The Glen Innes Branch of the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia recently ran its delayed Anzac Day shoot at the Emmaville Rifle Range, in support of Legacy Australia.
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Glen Innes Legacy president Sandra McBain, accepted a cheque representing entry fees for the day's competition. Kris Brown scored highest amongst a field of twelve shooters, and so gets his name on the perpetual shield donated by Dave Pischke Bricklaying, which is displayed at the Club Hotel, Emmaville.
The competition had been delayed from its yearly April time slot in the club calendar, as firearms ranges across NSW were initially closed due to Covid-19 restrictions.
However, with community transmission in our area seeming under control, shooting sports are now able to operate at the range under strict hygiene measures, and with limits of twenty participants at any meet.
The club's Anzac Day shoot, and also the Armistice day shoot held each year in November, are both target shooting competitions for shooters using historical rifles used in Armed Forces service around the world.
These rifles include .303 calibre Lee Enfield rifles manufactured in Lithgow NSW by the small arms factory there, for use during WW2. Manufacturing of modern versions of rifles for our current Armed Service members continues today at that factory, a proud tradition of Australian manufacturing now over 100 years in continuance.
The rifles at our ANZAC day meets are shot with the shooters seated at benches, and the targets are placed at a distance of 300 yards.
For details of the club's ANZAC and Armistice shoots, and other target shooting competitions they operate for rifle and pistol shooters, check the branch website: ssaagleninnes.org