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Zane Karlsson
Overall High Gun
Northern Territory
Sporting Carnival
INSIDE
2021 NTCTA Sporting Carnival
VCTA ISSF Championships
2021 Mildura Easter Carnival
Monarto 39th Birthday Shoot
Official Journal of the AUSTRALIAN CLAY TARGET ASSOCIATION INC. – June 2021 Vol. 74 No. 6
CLAY TARGET
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN CLAY TARGET ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED
AUSTRALIAN CLAY TARGET ASSOCIATION INC. Volume No. 74 Issue No. 6 June 2021
PO Box 466, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650
Phone: (02) 6938 2121 Fax: (02) 6938 2122 Top End Gun Club member,
Website: www.claytarget.com.au Zane Karlsson, was the
NATIONAL OFFICE Overall High Gun at the
NTCTA Sporting Carnival.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER:
Paul Gilbert – email: ceo@claytarget.com.au Zane is 15 years of age and
ACCOUNTS: has only been shooting for
Judy Ferry – email: accounts@claytarget.com.au three years.
CTSN: Congratulations Zane.
Email: ctsn@claytarget.com.au
MEMBERSHIP:
Email: membership@claytarget.com.au
MEMBERSHIP/EVENTS CO-ORDINATOR:
Sue Vesperman – email: admin@claytarget.com.au
MEDIA, MARKETING, FACILITIES COORDINATOR
Email: bookings@therangefunctions.com.au
RECEPTION/COACHING &REFEREES/CAMPING Contents
Jenny Robinson – email: info@claytarget.com.au
ACTA Report 2
ACTA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE NTCTA Sporting Carnival 4
PRESIDENT:
Mr Malcom Dyson ACTA News 13
VICE PRESIDENTS:
Mr Garry Read, Mr Terry Marsden VCTA ISSF Championships 14
EXECUTIVE: Opening of Mildura Shot Curtain 22
NSW – Mr Colin Kneebone
NT – Mr Pat Coogan, Mr Ray Niven Coaching News 24
QLD – Mr Malcolm Collins, Mr Brian Muirson
SA – Mr Garry Read, Mr Len DeCandia 2021 Mildura Easter Carnival 26
TAS – Mr Mark Dennis, Mr Alan Styles
VIC – Mr Malcolm Dyson, Mr Lynne Curtis, Mr Les Kadziela ACTA State Rules Supervisors 35
WA – Mr Terry Marsden, Mr Ian Watson
PATRONS: Monarto’s 39th Anniversary 36
Mrs Kay Hull, AM
Psychological Skills for Shooting 42
LIFE REGISTERED SHOOTERS:
J. Houston†, H. G. James†, D. B. Mott†, W. E. H. Rainbird. O.B.E.†, Break Badges 43
J. M. Wilson†, J. M. Tyquin†, K. Soames†, N. Wells†, E. T. Baldwin†,
G. H. Hall (PP)†, E. G. Biggs†, R. H. Moyse†, L. S. R. Stewart†, Competition Results:
C. Moll†, A. Pedersen, (PP)†, O. R. Taylor†, E. F. Hawkins (PP)†,
R. Mules†, A. N. Rowe†, L. G. Connors (PP)†, W. Jones (PP)†, Western Australia 44; Queensland 44; Victoria 48;
R. M. Holtfreter (PP)†, N. Hardy, L. J. Martin (PP), J. K. Scott (PP) †,
R. F. Buchan†, J. Murphy, G. G. Woodhatch (PP), R. Silvester, New South Wales 53; South Australia 57;
R. Nugent (PP), J. Byrnes (PP), A. Kenny, D. Harwood, J. Mack (PP),
R. Traill†, M. McInnes, L. Curtis, J. Shepherd, A. Vilcins (PP), D. Baynes, Tasmania 57; Northern Territory 57
S. Corry, E. Forward O.A.M., R. Fox
† denotes deceased. PP denotes Past President Good Scores at Bega 61
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ACTA REPORT
Mal Dyson – President Paul Gilbert – CEO
Having negotiated our way through “Integrity Officers” (formerly Member
the first quarter of 2021, we are Protection Officers), within each
almost ready to host our members unit, headed by a “National Integrity
back at a Nationals event at the National Ground for Manager” and “Complaints Manager”. (These may or
the first time in 14 months! At this point in time, it may not be at Shooting Australia level.)
appears that the 2021 Skeet Nationals will ACTUALLY The Member Protection Policy has been substantially
occur, which will bring a smile to all of our Skeet revised and no longer includes or covers any “Code of
enthusiasts, (unless another major and untimely Conduct” guidelines. Additionally, there are clearer
Covid-19 outbreak occurs within the next week). definitions to communicate what does or does not
Needless to say, the majority of the last few months has constitute a breachable offence under the new policies.
therefore been spent putting this event together, along The policy also deliberately does NOT cover any
with preparing for the 2021 AGM which will be held personal grievances or Association / Club governance
on the evening of 16 May. This has included moving issues as these are determined by Sports Integrity
our nomination process across from the old method via Australia to fall outside the Framework. That said, a
our website to the new My Clubs My Scores portal, Code of Conduct may also need to be developed outside
ordering sashes and medallions, administrative tasks, of this Framework, (either through SA or independently
touching base with and confirming prizes with sponsors, by us), which additionally provides for other
obtaining risk assessments, applying for event and arms disciplinary processes, procedures and measures as a
fair permits, organising the Hall Of Fame Dinner, etc. parallel document to the Sports Integrity Framework.
Sports Integrity Australia – National Sports We will advise everyone as to the activation timeline
Integrity Framework Policies and required obligations of members to this new
The Australian Sports Commission has, over the last disciplinary process as it is rolled out over the coming
year, established a new business unit named Sports months.
Integrity Australia which has developed a new National Constitution
Sports Integrity Framework. Their policies are: OK – we’re not going to sugar-coat this:
(i) manipulation of sporting competitions; The ACTA Executive Committee, (your State
(ii) improper use of drugs and medicine in sport; Association-nominated representatives … i.e.: people
who have been elected to represent all of our
(iii) abuse of children and other persons in a
membership from Clubs to Zones to States to National),
sporting environment; and elected a Constitution Sub-Committee in August 2019
(iv) failure to protect Members and other persons with the mandate to contribute even more of their
in a sporting environment, from bullying, precious time and energy in the hope of them preparing
intimidation, discrimination, or harassment. and presenting a new “Company Limited by Guarantee”
As such, these first four policies articulate what Constitution. These Constitution Sub-Committee
constitutes an offence in each of these areas. These are Members had only one ambition in mind; to bring the
all then dealt with through ONE Complaints, Disputes ACTA into the 21st century with a new governance
and Discipline policy. structure that could amply and professionally carry this
Association forward.
