THE Mount Gambier Gun Club held its annual two-day Supershoot in favourable conditions.
Many dedicated trap shooters travelled to the Mount Gambier club, which was well-presented, with all equipment in excellent condition as the committee and members had spent considerable time preparing for a successful event.
The Friday was practice in the afternoon, with many shooters taking advantage to fine tune their guns and mindset.
Early morning practice on the Saturday resulted in shooters arriving early, with the competition starting at 10am.
The 107 competitors travelled from Victoria, NSW and all over SA to contest the six events held across two days vying for a share of the $21,000 worth of prizes on offer.
Each event saw prizes for the grades AA, A, B, C, from first place down to fifth.
High Gun prizes over the two days events were awarded to Overall, Grades, Veteran, Ladies and Junior.
The Pick Avenue Deli and Bakery 25 target Pointscore kicked off proceedings and with some shooters attaining a perfect score, shoot-offs were needed in all grades.
AA: Gavin Height 102/102; Harry Clark 101/102; Greg Pridmore 104/105; Martin Collumb 103/105; Don Pratt 97/99.
A Grade: Allan Jones 75/75; Adam Roll 77/78; Matthew Robinson 76/78; Steven Chambers 88/90; Denis Blok 87/90.
B Grade: Michael Sutton 74/75; Nick Rishworth 74/78; Michael Rudd 73/78; Jordyn Brown 79/84; Vince Petraccaro 78/84.
C Grade: Garry Allison 72/75; Peta Polgreen 70/75; Daniel McCrone 68/75; Garry Bowd 85/93; Doug Rohde 82/93.
The Mount Gambier Community Bank 25 target Single Barrel was next up and again the shooters were in fine form, with more perfect scores attained and once shoot-offs required.
AA Grade: Tom Jenkins 28/28; Max Medhurst 30/31; Darren Watts29/31; Martin Collumb 28/29; Bill Jorgensen 27/29.
A Grade: Rito Borzillo 37/37; Jesse Murrell 36/37; Rhys Fischer 42/43; Adam Roll 41/43; Andrew Evans 35/37.
B Grade: Vince Petraccaro 32/34; Jordyn Brown 31/34; Nicola Dunn 24/27; Lawrence Mirabella 28/31; Darren Murrell 27/31.
C Grade: Toni Hogg 32/35; Daniel Robinson 31/35; Peter Klieve 22/25; Ian Urch 23/27; Garry Allison 22/27.
The South West Freight 25 target Double Barrel was the last event for the opening day and again the shooters showed fine marksmanship, with 25 competitors shooting perfect scores.
AA Grade: David Fenn 62/62; James Hipwell 61/62; Gavin Height 51/52; Jamie Dunn 47/48; Willis Jenkins 39/40.
A Grade: Andrew Estcourt 36/36; Chris Dalrymple 35/36; Slap Comensoli 31/32; Andrew Hoare 31/32; Rhys Fischer/Mathew Cocks.
B Grade: Kaylene Estcourt 28/28; Vince Petraccaro 33/34; Lawrence Mirabella 32/34; Jordyn Brown 25/26; Brian Case 28/29.
C Grade: Ian Urch 27/27; Daniel McCrone 26/27; Toni Hogg 24/25; Rolf Bugden 24/26; Garry Allison 23/26.
The George Yoannidis Club Team Competition was held over the three events on Saturday with the team entry conditions being one competitor from grades AA, A, B, C plus one from Veterans, Lady or Junior from the same club.
The Mount Gambier “Jerry’s” team of AA Don Pratt, A Peter Winser, B Brian Case, C Garry Bowd, and Steve Chambers Veteran won the $500 prize money, sponsored by Guy Yoannidis.
A Junior Highgun prize for the day was donated by Scott Fleming with Harry Brown and Tom Clark sharing the cartridges as prizes.
Sunday saw more high scores and shoot-offs again the order of the day.
Event four, the Zema Estate Winery 25 target Single Barrel was up first, with an overall prize in memorial to the late Matt Zema, consisting of personally selected premium bottles of Zema Estate wine and a shooting jacket, with the overall winner David Fenn 25/25.
AA Grade: Gavin Height 24/25; Amanda McCrone 28/30; Jamie Dunn 27/30; Wayne Jenkins 31/34; Warren Lindner 30/34.
A Grade: Steven Chambers 26/29; Bob Chamberlain 25/29; Andrew Evans 23/27; Tony De Padova 28/33; Adam Roll 25/30.
B Grade: James McKinnon 22/25; Michael Sutton 25/29; Jordyn Brown 24/29; Darren Blok 22/27; Wally Wombwell 21/27.
C Grade: Doug Rohde 22/30; Ben Kentish 21/30; Daniel McCrone 18/25; Bernadette Peters 21/29; Ian McArthur 20/29.
Event 5 was the Winchester Australia 25 target Pointscore, with Winchester cartridges up for grabs and even in the windy conditions, shoot-offs were again needed.
AA Grade: Tom Jenkins 74/75; Darren Watts 73/75; Bill Jorgensen 78/81; Ashley Bolwell 77/81; Chris Jorgen 74/78.
A Grade: Kevin Mules 75/78; Jesse Murrell 74/78; Mathew Cocks 70/75; Rito Borzillo 81/87; Slap Comensoli 80/87.
B Grade: Kaylene Estcourt 77/84; Michael Sutton 74/84; Darren Blok 70/78; Jordyn Brown 69/78; Brian Caes 65/75.
C Grade: Garry Allison 66/75; Daniel Robinson 65/75; Reece Fleming 61/75; Garry Bowd 60/75; Toni Hogg 59/75.
The Trident Tyre Centre 25 target Continental saw a wide selection of prizes on offer, with four shooters attaining perfect scores.
AA Grade: Martyn Collumb 37/37; Chris Jorgensen 36/37; David Fenn 26/27; Phil Green 38/39; Harry Brown 37/39.
A Grade: Matthew Robinson 25/25; Andrew Hoare 31/32; Ken Atkin 30/32; Tony De Padova 30/32; Steven Chambers 29/32.
B Grade: Michael Sutton 23/25; Darren Murrell 22/25; Hayden Megaw 26/30; Dale Robertson 25/30; Darren Blok 22/27.
C Grade: Daniel McCrone 24/25; Garry Allison 22/25; Peta Polgreen 22/26; Toni Hogg 21/26; Lincoln Brown 22/28.
two- Day Highgun winners
Overall: Gavin Height 238/250; AA Grade: Chris Jorgensen 236/250, Greg Pridmore 236/250; A Grade: Matthew Robinson 231/250; B Grade: Michael Sutton 227/250; C Grade: Garry Allison 217/250; Veteran: Steven Chambers 231/250; Ladies: Slap Comensoli 226/250; Junior: Harry Brown 233/250.
The event included a $21,000 prize pool, thanks to the generous sponsors.
The club gave thanks to all who helped make the shoot run smoothly, from kitchen helpers to trappers.
Sponsors included Pick Ave Deli and Bakery, Bendigo Bank, South West Freight, Zema Wines, Winchester, Trident Tyre Centre and Greg Kessegian along with Scott Fleming, South East Vets, Andrew Hoare, Max Medhurst, Ken Atkin, Guy Yoannidis, Warren Lindner and Barry Sims.
