National Shooting Week Results 2009

7th - 13th March 2009 - Hosted by South Waikato branch on their TSSC Range

Entries this year about the same as last year with most entries in by closing date which helps greatly in getting the required targets etc organized. We did have a small glitch when a couple of late entries took the two main positional matches too two places more than the 100m range normally handles but setting up two portable frames allowed us to run with one detail which does help to reduce time taken for the match. The weather conditions for the week were pretty good, generally fine with light winds. Two disappointing aspects were only two entries from South Island and no junior entries.

Saturday 7th - Rimfire 50 & 100m 3P

50m prone top three scores: Colin Curreen (SWAI) 100; Mark Poots (TPO) 100; Brian Lambert (SWAI) 99.

50m kneel top three: Sue Gavin (SWAI) 97; Colin Curreen 96; Grant Botting (TPO) 96.

50m stand top three: Colin Curreen 91; Mike Bailey (TPO) 90; Brenda Perry (ROT) 90.

Very close scoring, reflecting the good conditions and the training that has been taking place.

100m prone top three: Mike Bailey 98.03; Mark Poots 97.03; Malcolm Perry 96.03.

100m kneel top three: Mike Bailey 89.00; Sue Gavin 89.00; B. Blythen (WGRI) 88.01

100m stand top three: Brenda Perry 88.01; Colin Curreen 87.00; Mark Poots 86.01.

Aggregate winners:

Colin Curreen being congratulated by Dianne Brown, CEO.

50m: Colin Curreen, 287; Grant Botting 283; Mike Bailey, 278.

100m: Mark Poots, 269.05; Grant Botting 267.03; B. Blythen 266.02.

Left to Right: Mark Poots, Colin Curreen and Mike Bailey.

Grand Aggregate: Colin Curreen 548.01; Mark Poots 545.05; Mike Bailey 545.03.

Other placings:

Veterans: Geoff Brewer 491.01; Malcolm Perry 489.04; Rob Neckelson 476.01

Ladies: Brenda Perry 537.03; Sue Gavin 532.02; Hilary Heard 497.00

Jennifer Scott being congratulated by Dianne Brown, CEO.

Grade winners: (B). Geoff Brewer 491.01; (C) Jennifer Scott 465.01; (D) D. Hansen 226.00.

Teams scores: Taupo 1634.08; South Waikato 1604.04; Rotorua 1523.07

Sunday 8th - Centrefire 100m & 200m

100m prone: Two 100’s and four 99’s made it tight competition at the top but inners sort it out. Mark Poots 100.6; Brenda Perry 100.3; Grant Botting 99.7; Bryn Blythen(WGRI) 99.7;

100m kneel: Ian Williamson (SWAI) 94.02; Colin Curreen 94.01; Mark Poots 93.02

100m stand: Mark Poots 84.00; Colin Curreen 81.01; Brenda Perry 81.01

Lunch break and range change to 200M.

200m prone: Mark Poots 100.06; J. Stick 99.07; Malcolm Perry 99.06

200M sitting: Brenda Perry 98.06; Colin Curreen 97.05; Sue Gavin 96.04

200m stand: Brenda Perry 89.03; Colin Curreen 87.00; Grant Botting 84.03

Aggregate Winners:

Left to Right: Colin Curreen, Brenda Perry, and Mark Poots.

100m: Mark Poots 277.08; Colin Curreen 274.06; Brenda Perry 273.05

200m: Brenda Perry 285.12; Colin Curreen 281.08; P. Carmine (SWAI) 274.06

Grand Aggregate: Brenda Perry 558.17; Colin Curreen 555.14; Mark Poots 545.1

Other placings:

Left to Right: Bob Neckelson, Brian Lambert, and Malcolm Perry.

Veterans: Brian Lambert 519.13; Malcolm Perry 496.06; Rob Neckelson 479.06

Ladies: Brenda Perry 558.17; Hilary Heard 541.04; Sue Gavin 532.09

B Grade Rimfire Winner - Rod Hill.

C Grade Rimfire Winner - Wendy Farrow.

Grade winners: (B) Rod Hill (ROT) 494.06; (C) Wendy Farrow 449.05; (D) D. Hansen 194.01

Rimfire Team 'The Rock' - Left to Right: Grant Botting, Mike Bailey, and Mark Poots.

“THE ROCK” C/F team trophy:

• TPO. Botting, Bailey, Poots, 1618.53
• SWAI. Curreen, Williamson, Gavin, 1611.36.
• ROT. Perry, Heard, Perry, 1595.30

Monday 9th - 60 shot 200m Prone

Left to Right: Grant Botting, Mark Poots, and John Pearce.

As this is a single match, there is no progressive build up to the final score, so the winners are found after all targets marked. The only awards in this event are the top three places; Mark Poots 589.27; John Pearce (SWAI) 583.19; Grant Botting 582.22.

Tuesday 10th - 80 shot R/F Metallic Silhouette

Paul Carmine.

Again a match with only top three placings awarded; Paul Carmine 55; Geoff Brewer 54; Richard Huby 52. For the first time in a while we did not need any shoot-off’s to decide placings.

Wednesday 11th - Centrefire “Short F Class”

100m top three: Ian Owen 312; Tony Titheridge 308; Dean Maisey 3

200m top three: Ian Owen 295; Tony Titheridge 277, Mark Poots 268.

Left to Right: Dean Maisey, Ian Owen, and Tony Titheridge.

Not surprising then that the aggregate winners are: Ian Owen 607; Tony Titheridge 585; Dean Maisey 574.

The conditions we had for this match were probably the worst for the week and the scores reflect this. The possible score is 660.

Thursday 12th - 50m Running Game Target; 30 slow runs + 30 fast runs.

This match is not too affected by conditions though it was colder, the number of prior entries were doubled on the day, not good if numbers were greater in the first place but welcomed under the circumstances.

Slow runs top three: Paul Carmine 268; Vince Payne (RUA) 244; Mark Poots 246.

Fast runs top three: Paul Carmine 248; Vince Payne 210; Colin Curreen 186.

Left to Right: Vince Payne, Paul Carmine, and Grant Botting.

Overall winners: Paul Carmine 516; Vince Payne 454; Grant Botting 408.

Friday 13th - Centrefire Running Boar; 10 + 10 Slow runs.

A better day again and a shoot off required to sort third place.

Left to right: Vince Payne, Paul Carmine, and Brenda Perry.

Winners: Paul Carmine 179; Vince Payne 165; Brenda Perry 164; after s/o with Colin Curreen 164.

Generally the week went very well, we had one very pleasant surprise when Grant Botting arrived on the first day and said his dad who was with him was keen to help out scoring etc. now we were not about to refuse an offer like that and we thank Andrew Botting very much for his several days working. Also must thank Sandi once again for all the great work she does, a lot of it behind the scenes, also Bill Seal from Taupo, who range officer’d for two days for us, And Geoff Brewer who helped with the Silhouette match. Also the shooters themselves earned a vote of thanks, pitching in whenever there was a job to be done, one and all THANK YOU. Malcolm Perry..

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