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Sharpshooters braved heavy rain and cold temperatures as they took to the shooting range to compete at the Golden Clay Target Shoot in Moree. Now in its fifth year, the competition pitted some of the best sharpshooters from Queensland and New South Wales against each other at the Moree Clay Target Shooting range. Around 70 shooters turned up to the two-day shoot. “Numbers were down, and I think that reflects what’s happening around the area with the drought. And the rainy weather on the weekend also would’ve kept a few travellers and campers away,” sharpshooter Dimity Boydell said. The predicted downpour managed to hold off last Saturday for the first round of the competitive shoot. Brad Henshall captured the Golden Clay award after he claimed the SB Western Zone Night Championship, shooting 28 of 29 targets. It is the fourth time he has claimed the coveted Golden Clay. “Mr Henshall won the Golden Clay three times in a row, before somebody else won the Golden Clay last year,” Boydell said. The calm weather and warm temperature didn’t last long, giving way to heavy rainfall during the second round of the shoot on Sunday. “It was pretty horrible and miserable. The rain affected the performance of every shooter,” Boydell said. Despite the less-than-ideal conditions, Moree’s shooters performed well. Richard Shelton won the high guns Silver Clay for A-division with 305 of 325 targets shot. Theresa Montgomery scored second place in A-division for the Tom Boydell Trophy after shooting 144 of 150 targets. Boydell claimed fourth place in the Frank O’Neill Trophy with 47/51 targets shot. Averse weather conditions aside, Boydell flagged the overall day as a success. She thanked everyone for their support and credited the smooth running of the day to the sponsors of the competition. “Without all the sponsors, we wouldn’t be able to run such a good and well attended competition,” she said.

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