| Sept 2008 - 4th State Selection Shoot - Brisbane
Forty five shooters attended the final state selection shoot for 2008.
Brisbane Club Results are as follows : AA 1st Damien Birgan, 2nd Peter Tobin, 3rd Mike Birgan |
| July 2008 - 3rd State Selection Shoot - Brisbane
A nice winters day saw a good turnout of fifty shooters attend and test themselves against the targets presented by the Brisbane set up group. Changes were made between rounds to give the shooters different presentations and some good variety. Results are as follows : AA 1st Rodney Stin 64 , 2nd Peter Tobin 61, 3rd Mike Birgan 59 A 1st Scott O'Brien 61, 2nd John Lucas 60 Shoot-Off, 3rd Ian Grant
60 Shoot-Off C 1st Frank Mezzavia 44 Shoot-Off, 2nd Mark Cain 44 Shoot-Off, 3rd Ian Waldron 42 Ladies 1st Karen Rider 40 Junior 1st Paul Adams 59, 2nd James McIver 54, 3rd Brodie Grant 53 Veteran 1st Denis Bullimore 50, 2nd Merv Rye 45, 3rd Jim Hollonds 41 |
| June 2008 - Compak State Titles
- Brisbane This year saw the return of the Compak
State Titles with the course being shot over fifty targets over two
layouts. Some good scores were shot during the event and two possibles were recorded. Denis Bullimore shot one on the South Layout and Peter Tobin shot one on the North Layout. Scores were tight throughout the day and a shoot-off was needed to decide the winner of AA grade. Prizes were awarded for 1st and 2nd across four grades. Results are as follows : High Gun Peter Tobin 48 AA 1st Damien Birgan 47, 2nd Steve Matthews 47 A 1st Denis Bullimore 46, 2nd Ian Grant 45 C 1st Brodie Grant 35, C 2nd Frank Mezzavia 34 |
| June 2008 - 2nd State Selection Shoot - Fraser Coast Fraser Coast had been inundated with flooding rains a week before the shoot. The range was just starting to dry out when heavy rain on Saturday resulted in a lot of water lying around. One person managed to get their vehicle bogged during set-up but apart from that the shoot went smoothly and fine conditions on the Sunday made for pleasant shooting. The inclement weather reduced numbers and twenty eight shooters attended the event. Thanks to the Fraser Coast crew and other members who assisted with the setting up and pulling down of the range. The targets were challenging and presented good variety to test the shooters. The winner of the lucky draw prize of a slab of shells was Brisbane Junior Ben Robinson. Results are as follows : AA Grade A Grade B Grade C Grade Ladies Juniors Veterans |
May 2008 - 1st State Selection Shoot Gympie A good crowd of forty one shooters attended the first of this years state selection shoots. Friday and Saturday saw the set-up group setting targets trajectories and stand positions. Special thanks to those who gave up their time to help set-up and pull down. Thanks also to Brisbane and Fraser Coast for the loan of traps during the weekend. A trap failure whilst setting up necessitated the use of one manual trap on the course. Sunday morning saw the arrival of strong winds that which persisted for the day making the course quite challenging. Winner of the lucky draw slab of shells was local Gympie member Greg Offer. Results are as follows : AA Grade A Grade B Grade C Grade Ladies Juniors Veterans |
Aug 2007 - 3rd State Selection Shoot Brisbane A challenging layout of targets were presented to the competitors by Dennis Dinte, Rodney Stin and with some direction from Leo Cao and Mark Farrow. These 4 made up the jury for the day.The first round produced a highest score of 23 by Peter Tobin who continue in the second with amazing 25. To say that most of the other competitors were blown away that a 25 could achieve on the course presented is an under statement. Well shot Mr Tobin. The third and final round 18 was the highest score shot and Dennis Dinte and Peter Shuttlewood share the honours, an achievement that most of the shooters only dreamed of. Results>> |
June 2007 - 2nd State Selection Shoot Fraser Coast Fraser Coast -- 2nd Selection Shoot 10th June 2007 Usually over the Queens Birthday long weekend, Fraser Coast is awash with water from the heavens. This year we were blessed with this annual occurrence happening a few days before leaving us with a dry, but cold weekend. This certainly helped for those that chose to camp out at the range, unlike last year when we were nearly all washed away. Over the past few years Fraser Coast has turned it on with target quality for this annual shoot & this year was again true to form. We all had a reality shock & the targets were a breath of fresh air to the competitor. The target selection had everything & with the stands