THE Christmas spirit featured high at the Euroa Clay Target Club’s annual Christmas shoot on Sunday November 8. With lots of prizes on offer for Christmas cheer and some wonderful food on the tables, it was pleasing that there were a large number of competitors in attendance. With Alana Towers and Heather Crosbie in charge of the catering we sat down to a very enjoyable lunch and the pulled pork supplied by Scott Towers was very tasty. Meanwhile on the shooting side, the cooler conditions were very comfortable, but the rather strong wind made for some interesting target variations. Veteran Fred Heinze proved to be the best on the day and another couple of let’s say, on the older side, Euroa’s Rob Stackhouse and Colbinabbin’s Julian Avery proved age is no barrier by shooting the only possible in the Turkey Deauville Doubles event beating all comers by two targets. Full results: 20t Tower P/S Chook Shoot. 1st AA Grade F,Heinze (Alexandra) 53/60. 2nd AA “ S.Stokes (Colbinabbin) 49/60. 1st A “ D.Clark (Mansfield) 56/60. 2nd A “ S.Towers (Euroa) 44/60. 1st B “ G.McClure (Alexandra) 55/60. 2nd B “ J.Foulkes (Euroa) 50/60. 1st C “ C.Petersen (Alexandra) 56/60. 2nd C “ T.McGrath (Alexandra) 46/60. 25t Graded Ham Shoot 1st AA Grade F.Heinze (Alexandra) 33/33. 2nd AA “ A.Rohrlach (Euroa) 32/33. 1st A “ K.Elwood (Alexandra) 24/25. 2nd A “ S.Towers (Euroa) 24/26. 1st B “ L.Tonks (Euroa) 36/36. 2nd B “ G.McClure (Alexandra) 25/36. 1st C “ R.Stackhouse (Euroa) 25/25. 2nd C “ J.Avery (Colbinabbin) 24/25. 20t Hamper Handicap 1st S.Wilson (Mansfield) 21/21. 2nd P.Elwood (Alexandra) 20/21. 3rd J.Foulkes (Euroa) 28/29. B/M F.Heinze (Alexandra) 17/20. 20pr Deaville Doubles Turkey Shoot 1st R.Stackhouse (Euroa) & J.Avery (Colbinabbin) 20/20. 2nd L.Fitzgerald (Colbinabbin & L.Fitzpatrick (Euroa) 25/27. The Euroa Club committee and members wish all shooters a very Merry Christmas and good shooting for the New Year. The Club’s 2025 competition program begins with The Koala Cherries Championships on Sunday January 12. Usual practice on Wednesday afternoons from 1 to 3 pm.
