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The Bordertown Gun Club held its annual Two Day shoot over the weekend of the October 20 – 21. Over the two days shooters travelled from as far afield as Adelaide, Mount Gambier, Wilkawatt, Warracknabeal, Patchewollock and Mildura; other areas represented included Monarto, Lake Albert, Kingston, Horsham, Dimboola, Jeparit, Naracoorte and Lucindale. The traps were set up quite early on the Saturday morning to be ready for practice to begin at 9.30. At this time conditions were reasonably calm with a slight frontal breeze but as the day progressed the wind became quite gusty and the flight of targets quite variable and challenging for shooters. Forty three shooters gathered to compete in the first day’s three events. 1st Event: 40 Target Double Barrel Championship: Kindly sponsored by Spartan Global; suppliers of cartridges and the club’s targets. Surprisingly only two possibles, Ash Hawker and Bob Crane with Molly Bretag, Darren Beyer, Martin Collumb, Chris Barnes, Bob Andrews, Ash Bolwell, Gavin Height, Kevin Mules and Steve Chambers all on 39/40. The resulting shoot off for second in AA finally saw Darren Beyer triumph over Molly Bretag after a further 55 targets. Overall and AA Grade: Ash Hawker 43/43, Darren Beyer 94/95 A Grade: Bob Crane 42/43, Steve Chambers 39/40 B Grade: Chris Barnes 39/40, Brian Jarrett 38/40 C Grade: Leah Ferguson 35/40, Bruce Papst 34/40 Best Junior: Daniel Peel 36/40. Best Lady: Molly Bretag 39/40 Best Veteran: Bob Andrews 39/40 2nd Event: 30 Target Single Barrel Championship: Kindly sponsored by AG-N- ELEC, Bordertown Bob Andrews shot the only possible from Martin Collumb 29/30 and Daniel Peel, Wayne Hawker and Gavin Height all 28/30 Overall and AA Grade: Bob Andrews 30/30, Martin Collumb 29/30 A Grade: Daniel Peel 28/30, Steve Chambers, Lisa Hawker 27/30 B Grade: Mark Tyson 26/30, Bob Atkinson 31/36 C Grade: Leah Ferguson 25/30, Danielle Smith 24/31 Best Junior: Zoe Hawker 25/30 Best Lady: Heather Ryan 24/30 Best Veteran: Bob Crane 26/30 3rd Event: 30 Target Pointscore Championship: Kindly sponsored by Horsham Wool, The Nelson family, Kaniva Ross Collumb and Greg Kessegian dropped only 1 point each, Bob Andrews down 2 points and Russell Black, Gavin Height, Ash Hawker and Kevin Mules all 3 points down. Overall and AA Grade: Greg Kessegian 107/108, Ross Collumb 106/108 A Grade: Russell Black 87/90, Andrew Ryan, Lisa Hawker 86/90 B Grade: Mark Tyson 84/90, Brian Jarrett 80/90 C Grade: Justin Bell 77/90, Bruce Papst 72/90 Best Junior: Daniel Peel 82/90 Best Lady: Molly Bretag 85/90 Best Veteran: Kevin Mules 87/90 At the end of Day One, leaders on points toward the Two Day High Gun award were Bob Andrews on 157 from Martin Collumb, Ash Bolwell, Gavin Height and Greg Kessegian all on 154. Last event of the day was the drawing of the monster raffle, kindly sponsored by local businesses in Bordertown and Kaniva. To complete the day, shooters and friends enjoyed an excellent evening meal prepared by Jum Lume and the club’s women supporters. Day two started out quite cold but without Saturday’s frontal breeze and remained relatively calm for the whole day ; excellent shooting conditions. Most of Saturday’s shooters returned to continue and additional visitors saw forty six shooters in total for the second day. 1st Event: 50 Target State Continental Single Barrel Championship: Kindly sponsored by the Bordertown Pharmacy Bob Andrews’ great shooting continued with the only possible 50/50, next best Wayne Hawker and Steve Chambers 47/50 followed by Martin Collumb, Warren Linder and Don Pratt 46/50 Overall and AA Grade: Bob Andrews 50/50, Wayne Hawker 60/63 A Grade: Steve Chambers 47/50, Lisa Hawker 50/55 B Grade: Bryan Peter 44/50, Bob Atkinson 40/50 C Grade: Leah Ferguson 45/50, Justin Bell 40/50 Best Junior: Kane Hawker 33/50 Best Lady: Zoe Hawker 39/50 Best Veteran: Bob Crane 45/50 2nd Event: 50 Target Double Barrel Championship: Kindly sponsored by Tatiara Trucks and Trailers, Bordertown Released from the pressure of single barrel, there were nine possibles; Robert Crane, Wayne Sanders, Bob Andrews, Peter Rundle, Ash Bolwell, Ash Hawker, Warren Linder, Don Pratt and Cameron Browne. Michael Raper, Peter Mellington, Ross Collumb, Ron Batson, John Hawker, Gavin Height and Lisa Hawker all 49/50. In the shoot off to decide Overall and AA first and second, Wayne Sanders and Cameron Browne decided to share the honours after 70 targets; 120/120. Overall and AA Grade: Wayne Sanders and Cameron Browne 120/120 A Grade: Bob Crane 50/50, Lisa Hawker, Ron Batson 49/50 B Grade: Kane Hawker 48/50, Bob Atkinson 47/50 C Grade: Justin Bell 46/50, Leah Ferguson 44/50 Best Junior: Zoe Hawker 46/50 Best Lady: Lisa Hawker 49/50 Best Veteran: Peter Rundle 50/50 Sponsors of Ladies, Junior and Veterans trophies for both second day events were Christine and Peter Noske Two Day High Guns: Overall High Gun was kindly sponsored by the Bendigo Bank; The Keith and Districts Community Bank and won by Bob Andrews 257/260 Graded High Guns: Kindly sponsored by J & A Shooting Supplies, Horsham AA winner, Ash Bolwell 249/260 A winner, Bob Crane 246/260 B winner, Mark Tyson 237/260 C winner, Justin Bell 219/260 Ladies High Gun winner: Lisa Hawker 243/260 Junior High Gun winner: Leah Ferguson 218/260 Veterans High Gun winner: Steve Chambers 238/260 Ladies, Junior and Veterans High Gun awards sponsored by Malcolm McGrice Overall and Grade sashes for both days kindly sponsored by Lower Murray Grit Blasting; John, Ruth and Molly Bretag Cartridges for other prizes were kindly donated by Allan Jones, Daniel Morgan, Bev and John Hawker Thank You to all those who assisted with the catering, the running the office or in any way to the smooth running of the shoot. As a small club with few active members the assistance of visiting shooters is much appreciated. For more photos check out Bordertown Gun Club on Facebook. The club’s next shoot will be held on Sunday 25th Nov with two 50 target championships; Continental and Double Barrel. Usual 11.30 am practice and 12 noon start. Practice available 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month from 4 pm.

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