sport, local-sport,

After a cool start to the morning, Bermagui Field and Game's shoot for June began with a shotgun start. It was a 100-target handicap event held on June 26 where the range had been set up over eight shooting stations by Mat Richardson and his helpers with a good variety of targets. The handicappers will be catching up with a number of the shooters over coming months as their scores were generally higher than normal across the grades. The ladies competition was keenly contested with Barbie Magrin coming out on top despite battling the flu and her office duties as secretary. Cooma shooters Krista and Oscar Mower braved an icy trip over Brown Mountain on the morning for the shoot, rewarding Oscar with a win in juniors. Ken Buckley won the shoot raffle, however was unable to shoot the required number of targets to take away the $500 jackpot. Nev Brady took out high gun for the day with a score of 90/100. “You get them sometimes and you don't get them other times,” Brady said. His secret for achieving high gun is just practice. “I’ve been shooting since I was 10 and I’m 64 now,” he said. “The more you do it the better you get at it – but I’m by no means a good shot!” Brady said conditions were overcast on the day and about 40 shooters turned up. “The grades are pretty evenly spread, we’ve got 10 or a dozen in each grade,” he said. The shoots are always enjoyable, he said, and attended by men, women and children. In A grade, Brady was first with 114, Adam Shiels second on 106 and Ron Manly third on 104. In B grade, Barry Dunn was first on 121, Tony Crome second on 118 and Chris Raabe third on 115. In C grade, Dylan Reid was first on 126, Michael Gehrig second on 120 and David Bedingfield third on 119. In the ladies competition, Magrin came first on 115, Carol Cook second on 110 and Vikki Marshall third on 106. In the juniors, Oscar Mower came first on 112, Zane Baglel came second on 83 and Pat Thompson third on 82. The club thanked Gary Martin who trapped for the competition and Maddie and Rory from Bennys Butchery of Cobargo who provided the leg of lamb that Ken Buckley received as a consolation prize. It also thanked Scott and Lisa Bradley of Bermagui Bait and Tackle for their support. The next shoot of 75 targets will be a training day for new and novice shooters. The shoot will be from 10am on Sunday, July 24.

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