It is anticipated that the Framework will be live in
the next few months and applicable to the whole-of- So, firstly, at the conclusion of this process, these people
sport from NSO, (in our case, Shooting Australia), need to be thanked and acknowledged for stepping onto
its Member Organisations, (ACTA, PA, NRA, TRA, the Committee: Mal Dyson, Daniel Allam, Alan Styles,
SCA), and all the way down to ALL ACTA clubs and Colin Kneebone and Lynne Curtis.
individual members. Within this new structure, the The process involved unpacking all of the negative
ACTA will likely need to set up “Integrity Units” in criticism that was levelled at the previous attempt
each State and at National Level in order to enact the in 2017 to present a Constitution, with the hope
process. It is anticipated these will include a number of of correcting all of the identified shortcomings and
2 Clay Target – June 2021
creating a new Constitution that would be acceptable respondents, but including a small group of others which
and accepted. One of the most contentious issues was didn’t provide feedback), then started a campaign to
always that of moving away from a “Federated Model”, white-ant the efforts of the Sub-Committee. Some
choosing instead to propose a Board elected by the distributed emails with irrational statements while
Membership based on each nominee’s commercial others invented scare tactics. Possibly the best of
and business acumen and capacity to contribute these these was “the ACTA becoming a company limited
capacities. Other important changes included the by Guarantee means that its affiliated clubs can
segregation of some parts of the Constitution out of the no longer be not-for-profits”!!! As a consequence,
Rules, (where they didn’t belong), and into By-Laws misinformation quickly consumed the practical benefits
where they can be revised and updated as required of the new, practical Constitution while the old, broken
without the need to have to re-vote for changes to these Constitution, with all its glaring drawbacks, remained
policies as constitutional amendments every few years. unquestioned.
Moving forward 20 months, and using this project as an So, yet again, we see the best attempts of some devotees
example, it is interesting to see the dynamics and culture being savaged by the disruptors who are obsessive to
of this organisation in play. Firstly, only a handful of the point of having to destroy something completely if
members ever put their hands up to do the job. Then, it’s not exactly as they want it. Sadly, it is not likely that
only a handful of about the same number responded things will ever improve or move ahead until everyone
to the Committee’s requests for feedback. These people, gets on the same page and works with each other
however, were adamant that their individual views towards the better good and in the best interests of our
were more valuable, applicable, important, (and sport. Till then, it will, no doubt, unfortunately remain
should therefore be unquestionably adopted by), than frustrating, fragmented and unproductive for all.
those recommendations of the Committee who, as Other than this, we have nothing else major to report
a democratic and open-minded group, had already this month. We look forward to welcoming our Skeet
considered all of these options but had determined that shooters back to competition at the National Grounds
another option was deemed to be in the best interests of on 16 May!
the Association. Next, the antagonists, (some being the Mal and Paul
Shooting Australia 2021 Proposed Dates for
ISSF Shotgun Events Performance Series Competitions
(Covid-19 compliance permissions pending)
Month Date Event Location
June 4-6 QLD State Titles Brisbane GC QLDCTA
Brisbane Gun Club
August 27-29 SA State Titles International CTC SACTA
International Clay Target Club
September 10-12 Mildura Gun Club Event Mildura VCTA
Mildura Gun Club
October 15-17 WA State Titles WAGC WACTA
WA Gun Club
18-23 ACTA Commonwealth Title WAGC ACTA
WA Gun Club
18-23 ACTA ISSF Nationals WAGC ACTA
WA Gun Club
CLOSING DATE FOR ADVERTISING AND EDITORIAL
in Clay Target July 2021 is JUNE 5 2021.
Scheduled publication date is June 18 2021
June 2021 – Clay Target 3
STATE COMP. Top End Gun Club
NTCTA
Sporting
Carnival
The 2021 campaign rolled out by NT Tourism was marketed as ‘Seek different’
which on the back of the previous ‘the Territory is the answer’ was certainly
no truer after the 2021 NTCTA Sporting Carnival. Three titles over three days
with 300 targets. For sporting shooters looking to ‘seek different’ across the first
weekend of May 2021 ‘the Territory had the answer’ and it all happened at
Top End Gun Club.
Brendan Auld Brenton Slade Chris Hunter Daniel Cox
4 Clay Target – June 2021
The ACTA NT Sporting Carnival was hotly
contested amongst a host of local and
visiting competitors, and comprised the NT
5-Stand title, NT Sport Trap title and the
NT English Sporting title. Both the 5-Stand
Sporting and Sport Trap were shot over
two courses with various difficulty and
slight modifications to targets between
the days. The final day was a traditional
English Sporting bush walk; a creative
presentation of sporting pairs with a
mix of following targets, on-report
targets and simulated pairs that
challenged and entertained all
competitors.
Well, how’d it all go? It was interesting,
not one person dominated, some
started well and dropped away as the
weekend progressed, some had good
rounds then returned with a bad round,
some maintained consistency over the
weekend, and others, well fair to say
Continued next page
Zane Karlsson
Overall High Gun
Guy Lawrence Joel Meaney Matthew Brown Max Tranter
June 2021 – Clay Target 5
Marcus Karlsson – Overall 5 Stand Nathan Vale – Overall English Sporting
everyone just had a great weekend with great Club member Marcus Karlsson took out the NT
people. 5-Stand title with a consistent score throughout
5-Stand kicked off on Saturday morning about the 4 rounds returning with an 86/100. A grade
9am in cool NT style conditions with a slight dry was won by Ramsay Fish, posting a handy 85/100,
season breeze. Each stand presented three single with TEGC President Gavin Lovelock taking
targets shot double barrel with the final two second on 83/100. B Grade shooter Nadine
targets a pair of targets with the second released Katarski took grade honours shooting 80/100,
on the report of the first shot. Each squad was with the young Zane Karlsson posting a 78/100
required two visits to each of the two courses to to take second place. C Grade was won outright
achieve the 100 targets, and as expected there was by Roger Spera on 72/100, while second place
a general improvement in scores on the second was hotly contested in a shoot-off between James
visit as competitors made variations in technique Pocock and Matthew Doyle. James took the win,
to address the differing targets. Top End Gun and second place, finishing with 82/120.
