Sport

Cash event attracts regional shooters

Oct 25, 2024

Cash and bragging rights were on offer when the Deniliquin Clay Target Club hosted its October shoot on Sunday.

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With $5800 in cash prizes up for grabs, shooters came from all over the district to shoot at the Racecourse Rd facility.

Joining local club members across several shooting events were visitors from Echuca, Cohuna, Griffith, Yarrawonga, Broken Hill and the Loddon district.

DCTC member Rob Collicoat said they enjoyed beautiful weather, and a great day of competition.

“Numbers were down but that just made it easy to grab a handful of cash,” he said.

“The prizes included $250 for a grade win, $100 for second, $400 for the overall high gun winner and $300 for each high gun grade winner.”

Three events were held, in addition to High Gun, with event three ending with an epic shoot off battle.

Shoot offs were also required to determine the second place getters in two grades of event two.

Results were as follows.

Event 1 - 50 target point shoot (22 shooters): AA grade - Grant McMillan, 148/150, 1; Clive Cleave, 144/150, 2. A - Rob Collicoat, 139/150, 1; Trevor Dehne, 135/150, 2. B - Jo-Anne Ford, 137/150, 1; Jett Ferris, 136/150, 2. C - Peter Evans, 136/150, 1.

Event 2 - 50 target single barrel (23 shooters): AA - Colin Hood, 48/50, 1; David Currie, 47/50 plus 3/3 in shoot off, 2. A - Matthew Appleby, 45/50, 1; Rob Collicoat, 43/50, 2. B - Quinny Quinlan, 45/50, 1; Peter Sing, 41/50 plus 3/3 in shoot off, 2. C - Peter Evans, 45/50, 1.

Event 3 - 50 target double barrel (23 shooters): AA - Shane Gallagher, 50/50 plus 18/18 in shoot off, 1; Grant McMillan, 50/50 plus 17/18 in shoot off, 2. A - Craig Kelly, 50/50, 1; Rob Collicoat, 49/50, 2. B - Troy Marchant, 50/50, 1; Jett Ferris, 47/50, 2. C - Peter Evans, 46/50, 1.

High Gun (23 shooters): Open - Grant McMillan, 244/250. AA - Shane Gallagher, 238/250. A - Rob Collicoat, 231/250. B - Jett Ferris, 222/250. C - Peter Evans, 227/250.