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2019 Coaker Everett Memorial Shoot

18/08/2019

COAKER EVERETT MEMORIAL SHOOT

Dubbo Field & Game 17-18 August 2019

Shooters were treated to 236 targets over 2 days – from sporting to timed stations. Crossers, springing teals, incomers, overheads, rabbits – we had it all!

Saturday was the first day of Coaker Everett! What a perfect day, sun shining and for a change no wind!

There was disappointing numbers today with only just over 40 shooters taking up the challenge.

Targets are absolutely brilliant! Black Duck Dam -OMG! Wow! Trust me Chriso needs to watch out - there a few of us wondering what was he thinking! But brilliant targets! This stand had shooters trying all tactics to hit that mega looper out the back. Lots of head scratching and thinking outside the square – rectangle – circle whatever would work!

The newly introduced Les Clarke Memorial Rabbit Stand is proving to be a title shooters want, with 8 being on 16/16 after the first day.

Denis set a crow stand just as an added bonus for shooters.

The pheasants stand once again challenged people with only 2 being 16/16 after today- might be a shoot off tomorrow!

Grouse stand has shooters stretching twisting, waving goodbye to the targets as they wizzed past them, then walking out thinking what did I just do!

Shooters were treated to an array of targets on the Everett Sporting range with fast crossers, over head dinner plates, incomers that just wouldn’t break.

Sunday – Dubbo was back to normal with wind, and lots of it. Sun still shone catching a few out with a touch of sunburn.

58 shooters took to the range to compete for the days prize table. Some had already shot day 1, others were seeing the targets for the first time.

Denis Coaker – mastermind of the timed stations – rabbit, pheasant, crow & grouse, decided he would tweak the grouse so shooters would end the days shooting really wondering what just happened. He added a 3^rd target to the grouse stand. Instead of a simm pair it became a simm triple! These targets crossed over at some point of their flight path – idea was to hit 2 with 1 and chase the 3^rd with your second barrel. The wind cause havoc with this stand, but it was able to be done. With 3 birds in the air, it cause chaos in the shooters mind. But if you focused on 2 targets you would come out of the stand not totally confused. Hitting a 3^rd was a big bonus. It was a great fun way to end the day, lots of laughing and sledging (all in fun) at this station.

Dubbo Field & Game started their fundraising to purchase a defibrillator for the range, we hope we never have to use it, but we would be happy to have it if we needed it.

We ran a raffle each day of the shoot with the winners being:

Saturday: 1st Stuart Cole 2nd Willy Wright 3rd Keith Lyne 4th Stephen Cooper.

Sunday: 1^st Darcy Wright, 2^nd Nick Ridley, 3^rd Paula Purvis, 4^th Ken Purvis.

Thank you to Denis Coaker, Chris Bourke, Laurie Redfern & Brett Hall for the donation of the prizes.

On Sunday while shoot offs were being sorted, we hosted our first ever auction! With our guest auctioneer all the way from Sydney – John Koolbanis! And what an auction, have you ever said no to John? Bids were coming from every corner of the clubhouse. Trust me, you didn’t even want to scratch your nose! Everyone there enjoyed the fun and the club raised more money towards our defib.

Auction winners were: car goods – Neil Donaldson; Box of Wine – Tony Corderoy; Ratchet set – Laurie Redfern; Breadmaker – Stephen Cooper; Cooler & tools – Laurie Redfern; Driving Lights – Paul Lyne; Spotlight – Paul Lyne.

I would like to thank Brett Hall & Chris Bourke for donating the prizes.

With the raffles, donations and auction finalised, we came up a tad short and on behalf of Dubbo Field & Game I would like to thank our travelling shooters that donated the shortfall. Your generosity is very much appreciated. You know who you are! Thank You

Thank you to all that donated, bought tickets or auction items.

We are pleased to announce that we have purchased our defibrillator.

Memorial Trophies

Dick Coaker High Pheasant Memorial Trophy – with Stephen Cooper and Brett Hall going into a nail biting shoot off both on 32/32, it took them another 30 targets to reach a result – Congrats to Brett Hall

Tom Everett Black Duck Memorial Trophy – Anthony Cahill took honours with 22/28

Stuart Coaker Grouse Butt Memorial Trophy – Stephen Cooper earned this with 29/40

Bernie Rawson Station Memorial Shield & Trophy – John Koolbanis  with a perfect 24/24

Les Clarke Rabbit Station Memorial Shield & Trophy – another awesome shoot off to Stephen Cooper  with 32 + 29

OTG Trophy for using Side X Side for 2 days – John Sidoti 186/236

OTG Trophy for using a Classic Pheasant Gun (fixed chokes, double triggers) to the mastermind Denis Coaker 131/236

Overall High Gun was over the 2 days and with some brilliant shooting – Stephen Cooper took honours with 200/236

Coaker Everett Memorial Shoot Sub Junior Encouragement Award – Dylen Murray.

As 1 shooter said, this is one our biggest shoots of the year, so tell your friends and if you don’t have any friends, make some and bring them next year!

Saturday Results

AA 1st	Glen Bloink	75
2nd	James Zammitt	62
A Grade 1st	Stephen Cooper	95
2nd	Lance North	94
3rd	John Koolbanis	93
B Grade 1st	Brett Hall	84
2nd	Anthony Corderoy	81
3rd	William Wright	80
C Grade 1st	Jason Mouheit	86
2nd	Henk Van den Heuvel	69
3rd	Jason McGrath	51
Seniors 1st	Tony Monk	87
2nd	Errol Tucker	69
3rd	Neil Donaldson	66
Veterans 1st	John Sidoti	95
2nd	Laurie Redfern	78
Masters 1st	Sven Krollpfeiffer	69
2nd	Denis Coaker	67
3rd	Keith Lyne	65
Ladies 1st	Lauren Judge	77
2nd	Mel Phillips	69
Juniors 1st	Chris Koolbanis	83
Sub Juniors 1st	Thomas Lyne	84
2nd	Charlie North	72
3rd	Dylen Murray	40

 

Sundays results

AA Grade 1st	Grant Barton	100
2nd	Luke Cross	91+18
3rd	Glen Bloink	91+14
A Grade 1st	Stephen Cooper	105
2nd	John Koolbanis	96
3rd	Lance North	95
B Grade 1st	William Wright	79+18
2nd	Anthony Corderoy	79+17
3rd	Brett Hall	76
C Grade 1st	Henk Van den Heuvel	84
2nd	Jason Mouheit	81
3rd	Lance Murphy	78
Seniors 1st	Tony Monk	81
2nd	Neil Donaldson	72
3rd	Peter Kay	66
Veterans 1st	John Sidoti	91
2nd	Laurie Redfern	82
Masters 1st	Keith Lyne	68
2nd	Sven Krollpfeiffer	65
3rd	Denis Coaker	64
Ladies 1st	Mel Phillips	74
2nd	Lauren Judge	72
3rd	Paula Purvis	68
Juniors 1st	Chris Koolbanis	85
2nd	John G Raglus	51
Sub Juniors 1st	Thomas Lyne	89
2nd	Charlie North	83
3rd	Aliza Purvis	55