Continued on page 8
Nadine Katarski Ramsay Fish Ranald Auld Zane Karlsson
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June 2021 – Clay Target 7
100 target Sport Trap on Sunday was run on sequence to address the simulated pair. Daniel
the same grounds, with variation in target Cox maintained consistency throughout the day,
presentation from the previous day. Course posting a strong final score 75/100 to win the
setters presented each stand with a single target NT Sport Trap title for 2021. Most scores were
shot double barrel, two targets to be shot on below the previous day due to the reduction in
report of the first shot and then a simulated pair single targets however it was a good prelude to
challenging competitors’ assessment in which Continued on page 10
Zane Karlsson Damon Michael Roger Spera
1st A Grade English Sporting 1st B Grade English Sporting 1st C Grade English Sporting
Ramsay Fish Brendon Auld Matt Doyle
2nd A Grade English Sporting 2nd B Grade English Sporting 2nd C Grade English Sporting
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the English Sporting contested on the Monday. with Brendon Auld posting 64/100 for the second
A Grade was won outright by Chris Hunter place medal. Matthew Brown took C Grade
on 69/100, with Gavin Lovelock once again on convincingly after shooting 58/100, and Roger
the podium collecting second place honours Spera took second on 53/100.
following a shoot off with Marcus Karlsson. Monday, the final day, kicked off about 9am with
Gavin scoring 96/140 to take the place medal. a few extra competitors. The overall carnival
Zane Karlsson made another trip to the podium high gun was still an open show with only a
himself after winning B Grade, shooting a 70/100, small number of targets separating the leaders.
Ramsay Fish Nadine Katarski Roger Spera
1st A Grade 5 Stand 1st B Grade 5 Stand 1st C Grade 5 Stand
Gavin Lovelock Zane Karlsson James Pocock
2nd A Grade 5 Stand 2nd B Grade 5 Stand 2nd C Grade 5 Stand
10 Clay Target – June 2021Marcus Karlsson Nadine Katarski Roger Sperra
A Grade High Gun B Grade High Gun C Grade High Gun
The 100-target event was shot over two walks clay that barely pushed through the air before
around 9 stations covering a variety of differing stopping in flight and slowly dropping 15 metres
targets, with 50 targets presented each walk. from the shooting position. Many a lost target
Interestingly, the comments from all competitors called here! A shoot off was required between
on the toughest target of the day was a standard Continued on page 12
High Gun winners gathered together at the end of the Carnival
June 2021 – Clay Target 11A squad in action Nathan Vale and Damon Michael, who both who had to settle for the A grade high gun, two finished on 81/100 with Nathan Vale taking targets behind on 222/300. B grade was won by honours to claim the 2021 NT English Sporting Nadine Katarski with 203/300 and C grade was title. Following a regrade to A Grade, Zane won by Roger Spera on 194/300. Karlsson made everyone aware that he was the These events are not possible without the one to beat after shooting 76/100 for the grade volunteers throughout the club and participants win. Second place in A Grade was awarded to on the day. It was a big job, so thank you to all Ramsay Fish who shot 74/100. After narrowly who gave their time to assist. Thank you to the missing out on the Overall event title, Damon NTCTA for allowing and assisting Top End Gun Michael settled on winning B Grade, with his Club to host the event and we look forward to handy score of 81/100; while Brendon Auld once using this experience to build on future carnivals again made an appearance, this time taking in years to come. The club and Association second place with 69/100. Roger Spera ran away would also like to thank the continued support with the C Grade win after posting a handy score of sponsor Fishing and Outdoor World, who of 69/100, leaving Arnhem Gun Club member provided amazing prizes for the winners. Matthew Doyle to take second place with a 54/100. Top End Gun Club’s continued drive to ‘Seek Consistency over the weekend was the key when different’ will be complementing the NTCTA Trap it came down to carnival high guns, and with a carnival held in July, with a two-day Top End 200 score of 224/300 Top End Gun Club member Zane event consisting of 33 crazy Continental, 33 wild Karlsson took out Overall High Gun with scores skeet (maybe doubles) and 33 5-stand with a final of 78, 70 and 76. A great effort by the 15-year-old ultra-supreme super target; we hope to see you who has only been shooting for three years, and at Top End Gun Club between 17-18 July 2021. is always looking to continue his improvement in Follow our Facebook page to keep up to date on the shooting sports. He is a helpful young man the goings-on at the club. around the club and is an absolute delight to So, if you are looking for fun, remember – “the watch when he picks up a gun. More importantly Territory is the answer”. for young Zane, he beat his dad Marcus Karlsson Gavin Lovelock 12 Clay Target – June 2021
ACTA NEWS
REVISED RULE BOOK
Revised May 2021
A new copy of the ACTA Rule book is now as a minimum of 10 pairs of targets from
available on the ACTA website. This new release 15 metres.
is available in either a PDF format or as
7.13.13(b)
a Flippable book via a link.
(b) At the discretion of Club Management,
Changes to the book have been made, either
shoot-offs may be conducted in conjunction
because a rule was inadvertently left out when
with following events or as doubles from
the book was restructured, or because, after
Stations 1 to 7, or as doubles from Stations 3,
review by the Executive, some Rules needed
4 and 5, or any other format that is mutually
amendment.
agreed to between shoot Management and
Below are the rule corrections, all changes are in all shooters involved, however Management
RED: must make the final decision.
1.4 FIREARMS – addition to (c) Page 90 – General indexes have been added for
(c) Any firearm which has a gauge larger than Trap and Skeet, these were developed by ACTA
12 gauge is not permitted, nor shall any Toowoomba member, James (Viv) Nolan and we
barrel length be shorter than 63 centimetres thank him for his valuable contribution.
overall. No additional advantage will be
As yet there is no index for the Sporting Sections.
given to shooters using guns of a gauge
smaller than 12 gauge. With the MCMS program set to be used
from January 2022 the Rule book will change
1.28 LONG BREAK RECORDS
dramatically, necessitating a complete index
(e)(vii) Skeet, 20 gauge, 28 gauge, 410 bore
review.
4.3 TITLES Jim Shepherd
(a) National Titles shall be a graded event, ACTA National Rules Supervisor
minimum of 100 targets. Two days may be
taken to conduct this event.
