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2018 State Selection #1

18/03/2018

State Selection 18^th March 2018

Dubbo Field & Game

Sunday 18th March brought the first state selection for the year and Dubbo Field & Game were the hosts.

Range captain Stephen Cooper along with Milton Cartwright & Glen Bloink masterminded some fantastic targets. With the range set by Saturday afternoon, everything looked to have a brilliant day of shooting on Sunday.

The boys set as many stands in the shade as possible due to forecasted high temperatures and with 5 targets per stand.  With jumping rabbits, high flyers, fast low crossers and a springing teal that seemed to do a backflip. There was an assortment of targets to suite everyone.

However no one could prepare for what arrived by midmorning. The wind picked up to cause havoc with the flight of the targets and swirled dust around everyone. 

Shooters had to really think about picking their lines.

 Two targets especially coming off our red truck made their own special flight path, really causing some anguish with shooters, sub juniors all the way to AA grade.

74 shooters braved the hot and windy conditions to contend for the “sash” and prizes that were on offer.

The Adrian Hayes Trophy left the bush and headed to the city with the boys:  Peter Cassar, Frank Araco, Harry Kassianou & Paul Smidt with a total of 248.

A huge thank you goes out to:
Stephen, Milton, Glen, Denis, Rob, Mel, Amelia & Dylen for setting the range,  Rupert, Archie and Tony for keeping the range running on Sunday, Paula for taking on the office work and to Sandra for taking control of the kitchen.

It is always fantastic to have helpers, it makes the shoot run smoothly.  And as the old saying says "Many hands make light work"

HIGH GUN	Stephen Payne	73+8
AA	Jason Solomons	73+6
	Andrew Bell	69
	Bart Brighenti	68
A	Harry Kassianou	71
	Jason McGrath	68
	Tony Shorten	67
B	Paul Smidt	65
	Ken Purvis	62
	George Roth	61
C	Mitch Woods	61
	Ken Flemming	44
	Phil Cleal	39
Veterans	Roger Kerslake	69+11
	Alec Ceccato	69+10
	John Sidoti	67
Seniors	Michael Munroe	71
	Milton Cartwright	63
	Peter Kay	61+7
Masters	Denis Coaker	60
	Les Townsend	45
	Bob Richardson	29
Ladies	Emalene Munroe	63
	Amy Buys	61
	Lauren Judge	54
Juniors	Matthew Wilesmith	70
	Jack Roth	69
	Tom McGrath	61
Sub Juniors	Nichalos Brighenti	58
	Aaron Mann	39
	Jake McPherson	38