nilsson 15. A Grade 1stDave Wordley 15, 2nd Bill Becroft 15, 3rdChris Erceg 14. B Grade 1st John Hendriks 12,2nd Maurice Bourke 11, 3rd Phil Garland 11. CGrade 1st Tim Brandon, 2nd Wayne Winter,3rd Richard Worker.Single Rise HOA Dave Wordley 25. A Grade1st Chris Erceg 25, 2nd Grant Nilsson 25, 3rdBill Becroft 25. B Grade 1st Jack Steeneveld24, 2nd Graeme Cooper 22, 3rd MauriceBourke 22. C Grade 1st Wayne Winter 23,2nd Richard Worker 22, 3rd Ivan Dyer 19.Triples HOA Grant Nilsson 48. A Grade 1stDave Wordley 48, 2nd John Tonkin 48, 3rdChris Erceg 47. B Grade 1st John Hendriks43, 2nd Phil Garland 43, 3rd Maurice Bourke42. C Grade 1st Wayne Winter 38, 2nd TimBrandon 38, 3rd Richard Worker 33.Point Score HOA John Hendriks (whocalled himself a burglar) 75. A Grade 1stChas Mellor 74, 2nd Bruce Sanderson 73, 3rdChris Erceg 72. B Grade 1st Ron Thompson70, 2nd Grahame Powell 68, 3rd MauriceBourke 65. C Grade 1st Wayne Winter 68,2nd Tim Brandon 56, 3rd Ivan Dyer 55.Single Barrel HOA Mike Nola 25. A Grade1st Bill Becroft 25, 2nd Bruce Sanderson 25,3rd Grant Nilsson 23. B Grade 1st GrahamePowell 21, 2nd Graeme Cooper 21, 3rd RonThompson 21. C Grade 1st Raoul Winter 21,2nd Wayne Winter 20, 3rd Tim Brandon 20.High Gun Grant Nilsson 222, A Grade: DaveWordley 221, 1st B Grade: John Hendriks206, 1st C Grade: Wayne Winter 188.34 gunshot

Double Rise, Minis and High Gun Grant NilssonSingle Rise B Grade (L-R) Graeme Cooper 2nd, Jack Steeneveld 1st,Maurice Bourke 3rdPoints Score B Grade (L-R) Maurice Bourke 3rd, Ron Thompson 1stPoints Score HOA John HendriksMinis B Grade (L-R) Maurice Bourke 2nd, John Hendriks 1st PhilGarland 3rdSingle Rise A Grade (L-R) Grant Nilsson 2nd, Chris Erceg 1st, BillBecroft 3rdDouble Rise A Grade (L-R) Bruce Sanderson 3rd, Mason Reed 1st, MikeNola 2ndSingle Barrel C Grade (L-R) Tim Brandon 3rd, Raoul Winter 1st, WayneWinter 2ndgunshot 35

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the magazines can be unbound and guillotined for automatedscanning. Recent donations of quality back issues from Mr.Alistair Cottle will enable an immediate saving of some $8,000by allowing NZ Micrographic services to cut and automate thescanning of those magazines.Remit 5Hutt Valley Gun ClubThat the NZCTA executive considers the inclusion of 28 gauge and.410 bore skeet events as National Championships. Such events tobe stand alone and not form part of the High Gun until after a trialperiod as determined by the NZCTA executive.Explanation:This is a natural evolution of the skeet shooting in NZ. At the2012 Skeet Nationals, similar numbers shot the 20 gauge event (aNational Championship) as shot the 50 target 28 gauge and .410trophy matches. Proper recognition of the sub gauges will enhancetheir status, and should attract more shooters to the event.Remit 6Hutt Valley Gun ClubThat the Executive consider changing Skeet championship shootoffprocedure at National level to doubles off stations 3, 4 and 5.ExplanationAt some stage, it will be accepted that Skeet Doubles is actuallyan integral component of the Skeet discipline. To use doubles asa shoot-off process would allow the discipline to grow by beingable to accept more shooters at an event. Even during daylightsaving time there is only time available to have 5 flights / wavesof shooters shooting at 100 targets. To use the doubles shoot offprocess would immediately permit a sixth flight / wave of shooterswithout having to increase the number of skeet fields available.Doubles of 3, 4 and 5 is a very effective, entertaining and spectatorfriendly method of determining event winners and is used in mostother English speaking countries in one form or another. (CPSAshoot doubles off station 4 only to determine tie breaks after oneround of 25 targets).Remit 7Mataura Clay Target ClubThat the name of the New Zealand Clay Target Association DTLHall of Fame be substituted with the following:“New Zealand Clay Target Association Hall of Fame”Remit 8Mataura Clay Target ClubIf Remit 4 (above) is carried then:That the Executive of the New Zealand Clay Target Associationconsider and adopt reasonable criteria within the next six monthsfor the admission of former and current NZCTA member shootersin all disciplines of clay target shooting to be considered foradmission to the NZCTA Hall of Fame.Remit 9Mataura Clay Target ClubThat the National 20 Gauge Skeet Championship be included inthe National Skeet High Gun Championship at the National SkeetChampionshipsRemit 10North Canterbury Clay Target AssociationThat all NZCTA events (Provincials, Island and Zone) be shotusing the same grades (AA, A, B C) and classifications (Veterans,Super Veterans, Ladies, Juniors) as the equivalent New ZealandChampionship event.Explanation:This will ensure consistency in shoot conditions for allChampionship matches.Remit 11North Canterbury Clay Target AssociationThat the National Council initiate all legal remits passed by asimple majority at any Annual General Meeting or Special GeneralMeeting, as soon as practical after that meeting.Remit 12Wanganui/Rangitikei Clay Target ClubThat AA Grade be introduced at Provincial DTL Championships.Explanation:Provincial Championships are deemed to be a serious part of theDTL calendar so should be regarded as a build up for the Islandand National Championships. Introducing AA grade at this levelwill allow the various grades the opportunity to compete at theirown level of competency. It would reduce the imbalance that ishappening in A grade and more than likely increase the numberof A graders attending who at present feel they have no chanceagainst AA graders. Surely the extra cost of AA grade is minimalto the satisfaction for a large number of our shooters. No doubt inthe future AA grade will be introduced at all levels.Remit 13Waitemata Clay Target ClubThat North South qualifying be on Points Score and Single Barrelheld on the Sunday in Districts and Provincials.Remit 14Waitemata Clay Target ClubThat no Provincial or District Championship should be run on thesame weekend in the same Island.Remit 15Waitemata Clay Target ClubThat there be Disabled categories at major NZCTA Championships(DTL, Skeet, ISSF)Explanation:There is need for this category to be introduced as to attractdisabled shooters to National Championships. We have categoriesthat started with few participants. Now over the years they havegrown. Why? Because the categories were introduced. Around theWorld, disabled categories are growing in strength. We should notbe left behind and push those with disabilities into other sports.Clay target shooting is a sport for all. ■gunshot 41

100th inyear Anniversary shoot ofDouglas Rose Bowlconjunction with the CF and RW Gunn CupOn the 14th of October Patangata Clay Target club hosted the100th anniversary shoot of the Douglas Rose Bowl along with theGunn Cup for skeet. These two trophies are highly sought after inthe Bay with teams from Gisborne to Woodville travelling to shootfor them.The day started off with rain and grey skies, but thankfully littlewind after the storm that passed through the country in thepreceding twenty four hours. The Gunn Cup was contested byseven teams from all the Bay clubs. Patangata and Wairoa weretied on 118/125 after the end of the contest. A short shoot off tookplace with Patangata going clear through station one and Wairoanot able to follow them through to station two after droppinga target. A victory to the Patangata team, with them hoping formore victories to follow throughout the day.Our thanks to John Harkness of Ground Level Garden Constructionfor his generous sponsorship of this event with the winning teamtaking home the $500 on offer and a commemorative tankard aswell.Two trophy matches of 30 triples and 25 single rise were shot forduring the day and once again we would like to thank our sponsorsof these events for putting up some very generous prize moneythat was keenly contested for. Our thanks to Iscar Pacific InnovativeCutting Tools, Black and White Accounting of Napier, and TargetProducts for making these events possible.The Douglas Rose Bowl is a magnificent solid silver trophy that iscontested for by the Bay clubs. It brings all of the province's clubstogether to shoot and a friendly rivalry was evident throughout theday. This had a bit of an edge on it with $2500 being available to thewinning club team, sponsored by local IT company Need a Nerd.This trophy has its origins in the early part of the 20th centuryand it was great to have the granddaughter of one of the originalcup presenters there on the day to present it to the winning team,along with commemorative tankards to honour 100 years of thisevent.You would think that with the calibre of shooters present it wouldbe easy to go out to the traps and shoot 20 targets in two visits often targets, but with the prize money and holding rights on offerthis was not to be.Patangata 1 the defending holders shot first with 49/50 to have theearly lead with Wairoa, Dannevirke and the two HB central teamsalso there on 49/50, and Woodville hot on their heels with a 48/50.Patangata then went out for the second round again shooting49/50, the only other team to hold their nerve was Dannevirke,who also shot 49/50. Into the shoot off and the pressure wasshowing. Patangata dropped three targets in their five targeteach shoot off. Dannevirke held their nerve and dropped only twotargets in their shootoff to take the big prize. Dannevirke were ahappy bunch indeed and it was good to hear them say that theprize money would go back to the club for facility improvements.Once again our thanks to Need a Nerd, our sponsor of this event,for their very generous sponsorship. Also a big thanks to Peter andJane Dunkerley for the donation of two Hams for lunch, MeganTurner for the catering, and, the ladies who helped out in thekitchen, bar and office. Some of the behind the scenes people thathelp our sport along that tend to go unnoticed thank you all, andto club captain Shane Ashforth who pulled this all together for avery successful shoot.Gunn Cup Skeet 1st Patangata: Chris Cassin, Dave Hern, ShaneAshforth, Todd McCormick, Darryl Remnant. 2nd Wairoa: StuBell, Rick Spence, Dave Walker, Malcolm Mitchell, Kelvin Ellison.3rd Hawke's Bay Graeme Allister, Mike Withers, Dave Simeka,Dave McKenzie, Jack Whale30 target triples AA 1st D Hern 2nd V Butcher 3rd J Harkness. A1st D Meehan 2nd J Caldwell 3rd R O’Conner. B 1st S Mason 2ndD Walker 3rd N Barbridge. C 1st S Campbell 2nd J Alexander 3rd CSanders25 Single Rise AA 1st D Smith 2nd J Malcolm 3rd S Bell. A 1st NSchaw 2nd T McCormick 3rd R RussellB 1st N Barbridge 2nd D Remnant 3rd S Kirk. C 1st S Campbell 2ndP Gibson 3rd J DunkerleyDouglas Rose Bowl 1st Dannevirke (Dave Smith, Ian Halliwell,Steve Mason, Ian O’Brian, Mark Johnstone). 2nd Patangata: ToddMcCormick, Dave Hern, Chris Cassin, Shane Ashforth, JohnMalcolm ■Douglas Rosebowl Winners Dannevirke (L-R) Mark Johnston, DavidSmith, Steve Mason, Ian Halliwell, Ian O'BrienGunn Cup winners Patangata42 gunshot

Holden Cup winners Gorge Road Colin Waghorn, Boston Walker, John Waldon, Brad Warnock, Daniel Warnock.Caesar Guerini Waikato 300The Caesar Guerini Waikato 300 2012 dawned with near perfectconditions at the Te Kuiti Cambridge Club for the first day of thecompetition. Brilliant sunshine and still air beckoned shootersto what was to be something special. The flavour of the 300 thisyear welcomed two squads from the South Island, one being themarauding Gorge Road team. Visitors were from North Auckland,Hawke's Bay, Bay of Plenty and Central North Island, 89 shootersin total. 15 squads made for a full programme.The first day saw 11 shooters score the perfect 150 and a spectacularteam performance by Gorge Road shooting the perfect 750/750for day one. The 150 shoot off went 68 targets with first timecompetitor Ian Marshall ofWhitianga triumphing overColin Waghorn.A spectacular lunch wasenjoyed by all followed by abbq at the prize giving. Prizegiving saw an impressivearray of prizes which wasachieved by the generosity ofsponsors along withclub input from entries. At the conclusion all knew that day twowould bring a huge challenge and shooters guessed it would behard work ahead.Sunday saw a 9am start with only Les Clarke and his team of boysstill in bed. The weather again was fine with some cloud cover. ThePutaruru club was in magnificent condition and again the targetpresentation was great. The day flowed perfectly including thefamous Putaruru Hangi. By day's end we had 7 possibles from the89 shooters. Two shooters were sitting on 300/300, Natalie Curtisand Brad Warnock. A superb effort from both and only the secondtime two 300/300 have been shot. The 300/300 shoot off sawNatalie Curtis and Brad Warnock do battle with Brad prevailingand taking the Caesar Guerini Waikato 300 HOA for 2012. Theteam shoot saw Gorge Road 1st on 1493/1500 followed by FordForce on 1487/1500 and 3rd Te Kuiti on 1478/1500. Seven teamscompeted with a prize pool of $1700.We must acknowledge the sponsors, for without them this evenwould not exist; Rick Stephens and Rick’s Outfitters with CaesarGuerini. The Caesar Guerini shoot off saw 12 shooters drawn acrossthe grades, shooting off meterages of 14,16,18 and 20 metres for the$3000 Caesar Guerini semi automatic shotgun. After 10 targetsTe Kuiti 150 HOAIan MarshallCaesar Guerini winner Graeme Williams and Rick Stephensgunshot 43