5.8.9 CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
A Champion of Champions event shall be a
MY CLUBS MY SCORES
combination of a series of 25 targets double ATTENTION: Club Administrators
barrel, 25 targets single barrel and 25 targets We now have over 200 ACTA Clubs who have
points score targets shot in any order from requested access to the system.
18 metres. If your Club is not one of these, you should
Shot squad system under rules applicable to urgently arrange for access to the program.
the appropriate section with target numbers From 1 July 2021 all ACTA event scores must
and shooting marks in accordance with the be entered into the MCMS system.
appropriate championship. This will ensure that the automatic grades and
handicaps calculated for your members from
Note: any event shot as a combination of Double 1 January 2022 are appropriate.
Barrel, Single Barrel and Points Score not shot The Program is FREE to all ACTA affiliated
from 18 metres or at 25 targets of each should be clubs and can be used either online or offline.
designated MEDLEY. To acquire access to MCMS please contact
5.10.15 DISTRICT/CLUB EVENTS (Day or Night) Martin Smith Ph: 0457 079 929
(h) The Double Rise Championship shall be shot
June 2021 – Clay Target 13STATE COMP. VCTA State Ground, Echuca Clay Target Club
VCTA ISSF
Championships
The State Ground at Echuca Clay Target
Club was the venue for the Victorian
ISSF Championships and the next leg of
Shooting Australia’s High Performance
Series.
Three days of intensive competition, that
included several Olympic Squad team
members, was held in fantastic weather
conditions for the whole event.
With close co-operation between VCTA and
Shooting Australia, competitors were able to
compete in excellent conditions, supported
by first class administration, at an event that
produced fine individual performances.
Several members of Shooting Australia’s High-
Performance squad, along with some early
arrivals, were able to take advantage of the
excellent weather conditions to ‘warm up’ for
the event and get a little extra practice in. Kiara Dean in the Mixed Pairs competition
Ready for the Mixed Pairs final
14 Clay Target – June 2021Laetisha Scanlan in the Mixed Pairs competition
L-R: Steve Trembath (VCTA Vice Pres), Laura Coles Ladies Skeet
Competition began on the Friday Champion, Lynne Curtis (VCTA President)
morning with the Victorian Mixed Pairs The Gold medal match was contested by Tom
Championships. Ten teams contested for the Grice and Penny Smith against James Willet
championship with four pairs making it through and Laetisha Scanlan. The final score of 47/50
to the finals. The Bronze medal match was to 40/50 saw a resounding win to Tom and
contested between Mitch Iles and Kiara Dean Penny with the Silver medal going to James and
against Daniel Di Petro and Stef Pile. Mitch and Laetisha.
Kiara took the match 42/50 to 40/50. Continued next page
L-R: Brittany Melbourne, Laura Coles, Bridgette McKinnon – Ladies Skeet finalists
June 2021 – Clay Target 15L-R: Mark Du Rose, Keith Ferguson, Joshua Bell, Mat Costa, Rieley Fitzgibbon, Frank Morris – Men’s Skeet finalists
Saturday morning dawned
bright and sunny, excellent
conditions for competition, and
squads began the qualifying
round in both Skeet and
Olympic Trap. While a breeze
arose during the afternoon, it
was insufficient to stifle the
excellent conditions and a
number of highly competitive
scores were submitted. The
best three Skeet rounds for
the day were shot by Mark Du
Rose 73/75, Keith Ferguson
70/75 and Laura Coles 69/75.
Best Olympic Trap round was
shot by Todd Malone 72/75
L-R: Keith Ferguson, Joshua Bell, Mat Costa, Skeet finalists Silver, Gold and Bronze medals Continued on page 18
Rieley Fitzgibbon – Olympic Skeet Day 1 Joshua Bell – Olympic Skeet Day 1
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closely followed by Acacio Mota,
Luke Cassar and Mitch Iles all
shooting 71/75.
For the third day in a row,
Sunday morning started bright
and sunny and with little breeze.
While the wind increased during
the morning and saw some
challenging targets during the
middle of the day, by the time
of the finals it had returned
to relative calm and bright
conditions.
L-R: Ladies Trap Renae Jones Silver, Catherine Skinner Gold and Penny Smith Bronze Continued on page 20
Ladies Trap finalists
L-R: Tania Evans (referee SA), Steph Pile, Renae Jones, Kiara Dean, Laetisha Scanlan, Catherine Skinner, Penny Smith,
Men’s Trap Finalists
L-R: Tania Evans (referee SA), Acacio Mota, James Willett, Luke Cassar, Mitch Iles, Joey Yarak, Todd Malone
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June 2021 – Clay Target 19L-R: Men’s Trap, Steve Trembath (VCTA VP), Todd Malone Silver, James Willett Gold, Joey Yarak Bronze Lynne Curtis VCTA President
The Women’s Skeet Final was contested by The Men’s Skeet Final was contested by Joshua
Laura Coles, Brittany Melbourne, Bridgette Bell, Keith Ferguson, Mat Costa, Mark Du Rose,
McKinnon, Hann Munro and Chelsea Frank Morris and Rieley Fitzgibbon. Joshua Bell
McKinnon. The competition was won by took the Gold medal with a score of 53/60, just
Australian Olympic team member Laura Coles in front of Keith Ferguson 51/60. The Bronze
with a score of 51/60. The Silver medal was won medal went to Mat Costa with a 41/50.
by Brittany Melbourne 48/60 and the Bronze by Skeet Grade medal winners were AA Keith
Bridgette McKinnon 33/50. Ferguson 118/125, A Grade Mark Du Rose
Stuart Allen, Olympic Trap Day 1 Al Gammaldi, Olympic Trap Day 1
20 Clay Target – June 2021121/125. B Grade Rieley Fitzgibbon 106/125, adhered to in all elements of the competitions.
C Grade Doyle Yoannidis 104/125 and The VCTA team, lead by Lynne Curtis and Steve
the Junior medal went to Mark Du Rose Trembath, did an outstanding job in ensuring
121/125. that VCTA’s requirements were all met.
The Ladies Olympic Trap Final was a hotly While it is always a challenge when you single
contested affair. Catherine Skinner, Renae out specific personnel as you risk offending
Jones, Penny Smith, Laetisha Scanlan, Kiara someone, I would like to make particular note
Dean and Steph Pile competed for the medals. of the efforts of Jane Vella and Gary Hayden.
