SHOOTING By JOHN KING A LARGE attendance at the September competition shoot held at the Euroa Clay Target Club saw some good results and some not so good. The first championship on the program, the annual Old Trout Opening Championship saw Les Comensoli from the Walmer Club successful after a short shoot off with London District Club’s Peter Akkermans. This event was sponsored by the Alexandra Club in honour of Peter Grant, a much loved and respected secretary of that club. The first stage of the Highland Shield teams event was the Double Barrel Championship and there was a five-way tie on the score of 24/25. The resulting shoot off saw the best shooting of the day with local member Leon Tonks finally outlasting the evergreen veteran Geoff McClure to win this event scoring a total of 55/56. All the more meritorious as Leon is currently in C grade and Geoff a very experienced A grader. The second part of the shield is the trophy handicap where competitors shoot from the allotted handicap mark, and it was Les Comensoli who shot a 23/25 to win this event outright. To arrive at the team results, both the championship and handicap score of the respective team members are combined. Mansfield’s team of Tom Apps, Steve Wilson, Allan Kidd and Shaun Kirley were declared the winning team with a total score of 177/200. Thus ended a very successful day’s competition considering it was quite cold and rather dull light conditions. The committee is very appreciative of the many visiting competitors for their continuing support of the club. October competition program on Sunday 8 is the North Eastern District Point Score Tower Championship and three standard 20 target events. The usual practice is on Wednesday afternoons from 1pm to 3pm as well as the first Sunday of the month beginning around 12 noon. Full results: 25th Old Trout Opening Memorial D/B Championship. Sponsored by the Alexandra Gun Club. 1st A grade & O/A Les Comensoli (Walmer) 29/29 1st AA grade P. Akkermans (Loddon Dist) 28/29 2nd A grade A.Rohrlach (Euroa) 24/25 1st B grade M.Spencer (Alexandra) 26/27 2nd B grade B.Burns (Cosgrove) 25/27 1st c grade P.McNair (Alexandra) 24/25 2nd C grade L.Tonks (Euroa) 27/29 25th Higlands Shield D/B Championship C grade and O/A L.Tonks (Euroa) 55/56 1st AA grade A.Rohrlach (Euroa) 27/29 2nd AA grade P.Akkermans (Loddon Dist) 21/25 1st A grade G.McClure (Alexandra) 54/56 2nd A grade L.Comensoli (Walmer) 32/34 1st B grade A.Kidd (Mansfield 38/40 2nd B grade M.Spencer (Alexandra) 24/26 2nd C grade T.Apps (Mansfield) 26/30 25th Highlands Shield Handicap 1st L.Comensoli (Walmer) 23/24 2nd V.Surace (Cosgrove) 23/26 3rd J.King (Euroa) 22/26 B/M L.Fitzpatrick (Euroa) 20/25