TRAPSHOOTINGIN THE WINDBy Phil RossMy home throughout almost my entirelife has been Southern California's InlandEmpire bordering the Mojave Desert, andmy home field has been Redlands ShootingPark. Because of that I have been exposed toa significantly above-average degree of dryand windy conditions during my shootingcareer. Arid areas in Southern California,particularly those abutting mountains arevery prone to afternoon winds. Sometimesthis arid destination receives winds for theentire day, winds strong enough to blowover semi-trucks and trailers driven atspeed.Earlier in my career I travelledthroughout the United States and wasfortunate to experience shooting underwindy, yet "different" conditions due toextreme cold or extreme humidity. Wehave two different natural parametersto consider when talking about windyconditions, temperature and air density.And I have yet to address how moving aircan affect the flight of the target. Natureprovides us with more than one parameterto consider and from which to learn if wewant to shoot well in the wind.The first aspect a shooter shouldconsider when shooting in the wind is notonly to observe that it is windy but also tounderstand the direction of the wind. It ishelpful to pay attention to the direction ofthe wind which can sometimes be subtle.Stand at the fence and observe exactly whatthe wind is doing on the field. You must beaware if the wind is a headwind, a tailwind,a left-to-right wind or a right-to-left wind.The very toughest wind to work with isknown as a "swirl" or a re-directional windwhere one faces for example a headwind,a tail wind, left-to-right or right-to-leftwind all within the same hour or less. It isimportant to understand such a situationcan happen while you are shooting an eventof 100 targets. Sometimes a redirectionalwind can manifest itself while the shooteris on a single post!There are also differences in approachesand challenges when you shoot in coldwinds versus heated winds. Desert winds--generally heated--do not present the samequality of harshness found in cold winds.The likelihood of becoming physicallyuncomfortable in cold winds and one'slikelihood of experiencing temperatureinducedfatigue is higher in cold than inheat. Cold winds in contrast to heatedwinds, can bring more of a "jumpy" qualityto the target during the initial time of thetarget's flight. I also believe cold weather ismore likely to impinge upon the shooter'sability to react fluidly and quickly, dueto encumbrances from cold-weatherclothing.I suggest cold is a much tougherenvironment under which to score thanhot weather, even without winds. Targetsin a cold weather situation are usuallymore challenging than targets in warmweather due to the shooter's physicalityand, I suspect, the target being influencedby denser air. In very cold situations,if a shooter feels uncomfortably coldhe/she can feel lethargic. All-seasonmotorcyclists are particularly familiar withthis phenomenon. Appropriate clothingis important in all outdoor activities forcomfort and safety.WIND DIRECTION:It is imperative that the direction of thewind be in the forefront of your awarenessin windy conditions. Let us first considerthe headwind.A head wind will act upon the target tomake it elevate higher than it would undercalm conditions. A headwind changesyour hold over the trap house. Rhythmand timing remain the same, but the gunmust be held higher on the trap house. Youare not drifting from best trapshootingpractice, but you are trying to breakthe target with the least amount of gunmovement. If you find yourself shooting ina headwind and holding a medium or lowgun, your travel to the target will be muchgreater than necessary.In a tailwind, the shooter must bringthe gun down to the house. Tailwindsimpact targets by forcing them downward.Once again the shooter is attempting tobreak the target with the least amount ofmovement. A shooter's tendency to use a"normal" hold above the house would verylikely induce too fast a move towards thetarget, a target that is very difficult to catchand the potential for shooting above thetarget is greatly increased.A left-to-right wind on Post Onepresents the shooter with a hard-left targetthat will go higher. When the shootermoves to Post Five, the hard right becomesa lower and far more diverse driving right.The hard right-hand target from Post Fivetakes more of an acute angle and oftenpresents a diving trajectory. In contrastto this increase in sharpness on Post Five,the acute left-angle target on Post Onewill have its acuteness diminished but willpresent problems by flying higher in a leftto-rightwind.A wind blowing from right-to-left willpresent a mirror of the target reactionspresented by the left-to-right wind. Theacute-left target on Post One will tend tobe driven at a more acute angle, and itsprojectory will often be diving. On Post Fivea wind blowing from right-to-left will causethe hard-right target to climb and not seekangles as acute as under calm conditions.One must be aware of these changes asthey are predictable during crosswinds. Youmust be aware of the direction and degreeof the wind velocity at all times while onthe line. Gun hold on the house fromPosts One through Five are determinedby the wind and by the "static" setting ofthe mechanical trap. If we observe andlogically surmise targets from a particularpost will be higher than usual (e.g. a leftangle in a left-to-right crosswind will flyhigher than usual), the gun hold must beadjusted accordingly. If we observe that aright-to-left wind pushes targets in a righttrajectory downward and in a more drivingand acute trajectory we must bring thehold down on the house. Observations andexperience are paramount in learning toaddress wind driven targets.LOCATION:We are also well served to address otheraspects that are very closely related toshooting in the wind: terrain and relativehumidity. There might be a gully, bump orundulation below the target rather than arelatively flat field of consistent topographyand temperature.I do not enjoy shooting on a trap fieldthat has a water feature in proximity to thestand. A water feature will often introducecolder and denser air than the atmosphereof the rest of the range. The denser airwill often cause a target to "hop" due toa sudden "shot" of added lift and then togunshot 45

slow and lose altitude a bit more quicklythan expected due to a decrease in speedcaused by air resistance.Paying attention to terrain and weatheris paramount. Always look for the"predictable yet unfamiliar" characteristicsin a target's flight. The topography belowthe target will often cause unfamiliar targethabits. "Heavier" or humid air will not allowa target to mobilise itself with erraticmovements in the wind as easily as in dryair. I have observed that heavier air tendsto dampen erratic target movements toan observable degree. I have also observedtargets can quickly become almostimpossible to hit due to immediate almostupon-launchwind effects that occur mostoften when the air is dry.LOOK TWICE:I believe there needs to be a little or nochange in one's rhythm and timing whenshooting in the wind. But I emphaticallybelieve one must develop skills to allowwhat I call a "second look" when shootingin the wind. This merely means you mustknow you are best served by looking at theflying target a bit longer than you wouldunder quiet wind conditions.The necessary skills are developedstarting with a quiet eye and disciplinedpreparation before calling for the target.Taking a second look can be illustrated witha headwind, where one may want to snapshoota target as opposed to your typicalmanner under normal conditions. Undernon-windy conditions, you first take alook at the target, subconsciously make aninitial move to the target and consciouslymove to the target and slap the triggerunder the guidelines of your most commonconditioned timing. In windy conditionsyou may have looked at the target in yourtypical fashion, but the target may havemoved another yard or two and made anunexpected move, sometimes a jump oreven two jumps. If you do not take a goodsecond look at the target prior to shootingyou take away your timing and triggercontrol and are likely to "stab" at the targetor shoot too reactively for that unusualwind condition.I wrote an article for Shotgun Sportsregarding trigger control (July 2011). Readthat article to see how you can stay withinyour normal ranges of trigger control evenin the wind. Shooting in the wind shouldnot jeopardise your timing. It merelyinvolves taking a second look. After all,that second look is really no more thana really good, slightly longer look at thetarget flight than on a calm day. On a calmday that target will fly at the same altitudeand angle and with the same movementalmost every time, but when you get intowind movement things will not be sopredictable.Winds do not affect target movementall that much until you face conditionsof 20 to 25 m.p.h. When you start dealingwith 30 m.p.h. and higher winds you willhave even more target hop. When targetshop, that target presentation demands asecond look to understand and recognisethe movement, particularly as we age andour reactions slow or if you cannot shootas much as you would to remain sharp andmaintain timing.Success in wind shooting relates to theeloquence of the timing of how the shooterlooks at the target. In other words, learninghow to take a second look is a fundamentalof successful windy day shooting.PRACTICE:Wind shooting can be more difficult ifyou do not shoot very often in the wind.Most people shoot under conditions thatusually present winds of 5-15 m.p.h. Thatwind speed will provide little or no changein the trajectory of the target. When windvelocities reach about 25 m.p.h. the targetflight will begin to reflect changes intrajectories in both direction and velocity.Targets thrown in winds above 45 m.p.h.present a situation that is not takenseriously by many shooters because theyvery rarely find themselves shooting undersuch conditions. In my local experiences inSouthern California these conditions occurmore regularly.Palmdale's Fin and Feather Club forexample presents wind conditions that areoften above 25 m.p.h. In late fall throughto early spring, Palmdale can presentthe added challenge of shooting in coldwinds. Even the areas can deliver coldweather during approximately half the year.California's Mojave Desert has producedsome fine trapshooters like perennial All-American, ATA Hall of Fame member andCalifornia State Hall of Fame memberJimmy Heller. Jimmy is a fine "windshooter". He grew up in the high desertnear Palmdale and honed a good deal ofhis considerable shot gunning skills on therange. I attended a Winter Chain Shoot atPalmdale in the early spring of 2010 thatwas not a large shoot (likely due to thecold and windy conditions) at which Jimmywon the Handicap trophy buckle from the27 yard line with a score of "only" 89. Theconditions were horrendous. Jimmy's scorewas approximately nine targets higher thansecond place.A colleague of mine asked Jimmyabout his technique when shooting in thewind. Jimmy very eloquently stated thatwhen trapshooting in the wind, he takesa little longer to isolate the target in hismind's eye. In other words he looks at alarger area around the target before hetakes total visual focus upon the target.I feel that this is Jimmy's way of tellingyou how he takes a second look. Jimmyis consciously aware of the potential fora target to move from a consistent andpredictable flight path in windy conditions.To guard against losing a visual "lock" (weare looking at unpredictable movement,after all), Jimmy visually takes in a largerpart of the zone around the target. Thistechnique is disciplined, conditioned,pre-visualised and practised over manytargets and certainly over more than oneseason of shooting! It is not mastered oreven adequately absorbed in one weekendof shooting under windy conditions.The technique of taking a second look isone that can be stated in more than onemanner, but it should be investigated andpractised by any shooter who wants to dowell under windy condition whether inor outside the competitive environment.Challenging conditions can make you abetter shooter. If you have gone out andchallenged yourself and determined whichvenues have significant differences fromcalmer venues you will be be increasingyour shooting prowess. Santa Maria,California's trap range has a fog conditiondue to its close proximity to the PacificOcean (approximately five miles to thewest of that range), and the wind will oftenarrive and blow the fog back to the oceanand create its own particular havoc. I haveseen winds at Santa Maria anywhere from20 to 40 m.p.h. depending upon the timeof the year and larger weather patternsimpacting California's Central Coast.Almost every trap range you visit will havea significant manner in which the wind willblow and how targets will be affected. Myhome club Redlands Shooting Park hasmany windy days where the winds comeout of the San Bernardino Mountains tothe north and produce left-to-right winds.This creates some unusually "odd" targetmovement not typically seen at that club.We have also had has some cold windy daysduring competition when it was between35-45 degrees with winds up to 35-40m.p.h. These conditions are unusual forRedlands, but they can happen. Be aware!Think of winds impinging upon the rangeas a factor giving that range its own unique"signature". Learn to pay attention to thesituation/s as they arise and learn yourvenues regarding how the wind brings aContinued on page 5646 gunshot

eferees’cornerBy Blue FreemanCongratulations to all who were involved inrunning both the two day 400 target NSSANZ skeet championships at Thames andthe 2012 Skeet Nationals at Waikato. Both ofthese events went off really well with greatsupport from both ends of both islands,and also the core group of Australian skeetshooters. While the weather was a greatleveler at Thames, the horizontal rain hadcleared by Monday and the entire week atWaikato was rain free, and wind free for mostof the week too. Fantastic conditions really,and good scores generated at both events.A special thank you to all the official refereeswho ran the shoot-offs and the team matchesat the Skeet Nationals. While a few seemedto be doing more than their share, a good halfof the referees in attendance were competingin the shoot-offs and team matches orperforming other official functions. To thosewho had the lion’s share of the work, we allthank you very much.Referees' appointmentsThere was one new referee appointmentlast month; Roger Bidois from Taumarunui.Welcome aboard Roger.Safety Related Rules: Footwear.With more and more NZCTA membersgoing to the USA shoot, there are questionsbeing asked about the footwear safety rule.NZCTA rules demand that nobody is to shootin Jandals, thongs (flip flops) or bare feet.Anyone who has been to the World skeetshoot will know that flip flops are a commonform of footwear for the USA shooters, sowhy does the NZCTA have the rule?Well, the reason is certainly nothing to dowith shot protection. A very graphic emailwhich circulated a couple of years agoshowed what happens when you close thegun while the muzzle is resting on your footand the trigger is pulled. Ouch.The reason for our rule (Rule 4-02 o) isprimarily to do with trip hazard, and theway that we permit shooters to move fromstation to station in DTL with shells in theirguns. While that is not the case with skeet,most of the NZCTA safety rules are commonbetween DTL and Skeet, given that the vastmajority of our shooters shoot more thanone discipline. Should a club feel that otherforms of footwear are dangerous, the clubcan specifically prohibit them on their owngrounds. I know some clubs would like to ban“Crocs” as being fashion hazards, but theyare not safety hazards.There is also the matter of decorum, andthe likes of sleeveless singlets, bare feet orflip flops don’t present the correct imagethat the sport needs to obtain and maintainpublic support. (Rule 4-12 a & b coversthis without specifics). This factor is moreimportant than many people realise, but Idon’t believe that the NZCTA would evermandate the minimum length of a man’sshorts, or minimum sleeve length of a shirtas the English CPSA does. (No more than15cm above the knee and 10cm from thearm pit seam respectively for those who areinterested!)AGM RemitsThere has been much recent correspondenceto the council regarding last year’s AGMremits and the fact that a number of thoseremits have not resulted in rule changes.Now is probably a good time to explain whata remit is.Remit. Refer (a matter for decision) to anauthority.A remit is a request from a body (themembership) for a committee (theexecutive) to make a decision on an issue.The voting which is carried out by clubs atthe AGM decides whether or not the issuewill appear on the executive's agenda or not.At the same time it gives the executive anidea of the level of support for the initiative.Thus, if a remit is accepted by a majority vote,that majority assures the membership thatthe executive will investigate and determinethe issue. The vote has no bearing on theoutcome of the issue.There are many factors which may changebetween the time the remit is drafted andthe AGM vote. There is also the requirementof the executive to ensure that the majorityof shooters are considered in any changes,and the simple fact that the clubs vote onthe remits without any benefit of opendiscussion or explanations. Remits are simplythe membership tasking the executive toinvestigate and decide on an issue. Theexecutive does consider all remits – even theones which are lost at the AGM.Skeet Voice Release SystemsThose who attended the Skeet Nationals willbe aware that there is still some work to bedone on the voice release systems to ensureconsistent and reliable target release from allstations.The Waikato club had tested and retestedthe systems in fair and foul weather andwas convinced that all was well. I know thatboth Dean Everett and David Muggeridgewere gutted by the failures which occurredafter the successful testing which had beenperformed. Your executive will be makingrepresentation to the manufacturer toidentify and eliminate the cause of theinconsistencies.More referees needed for the 2014 DTLWorldsWe are still short of referees from theWaikato region; anyone willing to helpthe sport from that area should liaise witheither Jim Dobson (Bay of Plenty) or RonThompson (Waitemata) to undergo the test.We are specifically looking for DTL refereesfor the Worlds in 15 months time. Again, ifyou want to help at the Worlds, we have anumber of vacancies for referees, and wouldbe quite happy to have three or four validatedreferees for each field.Thanks again folks: Please check your gunsand your scores, and stay safe over the festiveseason.Blue ■FACTS+ Google is actually the commonname for a number with a millionzeros ..+ It takes glass one million yearsto decompose, which meansit never wears out and can berecycled an infinite amount oftimes!+ Gold is the only metal thatdoesn't rust, even if it's buriedin the ground for thousands ofyears.gunshot 47