The eventual Gold Medal winner was Catherine Jane was tireless in her efforts to ensure that
Skinner with a score of 40/50, only one target everything ran exceptionally smoothly during
ahead of Renae Jones who took the Silver the course of the events and her organisation
Medal 39/50. Penny Smith won the Bronze with and professionalism were outstanding. Gary
a score of 29/40. Hayden gave up three days of his time to
James Willet, Todd Malone, Joey Yarak, Mitch attend the venue early to ensure that the
Iles, Acacio Mota and Luke Cassar were the traps and skeet were fully functioning, traps
finalists in the Men’s Trap Final. James Willet set and targets loaded in preparation for the
45/50 took the Gold Medal over Todd Malone competitions. Gary, your efforts certainly helped
with the Silver 42/50. Joey Yarak took the Bronze to make the event a successful one.
with a score of 32/40. So after almost two years layoff, ISSF
In the Grades, AA Gold Joey Yarak 130/137 competition has begun again in Victoria and we
and Silver Mitch Iles 129/137, A Grade Gold look forward to future events to be every bit as
Todd Malone 119/125 and Silver Acacio Mota successful as this one was.
116/125, B Grade Gold Renae Jones 114/127 Jeff Bell
VCTA State Secretary
and Silver Kiara Dean 113/127, C Grade Gold
Matthew Woerz 111/125 and Silver Dylan
Provest 100/125. The Junior Gold Medal went to
Acacio Mota 116/125 and the Veteran’s was won
by Domenic Sciglitano 109/125.
A full list of the results can be found on the
VCTA website www.vcta.com.au including
the Victorian Shoulder to Shoulder and Postal
Teams. A full list of daily results can be found on Peter Fitzalan
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June 2021 – Clay Target 21CLUB NEWS Mildura Clay Target Club
Opening of the Shot Curtain
The Easter Carnival for the
Mildura Clay Target Club
was the opportune moment
to officially open and
acknowledge the new shot
curtain upgrade. The club had
applied for a grant to install
a ShotStop Curtain and an
upgrade to the DTL traps as
well as the installation of a new
ISSF Olympic Trench layout
in 2018. A grant of $1.2 million
was approved in late 2019 by dent), Craig Mitchell (Direct
or of ShotStop
the Federal Government, which L-R: Darren Arigro (Vice-Presi ne We bste r MP
ent) & Dr An
Curtains), Les Kadziela (Presid
saw the project
built and com-
pleted over the
next 18 months.
Dr Anne Webster
MP, officially opened
the new facility on
behalf of the Federal
Left: L-R – Mal Dyson
(President ACTA), Lynne
Curtis (President VCTA),
Colin Dunn (President
NWZ – Vic) & Les Kadziela
(President MCTC)
22 Clay Target – June 2021New ISSF Olympic Trench bunker and traps
Government and praised the management and
the quality of work that was carried out. Other
than curtains that were erected in Brisbane for the
Commonwealth Games, which are not used at this
time, this facility in Mildura is the only one of its
kind in Australia which provides shooting athletes
the opportunity to train in conditions that they
would encounter in overseas competitions.
) & Deserie Baynes
Not only are the facilities in Mildura the only one Les Kadziela (President MCTC
(Director Shooting Au stralia)
of its kind, but is also the most environmentally
friendly shooting range in Australia. 100% of the
lead shot is collected as well as collection of plastic development. The plans were refined to include
wads and the use of ECO friendly clays. a ShotStop Curtain which also included several
additional benefits. Over the next 2 years, plans and
Also in attendance were: Mayor of the Mildura hard work went into refining the project. A number
Rural City Council Councillor Jason Modica, Mayor of people contributed much of their time. Various
of the Wentworth Shire Council Councillor Sue local businesses also contributed in-kind support
Nichols, Councillors from the Mildura Rural City and my thanks go to those who also joined our
Council – Councillors Glenn Milne, Helen Healy, vision.
Ian Arney & Liam Wood, President of the Australian
Clay Target Association Inc. Mal Dyson, President of But of course, without the funding, this would only
the Victorian Clay Target Association Lynne Curtis, be a dream. Two years ago, Dr Anne Webster and
President of the North West Zone of Victoria Colin Senator Bridget McKenzie shared our vision and
Dunn, Director of ShotStop Curtains and Green through their help, we were able to secure a major
Range Construction Craig Mitchell and Board part of the funding required for the project. Whilst
Member of Shooting Australia and Olympic and the funding was short of our intended plan, much
Commonwealth Medalist Deserie Baynes. was accomplished with what was received.
A chance encounter five years ago by the committee
and Craig Mitchell, planted the seeds of this Continued next page
June 2021 – Clay Target 23Mildura – Opening of Shot Curtain
Shoot off during Easter Carnival under lights at the new facility with the curtain
Through the project management by Craig Mitchell installation of a hydraulic trap and installation of a
and the very kind support from local suppliers new ISSF/UT layout plus the layout pads on trap 2.
(many of whom were present on the day), we now A great community-involved project.
have a ShotStop Curtain, upgrade to all DTL traps,
COACHING NEWS
Recently I had to provide whole of last year was severely restricted many
some coach numbers for the Annual Report and of the more progressive private schools are keen
for the Shooting Australia Coaching Reference to expand their students interests in some of the
Group and found a worrying trend. Thought less popular Olympic sports and our clay target
we had 160 coaches in New South Wales but shooting will certainly fit this criteria.
on checking the latest print out from the ACTA Here is a wonderful opportunity for clubs to
we only have 130 fully paid up and accredited approach schools in your area particularly the
coaches in NSW. private schools as the state schools will be limited
This is concerning as 30 coaches have for some by the bureaucratic structure that controls the
reason decided that they no longer wish to be running of the state school system.
members of the ACTA. With the fact we have 74 clubs in NSW and the
This is above my pay grade but it is hoped some- reintroduction of the NSWCTA School Shooting
one needs to investigate the reasons why and an Championship from this year forward we have
answer found to arrest this worrying trend. the chance to grow our sport and experience the
opportunity to compete and learn the joys of clay
On a brighter note, I have received several inquir-
target shooting and promoting safe gun handling.
ies from around the State regarding clay target
shooting for school sport. David Coleman,
NSWCTA Coaching Director,
With the lock down easing and the fact that the Chairman State Coaching Directors Committee
24 Clay Target – June 2021June 2021 – Clay Target 25
CLUB NEWS Mildura Clay Target Club
2021 Easter Carnival
With Covid 19 last year and the cancellation of the Mildura Clay Target Club’s Easter
Carnival in 2020, it was fantastic to be able to hold our Carnival this year in addition
to having our opening ceremony for our new ShotStop Curtain during the carnival.
