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NSW State Selection No 3 17th May 2026
Sunday 17th May showcased the third State Selection at Narromine Sporting Clays. The sun was shining, the wind behaved itself and the rain held off until we were almost finished packing up
With numbers down due to only one day, a Sunday and cost of fuel, 55 shooters took to the stands to compete for the honours of wearing that blue sash for the day.
Our original range setter got his butt stuck on the tractor so Bloinky & Grant took the reins. Friday saw Grant, Bloinky, Paul Purvis, Mel and Tony Monk setting out the range to the nearly completed stage, and Saturday Bloinky, Mel, Grant, Les Townsend, Tony Monk, Tony Everett, Allan Moeller, Denis Coaker & Chris Everett finalising the range so we thought! We had PK come out to inspect the range, and 5 hrs later it was ready to go!
From teals, loopers, high incommers plummeting to earth when they ran out of spring, an edge on rocket if you missed it first shot, a couple of simm pairs especially the one on the last stand. Some said theres only one way but others chose to prove them wrong and did it smashingly (no pun intended).
Thank you goes to the ones that were out there the days before setting up, to those who stuck around and helped pack up (yes it did start to rain while we did that), to those in the office, the kitchen and especially those who gave their shooting up for the day to run the range.
Thank you goes to Angie from Clay Busting Photos for all her hard work getting you lot to smile for the camera. Make sure you check out all the photos on her FB page.
Team Event Winners for this Shoot were Shoalhaven 1 – Warren Thorpe, Steve Atkins, Jed & Christian Leadbitter with a score of 337 with Narromine 1 not far behind on 326.
Lucky Shooters Jackpot went off to Adam Carmichael who took $100 cash home with him.
Lucky Door prize of ½ slab went to Jack Atkins
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Event Name STATE SELECTION #3 |
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Event Details 100T |
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Name |
Home Club |
Score |
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High Gun |
Andrew Bell |
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93 |
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AA Grade |
1st: |
Steven Atkins |
Shoalhaven |
87 |
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2nd: |
Bart Brighenti |
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81 |
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3rd: |
Adam Carmichael |
Narromine |
71 |
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A Grade |
1st: |
Warren Thorpe |
Shoalhaven |
90+1 |
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2nd: |
Chris Whyte |
Shoalhaven |
90 |
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3rd: |
Christopher Bourke |
Gunnedah |
87 |
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B Grade |
1st: |
Craig Kurtz |
Mudgee |
82 |
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2nd: |
Stuart Cole |
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76 |
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3rd: |
Chrisian Leadbitter |
Mudgee |
74 |
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C Grade |
1st: |
Sig Kubank |
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69 |
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2nd: |
Stephanie Neeves |
Mudgee |
60 |
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3rd: |
Robert Leonard |
Narromine |
57 |
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Seniors |
1st: |
Kevin Haskins |
Narromine |
90 |
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2nd: |
Stephen Payne |
Mudgee |
85 |
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3rd: |
Dean Delaney |
Narromine |
81 |
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Veterans |
1st: |
Peter Kay |
Narromine |
85 |
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2nd: |
Jeff Hall |
Narromine |
81+1 |
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3rd: |
Stephen Tydd |
Mudgee |
81 |
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Masters |
1st: |
Denis Coaker |
Narromine |
73 |
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2nd: |
Ross Christian |
Mudgee |
66 |
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Ladies |
1st: |
Paula Purvis |
Narromine |
87 |
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2nd: |
Janelle Craig |
Mudgee |
79 |
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3rd: |
Mel Phillips |
Narromine |
72 |