ReloadersSupplies -150 Single RiseTrophy MatchWaikato Clay TargetClub 28.10.12Shooters from Auckland, Huntly, Tauranga,Rotorua, Taumarunui and some hopefullocals arrived to compete for the generousarray of prizes provided by Reloaders forthe event. After the recent variable weathera calm, fine day was provided for the field,so no excuses for inconsistent scores.HOA Jon Beddis 148/150 no shoot offrequired.A Grade Gary Discombe 1st, Steve Grady2nd, Rob Anderson 3rd. B grade MikeTarbitt 1st Gareth Roberts 2nd ColinPritchard 3rd. C grade Marc Fisk 1st, TrevorRouse 2nd, Simon McCarthy 3rd.Special thanks to Scott Stonex andReloaders Supplies for their continuedappreciated support. ■GOOD VISION IN ADOWNPOURHow to achieve good vision while driving during a heavy downpour. We arenot sure why it is so effective; just try this method when it rains heavily. Thismethod was told by a Police friend who had experienced and confirmed it. Itis useful...even driving at night.Most of the motorists would turn on HIGH or FASTEST SPEED of the wipersduring heavy downpour, yet the visibility in front of the windshield is stillbad.......In the event you face such a situation, just put on your SUNGLASSES (anymodel will do), and miracles! All of a sudden, your visibility in front of yourwindshield is perfectly clear, as if there is no rain.Make sure you always have a pair of SUNGLASSES in your car. You are notonly helping yourself to drive safely with good vision, but also might saveyour friend's life by giving him this idea.. Try it yourself and share it with yourfriends!!!!Amazingly, you still see the drops on the windshield, but not the sheet of rainfalling. You can see where the rain bounces off the road. It works to eliminatethe "blindness" from passing cars. Or the "kickup" if you are following a carin the rain. They ought to teach this little tip in driver's training. It really doeswork. This is a good warning. I wonder how many people knew about this???Another good tip: A 36 year old female had an accident several weeks ago. Itwas raining, though not excessively when her car suddenly began to hydroplaneand literally flew through the air. She was not seriously injured but verystunned at the sudden occurrence! When she explained to the Police Officerwhat had happened, he told her something that every driver should know -NEVER DRIVE IN THE RAIN WITH YOUR CRUISE CONTROL ON. Shethought she was being cautious by setting the cruise control and maintaininga safe consistent speed in the rain...But the Police Officer told her that if the cruise control is on, your car willbegin to hydro-plane when the tyres lose contact with the road, and your carwill accelerate to a higher rate of speed making you take off like an aeroplane.She told the Officer that was exactly what had occurred. The Officer said thiswarning should be listed, on the driver's seat sun-visor - NEVER USE THECRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE ROAD IS WET OR ICY, along with the airbagwarning. We tell our teenagers to set the cruise control and drive a safe speed- but we don't tell them to use the cruise control only when the road is dry.The only person the accident victim found who knew this, (besides theOfficer), was a man who'd had a similar accident, totalled his car and sustainedsevere injuries.NOTE: Some vehicles (like the Toyota Sienna Limited XLE) will not allow youto set the cruise control when the windshield wipers are on.Even if you send this to 15 people and only one of them doesn't know about it,it's still worth it. You may have saved a life.Jon Beddis HOAgunshot 49

South IslandSouth Zone Sporting ChampionshipBy Ron MaddenThe South Island Sporting Clay Shooters had the pleasurable taskof hosting the South Zone South Island Sporting shoot. This wasour second Association shoot within a month, and after putting onan extremely tough shoot at Timaru we were ‘on notice’ to producea more shooter friendly event. The shoot was set up at Phil Brown’sEnfield property in North Otago, and first up was Saturday’s cashtrophy day. Fine weather and 7, 3 trap stands set in gently rollingcropping country greeted shooters. We would shoot 50 on the trotand then have a good break for lunch, and with the luxury of new gearand not one breakdown it ran like clockwork. It is again many thanksand our gratitude to Graeme Brown, his boys and Company TargetProducts for their support of our Club. We set all sorts of targets;downhill rabbits finishing at your feet, overhead simo pairs, quitea few very missable close targets, and some good distance crossersand a loooong battue. Peter Drake brought traps all the way up fromSouthland and along with Phil Brown and his new Promatic traps setup two stands for the competition. It is good to see others getting intotarget setting, enjoying more than just pulling the trigger and trying tobeat the shooters with cunning and guile, failing that just good targets.This shoot saw some locals from up the Haka, Dunback and Waimateareas come and shoot a bit of sporting which was indeed pleasing forthe sport's future. Hopefully we may be luring a few over to the darkside! Another very pleasing aspect was three Juniors turning up tocompete both days, a shame that we don’t have as many lady shooterscompeting.It was slightly disappointing that being only an hour from Dunedin,we didn’t see more of those old, die hard Sporto’s from Otago andSouthland join the fun.Huge public thanks must go to Phil and Julie Brown who gave usfull run of their farm and facilities, not to mention feeding theworkers morning tea and lunch on Thursday and Friday. Very muchappreciated indeed. Thanks also Phil for the rounds of skeet andreverse skeet doubles, engineered by Mark Vessey, which made agreat Friday afternoon interlude after setting up was complete. Mark, atruly international shooting champion, was more than ready to muckin, make suggestions and generally help where needed. He was alsooverheard helping more than a few shooters with small tips to improvetheir scores. To the local school children fund raising for an overseastrip, excellent burgers, cakes and muffins were more than we needed.And to the local Enfield publican who arrived on Saturday afternoonwith more than enough beer to feed a battalion, as Phil Brown andPeter Drake will attest!Sunday was the South Zone shoot, so Saturday afternoon saw dramaticchanges of stands and a few trap adjustments to give shooters a totallydifferent set of targets for the day. It was slightly tougher, befitting theshoot status, but again only positive comments from shooters, whichwas gratifying indeed. It’s quite interesting to see how many totallydifferent targets you can get from moving a stand from the bottomof a hill to the top, or 20 metres left or right which we did, having achange after each 50, giving shooters four totally different sets oftargets during the weekend. It was great to see everyone, includingvisitors, chip in and we were totally cleaned up, traps on trailers, allrubbish in the dump by 4 pm, and all that was left was the pick upswhich we were paying the fund raising school children to do.Mark Vessey showed his true ability and class taking out both days, butwas pushed by our own S.I.S.C.S. Committee man Brent Quinn whopushed Mark the whole way on Sunday.HOA: Mark Vessey 93/100. AA grade Brent Quinn 91/100, DonaldTaylor 56/100. A grade Steve Gill 77/100, Paul Hedwig 74/100, GregManiatis 74/100. B grade David Mack 78/100, Peter Drake 71/100, NeilWinsloe 69/100. C grade David Reid 62/100, Harry Denton 60/100,Jonathon Harwood 57/100. Juniors Joshua Harwood 62/100, HarryDenton 60/100, Alex Dodson 50/100. Vets David Mack 78/100, SteveGill 77/100, Paul Hedwig 74/100, S. Vets Trevor Appleby 69/100, IanSwale 68/100, Don Taylor 56/100. ■Thames Valley DistrictsTHAMES CLAY TARGET CLUB 20th & 21st October 2012Saturday 21stDespite an initial forecast of windy weather with showers, Saturdayturned out fine with generally light breezes. Once again the groundswere in excellent order thanks to the work of the committeemembers who show a real pride in the appearance of the clubgrounds. The Saturday had a total of 69 shooters register for the startof competition.The first event of the day was the skeet with eight possibles includingB grade shooter Ron Anderson, along with A graders Jimmy Dobson,Gary Vittle, Bruce Sanderson, Dean Everett, Merv Pratt, DaleConstantine and Graham Geater. The shoot off went for nearly tworounds with Dean Everett prevailing after 38 targets over Gary Vittleand Graham Geater. Rob Anderson shot well, missing his 37th targetand taking out the B grade. Thames Club life member Bob Prescotttook second place in B grade after a shoot off with Ian Hovenden. CGrade was won by Anja van de Wetering on 22.Event 2 was the minis with only 3 possibles shot by Paul Currie,50 gunshotGraham Geater and David Wordley. There were a further 9 shooters inA grade on 1 down. David Wordley won the shoot off from Paul, withGraham taking second A grade. Third place saw a closely fought shootoff with Jackson Corbett taking this out. In B grade the winning scorewas a 13 by Mike Tarbitt with Craig Pennell second and Eric Madgewickthird. 13 was also the winning C grade score shot by Lionel Hemmingwith Wayne Winter 2nd and William Adams 3rd.The Double Rise was next with seven scores of 19 registered in A gradeby Mason Reed, Deano Horn, Paul Currie, Grant Castles, Ian Marshall,Paul Basten and Chris Cassin. An exciting shoot off eventually sawDeano Horn come out the winner with Chris Cassin 1st in A grade.Both B & C grade were won outright by Alan Beaver (B) on 17 andLionel Hemming (C) with a 16.The last event on Saturday was the Single Rise. From a total of 58shooters there was 23 possibles, with two of those from B grade. Cgrade was won outright by Kent Nicholl with a 24, while Wayne Winterand Lionel Hemming both shot a 23. From the B grade both Brucecontinued on page 53

South Island South Zone Sporting photographyJuniors (L-R) Harry Denton, Joshua Harwood, Alex DodsonC grade (L-R) Harry Denton, David Reid, Jonathon HarwoodHOA Mark VesseyVeterans (L-R) Paul Hedwig, Steve GillAA Grade (L-R) Brent Quinn, Donald Taylorgunshot 51

Thames Valley Districts (continued)High Guns (L-R) Colin Pritchard B Grade, Paul Currie A Grade, Mason Reed High Gun, WayneWinter C gradeSkeet HOA Dean EverettMinis HOA David WordleyTriples HOA Shane AshforthSingle Rise HOA Paul Currie52 gunshot