being moved during rounds this made the target variety even better with an Old Style FITASC theme. Just when you realised why you missed a target & thought you were sure to connect with it in the next round, it was all change again. The movement of the stands was not just a few meters, but to 50 meters, many in the opposite direction changing left to right & right to left. This certainly shows competitors the difference a few Meters can make to target angles & really makes you focus on the target trajectory, not just shooting by the numbers. Many thanks to Leo Cao, John Ryan and the Fraser Coast members for another tough but very enjoyable shoot. With the State titles at this branch on 29 th & 30th September all I can say is keep it up gentlemen. Anyone making the effort to attend this event are sure to be entertained. |
May 2007 - 1st State Selection Shoot Gympie The First Selection shoot of the year at the Gympie club this year was shot for the first time totally with Automatic traps with the help of the State, Mark Farrow & Brisbane Sporting Clays. The State has purchase another trap for each club to help reduce & eventually for the smaller clubs, eradicate the use of Manual traps altogether. With the increase importance of Workplace health & Safety issues (Yes, the Government are even in our Sport) this can only help. The Queensland Sporting Clays Association has provided 2 Automatic traps, fully paid for, to each of the clubs in Queensland over the past two years. The next time when someone questions what they get out of the State, here is a significant item that all of the members can see, especially to the smaller of our member clubs who have already put these traps to good use. The Greeting from Doug Austin & the Gympie members to make us all welcome is always cordial & with the full use of Automatic traps this year this allowed the Gympie members a chance to shoot the full programme without having to give up their shooting time to man the traps. Congratulations again to the Gympie Branch & their members for their cooperation in providing their grounds to host the first Queensland Selection shoot for 2007. |
Apr 2007 - ELEY MIROKU CLASSIC Seventy eight shooters attended the Eley Miroku Classic at Brisbane Sporting Clays held over Good Friday and Easter Saturday. The weather was kind with good conditions for shooting on both days. This shoot used a format of one round of 37 targets followed by a round of 38 targets in order to speed up the event and shooting was completed in good time on both days. The ground included a good mix of stands and utilised a variety of terrain. After the first day scores were tight across all grades : A Grade B Grade C Grade Ladies Juniors Veterans The ground was changed for the second day of shooting with stands moved and targets altered. Competition within the grades remained tight with most results not being decided until the final round. Winners for the day went home with products donated by the sponsors Highland Sports. Every shooter nominating for the two days went into a draw to win some great Miroku prizes with a Miroku Model 10 Shotgun as first prize. Winner of the shotgun was local Brisbane member Tristan Hill who can't wait to try out his new gun. Thank you to the following people that made this shoot an enjoyable event: sponsor Highland Sports; the range set-up and pack up crews; Sue, Nicole and Tom in the kitchen; Carl Law for the loan of a scissor lift and Kylie in the nominations hut. The Eley Miroku Classic will be on again next year and is an event
not to be missed. The next major shoot for the Brisbane Club is the
Federal Top Gun Spring Handicap on 8th and 9th September. This event
will be shot off the handicap system with great prizes down to 10th
place including a Rizzini Shotgun for the winner and a Marlin 17 HMR
for runner-up. We look forward to welcoming Report Compiled by Scott O'brien |
Oct 2006 - Queensland State Titles A record attendance to the 2006 Qld Titles shot at Brisbane Sporting Clays. Thanks to Brisbane for their work in presenting one of the best Titles for years, the two layouts where challenging but gettable with one 25 and a number of 24 shot over the 150 targets event. To Denis Bullimore, Scott O'Brien, Dennis Dinte, Peter Tobin and Damien Birgan well done of the layouts. Once again Winchester sponsored the event as they have done since day one thanks Greg Mitchell for your attendance and the support of Winchester. I congratulate Damien Birgan on his win and wish the Qld Team success at the Nationals in Laang at the end of the month. |