Eighty-three shooters from 20 clubs enjoyed two days of beautiful sunshine and fierce competition at Glen Innes Clay Target Club last weekend.
They had come to get a respite from the rain and to win at least one of the 10 sapphires on offer.
Lots of cash and other prizes were also up for grabs.
The shoot-offs several times lasted much longer than the initial event.
Saturday’s 50 target double barrel event demanded 202 targets before it was finalised and Sunday’s sapphire event kept going to 185 targets.
The first event alone saw 20 shooters hit all the targets. The second day’s first event had 28 shooters do the same.
Ralph Larkings, the club president, his son Owen and daughter Nicole all had a good time, winning several events each.
Other Glen Innes shooters to have wins in more than event was Trevor Miller, Peter Kennedy, Rodney Johnson and James Klingner.
The golden spoon, shot off between the club’s monthly highgun winners, was won by Matt Colley, Inverell. The Macansh tray was this year kept by Guyra Gun Club.
This sapphire shoot was also a memorial shoot to Dugald Mactaggart, who was a member, sponsor and patron of the club for many years before he passed away late last year. His two sons, David and John, intend to continue the ties with the club.
Sadly, another member and past president, Monty Klingner, also passed away only two days before this shoot.
A minute’s silence was held, followed by a gun salute, fired by James Klingner, David and John Mactaggart.
Results Saturday
25 target double barrel cash divide, 15 m : AA: Tony Ryder, Hank McGuiness, John Reid, Paul Turner, Brad Henshall, Rodney Moody, David Edmonds, Graham Haig, Guy Mepham and Kim Nealon, all 25/25. A: Ralph Larkings, John Lisle, Cameron Schoenfisch, Robert Dial, David Mactaggart and David Newberry, all 25/25. B: Trevor Miller, Greg Burey, Joseph Edmonds, all 25/25. C: Christopher Kachel 25/25, Lindsay Robson and Owen Larkings, both 23/25.
50 target mixed, 25 double barrel and 25 single barrel, 15 m: OA: Brad Henshall 90/90. AA: John Reid 89/90, Matt Colley 60/60, Geoffrey Fields 59/60. A: Tony Turner 49/50, Cherie Hunter 58/60, Jamie Poole 57/60. B: Peter Kennedy 69/70, Therese Nealon 48/50, Megan Wilkins 85/90. C: Owen Larkings 53/60, Linsay Robson 51/60, Nicole Larkings 40/50.
50 target double barrel, 15 m: OA: Geoff Hunter 202/202. AA: Peter Boland 201/202, Geoff Baxter 168/169, Ian Burey 155/156. A: Tammy Henshall 61/62, Martin McCosker 72/73, Jamie Poole 71/73.. B: William Saul 54/55, Greg Burey 52/53, Luke Barnes 51/53. C: Owen Larkings 47/50, Rodney Johnson 46/50, Christopher Kachel 43/50.
Results Sunday
25 target double barrel cash divide, 15 m: AA: Geoff Jacobsen, Mike Sullivan, Tony Ryder, Graham Haig, John Reid, Brad Henshall, Kim Nealon, Jeff Richardson, Kevin Harding, Geoff Hunter, Robert Clark, Robert Reeves, Matt Colley, Geoffrey Fields, Peter Boland and Guy Mepham, all 25/25. A: John Lisle, Robert Dial, Ralph Larkings, Jamie Poole, Dave Newberry, Scott Brereton, Libby Clarke, Tony Turner and Ethan Dial, all 25/25. B: Trevor Miller and Owen Larkings, both 25/25, Luke Barnes, William Saul, Greg Hope, Greg Burey, Nancy Davies, Garry Kachel and Graham Armour, all 24/25. C: Lindsay Robson, Rodney Johnson, Christopher Kachel and James Klingner, all 24/25.
The sapphire event, 50 target double barrel, 15 m: OA:RobertClarke 185/185.AA:Kevin Bourke 184/185, Kevin Harding 176/177, Tony Ryder 140/141. A: Tammy Henshall 53/54, Robert Dial 107/108, Joseph Edmonds 106/108. B: Peter Kennedy53/54,Trevor Miller 51/56, John Clark 49/50. C: Lindsay Robson 46/50, Nicole Larkings 45/50, James Klingner 43/50.
25 target point score, 15 m: OA: Geoff Baxter 99/99. AA: Tony Ryder 98/99, Rodney Moody 93/96, Matt Colley 77/78. A: Tony Turner 87/90, Noel Campion 74/75, Paul Jackson 74/76. B: Nancy Davis 98/99, William Saul 73/75, Therese Nealon 72/75. C: James Klingner 63/65, Nicole Larkings 60/65, Leah Beaumont 55/60.
Highguns: OA: Tony Ryder 273/275. AA: Matt Colley 272/275. A: Tony Turner 270/275. B: Peter Kennedy 260/275. C: Owen Larkings 249/275. Ladies: Tammy Henshall 264/275. Junior: William Saul 264/275. Veterans: Geoff Baxter 270/275.
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