Parkin and Colin Pritchard joined the A graders for the HOA shootoff. By the end of the day and after shooting 250 targets in the shootoff there were still 3 shooters left (Ian Marshall, Paul Currie and Martinvan de Wetering) in contention when the shoot off was called off. Inhindsight it may have been better to shoot a little longer in the morefavourable wind conditions. The B grade had been sorted out withColin Pritchard taking this from Bruce Parkin and Allan Beaver in 3rd.Sunday 22ndUnfortunately the weather conditions on the Sunday were far lessthan ideal with blustery winds present from the start of the day andshowers forecast to arrive. The single Rise shoot off continued oncethe shooters had arrived. Unfortunately the day did not start well forIan, missing a low target early on, leaving Martin and Paul to continuethe competition for the HOA. After 40 targets it was all over whenMartin missed, leaving Paul Currie the victor. Any shoot off goingover 300 targets is always a great achievement, but given the windyconditions, this was a hard fought and excellent shoot off.The Triples event was underway by the time the Single Rise finishedwith 57 entries. While there were no possible scores (hardly surprisingin the wind), there were four scores of 49 shot by Jimmy Dobson, LaurieCoppins, Shane Ashforth and David Wordley. The eventual shoot offwas won by Shane Ashforth with David 1st A, Jimmy 2nd and Laurie3rd. The B grade was won by Lloyd Agnew from Mitchell Petersen andRaoul Winter. In C grade, local college shooter Brandon Kelly tookthe medal with a 42 outright from Colin Petersen and Wayne Winter.The Points score was a real challenge with not only the wind, but alsosome rain arriving. Despite this, Rob Anderson and Chris Cassinmanaged to shoot a possible score and there were a further fourshooters just one point down. B grade saw Colin Pritchard and RogerSwney both shoot a 70, while C grade was won by Wayne Winter witha score of 70 as well. The shoot off saw Chris Cassin take the title,giving the Hawke's Bay visitors two wins for the day. Rob Andersonwas 1st A Grade with Mark Walsh 2nd and Mason Reed 3rd.The final event of Single Barrel had three possibles in A grade byMartin van de Wetering, Paul Anderson and Rob Anderson (norelation). After shooting well over the weekend Rob was not to bedenied with Martin taking 1st A and Paul 2nd. B grade was won byMitchell Petersen from Lloyd Agnew and Craig Pennell. In C gradethere was a shoot off with two on 20, won by Wayne Winter over ColinPetersen.The High Gun for the weekend was won by Mason Reed with anexcellent score of 227/235. Paul Currie took out the A grade and ColinPritchard the B, while Wayne Winter was C grade High Gun. TheLadies was won by Anja van de Wetering, Juniors by Mason Reed, Vetsby Graham Geater and Super Vets was John Currie.I would like to express my sincere thanks to our club committeemembers who worked so hard to make this an excellent weekend ofcompetition.ResultsSkeet HOA Dean Everett, Waikato 25. A Grade 1st Gary Vittle,Waitemata 25, 2nd Graham Geater, Rotorua 25, 3rd Bruce Sanderson,Kaikohe 25. B Grade 1st Rob Anderson, Auckland Met 25, 2nd BobPrescott, Thames 24, 3rd Ian Hovenden, Waitemata 24. C Grade 1stAnja van de Wetering, Thames 22, 2nd Richard Worker 21, 3rd GrantWallace, Waikato 21.Minis HOA David Wordley, Putaruru 15. A Grade 1st Paul Currie, Waihi15, 2nd Graham Geater, Rotorua 15, 3rd Jackson Corbett, Waikato 14. BGrade 1st Mike Tarbitt, Auckland Met 13, 2nd Craig Pennell, Te Aroha12, 3rd Eric Madgewick, Waihi 12. C Grade 1st Lionel Hemming 13, 2ndWayne Winter, Waitemata 12, 3rd William Adams, Thames 11.D/Rise HOA Deano Horn, Whitianga 19. A Grade 1st Chris Cassin,Patangata 19, 2nd Grant Castles, Bay of Plenty 19, 3rd Mason Reed,Whangarei 19. B Grade 1st Allan Beaver, Bay of Plenty 17, 2nd CraigPennell, TeAroha 16, 3rd Mike Tarbitt, Auckland Met 15. C Grade1st Lionel Hemming 16, 2nd Wayne Winter, Waitemata 15, 3rd KentNicholl 14.Single Rise HOA Paul Currie, Waihi 25. A Grade 1st Martin van deWetering, Thames 25, 2nd Ian Marshall, Whitianga 25, 3rd Mark Walsh,Bay of Plenty 25. B Grade 1st Colin Pritchard, BOP 25, 2nd Bruce Parkin,BOP 25, 3rd Allan Beaver, BOP 23. C Grade 1st Kent Nicholl 24, 2ndLionel Hemming 23, 3rd Wayne Winter 23.Triples HOA Shane Ashforth, Patangata 49. A Grade 1st DavidWordley, Putaruru 49, 2nd Jimmy Dobson, BOP 49, 3rd LaurieCoppins, Waitemata 49. B Grade 1st Lloyd Agnew 46, 2nd MitchellPetersen, Rotorua 45, 3rd Raoul Winter, Waitemata 41. C Grade 1stBrandon Kelly, Thames 42, 2nd Colin Petersen, Rotorua 41, 3rd WayneWinter, Waitemata 41.Points Score HOA Chris Cassin, Patangata 75. A Grade 1st RobAnderson, Auckland Met 75, 2nd Mark Walsh, BOP 74, 3rd MasonReed, Whangarei 74. B Grade 1st Colin Pritchard, BOP 70, 2nd RogerSwney, Te Aroha 70, 3rd Zoe Groot, Auckland Met 69. C Grade 1stWayne Winter 70, 2nd William Adams, Thames 66, 3rd RichardWorker 64.Single Barrel HOA Rob Anderson, Auckland Met 25. A Grade 1stMartin van de Wetering, Thames 25, 2nd Paul Anderson, Whitianga25, 3rd Laurie Coppins, Waitemata 24. B Grade 1st Mitchell Petersen,Rotorua 23, 2nd Lloyd Agnew 22, 3rd Craig Pennell, Te Aroha 20. CGrade 1st Wayne Winter 20, 2nd Colin Petersen, Rotorua 20, 3rd KentNicholl, 19.High Gun Mason Reed, Whangarei 227. A grade Paul Currie, Waihi 224.B grade Colin Pritchard, BOP 197. C Grade Wayne Winter, Waitemata199. Ladies Anja van de Wetering, Thames 204. Juniors Mason Reed227. Veterans Graham Geater, Rotorua 218. Super Veterans JohnCurrie, Waihi 195. ■Single Barrel HOA Rob Anderson Points Score HOA Chris Cassin Double Rise HOA Deano Horngunshot 53

SOUTH ISLAND COMPAK CHAMPIONSHIPGERALDINE GUN CLUB20th October 2012 – Geraldine Gun Club Trophy ShootSaturday morning dawned fine and frosty but quickly warmed toa pleasant morning as the final target trajectories were adjustedand set. Four Compak parcours had been set, two on the clubgrounds and two over the road in the forestry plantation of ourobliging neighbour, Mr Bryce Pierce, to whom we extend ourthanks. A challenging range of targets were set, most notably onFiocchi Field set inside the pine trees. These targets were closeand short, while still providing all the compulsory trajectories overthe Compak rectangle. The upland game shooters managed thetargets fine, but those with maimai’s on lakes had a bit of troublewith the close quartered nature of the field.Falcon Field and AgRural Field received much favourable commenton the technical nature and challenge of the targets presented onthese.A somewhat disappointing turnout of 25 shooters contested forthe impressive range of trophies kindly organised by the Sheedfamily of our local Geraldine Supervalue supermarket, whodonated a range of wines, beers, beverages and glassware fromthemselves and their suppliers. Thanks greatly to Garry and family.The winners were –HOA: Ian Holmes 89, 1st A Grade: Greg Maniatis 87, 2nd A Grade:Sam Gawn 83, 3rd A Grade: Phil Brown 79, 1st B Grade: MarkTempleton 80, 2nd B Grade: David Mack 77, 3rd B Grade: Neil Kerr71, 1st C Grade: Harry Denton 73, 2nd C Grade: Geoff Smith 73, 3rdC Grade: Andrew Macdonald 62, Veterans: Mark Templeton 80,Juniors: Harry Denton 73, Ladies: Chloe Tipple 71.21st October 2012 – South Island Compak SportingChampionshipFollowing the Trophy shoot, shooting stands were moved somedistance sideways and the 24 traps were adjusted to suit the newrectangles – so the SI Compak Championships were shot over fourquite different parcours with a significant step up in difficulty. 42shooters registered for the championship, and all shooters fromthe Trophy shoot were ruled off and re-graded as required. Somehaste was needed as a nasty southerly change was predictedfor the afternoon. When it arrived it played havoc with the lastsquads shooting the two fields on the club ground. Some say thetargets were brought closer, and others say the wind affectedthem unpredictably – depends on who was doing the shooting Isuppose. With four fields and only seven squads smooth runningthrough was always going to be difficult as the need for refereesand markers for the shooting squad inevitably meant that squadscould not move onto the next field as soon as we would have liked.In the end shooting was finished by 3:45 and the only shoot-off (3rdB grade) was resolved by coin toss. While challenging, I receivedonly compliments on the quality of the target presentations andwe are pleased that we were able to offer something quite a bitdifferent from most Compak shoots.Congratulations to all the winners, who were –South Island Compak Champion: Greg Maniatis 82, 1st AA Grade:Sam Gawn 81, 2nd AA Grade: Les Hoffman 78, 3rd AA Grade:Greg Middleton 75, 1st A Grade: Ian Holmes 77, 2nd A Grade: BlairMasters 75, 3rd A Grade: Chloe Tipple 74, 1st B Grade: Geoff Smith72, 2nd B Grade: Mark Templeton 68, 3rd B Grade: Derek Gane 67,1st C Grade: Brad Hanifin 57, 2nd C Grade: Andrew Macdonald 53,3rd C Grade: Chris Bell 38, Super Veteran: Neil Kerr 69, Veteran:Warren Philpott 74, Junior: Harry Denton 62, Lady: Chloe Tipple74.AcknowledgementsA big thank you to our sponsors and supporters, AgRural Ltdfor trailers, shooting stands, towers and new doors on all traphouses, Target Products for traps and radio release equipment,Geraldine Supervalue for the trophies and catering supplies, PegBilkey for her absolutely magnificent work in producing the firstclass lunches and non-stop snacks for both days, and the SouthIsland Sporting Clay Shooters Inc who made available 15 traps forour use at the event. And thank you to our members who put ina huge effort preparing for and setting up the shoot, especiallyAndrew Macdonald, Brad Hanifin, Garry Sheed and Chris Bilkey.And thanks to the guys who turned up on Monday to complete thecleanup in the snow.Tim ScottPresident, Geraldine Gun Club ■C Grade: Left Andrew Macdonald 2nd, RightBrad Hanifin 1stA Grade: Left Blair Masters 2nd, Centre IanHolmes 1st, Right Chloe Tipple 3rdB Grade: Left Derek Gane 3rd, Right GeoffSmith 1st54 gunshot

South Island Compak Champion – GregManiatis, sash presented by Councillor DerekSheenAA Grade: Left Greg Middleton 3rd, CentreLes Hoffman 2nd Right Sam Gawn 1stLeft Warren Philpott Veterans, Centre ChloeTipple Ladies, Right Harry Denton Juniorssporting commentBy Ron MaddenIt is with much regret that we have received the resignation ofAlbie Hansen from the Sporting Committee. Albie was alwaysa steadying influence when us young (er) bucks wanted torewrite the Sporting world, and his experience, knowledge andcalm attitude will be sorely missed by the Committee. He willbe available if required to do some small projects and maybehelp occasionally with his favourite task of helping with sometarget setting.It has been an extremely busy year for Sporting, with manyshoots dotting the calendar and very good numbers at most ofthem. It does bode well for the future of our discipline indeed!Looking to this year it doesn’t get any quieter at all, with atrophy day, Islands and culminating with the Nationals all atWanganui. The Grand Prix is in Rotorua, and Oceania is beinghosted by the Australians probably in Victoria, then theirNationals later in the year in South Australia.As usual team selection is down to the final day of the Nationalsand with tough targets being thrown at the S.I.’s, shooters willbe hoping for a ‘gentler’ course setter and the hope of buildinggood scores to make the team.That said, the handicap system employed grades everyone tothe top score, so it is the same for all competitors.As is the norm the Sporting Clay Committee funds will coverindividual team members' entries to Oceania, dependingon funds available, and the NZCTA Consolidated fund willprovide Team entries and T shirts.Eight of us recently attended the Australian Field & GameNationals, and with around 380 Aussie shooters lining upwe knew it was going to be a daunting task to be there at theend. As Geoff Wells eloquently said, the targets were brilliant,we were not!! It was hard, unrelenting, no eyesight tests, butlots at distance, every target could be seen easily but whetheryou could actually hit it, another matter indeed. Despite noKiwi featuring on the stage everyone enjoyed it immensely. Itmust be the only sport in the world where you get absolutelyhammered and go home happy and look forward to the nextone. Not the same for the Aussie’s, an absolutely amazing 3x 25 on day one by Brenton Irons, and 3 x 24 by Robert Hallsaw them lead and never relent, in fact Brenton shot as goodas anyone I have ever seen over such demanding fields. 25, 25,25, 22, 22, 24, 22, 24, 23. A class act indeed.Brenton Irons: 212/225Robert Hall: 209/225Adam duRose: 207/225 (after shoot off)Our own Brian Deadman shot well for 20th place 193/225David Alley 32nd on 189 and Geoff Wells 186/225.The rest of us need to practise and practise and…It does bring into question the age old situation of whetherto put on those sorts of targets and try and be competitiveinternationally or go with the majority of local shooters andjust shoot for fun. Timaru was probably a case in hand, yet Iwould say that the Australian Nationals made Timaru looklike a tough duck shooters' day! I suppose it’s just a matterof working out what we want and where we want to stand,whether our Sporting shooters want to aspire to higherhonours, even hold their own at big local and internationalcompetitions or just plug away and break targets in a ‘skeet inthe tree’s’ situation.It is interesting that the Aussies with over 60 squads competingmanaged to put up 7 u/o good quality shotguns as prizes,not to mention enough ammo to keep most of us going allyear! It was fun, great fun and the Aussies made us extremelywelcome although by Sunday night we had heard every sheepjoke known to man. I’d urge shooters after an experience of alife time to consider next year’s Nationals which are being heldin Sorrento in South Australia. Imagine all that wine too!!! ■gunshot 55

