THE Mount Gambier Gun Club held its monthly competition in fine conditions on Saturday, with the day consisting of three events and a high gun award.
Greg Kessegian was consistent over each of the disciplines and after a shoot-off with Ken Atkin, he claimed the high gun honours for the day with a solid 139/155.
A 50-Target Skeet Doubles was the first event on the roster, which saw shooters using their fine marksmanship skills to shoot some good scores.
With the event a taster for the State Skeet Nationals being held in Adelaide over the next long weekend, it was Atkin who won the AA Grade division with 46/50.
Kessegian won the A Grade event with 43/50 from Brian Spring on 41, while B Grade was taken out by Darren Beyer, who shot 40/50 to defeat runner-up Gavin Height with 34/50.
In C Grade Andrew Hoare scored 38/50 to secure the win over Chelsea McKinnon with 36/50.
The second event for the day, a 25-Target Club Double Rise Championship, was contested eagerly with Steve Zadow shooting 35/40 to win AA Grade from Kessegian with 34/40.
Spring found form in A Grade to secure the victory with 31/40, while Rayce Burgess finished in second with 28/40.
Rounding out the winners for the event were Scott Davis (33/50), who won B Grade from Peter Klieve (31/50) and Allan Humphries (29/40), who took out C Grade ahead of Ian Hill (27/40).
The final competition on Saturday was a 25-Target Double Barrel Championship.
With competitors in fine form, shoot-offs were required to determine the winners in all grades.
AA Grade saw Zadow once again at the front of the pack, as he shot a perfect 37/37 to come out on top of John Hawker with 36/37.
It was a similar story in A Grade, with Spring maintaining his consistent performance to score 28/29 to defeat Burgess on 27/29.
Sue Crane needed a perfect score of 31/31 to edge out Kane Hawker in B Grade, with the latter finishing with 30/31.
The final division saw Humphries with 25/25 to easily win C Grade from Mick Rudd, who scored 23/28.
The next event for the Mount Gambier Gun Club will be the sporting clays competition which will be held on March 31.
