A cold and foggy start to the day saw a full house turn up again for Come & Try with some great feedback from all who attended. Massive thanks goes to the crew who look after this for us which includes being at the club super early to have the machines etc all ready to go. It is greatly appreciated.
A nervous start for Gerald with it being that cold the gas lines had frozen up a bit, this goes on top of us having a water issue on Friday with Roger & Ben staying back at the club until 8pm Friday night to have it rectified so the days shoot could go ahead. The behind the scenes work of running a club (specially a large one) never ends!!
By the time competition had got underway we had perfect conditions for the 100tgt Jean & Peter Wray ISSF Trench Cup which saw 6 full squads of 36 shooters enter the day's program which saw us give all 3 of our grounds a run. This was appreciated by the shooters with the final all completed by 4:30pm.
This event continues to grow and was first held in 2009 to thank the efforts of both Jean & Peter Wray for their work in ISSF at MGC. This year's event was taken out by Craig Henwood with a 92/100 and 46/50 in the final defeating Ash Hawker. We must thank Bronzewing Australia for their support.
100tgt Jean & Peter Wray ISSF Trench Cup
OA - Craig Henwood 92/100 + 46/50
AA - Brett Dunstan 93/100; Catherine Skinner 92/100
A - Adam Beechey 87/100; Robbie Pistone & Domingo Diaz 86/100
B - Lou Primavera 84/100; Rob Godfrey 78/100
C - John African 79/100; Rob Demaria 76/100
Lady - Catherine Skinner 92/100
Junior - Gabe Sensi 91/100
Over on the Skeet fields 2 squads had entered the days events of 50t Skeet & 50 Skeet Doubles with a slab of Bronzewing Ammo up for grabs for the OA High Gun over the 2 events won by Glenn Clarke who donated it back and some winnings towards our 2 Day skeet Carnival we will host next year which will include the Jim Turner memorial. Thank you to Sarah Caldwell for helping out with the Skeet events.
50tgt Skeet
AA - Glenn Clarke 47/50
A - Colin Finn 50/52; Laurie Durham 49/52
B - Sarah Caldwell 47/50; Peter Finn 43/50
C - Louise Tingate 38/50; David Dickson 36/50
50tgt Skeet Doubles
AA: Glenn Clarke 47/50; Ryan Miller 40/50
A: Colin Finn 45/50; William Miller 41/50
B - Laurie Durham 42/50; Jacqui Durham 40/50
C - Sarah Caldwell 38/50; David Dickson 34/50
High Gun - Glenn Clark 94/100
Thank you to everyone who helped ref, score and help the events run smoothly. Next weekend we play host to the Vic Police State Championships (separate post coming shortly). See you all there!