Den Wilkins (Whitianga), Colin Shaw (Taupo) and Ken Fitzgerald (Tokoroa) winners of the Gold Coast Masters Games team skeet event.Pan Pacific Games shooting attracts three KiwisBy Colin ShawOf the 12,300 competitors in 40 sports competing at the Gold CoastPan Pacific Masters Games, three clay target shooters, Den Wilkins(Whitianga), Ken Fitzgerald (Tokoroa) and Colin Shaw (Taupo) had agreat time in shooting over 300 targets over three days, made up ofDTL, skeet and sporting.There were seven age groups in the competition from 35 to 70 plus,so medals were available in both the age groups or graded AA, A, B C.Our Kiwi trio did well in both the categories, but the highlight of thethree days was when the three won the skeet teams event. Each day aclubs team event was organized for members from clubs throughoutAustralia. The organisers chose to nominate the three from NewZealand as a club. The runners-up were the Shoal Haven team fromNew South Wales.The Gold Coast Clay Target Club is a great facility approximately20 minutes from the buzzing Surfers Paradise. The next Pan PacificGames will be held in 2014 and is well worth a visit. ■Continued from page 46particular signature. Soon that signature will become familiarto you with experience at the venue. If a shooter is exposed to"odd" conditions as often as possible and makes a strong effort toobserve and become familiar with the situation, that shooter willlearn to break a good score under those circumstances.Wind shooting is like everything we do in the shooting world;without a significant amount of dedicated exposure to anyparticular circumstance one can't advance. We must understandwhat a second look really means. We must also understand andinternalise that we have time when shooting in the wind, time toshoot after taking a stronger look at the target. Look to some of thegreat shooters who have mastered the art of shooting in the coldand wind (of course Dan Bonillas, Daro Handy and Ray Staffordcome to mind); they have all paid their dues by shooting in odd/windy environments and learned to prevail under such testingconditions.There are many wonderful stories about those who have shottruly amazing scores while shooting under windy, miserableconditions. I have watched strong wind shooters many times andit has been a joy to observe their prowess. I can summarise it thisway: Shooting in the wind involves consideration of, and familiaritywith, these ine major areas.1 Appropriate dress and eye protection.2 Understanding how to "read' the wind using indicators ofdirection and strength.3 Sensitivity to and awareness of target (behaviour/s due to thewind's influence.4 Understand how range topography can influence the target'sbehaviour.5 Understanding how humidity and air density may vary thewind's effects upon targets.6. Acknowledging you must not let windy conditions changeyour rhythm and timing.7 Knowing the need to take that important second look whenshooting in the wind.8 The ability to appropriately adjust gun hold in relation to thetrap house due to wind-driven changes in target altitude.9 Understanding that reading an article such as this is notenough; you must make a strong effort to seek experienceshooting in the wind to fully learn how to do it well.The afore-mentioned are empirical, not esotoric. If you followthat advice, I am sure your windshooting prowess can't help butimprove. ■Phil Ross has won trap events over the last seven decades. He continuesto teach trapshooting and promote the sport with joy and passion.(This article is by courtesy of Shotgun Sports Magazine. )56 gunshot

SOUTH ISLAND SPORTING CHAMPIONSHIPSand travel it can add up to a very expensive weekend indeed. Wehave certainly taken all the shooters' comments on board and willact accordingly for our next effort.Results: HOA Mark Vessey 80. AA 1 Rod Bryant 79, AA 2 DavidAlley 76, AA 3 Adam Green 75. A 1 Bruce Scott 74, A 2 GregManiatis 71, A 3 John Truscott 68. B 1 Graeme Brown 61, B 2 SteveGill 59, B 3 Stuart Nichols 58. C 1 Geoff Smith 55, C 2 David Reid 48,C 3 Neil Kerr 42. Ladies: Tara Lawrence 62, Juniors: Josh Harwood62, Veterans: Rod Bryant 79, Darryl Groundwater 67, Allen Alley65, Super Vets: John Truscott 68, Russell McGowan 66, GordonMcPhee 65 ■Ron MaddenHUMOURHOA: Mark Vessey.The setting was the beautiful Castle Claremont near Timaru andthe adjourning farm of rolling country, little gullies, creeks and oldpines. We were looking forward to a great weekend of Sportingtargets. Saturday went off without a hitch or breakdown largelydue to our benefactor Graeme Brown and his 20 new and almostnew Promatic traps. Huge thanks must go to Graeme and his boysHayden and Simon for their efforts, availability and readiness tohelp with targets, ammo and anything else needed to run such ashoot. As with any Sporting shoot, labour will make or break anyset up and with Andy McDonald, David Reid, Steve Gill, BrianForrest and myself (not much use really) we had plenty to do.Graeme had been out several times to recce and photograph thesites and plan out the four ‘old style’ Parcours. We had 3 beautifuldays of norwest weather and strong winds to set the targets, soas one would expect Saturday’s Cash Trophy day saw a cloudy dayand southerly winds! We also had to change one complete set upas the farmer wanted to work up his paddocks where we had shotfall. Luckily the rain stopped as the shoot started, and then came inthat evening just as the last wave of shooters started.Not sure where to start with Sunday’s efforts. One couldn’t askfor a better day, no wind, clear blue sky and fresh snow on the hilltops. The targets proved most controversial I must say; Saturdayevening saw us trying to reset the 4 Parcours in snow flurries anddriving rain, only to abandon the task around 7:30pm and startagain at 6:30 Sunday morning. I’m not sure of the absolute art (ifthere is one) of target setting, but we thought we had it aboutright for a Championship match of this standing. We wanted somuch for this shoot to work well and have everyone to go homecontented. To be honest that didn’t come off at all as we hadplanned. Maybe Saturday’s targets should have been on Sunday,and tone it down even more for Saturday, as one of our crewsuggested. Wrong target menu selections and targets that werejust too ambitious for all our abilities saw it not to our expectationsor desired outcome. I do appreciate many shooters had comefrom all parts of the country to compete and could rightly expecta certain standard for the money spent. I know with hotels, mealsA Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper,Guido, has cheated him out of $10,000,000.00His bookkeeper is deaf.That was the reason he got the job in the first place.It was assumed that Guido would hear nothing so hewould never have to testify in court.When the Godfather goes to confront Guido about hismissing $10 million, he takes along his lawyer whoknows sign language.The Godfather tells the lawyer, "Ask him where themoney is !"The lawyer, using sign language, asks Guido, "Where'sthe money ?"Guido signs back, "I don't know what you are talkingabout."The lawyer tells the Godfather, "He says he doesn'tknow what you're talking about."The Godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to Guido's headand says, "Ask him again or I'll kill him !"The lawyer signs to Guido, "He'll kill you if you don't tellhim."Guido trembles and signs, "OK! You win !""The money is in a brown briefcase, buried behind theshed at my cousin Bruno's house".The Godfather asks the lawyer, "What did he say ?"The lawyer replies, "He says you don't have the balls topull the trigger."Don't you just love lawyers?gunshot 57

around the clubsALEXANDRA13 October Central Otago Sporting ClaysChampsMatch 1 29s M Vessey, D Braun, 28sD Morgan, S Gill, 27s B Quin, J Healy,B Gare, 26s L Hoffman, P Morrison, JFooks, T Jackson, N Glassford, L Sanders,25s A Squires, A Kelly, 24s W Philpott,B Holden, 23s B Lawrence, P Drake, GManiatis, R McBride, B Gardner, D Carter,22s F McGarvie, R Madden, N Winsloe, JHarwood, Josh Harwood.Match 2 31s A Squires, M Vessey, BLawrence, 30s B Quin, 29s D Braun, PMorrison, 28s L Hoffman, D Morgan, 27sD Wylie, B Holden, Josh Harwood, 26s MGould, R Madden, 25s W Philpott, S Gill,24s G Maniatis, F McGarvie, R McBride, AKelly, N Glassford, 23s P Drake, J Fooks, LSanders, T Jackson, N Kerr, J Harwood.Match 3 33s D Braun, 32s M Vessey, 30s ASquires, D Morgan, M Gould, 29s D Wylie,B Quin, G Maniatis, L Sanders, T Jackson,28s B Lawrence, 27s W Philpott, S Gill, RMadden, J Healy, G Sanders, B Gare, 26s LHoffman, F McGarvie, R McBride, J Fooks,25s N Winsloe, J Harwood, Josh Harwood,24s P Drake, P Nelson. A Grade 1st MVessey 92, 2nd D Braun 91, 3rd B Ouin 86.B Grade 1st S Gill 80, 2nd T Jackson 78, 3rdM Gould 77. C Grade 1st Josh Harwood 74,2nd B Gare 73, 3rd Jon Harwood 70. JuniorJosh Harwood.11 NovemberBall Trap Champs 22s L Sanders, 20s PMorrison, 19s G Sanders, M Burdon, 17s NKellandAlexandra ISU Skeet Champs 19s BThurlow, 18s L Sanders,Otago Ball Trap Champs over 50 tgts 42 PMorrison, 40 L Sanders, 39 M Burdon, 36B Thurlow, 35 G Sanders, 32 N Kelland, 30J Marshall.Otago ISU Skeet Champs over 50 tgts 31L Sanders, 29s B Thurlow, P Nelson, 27 PMorrison.AUCKLAND MET21st OctoberMcKay Tray Skeet B&C Grade Winner MaxMatsell C Grade 1st Roger Mack, 2nd MikeTarbitt, 3rd Simon McCarthy.DTL Trophy Shoot B Grade 1st JackSteenveld. C Grade 1st Glenn Williams, 2ndKevin Douglas, 3rd Neil McCarthy.4th NovemberClub Ball Trap Championships A GradeMark Ross. B Grade Mike Tarbitt.100 DTL A Grade 1st Gavin Paton, 2ndRobbie Andrews, 3rd Max Matsell. B Grade1st Lloyd Agnew, 2nd Mike Tarbitt, 3rdLance Dickey. C Grade 1st Glenn Williams,2nd Mathew Collins, 3rd Mark Fisk.BALFOURNovember 200 Skeet WeekendPossibles Day 1Round 1 A grade Round 1 J.Munro R.DennisE.Pirie.Round 2 A Grade N.South, C.Pirie,K.Gutsell, L.Rodgers, M.Dobbie.Round 3 A grade N.South, B gradeB.HoldenRound 4 A Grade G.Taylor, K.Gutsell,E.Pirie. B Grade N.Kelland.Possibles Day 2Round 1 A grade G.Taylor, N.South, C.Pirie,K.Gutsell, L.Maxwell, L.Rodgers.Round 2 A grade G.Taylor, R.Dennis,L.Maxwell, L.Rodgers.Round 3 A grade G.Hoffman, C.Pirie,K.Gutsell, L.Rodgers, E.Pirie. B gradeB.Holden, M.Millard.Round 4 A grade G.Hoffman, C.Pirie,K.Gutsell.Alpine View Motel Te Anau Trophy MatchHOA K.Gutsell A Grade C.Pirie, B gradeM.Milne, C grade C.Sinclair.HOA K.Gutsell 196, A grade C.Pirie 196, Bgrade B.Holden 188, C grade B.Stevens 163.Williams & Kay Shield Mataura (K.Gutsell,C.Pirie, D.Smith, E.Pirie).CANTERBURY18th November Club ChampionshipsSingle Rise HOA Peter Wright A Grade1st Doug Evans, 2nd Kevin Fitzgibbon, 3rdRussel Foster. B Grade 1st Derek Gane, 2ndPeter Askey, 3rd James Crafts. C Grade 1stKristy Havill, 2nd Bev Searle, 3rd Ian Murray.Point Score HOA Hamish Holland. AGrade 1st Kevin Fitzgibbon, 2nd GavinSearle, 3rd Graeme Ede. B Grade 1st PeterAskey, 2nd James Crafts, 3rd Derek Gane. CGrade 1st Kristy Havill, 2nd Ian Murray, 3rdBev Searle.Single Barrel HOA Graeme Ede. A Grade1st Kevin Fitzgibbon, 2nd Richard Moon,3rd Chris Meek. B Grade 1st Peter Askey,2nd Mike Sheppard, 3rd James Crafts. CGrade 1st Kerry Henderson, 2nd Ian Murray,3rd Dave Theyers.DANNEVIRKE28 October60 single rise shot in 15 target matches AGrade Mitchell Dean 60/60 Mark JohnstonTodd McCormack 59/60. B Grade B Hunt57/60 Mike McCormack 55/60 DavePollard 54/60. C Grade S Campbell 56/60Peter Gibson 53/60 Dave Christie 48/60.100 Target Colin Wood Skeet Trophy Shotby Handicap 1st Todd McCormack 2ndNigel Field 3rd Dave Challies.Skeet off the gun 94/100 Barry Hunt KimOwen Ian O’Brien.Team pairs 185/200 Donna MatthewsWayne Handcock.DUNEDIN4 November Club ChampionshipsSkeet A Grade: Rick Aitchison 24, MikeSime 23, Evan Johnston 21, Tom Begg 21. BGrade: Tim Cleminson 25, Graeme Larson22, Grant Dodson 22. C Grade: AlisterMatheson 22, Mark Eales 21, Gary Muir 21.Mini’s A Grade Tom Begg 15, Mike Sime15, Evan Johnston 13. B Grade: Allan Diack14, Russell Diack 14, Grant Dodson 13. CGrade: Gary Muir 11, John McKenzie 11,Ashley Diamond 10.Double Rise A Grade: Tim Cleminson 17,Tom Begg 17, Mike Sime 16, Wendy Hughan16. B Grade: Rick Aitchison 14, Mark Eales14, Allan Diack 13, Grant Aitchison 13. CGrade: Gary Muir 14, John McKenzie 13,Dave Cockerill 12.Single Rise A Grade: Mike Sime 25, EvanJohnston 25, Tim Cleminson 25, Tom Begg25. B Grade: Allan Diack 24, Rick Aitchison23, Len Hurley 22, Grant Dodson 22, GrantAitchison 22, Ernie Webb 22. C Grade:Alex Dodson 22, Ashley Diamond 21, JohnMcKenzie 21, Gary Muir 21.Points Score A Grade: Mike Sime 58, EvanJohnston 58, Tom Begg 57. B Grade: AllanDiack 58, Mark Eales 57, Grant Dodson 55. CGrade: Ashley Diamond 52, John McKenzie52, Alex Dodson 46.Single Barrel A Grade: Mike Sime 14, TimCleminson 13, Tom Begg 13. B Grade: GrantDodson 15, Mark Eales 14, Len Hurley 14.58 gunshot

