A strong local showing is expected for the Annual Sapphire Open two day Shoot, listed down for Saturday and Sunday February 7 and 8, many regular shooters will attend including Noel Campion, Peter Kennedy, Ralph Larkings, Neil and Mellissa Grennan, Adrian Yannuccelli, Helen Finch and Trevor Miller just to name a few.
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This shoot is popular on the shooting calendar and a large contingency of visiting shooters will arrive with the expectations of shooting well and claiming some of the great prizes that are up for grabs.
Also the Golden Spoon Trophy donated by the Mactaggart family will be decided with shooters from Guyra, Gold Coast, Inverell competing alongside the likes of our local club president Ralph Larkings and Warwick shooter Dan Johnson who is currently competing in the ISSF Nationals against Adam Vella and Michael Diamond.
The shoot program is;
Saturday February 7
Event 1: 25 target Double Barrel Graded Cash Divide
Event 2: 50 target Clay Target Australia Medley Championship (Double Barrel and Single Barrel)
Event 3: 50 target Double Barrel Sapphire City Firearms Championship
Sunday February 8
Event 4: 25 target Double Barrel Graded Cash Divide
Event 5: 50 target Double Barrel Glen Innes Veterinary Hospital Sapphire Event
Event 6: 25 target Point Score TSG Championship
Also there will be a practice on Friday February 6 kicking off at 3pm.
The sport of clay target shooting is very much a family sport with an ever growing number of junior shooters working their way through the ranks, it also is a great spectator sport, so anyone wishing to come along and have a look is more than welcome.