Helen Manteit claimed the Dave Harrison Memorial Shoot trophy after her excellent performance at the recent Clifton Benchrest Shooting Club March shoot. Helen shot a winning score of .3218 to win the Centrefire competition and shot the smallest group (.185) in Centrefire. To cap off an excellent day on the range she also won the Women’s Open Rimfire with a score of 571.10.
Competitors were thrilled to have Bob Watson back shooting on the Range and he was rewarded with a second place in the Men’s Open Rimfire, scoring 572.19. The category was won by Gary Manteit who scored 579.18. Jason Edwards placed third, his score 571.16.
Gary Manteit had Best Cards of the day in Hunter Class with 198.7/200.20 and in RBA Class with 235.8/250.25. He also scored .4180 in the Centrefire finishing in second place.
The juniors were also shooting very well especially Amelia Steffen who had a winning score of 555.8 in the Junior Rimfire Class. Close behind her and in second place was Mia Edwards with a score of 552.7.
Ashley Sundell (349.2) won the Factory Rimfire Class. Jerry Purrs (309) finished in second place.
Filling the placings behind Helen Manteit in the Women’s Open Rimfire were Ashleigh Brown and Summar Haynes with scores of 551.12 and 528.7 respectively.
The Best Rabbit and Crow card of the day belonged to Braydon Edwards with a score of 148/150.15.
As Easter Sunday falls on the third Sunday of the month the Clifton Benchrest Shooting Club will not hold a competition in April.
The next event is set down for 15 May 2022.