C Grade: Jack Young 12, Gary Muir 11, JohnMcKenzie 10.Aburn Trophy: Tom Begg 25.Arch Begg Trophy: Evan Johnston 25.Law Shield: Dunedin 1. Len Hurley 22, TimCleminson 25, Evan Johnston 25, Tom Begg25. Total 97.Championship Winners.High Gun: Mike Sime.Skeet: A Grade. Rick Aitchison, BGrade. Tim Cleminson, C Grade. AlisterMatheson.Minis A Grade. Tom Begg, B Grade. AllanDiack, C Grade. Gary Muir.Double Rise A Grade. Tim Cleminson, BGrade Rick Aitchison, C Grade. Gary Muir.Points Score A Grade. Evan Johnston,B Grade Allan Diack, C Grade. AshleyDiamond.Single Rise A Grade. Evan Johnston, BGrade. Allan Diack, C Grade. Alex Dodson.Single Barrel A Grade. Mike Sime, B Grade.Grant Dodson, C Grade. Jack Young.EKETAHUNA14 October DTL Champs25 Single Rise A Grade D Challies 24, BGrade R Challies 21, C Grade M Davis 21.25 Single Barrel A Grade D Rankin 24, BGrade D Pollard 22, C Grade M Davis 19.25 Minis A Grade D Rankin 24, B Grade RChallies 24, C Grade M Davis 21.20 Double Rise A Grade D Rankin 15, BGrade G Roberts 12, C Grade N Nelson 17.High Gun D Rankin 86/95.ELLESMERE11th AugustSkeet – A Grade P Boyd 25, B Grade JBradford 22, C Grade D Worner 23.Mini Championships – Sponsored byMcMillan Water Wells.15 target Club – A Grade B Washbourne14, B Grade C Greenwood 15, C Grade DHarkerss 12.15 target Open –HOA C Wesley 15.Trophies over 30 – HOA B Washbourne 29,A Grade 1st C Wesley 29, 2nd A Perrett 29,3rd J McCormick 28. B Grade 1st G Lemon28, 2nd B Cornelius 27, 3rd D Lemon 27. CGrade 1st S Elms 26, 2nd D Harkerss 24, 3rdR Swolf 23.25 target DTL Possibles – A Grade – APerrett, S Cornelius, B Washbourne, G Ede.B Grade – J Bradford, J Turner, K Ridgen.15th SeptemberSkeet – A Grade P Lassen 25, B Grade WCheng 23, C Grade J Roxburgh 20.Single Rise Championships – Sponsoredby A & S Motors25 target Club – HOA D Adams 25, A GradeW Hill 25, B Grade D Adams 25, C Grade JGeddes 24.25 target Open – HOA A Perrett 25, BGrade L Wright 24.Trophies over whole day including 25 targetPoints Score (Possible 125) – A Grade1st S Everett 123, 2nd S Watson 121, 3rd JMcCormick 121, 4th A Perrett 121. B Grade1st G Lemon 123, 2nd L Wright 117, 3rd CGreenwood 116, 4th J Crafts 112. C Grade 1stJ Geddes 116, 2nd D Maindonald 110, 3rd DReese 108, 4th S Elms 105.20th OctoberDouble Rise Championships – RobRoxburgh.10 Pair Club & Open – A Grade JMcCormick 19, B Grade A Washbourne 14,C Grade S Elms 12.Trophies over whole day including DoubleRise, 25 target Points Score & 15 targetTriples (Possible 120) – A Grade 1st MLovett 116, 2nd G Ede 115, 3rd H Holland115. B Grade 1st A Washbourne 107, 2nd DAdams 101, 3rd J Crafts 101. C Grade 1st GPowell 93, 2nd J Roxburgh 92, 3rd S Elms88.3rd NovemberSkeet Championships –25 target Club – D West 25. 25 targetOpen – D West 25. B or C Grade Club –A Washbourne 23. Open Aggregate – SChilds 50/50.Trophies over 50 – A Grade 1st D West 50,2nd S Childs 50, 3rd P Lassen 48. B Grade 1stW Cheng 41. C Grade 1st A Washbourne 45,2nd A Peter 43.24th November 2012Skeet – A Grade C Wesley 25, B Grade JMcCormick 21, C Grade L Johnston 20.Triples Championships – L H GreenwoodMemorial30 target Club – A Grade B Washbourne50/50, B Grade D Lemon 37, C Grade RHeslop 38. Open – B Washbourne 50.Trophies over whole day including 25 targetPoints Score (Possible 125) – A Grade1st C Wesley 122, 2nd S Childs 115, 3rd DJefferies 115. B Grade 1st P Askey 105, 2nd DLemon 100, 3rd M Sheppard 92. C Grade1st D Maindonald 101, 2nd S Elms 87, 3rd JRoxburgh 81.GISBORNE7 October 20150 Skeet A Grade 1st John Robinson 42, BGrade 1st= Chris Veitch, Rick O’Connor 42,2nd Pip Rutland 40, 3rd Colin Jones 38, CGrade 1st John Cooper 35, 2nd Paul White33, 3rd Adrian Brown 24.100 Single Rise A Grade 1st Neil Andrew 95,2nd Rick O’Connor 81, 3rd John Robinson75, B Grade 1st Chris Veitch 92, 2nd PipRutland 90, 3rd Colin Jones 82, C Grade 1stAdrian Brown 71, 2nd John Cooper 54.20 pair Double Rise A Grade 1st NeilAndrew 28, 2nd John Robinson 27, 3rdRick O’Connor 24, B Grade 1st Chris Veitch25, 2nd Paul White 23, 3rd Pip Rutland 21,C Grade 1st Adrian Brown 19, 2nd JohnCooper 10.4 November50 Skeet A Grade 1st Rick Spence 46, 2ndStuart Bell 44, 3rd= Kelvin Ellison, JohnRobinson 41. B Grade 1st Rick O’Connor46, 2nd Chris Veitch 40, 3rd Dave Dockary39. C Grade 1st Neil Andrew 39, 2nd PaulWhite 32.100 Points Score A Grade 1st Stuart Bell259, 2nd Rick O’Connor 251, 3rd RickSpence 238. B Grade 1st= Pip Rutland, NeilAndrew 260, 2nd Dave Dockary 257, 3rdChris Veitch 256.20 pair Double Rise A Grade 1st StuartBell 28, 2nd Rick O’Connor 23, 3rd KelvinEllison 21. B Grade 1st= Chris Veitch, NeilAndrew 24, 2nd= Colin Jones, Pip Rutland23, 3rd Paul White 22.HOA Stuart Bell 331, A Grade RickO’Connor 320, B Grade Neil Andrew 323.HAwke's BAY7 October Club ChampionshipsBallTrap – poss 25 AA Grade: Stuart Bell23 (Wairoa) Dylan Woolhouse 22 (HB)Dave Hern 19 (Patangata) Mike Withers17 (HB) A: Craig Jamieson 20 (Patangata)Jack Whale 19 (HB) Graeme Allister 19(HB) Shane Ashforth 19 (HB) Stuart Field17 (HB) B: Darryl Remnant 21 (HB) Iangunshot 59

Affairs of the HeartHow many folks do you know who say they don't want to drinkanything before going to bed because they'll have to get up duringthe night!! I asked my Doctor why do people need to urinate somuch at night time.The answer from my Cardiac Doctor: Gravity holds water in thelower part of your body when you are upright (legs swell). Whenyou lie down and the lower body (legs and etc) seeks level with thekidneys. It is then that the kidneys remove the water because it iseasier. This then ties in with the last statement!I knew you need your minimum water to help flush the toxins outofyour body, but this was news to me.Correct time to drinkwater... Very Important. From A CardiacSpecialist! Drinking water at a certain time maximizes itseffectiveness on the body:» 2 glasses of water after waking up - helps activate internal organs.» 1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - helps digestion.» 1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood pressure.» 1 glass of water before going to bed - avoids stroke or heart attack.Please pass this to the people you care about.I can also add to this... My Physician told me that waterat bed time will also help prevent night time leg cramps.Your leg muscles are seeking hydration when they cramp andwake you up with a Charlie Horse.FACTS+ In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was atraditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meantshe accepted.+ Warner Communications paid $28 million for thecopyright to the song Happy Birthday.+ Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in theirhair.+ A comet's tail always points away from the sun+ The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more deathand illness than the disease it was intended to prevent+ Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and otherpainkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.+ The military salute is a motion that evolved frommedieval times, when knights in armor raised theirvisors to reveal their identity.+ If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimneyand look up, you can see stars, even in the middle ofthe day.+ When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go.The first sense lost is sightSOUTHLAND DISTRICT CHAMPS3 FEBRUARY 2013 9AMMATAURA CLAY TARGET CLUB15 Minis 10Pr Double Rise 25 Skeet25 Single Rise 25 Points Score 25 Single BarrelTargets 28 cents, Minis 35 centsSweeps $2 paid out in full$1.50 entry each match plus leviesEllis Webber North/South Skeet $5.00 entry for Open TeamBuck Knives North/South $5 entry for Open TeamC Grade Brun Trophy over Single Rise5 person Club team Hargrave Shield over Single Rise60 gunshot

around the clubsHowatson 17 (Gisborne) Mike McCormick17 (Patangata) James Linnell 16 (HB) OliverWithers 16 (HB) C: Sandy Campbell 12(Patangata) Tony Wass 11 (HB) ColinFulford 10 (HB) Angus Fulford 10 (HB).Triples – poss 50 AA: Dylan Woolhouse48, James Fulford 44 (HB) Chris Cassin 44(Patangata) Stuart Bell 43 A: Stuart Field46, Craig Jamieson 44, Graeme Allister 44,Jack Whale 44, Kelvin Ellison 43 (Gisborne)B: Darryl Remnant 46, Harry Smith 46 (HB)Sam Kirk 45 (Patangata) Oliver Withers 44C: Sandy Campbell 44, Angus Fulford 42,Colin Fulford 35.Minis – poss 15 AA Grade: Chris Cassin15, James Fulford 14, Stuart Bell 14, DylanWoolhouse 13, Mike Withers 13 A: RickSpence 13 (Wairoa) Graeme Allister 13,Shane Ashforth 13, Graham Roys 13, StuartField 13 B: Harry Smith 14, Darryl Remnant14, Oliver Withers 12 C: Colin Fulford 12,Sandy Campbell 12, Jane Dunkerley 12.Single Rise – poss 25 AA: Stuart Bell 24,James Fulford 24, Dave Hern 24, ChrisCassin 24 A: Graeme Allister 25, GrahamRoys 25, Craig Jamieson 25, Rick Spence24, Stuart Field 24 B: Harry Smith 25, JamesLinnell 24, Darryl Remnant 24, OliverWithers 23, Ian Howatson 23 C: ConnorKemp-McCourt 25 (HB) Jane Dunkerley 21,Sandy Campbell 21, Louis Bird 20 (HB) LisaSimonsen 20 (Patangata).Points Score – poss 75 AA: Dave Hern 75,Mike Withers 74, Chris Cassin 71, Stuart Bell69 A: Graeme Allister 72, Craig Jamieson71, Stuart Field 69, Nigel Field 69 (HB) B:Darryl Remnant 75, Harry Smith 74, IanHowatson 70, Mike McCormick 66 C: ColinFulford 72, Sandy Campbell 69, Don Speers62 (HB) Connor Kemp-McCourt 58.Single Barrel – poss 25 AA: Mike Withers24, Chris Cassin 22, James Fulford 21, StuartBell 21, Dave Hern 21 A: Graeme Allister25, Kelvin Ellison 22, Jack Whale 22, ShaneAshforth 21 B: Ian Howatson 23, OliverWithers 22, Dave Dockary 22 (Wairoa)Darryl Remnant 22, James Linnell 21, BillBallantyne 21 C: Colin Fulford 21, SandyCampbell 21, Connor Kemp-McCourt 20,Lisa Simonsen 18.Championship WinnersBallTrap AA: Stuart Bell A: Craig JamiesonB: Darryl Remnant C: Sandy Campbell.Minis AA: Chris Cassin A: Graeme AllisterB: Darryl Remnant C: Colin Fulford.Triples AA: Dylan Woolhouse A: StuartField B: Darryl Remnant C: SandyCampbell.Single Rise AA: Dave Hern A: GraemeAllister B: Harry Smith C: Connor Kemp-McCourt.Points Score AA: Dave Hern A: GraemeAllister B: Darryl Remnant C: Colin Fulford.Single Barrel AA: Mike Withers A:Graeme Allister B: Ian Howatson C: SandyCampbell.High Gun for the day– poss 215 AA: StuartBell 194, Dave Hern 191, Mike Withers 188A: Graeme Allister 198, Craig Jamieson191, Stuart Field 188 B: Darryl Remnant202, Harry Smith 189, Ian Howatson 184C: Sandy Campbell 179, Colin Fulford 169,Angus Fulford 150.HUNTLYSeptember100 target Skeet 1st 25 A Grade 25 GGeater, 24 B Jones, M Hirtzel, R Westlake,D McBeath, S Cooper. B Grade: 23 BWilliamson, 17 R Waugh. C Grade: 24 RMacKinven, 23 R Worker, 22 P Waugh.2nd 25 A Grade: 25 J Tonkin, S Cooper, 24 MHirtzel, R Westlake, D McBeath, G Geater.B Grade: 23 R Waugh, B Williamson. CGrade: 21 R MacKinven, 20 J Anderton, 19P Waugh.3rd 25 A Grade 25 M Hirtzel, J Tonkin,S Cooper. B Grade: 23 B Williamson, 21R Waugh. C Grade: 22 R Walker, 21 RMacKinven, J Anderton.4th 25 A Grade: 25 M Hirtzel, S Cooper,D Constantine, D Everett. B Grade: 25 RWaugh, 23 B Williamson. C Grade: 23 RWalker, 21 R MacKinven, 20 J Anderton.Overall: A Grade: 1st S Cooper, 2nd MHirtzel, 3rd G Geater. B Grade: 1st BWilliamson, 2nd R Waugh. C Grade: 1st RMacKinven, 2nd R Worker, 3rd J Anderton.OctoberHarry Perry Memorial & Harry FyersDouble Rise25 Single Rise Sweep A Grade: 25 J Beddis,B Jones, 24 C Gubb, M Beddis, B Thomson,T Roberts. B Grade: 24 C Pennell, 23 ATapp, P Lapwood. C Grade: 24 H Tapp, 22 RMacKinven, 19, P Waugh.1st 25 Harry Perry A Grade: 25 R Waugh,G Sixtus, A van de Wetering, M van deWetering, B Jones. B Grade: 25 G Forster, 24O Hannah, P Lapwood. C Grade: 24 H Tapp,22 R MacKinven, 19 P Waugh.2nd 25 Harry Perry A Grade: 25 N Wiseman,M Beddis, J Beddis, B Thomson, M van deWetering. B Grade: 25 G Roberts, 24 GForster, P Lapwood. C Grade: 20 H Tapp, 19R MacKinven, P Waugh.3rd 25 Harry Perry A Grade: 25 J Beddis,A Welch, J Glenn, M van de Wetering, TRoberts. B Grade: 25 D Cundy, 24 A Tapp,O Hannah. C Grade: 18 R MacKinven, HTapp, 14 P Waugh.Trophy over 100 A Grade: 1st J Beddis,2nd M Van de Wetering, 3rd T Roberts. BGrade: 1st P Lapwood, 2nd G Forster, 3rd GRoberts. C Grade: 1st R MacKinven, 2nd HTapp, 3rd P Waugh.Harry Perry Memorial: M van de Wetering.Harry Fyers Memorial D/Rise TeamsEvent: Thames.November 150 Single Rise.1st 50 A Grade: 50 J Nash, J Beddis. 48 J ElliotForster, G Sixtus, B Jones, D Constantine.B Grade: 50 J McDonald, 49 O Hannah, RWaugh. C Grade: 42 B Roberts, 41 H Tapp,M Peden.2nd 50 A Grade: 50 G Sixtus, B Jones, JBeddis. B Grade: 49 A Tapp, 47 G Forster, TStenhoff, O Hannah. C Grade: 41 H Tapp, 36M Peden, B Roberts.3rd 50 A Grade: 50 D Constantine, 49 JElliot Forster, G Sixtus, J Nash. B Grade: 50A Tapp, 49 R Reeves, R Waugh. C Grade: 47H Tapp, 40 M Peden, 30 B Roberts.Trophy over 150 A Grade 1st Jon Beddis, 2ndJ Nash 3rd G Sixtus. B Grade 1st R Waugh,2nd A Tapp, 3rd R Reeves. C Grade 1st HTapp, 2nd M Peden, 3rd B Roberts.KAEO28 SeptemberTotara North Trophy – J. Bell.Two Man Team Dangen Cup – 44 – R. Kay,M. Shaw.A Grade Ball Trap Trophy – B. Sanderson. BGrade Ball Trap Trophy – B. Cates.DTL 25’s – G. Thorp, B. Becroft, R. 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2013 Canterbury District ChampionshipsHosted by CANTERBURY CLAY TARGET CLUB580 Chatterton Roads, McLeans Island, ChristchurchSunday 17th February 2013, 8.30am startEvent 1 Double Rise Event 4 Single RiseEvent 2 Minis Event 5 Points ScoreEvent 3 Skeet Event 6 Single BarrelEvents 1 & 2 entries close at 9.30amEntry Fee $8.50 plus sweeps. Targets 30 cents. Minis 35 centsDTL and Skeet North/South Qualifying event.World DTL 2014 Qualifying event.LUNCH AMMO REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLEContact Bev Searle (03) 383 2074 – President Derek Sheen.DUNEDIN CLAY TARGET CLUBSKEET FESTIVALJan 26th – 27th 2013 - 9amSaturday100 targets Standard Skeet – includes 50 target Trophy match - Dunedin North/South Qualifier50 target Skeet Doubles - OptionalEntry $82 incl levies & comp sweep, with $5 Optionals on each round $107Sunday100 targets Standard Skeet – Includes Fairfield 50 and South Otago North/South Qualifier.25 target 20 gauge Skeet – (Optional)Entry $60 incl levies & comp sweep, with $5 Optionals on each round $85- 3 Shooter team shield over 200 targets- 2 Shooter team over Sunday matches 1, 2, 3Ellis Webber North/South Skeet Team qualifying each day.Contact: Tim 0274 325 751 or dunedinclaytarget@xtra.co.nz62 gunshot

