By Casey O'Connor
A good field gathered at the Risdon Range for the Southern Downs Rifle club weekly competition with competitors shooting from the 300yard mound.
There were some fine performances and excellent scores during the course of the morning. In the F Class Open Kevin Jones and Kate Sexton both shot very well. Jones missed a maximum score by just one point while runner up Kate Sexton scored an impressive 124.12.
Richard McKillop scored a win in the Standard class and in the popular Sporter / Hunter class honours went the way of Curtis Grey. Bo Tyllyer was successful in the Military Rifle class.
Results 300 yard F Class
Open:- (Max 126)
Kevin Jones (125.15): Kate Sexton (124.12); Neil Sexton (122.7), Bruce McAllan(119.9).
Standard:- (Max 126)
Richard McKillop (118.6); Greg Wilson (116.6).
Sporter/Hunter:- (Max 105)
Curtis Grey (97.4); Jade Sheehan (93.3); Jamie Squires (91.3); Ben Squires (81.3); Brendan Bunting (81.2); Gail Hannaford (80); Abby Hannaford (77).
Military rifle:- (Max 105)
Bob Tyllyer (83.1); Tom Higgins (DNF)
This Sunday the action on the range will move to the 400 yard
Mound with sign on at 8.30am and competition starting at 9am.
If you are keen to learn more about the club or would like information about this weekend’s shoot, please contact Margaret on (07) 4666 1018.