Interest in the lead up to the event was high
which saw nominations for the events at an
all-time high. It was also great to see the
Presidents from the Zone, VCTA and ACTA
attend.
The weather over the weekend was fantastic with
mid to low 30s for each day. Also a first for the
competition at Mildura was that the finals for
the Double Barrel event and the Handicap were
shot in the evening under lights. With the mild
weather the spectacle was appreciated by the
spectators.
This year the events’ major sponsor was Beretta
Australia. Thanks go to Lorenzo and his team for
their support of this is Carnival.
The first event was a 50 target Single Barrel
Championship sponsored by One Stop
Wholesalers and O’Connor Harvesting.
The event was hotly contested with 5 shooters
shooting 49/50. The eventual winner was a local
C Grader, who had in recent months purchased
a trap gun and with a lot of practice had steadily Single Barrel winner Leslie Landells
improved. Leslie Landells’
efforts saw him upgraded to
B grade during the weekend.
During the shoot-off with
two shooters remaining,
both missed identical targets
to prolong the shoot-off.
Eventually Leslie won,
shooting an additional 28/29,
to Robert Nelson who shot
27/29.
There was also a hotly
contested shoot-off in the
Veterans with Robert Andrews
and Andrew Ataliotis, both
of whom had shot a 48/50.
Robert would eventually
outlast Andrew shooting a
Continued on page 28 Single Barrel Junior Molly Bretag, Ladies Shannen Gallagher, Veteran Robert Andrews
26 Clay Target – June 2021June 2021 – Clay Target 27
the opening of
the shot curtain
and the shoot-offs
of the single barrel
event, the shoot-
offs for this event
continued well
into the afternoon.
With failing light, a
break was taken to
have dinner and to
warm up the lights
for the shoot-off
to continue under
lights at night.
Single Barrel C: Madison Gallagher, B: Alexander Sologub, AA: Peter Attard, A: Robert Nelson
Eventually, Deserie
further 41/41 to take the Veterans with 89/91. Baynes won the
A great effort from both. event with an even 150/150, with Warren Lindner
coming second to her with a 149/150. Warren’s
Not to be outdone, the Ladies also had their effort would see him take out the AA Grade.
own battle with Shannen Gallagher and Deserie
Baynes, both shooting an initial 47/50. Shannen Other notable efforts were Domingo Diaz taking
was the eventual winner shooting a further 26/26 out the Veterans with a 118/119; Robbie Fitzgerald
to take out the Ladies with a 73/76. taking Juniors with a 92/93 and Illario Dimasi, a
local youngster, winning A Grade with a 100/101.
The second event was the 50 target Double Barrel Ryan Carroll won B grade with a 51/52 and Anna
Championship sponsored by Beretta Australia. Evgeniou had the Ladies with a 49/50.
125 shooters had nominated for this event.
Saturday night was also the night that the
Over 10 shooters Calcutta draw was held. This year a total pool
shot the possible of over $7,000 was accumulated which would
under ideal be contested during the Handicap event the
conditions. Due to following day. I suspect there may have been
the early morning some nervous shooters as well as some very
presentations on
Continued on page 30
Double Barrel winner
Deserie Baynes Double Barrel C: Jaan Aringo, B: Ryan Carroll, A: Illario Dimasi, AA: Warren Lindner
28 Clay Target – June 2021June 2021 – Clay Target 29
Double Barrel Junior Robbie Fitgerald, Ladies Anna Evgeniou, Overall Deserie Baynes, Veteran Domingo Diaz
nervous investors, given the size of the pool. The open winner and the only one to shoot a
The third event was the 25 pair Jim Vale Double 49/50 was Damien Hutchins from Frankston. AA
Rise Championship sponsored by Green Range/ grade winner after a shoot-off, shooting an initial
ShotStop Curtains. Whilst this discipline is 48/50 and then a 16/16, was Craig Bentley. Don
challenging to shoot, under relatively ideal Pratt took the A grade with a great 48/50, as did
conditions scores were quite high although no grant McMillan to win the B grade. Jaan Aringo
one shot a possible. Winners in B & C grade shot took out the C grade with a very good 47/50.
a 48 and 47. Continued on page 32
Jim Vale Double Rise winner Damien Hutchins Handicap Overall winner Wayne Keating
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June 2021 – Clay Target 31Double Rise Junior Shannen Gallagher, Ladies Molly Bretag Jim Vale with Double Rise Veteran winner, Mal Dyson
Double Rise L-R: C: Jaan Aringo; B: Grant McMillan; A: Don Pratt; AA: Craig Bentley
Molly Bretag won the Ladies with an initial 47/50 out was Ross Collumb who dropped his 62nd
and then in the shoot-off of 9/10. Juniors was target, coming forth with a score of 61/62. Shortly
won by Shannen Gallagher with a 43/50. Last but thereafter Andrew Cameron dropped his 64th
not least was Mal Dyson winning the Veterans target and placing 3rd.
with a 47/50. The remaining 2 shooters Wayne Keating and
Andrew Fiek, shot the 25 bracket. At this point
Event 4 was the 50 target Handicap
in time light was failing and the lights were
Championship sponsored by Bigfoot Civil &
switched on. Both shooters elected to continue.
Construction. Five shooters shot the possible with
Wayne on 21 metres and Andrew on 25 metres
nearly 15 other shooters just missing out on the
provided a masterclass in shooting at those
shoot-off shooting a 49/50.
distances under lights. It was a great spectacle
The five shooters were each shooting for a place that continued until the 80th target when Andrew
as prize money was being awarded from 1st to missed a straight away target. The winner was
5th. The first shooter to miss and take 5th spot Wayne Keating shooting 80/80 and earning
was Ben Grossi who shot 54/55. The next to drop himself a metre back to 22 metres.
32 Clay Target – June 2021Points Score L-R: Veteran Colin Dunn, Junior Tom Clark, Overall Peter Attard,
Ladies Deserie Baynes
Points Score Overall, Peter Attard
Event 5 was the 75
target Points Score
Championship sponsored
by VPC Automotive &
Kelly’s Panel Refinishers.