around the clubsMARLBOROUGH28th October Weather – Fine springweather with little wind.Skeet – A Grade- Keith van Asch (Marl) 25,Andy Peter (Marl) 24, Craig Bason ( Marl)22. B Grade- Dennis Brough (Marl) 23,Gary Bartlett (Marl 21, Murray Smith (Marl)20. C Grade – Barry Tait (Golden Bay) 24,Warrick van Asch (Marl) 21, Jock van Asch(Marl) 18.Double Rise – A Grade – Paul Black(Barrytown) 29, A Peter 27, K van Asch 25. BGrade – M Smith 22, D Brough 20, C Bason19. C Grade – B Tait 20, Wayne Gatchel(Marl) & Tom Vandermeer (Marl) 19.100 Points Score – 1st 25- A Grade – APeter & P Black 72, K van Asch 66. B Grade– M Smith & D Brough 72, C Bason 70. CGrade – W Gatchel 67, J van Asch 57, LloydNeal (Marl) 52. 2nd 25 A Grade – A Peter73, K van Asch 70, P Black 67. B Grade –D Brough 71, M Smith 67, C Bason 62. CGrade – J van Asch 67, W Gatchel 63, L Neal59. 3rd 25 A Grade – K van Asch 72, A Peter70, P Black 64. B Grade – M Smith 66, DBrough & C Bason 65. C Grade - L Neal62, W Gatchel 55, J van Asch 53. 4th 25 AGrade – A Peter 74, K van Asch 72, P Black71. B Grade – D Brough 69, M Smith 62, CBason 59. C Grade – W Gatchel & B Tait53, L Neal 50.HOA- Andy Peter (Marl) 340. A Grade-Keith van Asch (Marl) 330, B Grade-Dennis Brough ( Marl) 320, C Grade-Wayne Gatchel (Marl) 274.Double Rise Aggregate – Paul Black(Barrytown) 80/90.25th November Weather – Fine and hotweather with strong MW winds.100 target Skeet –1st 25 A Grade. - MurraySheppard (Nelson) 25, Craig Bason (Marl)24, Wes Oldham (Nelson) 24. B Grade- Fletcher Kydd (Marl) 25, Lloyd Owen(Marl) 24, Hugh Owen (Marl) 21. C Grade– Warwick van Asch (Marl) 21, Barry Tait(Golden Bay) 20, Jock van Asch (Marl) 18.2nd 25. A Grade –Keith van Asch (Marl)25, Wal Dalley (Nelson) 25, C Bason 24. BGrade – F Kydd 24, Hugh Owen (Marl) 22,L Owen 21. C Grade – Vaughan Workman(Nelson) & Bob Butt (Marlborough) 21, Wvan Asch 20.3rd 25. A Grade – K van Asch & W Dalley 25,C Bason 24. B Grade – F Kydd 25, MurrayTait ( Nelson) 23, Dennis Brough (Marl) 21.C Grade – W van Asch 19, J van Asch 17, BTait 16.4th 25.A Grade - C Bason 25, W Dalley 24,M Sheppard & Maurice Horner (Nelson)23. B Grade – F Kydd 24, H Owen 22, DBrough 21. C Grade – J van Asch 20, B Butt18, W van Asch & V Workman 17.Over 100 tgts A Grade – C Bason & WDalley 97, B Grade – F Kydd 98, C Grade Wvan Asch 77.50 tgt Points Score Trophy – 1st 25. A Grade– Paul Black (Barrytown) 72, K van Asch68, Vince Bayley (Marl) & L Owen 66. BGrade – H Owen 71, D Brough 70, F Kydd &B Butt 69. C Grade – J van Asch & B Bayley68, V Workman 66. 2nd 25, A Grade – K vanAsch & L Owen 71, V Bayley 68. B Grade – FKydd 72, D Brough 71, W Daley 69. TrophyWinners Over 50 tgts – A Grade, K vanAsch 139, B Grade, F Kydd,141 C Grade, BTait 132.Overall Owen Bros 100 tgt Skeet – FletcherKydd (Marl) 98/100. HOA- Fletcher Kydd239/250. A Grade- Keith van Asch 234/250,B Grade- Dennis Brough 225/250, C Grade-Barry Tait 200/250.MATAURA13 OctoberClub Championships – HOA Skeet SSutherland, B Grade Skeet D Smith, HOADouble Rise L Maxwell, B Grade DoubleRise C Munro, HOA Single Rise K Gutsell,B Grade Single Rise M Gow, C Grade SingleRise B Richardson, HOA Minis J Sutherland,HOA Points Score S Sutherland, HOASingle Barrel S Sutherland, B GradeSingle Barrel D Smith. Memorial Shield- Southland S Sutherland P Harraway, LMaxwell, J Manson, L Rodgers. SecondarySchools HOA – B Ross, 2nd M Gow, 3rd TDickie. C Grade High Gun – B Best. MLTTrophies C Grade – 1st B Richardson, 2nd BBest, 3rd S McKerchar. B Grade High Gun –M Gow. High Gun – E Pirie.MOA CREEK25th November Maniototo Championships.Double Rise 19 R Kelly, 18 B Gare, 16 BWaugh, winner R Kelly.Minis Possible L Sanders, F McKnight, 14 AStuart, B Gare, Winner L Sanders.Points Score 25/74 – B Waugh, R Kelly,25/72 B Gare, Winner R Kelly.Single Rise Possible B Gare, R Kelly, 19 AStuart, J Marshall, S McBreen, Winner RKelly.Single Barrel 19 B Waugh, 18 L Sanders, RKelly, S McBreen, Winner B Waugh.High Gun R Kelly.PALMERSTON NORTH14 OctoberTarget Products Sponsored Shoot 150target DTL. HOA Robert Prince 150/150,A Grade 1st Dave Thomson 147/150, 2ndMurray Free 147/150, 3rd Charlie Harper146/150, 4th Phil Morrison 146/150.B Grade 1st Baylee Parlato 145/150, 2ndDiane Cohr 132/150, 3rd John Woodmass120/150, Junior HOA Mitchell Dean148/150, 1st Baylee Parlato 145/150, 2ndMax Buchanan 141/150, 3rd Kieran Rutten139/150.Palmerston North Gun Club Cup 100target DTL HOA Robert Prince 100/100,A Grade Jason Saunders 98/100, B GradeBaylee Parlato 98/100.PALMERSTON WAIKOUAITI15 September Cameron Cup25 Single Rise - A Grade Possibles NSutherland, T Cleminson. 3rd= I Reeves, JMansfield, R Rooney 24. B Grade PossibleD Fraser. 2nd G Muir 24. 3rd= V Blackie, JHutton 23. C Grade 1st W Blackmore 23.2nd= T Craig, H Matsinger, F Fraser 21.25 Single Rise - A Grade Possibles TCleminson, C Robertson, J Robertson,J Mansfield. B Grade Possibles G Muir,D Fraser. 3rd J Hutton 24. C Grade 1st= SCatto, T Craig 24. 3rd B Fraser 22.25 Handicap - Possibles T Cleminson, CRobertson, H Matsinger, J Hutton.25 Single Barrel A Grade Possible GAitchison. 2nd= I Reeves, T Cleminson 24.B Grade 1st= G Muir, V Blackie 19. 3rd= DFraser, H Robertson, J Hutton 18. C Grade1st H Matsinger 24. 2nd S Catto 23. 3rd BFraser 22.Cameron Cup winner - Tim Cleminson.17 November25 Single Rise - A Grade 1st= D Merrett, KFergusson, P Brown. M Sime 24. B Grade 1stG Muir 24. 2nd D Fraser 21. 3rd S Kinaston20. C Grade 1st B Fraser 22.15 Targets-15m - A Grade Possibles Ggunshot 63

K.W. SMITH MEMORIAL 100DANNEVIRKE CLAY TARGET CLUBSunday 27th January 20139.00 a.m. Start100 Targets Single RiseGraded $2.00 Sweep/50 TargetsGraded Optional $5.00 Sweep – HOAShoot offs Points ScoreEntry $50.00Brian Smith John Russell Ian Halliwell06 374 5823 06 374 5378 06 374 28082013 Bay Of Plenty Provincial ChampionshipsTHAMES CLAY TARGET CLUB9th – 10th February 2013Start time 9.00am Entries close at 10.30 for event 1 each daySaturday 9thSunday 10th25 tgt Skeet Championship 30 tgt Triples Championship15 tgt Minis Championship 25 tgt Points Score Championship10 Pair Double Rise Championship 25 tgt Single Barrel Championship25 tgt Single Rise ChampionshipSaturday Shoot Offs held after each event. Sunday Shoot Offs at the end of the dayBuck Knives North/South DTL qualifying event $5 entry for open teamEllis/Webber North/South Skeet qualifying event $5 entry for open team2 person & 5 person teams on Skeet plus Club team event on Points Score2014 World DTL qualifying on Points ScoreChampionship entry as per NZCTA - $18 per event plus $5 optional sweeps and $2 High GunPlus targets @ 28c, Minis @ 35cLUNCH, AMMO & REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLEPres – Martin van de Wetering – 07 8628146 E-mail martin.v@xtra.co.nzSec - Jim Glenn – 07 8689915 (a/h) E-mail jim@jgvaluers.co.nz64 gunshot

