WITH many members in Sydney competing in the prestigious Queens competition, the Wingham Rifle Club members were shooting from the 400 metre range in almost perfect conditions, but the A graders were the only ones who managed high scores.
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Peter Thurtell shot an excellent second round, Steve Southwell also had terrific second round with Tony Moon having a good first round.
In F class Chris Barnard and Phil Costa had solid second rounds.
A grade was won by Peter Thurtell with a first round of 50.6 followed up by a sensational second round of 50.9 for a total score of 100.15, followed by Tony Moon 99.10 and Steve Southwell 98.12.
B grade was won by Brian Mavin firing 93.7, Max Purnell 90.5, Georgia Potts 83.6 and Frank Alcott 74.1.
F class A was taken out by Phil Costa who had two solid rounds for a score of 111.1, followed by Chris Barnard having shot a good second round of 57.1 for a final score of 109.3, followed by Mike Rogerson 108.4.
F class B was won by Gordon Higgins with a better second round of 55.3 finishing with a total of 106.4, then Todd Barnard 104.1 and Ronan Moon 103.1.
Handicap winner was Brian Mavin.
Next week 500 yards