Coaker Everett Memorial Shoot Sept 2025

Coaker Everett Memorial Shoot

20^th & 21^st September 2025 296 Targets – 120 Sporting 176 Timed

Well, what a weekend! Beautiful weather, awesome targets and great times were experienced by all that attended.

And if you didn’t attend – you missed out big time! This is one shoot you don’t want to miss so make sure you book it in for next year!

Shooters were treated to 120 sporting targets and 176 timed targets over the period of the 2 days.  The Sponsors went back to mixing it up over the weekend so if you missed one day you still got a go at both events.

Sporting: Evo and Chris went about their sporting range and created some great stands including the Bernie Rawson & Tom Everett Black Duck – wasn’t that interesting, but we all know the reputation of that stand! They made you work for the chance to get your name on the trophy!

There were fast crossers, incomers, battues, loopers and outgoers – something for all levels of shooters. All of them kept you on your toes.

Those simm pairs made you swing that gun and gave you no time to think about measuring or any of that dumb stuff while looking for the 2^nd target. The course was tweaked Saturday afternoon ready for Sunday, so you may of worked the targets out only to start scratching the head when you stepped out!

Both stands earning a shoot off – Jack, Adam & Horse for the Bernie Rawson – we had to move them 3 times to get a result! Black Duck dam saw PK & Jeff fighting it out for 2^nd & 3^rd.

Timed Events: DC – it scares me to think about what goes on in that mind of his! The pheasants off 4 traps, Simm overheads and simm high and low crossers, Grouse – simm pairs – plenty of time – nope they were gone! The shoot off turned into a mean feat.

Quails – low flying simms, landing out there pretty quick, Springing teals had a bit of outward slope to them again simms. The timing allowed for a quick reload but fumble a shell, they were out there, and the next pair were about to be released.

Rabbits – ha ha some shooters thought on the mat was a good place to hit them only for them to bounce and making a second shot necessary, this meant the 2^nd rabbit was on its way. DC threw in a couple of last buckets to make it funnier?? The shoot off was nail biting, we had 10 shooters and due to time restraints it was held Sunday morning before shooting commenced for the day.  Going 3m closer took a few out, but then he took it back about 10m with only 3 contenders left and rabbits could only be hit between the lost signs not before them quickly sorted the winner out

Partridge – This was a new stand in memory of Angus Brander who is DC’s grandson. 16 targets visited twice for the day, 6 traps – now I know what you are thinking, how does that work? Well, the lovely Amanda kept us in line by pushing our buttons and guiding us to which target was coming next when you looked lost and fumbling for shells!

You received 5 traps three times – 2 high incomers, high & low crossers, incomer/crosser that was lost at the tree (literally it disappeared in the tree) and after the 3^rd round she would yell “into the water” meaning the 6^th trap was in play and heading into the dam like a bat outta of hell. This stand deemed a lot of fun and will be returning bigger and better next year for those who missed out.

Again, the Classic Pheasant Gun & SxS Gun competition brought a few shooters game enough to tackle the courses already hobbled, auto safety, double triggers and very hot barrels. One behind the scenes competition was between DC and his grandson Sam both using a pheasant gun. There was talk of sabotage, “light loads” that will definitely smash these targets and if Sam beat grandad, he got to keep the gun? Sam may have got around him but the gun went home with DC.

 Winner of the Memorial Stations

Les Clarke Rabbit Stand 28 Targets – Timed

1^st Lance North 28+43

2^nd Adam Carmichael 28+38

3^rd Ben Hooper 28+37

 Bernie Rawson Stand 24 targets - Sporting

1^st Jack Atkins 23+13

2^nd Adam Carmichael 23+11

3^rd Chris Bourke 23+3

 Angus Brander Partridge Stand 32 Targets – Timed

Open – Charlie North 30

Ladies – Mel Phillips 26

Junior – Jack Atkins 26

Sub Jnr – Brock Sattler 23

 Stuart Coaker Grouse Stand 28 Targets – Timed

1^st Jeff Hall 27+27

2^nd Craig McPherson 27+19

3^rd Charlie North 26

 Dick Coaker High Pheasant Stand 32 Targets - Timed

1^st Tony Monk 27

2^nd John Koolbanis 26

3^rd Brett Hall 25

Tom Everett Black Duck Stand 24 Targets – Sporting

1^st Rob Murray 21

2^nd Peter Kay 20+7

3^rd Jeff Hall 20+5

Classic Pheasant Gun Over 2 days

1^st Sam Brander 195/296

2^nd Denis Coaker 187/296

3^rd Rod Carr 172/296

SXS Gun Over 2 Days

1^st Ken Purvis 185/296

2^nd John Sidoti 157/296

3^rd Jimmy Zammitt 105/296

High Gun	Adam Carmichael		249
A Grade	1st:	John Koolbanis	246
	2nd:	Charlie North	242
	3rd:	Lance North	229
B Grade	1st:	Brett Hall	226
	2nd:	Robert Murray	225
	3rd:	Philip Sattler	203
C Grade	1st:	Paul Bell	157
	2nd:	Henk Van den Heuvel	125
	3rd:	Paul Purvis	109
Seniors	1st:	Dean Delaney	230
	2nd:	Hugo Graesser	205
	3rd:	Paul Lyne	153
Veterans	1st:	Peter Kay	236
	2nd:	Jeff Hall	232
	3rd:	Stephen Tydd	218
Masters	1st:	Denis Coaker	187
	2nd:	John Sidoti	157
	3rd:	Sven Krollpfeiffer	115
Ladies	1st:	Mel Phillips	214
	2nd:	Paula Purvis	208
	3rd:	Melinda McGrath	159
Juniors	1st:	Jack Atkins	221
	2nd:	Henry Purvis	206
	3rd:	Dylen Murray	91
Sub Juniors	1st:	Brock Sattler	171
	2nd:	Lily Delaney	150