around the clubsHOA O.Robinson.HOA J.Sharp B grade ChampionshipsY.Hansen.TE KUITI14 OctoberSingle Rise Trophy A Grade 1 R Bidois, 2 NPratt, 3 P Krippner. B Grade 1 N Wilson, 2 PFagan, 3 B Peake. C Grade 1 W Rapley, 2 AScott, 3 M McConnell.Single Rise Champs A R Bidois, B NWilson, C L Dow.Single Barrel Champs A R Bidois, B P Fagan,C M McConnell.Point Score Champs A N Pratt, B P Fagan,C L Dow.Skeet Handicap, L Holden.THAMESOctober 6th ATASingles A 1st Paul Schmidt 98, 2nd Martinvan de Wetering 94, 3rd Equal DaveWordley and Ron Thomassen 92.Handicap: 1st Martin van de Wetering 93,2nd Dave Wordley 92, 3rd Equal BryceSchou and Paul Schmidt 86.Doubles B 1st Dave Wordley 87, 2nd RonThomassen 86, 3rd Martin van de Wetering82.WAIHORA17 NovemberOpen Continental Champs A - C Wesley25/25; B - D Gane 25/25; C - M Washbourne15/25.WAIMATE OAMARU11th November South Canterbury DistrictChampionships.Skeet: A Grade 1st Mike Sime 25 2nd WilliamRooney 25. B Grade 1st Wattie Fenwick25 2nd Stephen Diack 25 3rd Russell Kelly24. C Grade 1st Craig Robertson 22 DaveMerrrett 22 3rd Jack Mansfield 22.Double Rise: A Grade 1st Graeme Kingan19 2nd Len Hurley 19. B grade 1st Don Fraser16 2nd Ian Reeves 15 3rd Leo Wright 12. CGrade 1st Gary Muir 10.Triples: A Grade 1st Graeme Kingan 502nd equal Dave Merrett 49 Stephen Diack49. B Grade: 1st Don Fraser 49 2nd RickAitchison 44 3rd Ian Reeves 43. C Grade:1stGary Muir 31.Single Rise: A Grade: 1st William Rooney 252nd David Diack 25 3rd Hamish Holland 25.B Grade: 1st Don Fraser 24 2nd Leo Wright23 3rd Rick Aitcheson 23. C Grade: 1st SamRooney 21 2nd Gary Muir 20.Point Score: A Grade: 1st Craig Pilcher 742nd David Diack 74 3rd William Rooney74. B Grade:1st Don Fraser 69 2nd RickAitcheson 65 3rd Hamish Robertson 60. CGrade: 1st Gary Muir 66 2nd Sam Rooney64.Single Barrel: A Grade:1st Craig Pilcher 252nd equal David Diack 24 Stephen Diack24. B grade: 1st Don Fraser 22 2nd HamishRobertson 21 3rd Leo Wright 18. C Grade:1st Gary Muir 16.High Gun: Graeme Kingan.WAIROAOctober final round Club champsSkeet sweep, A grade D Walker, R Spence24, C Cassin, S Bell, K Ellison 22, B grade IHowatson, M Mitchell, D Remnant 24, CGrade N Andrew 22, P White 20.Skeet A Grade C Cassin 25, G Allister , DWalker, R Spence 24, B grade M Mitchell25, I Howatson, J Harkness, P Rutland,D Remnant 23,C Grade N Andrew 22, PWhite 21.Skeet Championship HOA C Cassin , AGrade G Allister, B Grade M Mitchell, Cgrade N Andrew.Double Rise A grade G Allister, S Bell 17, CCassin, R O’Connor 16, B grade N Andrews18, D Dockary, P White 17, C grade M Bell 14,C Kemp – McCourt 13.Double Rise Championship HOA NAndrew, A Grade G Allister, B Grade DDockary, C Grade M Bell.Triples A grade S Bell 49, G Allister 48, BGrade D Remnant 47, P White, I Howatson,D Walker 46, C grade C Kemp – McCourt44, M Bell 37, S Hayward 30.Triples Championship HOA S Bell, A GradeG Allister, B grade D Remnant, C Grade CKemp – McCourt.Ball trap, A Grade S Bell 25, J Harkness, CCassin, G Allister, R Spence 21, B grade DDockary 23, N Andrew, C Jones 22, C GradeM Bell 23, C Kemp – McCourt 21, S Hayward11.Ball Trap Championship HOA S Bell, Agrade J Harkness, B Grade D Dockary, Cgrade M Bell.Single Barrel, A grade K Ellison 20, S Bell19, J Harkness, C Cassin, R O’Connor, GAllister 18, B grade I Howatson, C Jones 19,P Rutland 18, C grade C Kemp – McCourt17, M Bell 16, S Hayward 14.Single Barrel Championship HOA K Ellison,A Grade S Bell, B Grade I Howatson, Cgrade C Kemp – McCourt.Local Junior High Gun Dave Walker.Junior High Gun Neil Andrew.Local High Gun Kelvin Ellison.High Gun Stuart Bell.NovemberSkeet 1st 50 A grade S Bell 46, K Ellison 45,R Spence 43, B Grade R O'Connor , C Jones46, D Dockary 42, C grade N Andrew 40, BBallantyne 37, P White 32.Skeet 2nd 50 A Grade R Spence 47, S Bell45, K Ellison 42, B grade D Dockary 49,R O'Connor , I Howatson 47, C Grade NAndrew 37, B Ballantyne 35, T Jarden 32.Allen Stewart Trophies, HOA RickO'Connor 93, A Grade Stuart Bell 91, Bgrade Dave Dockary 91, C Grade NeilAndrew 77.Single Rise A Grade P Rutland 24, K Ellison23, R Spence 22, B Grade B Ballantyne 25,N Andrew, R O'Connor 24, C Grade KBremner, T Jarden 21, B Jane 16.Ball Trap A Grade S Bell 24, R Spence23, K Ellison 20, B Grade N Andrew 22,D Dockary, R O'Connor 21, C Grade KBremner 19, T Jarden 16, B Jane 12.Gymcrack A grade R Spence, P Rutland 7,K Ellison, S Bell 6, B Grade I Howatson 7, PWhite, N Andrew, D Dockary 6, C Grade BJane , T Jarden 5.Frasertown Gymcrack Challenge TrophyRick Spence.WAITEMATA28th OctoberAnne Marie Praat Memorial HOA – ChrisErceg. A Grade:1st Andy Young, 2nd MylesBrowne-Cole, 3rd Mason Reed. B Grade:1st Mike Jennings, 2nd Danica Radich, 3rdRon Thompson. C Grade: 1st Mick Dryden.Super Veteran: Laurie Coppins, Veteran:Andy Veltmeyer.10th & 11th November 300 Skeet Weekendincluding John Nicholson Memorial Shoot11th Nov 2012HOA 2 Days: Mike HirtzelJohn Nicholson Trophy HOA – MikeHirtzel: A Grade: 1st Steve Cooper, 2nd66 gunshot

NATIONAL EXECUTIVEDean Everett, 3rd Jamie Peryer-Fursdon. BGrade: 1st Max Matsell, 2nd Graham Collie.C Grade: Kerri Wrigley, 2nd Bente Henry.25 November150 Points Score A Grade: 1st Rob Anderson,2nd Les Clarke, 3rd Rob Andrews. B Grade:1st Grahame Powell, 2nd John Lewis. CGrade: 1st Richard Worker.WAKATIPU14th October100 tgts Central Otago CompakChampionships HOA Mark Vessey 95. Agrade 1st Derek Morgan 86 –2nd Clark Pirie.3rd Darryl Braun 82. B grade 1st Neil Kerr74. 2nd Peter Nelson 68. 3rd Tim Jackson67. C grade 1st Fraser MacKenzie 69. 2ndCraig Horrell 66. 3rd Andrew McDonald 61.WOODVILLE7 October50 Single Rise AA Grade 1st MitchellDean 50 2nd Vance Butcher 48 3rd= ChrisBeattie, Peter Borrie A Grade 1st= KarlAndrews, Shane Quinn, Donna Matthews,Dave Challies 48 B/C Grade 1st NathanBarbridge 49 2nd George Baker 48 3rd KimBergerson 46.50 Point Score AA Grade 1st= VanceButcher, Peter Borrie 146 2nd Mitchell Dean145 3rd Chris Beattie 141 A grade 1st RayRussell 149 2nd John Caldwell 148 3rd= KarlAndrews, Dave Challies 146 B/C Grade 1stJohn Wilkey 137 2nd Kim Bergerson 135 3rd=Nathan Barbridge, George Baker 130.50 Single Barrel AA Grade 1st VanceButcher 48 2nd Peter Borrie 46 3rd ChrisBeattie 45 A Grade 1st Ray Russell 472nd Kim Owen 46 3rd= Shane Quinn,Gene Sandbrook 45 B/C Grade 1st KimBergerson 45 2nd John Russell 42 3rd DavePeck, Michael Davidson 41.High Gun (graded) after shoot off AAGrade Vance Butcher 242, A Grade RayRussell 242, B/C Grade Kim Bergerson226.2 Man Team (on handicap) over 150 tgts 1stKim Owen & Donna Matthews 2nd RayRussell and Stan Whiteman. ■PATRON:George Ellis30 Mitchell St, Green Island, Dunedin.Ph (03) 4883 499, Mobile 0274324 377,Fax (03) 4882 137. E-mail: george@hydestone.co.nzPRESIDENT:Keith LivingstonePhone 07 575 2482, Mobile 027 474 6535,Fax 07 575 2402, Email:klivingstone@xtra.co.nzVICE PRESIDENTS:Gavin SearlePh 03 383 2074, Mobile 027 454 7153.Email: searlefamily@xtra.co.nzMichael Holmes125 Kina Road, RD 31, Opunake. Ph 06763 8570, Mobile 027 446 6115. Email:mgholmes@ihug.co.nzEXECUTIVE:L.B. (Blue) Freeman.Ph 04 234 1922, Mobile 027 438 5238.Email blue.freeman@xtra.co.nzDerek SheenPh 03 325 4050. 021 283 3900. Emaildh_sheen@yahoo.co.nzIan Swale107 Bealey Ave, Christchurch. Ph 03365 9980, Fax 03 365 9979, Mobile 021377 216. Email: countryglenlodge@xtra.co.nzJohn TonkinPh PVT 09 522 2768, 021 944 360 email:johntonkin@xtra.co.nzNeil WinsloeAlexandra. Phone Pvt (03) 4488264 Mobile 027 471 0010 Email:highlineequip@xtra.co.nzEXECUTIVE OFFICER:Adrienne SearsEXECUTIVE POSITIONS:Coaching:D.SheenDTL (plus Selection Criteria):G.Searle (Director DTL), K. LivingstoneAM Skeet (plus Selection Criteria):J. TonkinGovernance:N.Winsloe (Director), K.Livingstone,ISSF:K.Livingstone (Director) G.Searle (SI)Management/Finance: K.Livingstone(Director) G.Searle, M.HolmesReferees and Rules:B. Freeman (Director)School Shooting:G.SearleSponsorship:G.Searle (Director) K.LivingstoneSporting Clays (Plus SelectionCriteria):N.Winsloe (Director), D.Sheen, I.Swale.HARASSMENT COMPLAINTSOFFICERS:June Briggs Ph (03) 768 5370 PvtAnn Paton Ph Pvt 298 8169.Gavin Paton Ph Pvt (09) 2988169HISTORIANGavin SearleLife Members: Tom Begg, George Ellis,Trevor Manson, Vince Peterson, EwenPirie, Colin Stott, Graeme Webber.NEW ZEALAND CLAY TARGETASSOCIATIONPO BOX 5355PAPANUICHRISTCHURCHPhone (03) 352 8577Fax (03) 352 0077Email: nzcta@xtra.co.nzWeb Site: www.nzclaytarget.org.nzgunshot 67

shoot calendarJANUARY1 Rotorua New Year Shoot5 Kaitaia Andy Yerkovich Memorial5-6 Bay of Plenty Open Shoot5-7 Barrytown Westland Provincials6 Nightcaps Scott Gap 100 Skeet Nth/Sth12-13 Waikato NI ISSF Championships12-13 Te Kuiti Waikato Districts19-20 Wanganui Rangitikei 200 Compak20 Thames Thames Club Shoot 6418-20 Hutt Valley NI DTL Championships26-27 Dunedin Skeet Festival Nth/Sth 6226-27 Auckland Met Auckland 300 1927 Dannevirke KW Smith Memorial 64FebruaryMARCHaprilMay2 Ellesmere 100 Tgt Skeet Nth/Sth2 Bay of Plenty Murray Havill Cup3 Bay of Plenty Charles Hartley Cup3 Waihora 100 Tgt Skeet Nth/Sth3 Mataura Southland Districts 605-10 Canterbury SI & NZ ISSF Champs 148-10 Wanganui Rangitikei NZ Masters Games9-10 Thames BOP Provincials 6010 TVDA 100 Sporting Maureen Bennett Memorial 3016 Ellesmere Lake Ellesmere 100 3016 Wanaka LG Taylor Nth/Sth Skeet16-17 Hawke's Bay Caesar Guerini 300 817 Canterbury Canterbury Districts 6217 Thames 100 Tg 20g Currie Cup Skeet 6419-20 Wanganui Rangitikei NI Sporting Championship22 Wanganui Rangitikei NZ Sporting Championship24 Waikato Pre Nationals 150 Tgts 142-9 Waikato NZ DTL Championships 616-17 Thames 2 x 100 Skeet Nth/Sth 6417 Thames TV Ball Trap Championship 6423-24 Rotorua Sporting Grand Prix 1924 Taupo Kilwell 150 DTL31 Auckland Met Chucksey Cup31 Hawke's Bay Hawkey's Bay Districts6-7 Hutt Valley Wellington Districts14 Waitemata Club Champs, City of Auck ISSF Trap14 Thames Duck Shooters Eye Opener 6420-21 Wanganui Reloaders Supplies Mirage Ammo20-21 Thames Reloaders Supplies Weekend 6420 Huntly Ron Dent Memorial27-28 Alexandra 3 x 100 Skeet Nth/Sth11-12 Wairoa Eastland Classic12 Te Kuiti Bullfrog Cup18 Wanaka Central Otago Districts19 Thames Dick Claude Memorial18-19 Wanganui 2 x 100 Skeet Nth/Sth68 gunshot

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