In club shooting this week, best on the rest was Amy Nathanson with 91.2.  Melchior Meares was top shot in D Grade with 93.1, followed by Arnold Chia on 91.1 (a new personal best for him).  Leilani Fam led the way in C Grade, scoring 95.4 and 95.1, while Greg Mason was next best with 93.0.  Once again a very close competition in B Grade with three shooters scoring 95s (Mark Riley and Georgia Karantze 95.3, Wiko du Toit 95.2) and Callum Osborne just behind on 94.4.  Evan Little was highest in A Grade with 99.5, while Pratik Tailor top-scored in Master Grade with 100.7.

In addition to the overall 20-shot competition, the club also runs a BCD 20-shot competition specifically for B, C and D Graders based on each shooter’s best 15 20-shot scores.  The highest four this week were all within a point of each other (Craig Fair 190.7, Mark Riley 190.5, Erin Little 190.3 and Wiko du Toit 189.3) so another extremely close competition is developing here.

Pratik Tailor top-scored in Round 2 of the Teams of Ten trials yesterday, shooting a phenomenal 400.30.  Evan Little was third highest overall with 394.19, and the bad luck story must go to Ross Little who scored 190.12 on his first card with a dud bullet dropping him a potential 10 points.  The final round of trials is being held on 23 April, followed by the representative match against Horowhenua the following week.

Hopefully you have started recording your competition scores into the spreadsheet emailed last week.  Every competition score needs to be recorded from 1 April to 30 September – this determines your grading for next season.

Upcoming events:

·         Saturday 15 April, Bulls Open Champs, Palmerston North.

·         Saturday 22 April, Rangitikei Open Champs, Marton.

·         Sunday 23 April, 9.30am, Teams of Ten trials, 2x20.

·         Sunday 23 April, 5.45pm, range cleaning.  All members to help.  Bring vacuum cleaners, buckets, mops, cleaning cloths.