THE Mount Gambier Gun Club held its annual two day super-shoot recently, with Andrew Evans claiming the overall AA Grade high-gun honours.
Evans won with a score of 241/250 closely followed by runner-up Aaron Zupanic who shot 239/250.
The overall A Grade winner could not be decided after Mathew Robinson and Heath Telford tied with a score of 222/250.
B and C Grade was won by Steve Bowley 217/250 and Bruce Dean 202/250 respectively, while Max Medhurst 231/250 claimed the veterans category, Molly Bretag 214/250 won the women’s competition and Tristan McKinnon 204/250 was the best of the juniors.
A total of 115 competitors from across Australia set their sights on $20,000 worth of prizes on offer across the two days of shooting.
The first event of the weekend was the 25 target point-score where Dougal Simson shot a perfect score of 75/75 to win the AA Grade, just one shot ahead of Evans who started off his successful campaign well.
A Grade went to Willis Jenkins with 72/75, ahead of Robert Crane with 70/75.
Rick Zupanic claimed B Grade with 70/75, while Chelsea McKinnon was best in C Grade with 67/75.
Ashley Bolwell won the AA Grade in the following 25 target event with 32/33, while eventual overall A Grade winner Telford was just one shot away from beating Phillip Mules, who claimed the A Grade with 25/27.
Eventual overall B and C Grade champions Bowley and Dean got their first wins of the weekend.
The shooters found their form by the final event of the day as nine competitors shot perfect scores in the 25 target double barrel.
Simson shot his second perfect score in a row to defeat Evans by one in AA Grade and Robinson scored his first win in A Grade.
McKinnon suffered a narrow one-shot defeat to John Taarnby in B Grade, while in C Grade Dean picked up the win.
Saturday saw a team competition run over the three events, which was won by Mount Gambier’s Tom Jenkins, Mathew Robinson, Tristan McKinnon, Mick Rudd and Willis Jenkins, who scored 20 more points than any other combination across the day.
Sunday saw slightly more wind for the shooters to tackle, but it did not stop Peter Attard from shooting a perfect score to claim the overall win in the day’s first event, which was in memory of the late Matt Zema.
Aaron Zupanic defeated Warren Linder by one shot in the AA Grade and A Grade was claimed by Scott Davis.
B Grade went to Zupanic, while Ricki Kelly claimed C Grade.
The next event saw a remarkable 75/75 score from Graham Menhennet to defeat an unlucky Evans (92/93) in AA Grade, while the next highest winning score was 72/75 from Gary Jennings in A Grade.
Grant Carter claimed the B Grade honours, while Malcolm Williamson was best in the C Grade.
The last event of the two-day super-shoot saw 11 shooters attain perfect scores and the 25 target continental was claimed by Simson, who shot 48/48 to win the AA Grade.
Robinson shot a perfect 25/25 to claim A Grade, while Rick Zupanic was victorious in B Grade, also with a perfect 25/25 and Mick Rudd shot 22/25 to claim C Grade.
Robinson tied overall in the A Grade high gun standings with Telford.
RESULTS
Saturday – 25 target Pointscore – AA Grade: Dougal Simson 75/75, Andrew Evans 74/75, Roger Duthie 74/75; A Grade: Willis Jenkins 72/75, Robert Crane 70/75, Danny Hill 76/81; B Grade: Rick Zupanic 70/75, Grant Crafter 69/75, Steve Bowley 69/78; C Grade: Chelsea McKinnon 67/75, Malcolm Williamson 66/75, Bruce Dean 64/75.
25 target Single Barrel – AA Grade: Ashley Bolwell 32/33, Don Pratt 31/33, Warren Lindner 27/29; A Grade: Phillip Mules 25/27, Heath Telford 24/27, Mathew Cocks 22/25; B Grade: Steve Bowley 21/25, Stephen Bottcher 23/28, Rick Zupanic 22/28; C Grade: Bruce Dean 22/25, Ben Kentish 20/27, Tracey Haggerty 20/28.
25 target Double Barrel – AA Grade: Dougal Simson 82/82, Andrew Evans 81/82, Mathew Howden 44/45; A Grade: Mathew Robinson 32/33, Mathew Cocks 31/33, Robert Chamberlain 28/29; B Grade: John Taarnby 28/29, Tristan McKinnon 27/29, Nick Zema 24/26; C Grade: Bruce Dean 23/25, Clayton Agnew 22/25, Ben Kentish 21/25.
Club Team Competition: Tom Jenkins AA Grade, Mathew Robinson A Grade, Tristan McKinnon B Grade, Mick Rudd C Grade and Willis Jenkins Junior.
Sunday – 25 target Single Barrel – Overall winner: Peter Attard 25/25; AA Grade: Aaron Zupanic 37/38, Warren Lindner 36/38, Thomas Jenkins 35/37; A Grade: Scott Davis 23/26, Garry Jennings 22/26, Aari Mellington 24/28, B Grade: Rick Zupanic 23/25, Stephen Bottcher 28/32, Steve Bowley 27/32; C Grade: Ricki Kelly 21/25, Tracey Haggerty 20/25, Doug Harris 19/25.
25 target Pointscore – AA Grade: Graham Menhennet 75/75, Andrew Evans 92/93, Allan Pollock 91/93; A Grade: Garry Jennings 72/75, Wally Wombwell 70/75, Mathew Robinson 68/75; B Grade: Grant Carter 69/75, Andrew Bottcher 70/81, Tristan McKinnon 67/81; C Grade: Malcolm Williamson 63/75, William Robins 60/78, Bruce Dean 58/78.
25 target Continental – AA Grade: Dougal Simson 48/48, Andrew Aldersey 47/48, Robert Clarke 45/46; A Grade: Mathew Robinson 25/25, Garry Jennings 28/29, Wally Wombwell 27/29; B Grade: Rick Zupanic 25/25, Robert Atkinson 24/25, Steve Bowley 36/39; C Grade: Mick Rudd 22/25, Ricki Kelly 23/27, Frank Kentish
22/27.
Highgun Winners – Overall: Andrew Evans 241/250; AA Grade: Aaron Zupanic 239/250; A Grade: Mathew Robinson and Heath Telford 222/250; B Grade: Steve Bowley 217/250; C Grade: Dean Bruce 202/250; Veteran: Max Medhurst 231/250; Women: Molly Bretag 214/250; Junior: Tristan McKinnon 204/250.