The beauty of this event
being the last is that it
enabled shooters who
may have had a bad event
earlier in the Carnival the
opportunity to improve
their position for the High Points Score L-R: B: Ryan Carroll, C: Jaan Aringo, A: Norman Watts, AA: Grant Thatcher
Gun. The previous two
days provided shooters with a possible of 200 There were a couple of shoot-offs for minor
points. This event alone provided 225 points. places in the Points Score event, but then the fun
really began with the High Gun as shoot-offs
The open was won by Peter Attard with a score of
were required for the Overall High Gun, which
224/225. One point behind on 223/225 was Grant
impacted on the AA Grade High Gun, and there
Thatcher, taking out the AA grade. Norman Watts,
were 3 shooters shooting off for the Veteran’s
a character at Mildura, took out the A grade with
High Gun. All had to shoot each discipline.
a 220/225 – well shot. Both Ryan Carrol and Jaan
Aringo continued their good form winning B Peter Attard and Andrew Fiek both ended with
grade and C grade respectively, with a 217/225. 417/425. The resulting shoot-off saw Peter Attard
take the Overall High Gun on 455/463. Andrew
Tom Clark was the winner of the Juniors with
Fiek was then awarded the AA Grade High Gun
a 216/225, Deserie Baynes the Ladies with a
with a 454/463.
218/225 and Colin Dunn the Veterans with a
219/225. Continued next page
June 2021 – Clay Target 33For the Veterans, Bill Harris, Sheriday Morley and The High Gun was sponsored by Beretta Australia.
Steven Chambers all finished the Carnival with All-in-all it was a great Carnival setting new
399/425. The resulting shoot-off saw Bill Harris attendance records as well as seeing the shot
win with a 413/441. curtain being used in a major carnival.
Grade High Guns, L-R: B: Ryan Carroll, C: Jaan Aringo, A: Andrew Ataliotis, AA: Andrew Fiek
Overall High Gun Junior High Gun, Ladies High Gun, Veteran High Gun,
Peter Attard Shannen Gallagher Deserie Baynes Bill Harris
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June 2021 – Clay Target 35CLUB NEWS Monarto Clay Target Club
Monarto’s 39th Anniversary
13th & 14th March 2021
Sash winners L to R: Peter Minhard, Bruce Mudge, Anna Evgeniou, Vince Petraccaro, Martin Collumb, Molly Bretag and Rob Clark
Where have the past 39 years gone? from the BOM would have definitely scared some
Hard to believe that next year we will be off. A few shooters went out for a quick round of
celebrating our 40th year at Monarto and practice but by starting time the rain was pouring
we do hope that you will come and join down and the tree-line across the paddock
us for that one. The way the years are could not be seen through it. A discussion with
all of the shooters and a quick show of hands,
flitting past it won’t be long!
indicated the shooters were willing to sit it out in
We had been lulled into a false sense of beautiful the warmth of the Clubhouse and wait until the
weather with the Bureau of Meteorology 7-day rain had cleared, the radar giving us clear vision
forecast having predicted a weekend of perfect on where the rain was headed. We had all day so
conditions around 28°C. Three days before the there was no point in getting wet just to save a bit
weekend we found we were to have some rain, of time. It took almost an hour and a half before
and the temperatures revised down to around the rain cleared enough for the shooters to take to
19 and 20; looked like our planned menu for the tracks for the first event.
Saturday night may have to be revised.
Event 1: 25 target Double Barrel
Woke to find it already raining on Saturday Championship
morning and by the time I reached the Club at At the completion of all squads shooting, we had
Monarto the wide rain-band, stretching vertically five going out to shoot off for the overall sash.
from Port Augusta, all the way down across the The end result was Barry Sims (AA) taking out
State and was well and truly upon us. the Championship with his score of 37/37 over
Our expected numbers did not arrive as that radar Rob Clark (AA) on 36/37. A Grade was won by
36 Clay Target – June 2021Nicholas,
Baden Lloyd
and Dennis
Ryan. Front
makers,
Dennis and
Baden, were
on 17 metres,
Alexander and
Darren on 19
metres while
Martin was
back-marker
on 25 metres.
All five hit
their first
Barry Sims, DB Champion
target, and
Dennis was
Richard Dean with his 24/25 over Alexander
the first out
Dunn who had to earn his second placing with a
after dropping
42/44 in a shoot-off. Anna Evgeniou had already
his second Dino Oliviero, SB Champion
won B Grade with her perfect 25/25 while Dennis
Ryan too had to contend with a shoot off to gain target (giving
his second place in the event. He shot a 24/24 in him 5th place in the Handicap), the others all
that shoot-off giving him the score of 48/49. First hitting theirs. Baden and Darren both dropped
place in C Grade automatically went to Trevor their third targets while Martin and Alexander hit
Smart on 23/25 while Rob Low had to shoot off theirs, so they were still in line for the Handicap
with Peter Dunn, winning out with his score of honours. Alexander went on to shoot his fourth
30/33. By the end of the first event the rain had target but Martin missed his so we now had
cleared and we had an almost perfect afternoon first and second places sorted. That left Baden
for the competition. and Darren to vie for third and fourth places so
they both
Event 2: 25 target Single Barrel went back to
Championship their marks.
Dino Oliviero (AA) took out the Single Barrel Baden missed
Championship on 24/25 over Gavin Height on and Darren
23/25. Bob Cook (A) won his grade with a 23/25 smashed his
over Alexander Dunn on 22/25 while B Grade target so the
was this time taken out by Dennis Ryan shooting shoot-off
a 22/25 over his rival Anna Evgeniou on 23/29. C was done
Grade places went to Peter Dunn on 17/25 over and dusted
Robert Low on 16/25. after just four
Event 3: The 25 target Anniversary targets each.
Handicap A jubilant
Alexander Dunn, who has spent some years away Alexander
from actively shooting clay targets is back with a Dunn
vengeance. Only a month or so ago he went from telling us he
B Grade up to A Grade and shooting off his new hadn’t won
handicap he, along with four other shooters, who an overall
had all shot a score of 23/25, went out to shoot off in around
for the five placings in the event. 12 years.
Alexander Dunn, Martin Collumb, Darren Continued next page Alex Dunn, winner Anniversary Handicap
June 2021 – Clay Target 37Handicap placings, L to R. Martin Collumb (2nd), Darren Nicholas (3rd), Alex Dunn (1st), Baden Lloyd (4th), Dennis Ryan (5th)
Welcome back to the winner’s podium
(we don’t have one), Alexander.
