A whopping crowd on Saturday of 85 shooters (15 squads) competing in the 2023 Victorian Police Championships on a cool and overcast day with the odd bit of drizzle threatening but generally holding off.
Another successful Come & Try was held in the morning with all participants enjoying the day's activities and again thank you to our Come & Try Crew you guys rock!!
6 Squads of Skeet kicked us off right on 10am which was a fantastic number of shooters to see. Some giving it a go for the first time. The OA win was taken out by Rich Sammon after a nervous shoot off with Craig McDougall!!! Thanks to Sarah Caldwell for her help with the Skeet.
OA - Rich Sammon 25/27
A: Peter Akkermans 21/25, Sarah Caldwell 20/25
B: Craig McDougall 24/27, Louise Tingate 22/25
C: Peter Beaman 28/35, Michael Vella 27/35
Victorian Police Champion: Peter Beaman
DTL Kicked off right on 11am and with more competitors than expected for both DTL & Skeet and the Skeet event still shooting, a bit of squad juggling was required to ensure we could get started on time. Thanks to all shooters for their understanding and patience while we pushed some squads ahead of others for the first event. All ran very smoothly thanks to everyone backing up and staying back to ref and score when needed.
25 Tgt Point Score
OA - Lou Primavera 111/111
AA; Dave McGregor 108/11, Daniel Saliba 72/75
A: Logan White 72/75, Darryl johnston 74/78
B: Al Kidd 74/75, Gary Tuena 72/75
C: Geoff Shield 71/75, David Dickson 77/87
Victorian Police Points Champion - Damien Appleby 71/75
25tgt Single Barrel
OA - Chris Brown 34/34
AA: Marty McLachlan 33/34, Joe Maiolo 30/31
A: Damien Appleby 27/29, Leonard Quirk 26/29
B: Corrado Zocco 24/24, Mick Rocca 24/27
C: Greg Pegg 23/25, Paul Schroeter 26/30
Victorian Police Single Barrel Champion - Marty McLachlan 25/25
25tgt Double Barrel
OA - Daniel Salbia 89/89
AA: Lou Primavera 48/49, Craig McDougall 32/33
A: Damien Appleby 88/89, Shaun Kirley 53/54
B: Rob Demaria 39/40, Stephen Wilson 30/31
C: Leni Harrison 24/25: Split between David Dickson & Neville Harris 48/50 (both shooting 25 in shoot off and splitting)
20tgt Continental Cash Divide
AA: Daniel Saliba, Lucas Furlan Joe Maiolo 19/20
A: Dallas Ball, Steve Howlett 20/20
B: Andrew Papasavva 20/20
C: Wayne Green 18/20
DTL HIGH GUNS
CIVILIIAN OA - Lou Primavera 123/125
POLICE OA - Damien Appleby 119/125
A huge thanks goes to all the sponsors for the day
Super Shine Panel & Paint - Vince Burzomi
Loddon District Police Club
Melbourne Gun Club
And a special thanks to Mel Treller for her help in organizing it all and to Lou Primavera for donating some wine for Flash Targets hit in the Double Barrel.
A great day had by all and we thank everyone for their attendance and hope they enjoyed the day.