First place Alexander Dunn 27/29
(19m), second place Martin Collumb
26/29 (25m), third place went to
Darren Nicholas on 26/29 (19m),
fourth place to Baden Lloyd on 25/29
(17m) and fifth was taken out by
Dennis Ryan on 24/27 (17m).
With the daytime events over, a few of
the shooters took part in a cash divide
Double Rise event (not programmed),
to kill a bit of time before our evening
meal was ready, then it would be time
to set the lights up for our night shoot.
Rotisseried chicken and a great array
of salads (thanks to club members
who made them), followed by
peaches, icecream and pavlova saw
everyone more than satisfied with
their sumptuous meal. Now all we
had to do was wait till dark! Molly Bretag and Gavin Height,
State Deauville Doubles Champions
Event 4: 20 pair State Deauville
Doubles Championship pair travelling around 100 kilometres just to shoot
A biting cold southerly wind had sprung up and the Deauville Doubles, arriving just in time to
blew directly into the face of the shooters, making shoot the event. Sadly, their trip was in vain for
my eyes water as I stood outside watching the the top honour.
shooters vying for the two red sashes on offer.
Our own Junior shooter, Molly Bretag, had grabbed
Pairs had entered their names earlier in the day but politely asked Mount Gambier shooter Gavin
for the major event, and one by one their efforts Height, as soon as he showed his face on the
were posted on the scoreboard in the office. grounds, if he would shoot with her in the night
It really was a toss-up as to who would win, one event. He agreed, and it was smiles all round
38 Clay Target – June 2021when they almost made the perfect score for they As the last squad’s scores were posted on the
both missed the same target resulting in a score of scoreboard, we could see three possibles in red
19/20 – no blame games on that one! Second place 50/50: Bob Cook, Gerald Hopgood and Rob
went to Barry Sims who partnered with Rob Clark, Clark. The three of them went out to shoot-off for
their score was 15/20, and third place went to Rhys the overall sash. None of them were going down
Fischer and Richard Wheaton with their score of without a fight until Bob dropped a points score
14/20. Almost everyone had braved the cold wind target giving him 72/75 and the momentum was
outside to watch all the teams go through their gone; Gerald pulled a second barrel on his target
squads and then it was back into the clubhouse resulting in a 74/75 and Rob hit his, winning the
where the fire was still burning. championship with 75/75.
Presentation time of the Deauville Doubles The Overall and AA Grade, as well as the Clem
trophies completed the first day of our 39th Anni- Thomas Memorial, went to Rob Clark on 75/75
versary shoot. Hopefully the weather would be an over Rito Borzillo who had shot a 49/50. Gerald
improvement on what we had already experienced Hopgood won A Grade with his 74/75 after
on day one. Bob Cook outed himself, by dropping a Points
A clear sky, devoid of any clouds was a good sign Score target, leaving himself on 72/75. B Grade
that day two might live up to expectations. Cool places went to Anna Evgeniou (who was having
and mild conditions prevailed throughout the day a blistering competition) on 48/50 over Dennis
much to everyone’s delight. Ryan (also in a purple patch with his shooting)
on 71/75 having won the shoot off against Sue
Forty-three competitors would be vying for two
Byrnes and John Maffia who had shot 46/50’s
Memorial trophies on the day, as well as a Team
along with Dennis.
trophy, so there was quite a lot at stake.
Not to be out-shone by the higher grades in
Event 5: 30 Mixed Target Championship this event, Di Loughhead won C Grade with her
Shot in conjunction with the Clem Thomas
excellent score of 47/50 and Brian Mudge took
Memorial.
second place shooting a 46/50. I’m happy to say
that at the end of the day we saw Di Loughhead
elevated to
B Grade; heartiest congratulations Di, you
thoroughly deserve to be there.
Continued next page
Left: Rob Clark with Clem Thomas Memorial Trophy
Below: Rob Clark is presented with trophy from Ivan Hein on behalf of
the Clem Thomas family
June 2021 – Clay Target 39hard on a national, as
well as international level,
encouraging Women and
Juniors to participate on
a level equal to the Open
men’s teams.
Martin Collumb had
already won AA grade
on 148/150 but there was
still a shoot-off for second
place as we had three
shooters on 146/150, Barry
Sims, Molly Bretag and
Rob Clark. It didn’t
Anna Evgeniou and Ruth Michell take too long with
Event 6: 50 target Rob Clark being the
Beretta Points victor, shooting a 185/189 to take second in AA
Score Grade.
Shot in conjunction A Grade places were already filled, Max Pontifex
with the Graham on 143/150 and Vince Petraccaro on 142/150. The
Michell Memorial battling B Grade rivals for the weekend finished
Anna Evgeniou, Graham Michell trophy and the in OA and second place, Anna Evgeniou winning
Memorial Trophy winner Graham and Ruth OA and B Grade with 149/150 and Dennis Ryan
Michell Team trophy shoot. coming in second place on 142/150. This time
A 50 target Points Score event at the end of a the winners were reversed in C Grade with Brian
2-day shoot can be tough going but one shooter Mudge taking first with his 134/150 over Di
out on the tracks showed all she was a force to Loughhead on 126/150.
be reckoned with. Anna Evgeniou (B Grade, but Now who had won the Team trophy? A 50 target
not for long) proved to all the top-shots that this Points Score team event can look great one
was going to be her event, and she shot like a minute, and should just one shooter come in
trooper, her determination on show for all to see, with a poor score, the team score can go from
she shot a 149/150 taking out the Championship top of the ladder to the bottom. Teams from
and winning the Graham Michell Memorial International Gun Club and Lower North were
trophy. The first lady, in the 19 years of it being submitted along with three teams from our home
shot for, to win the much sought-after trophy. club and guess who won it? Monarto’s number
Well done, Anna, I couldn’t be happier that it has 1 team – Rob Clark, Molly Bretag, Barry Sims
finally been won by a female. Graham pushed all sitting on 146, Anna’s ‘over the top’ 149 and
Ruth Michell presents Monarto No 1 Team with Graham & Ruth Michell Team trophy, L to R. Tim Dunn, Rob Clark,
Molly Bretag, Anna Evgeniou, Ruth Michell, Barry Sims
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