Whakatane Clay Target Club

This year the Charlie Hartley Memorial Double Rise shoot will be held on our October club day (11 October) online entries are now open on the link below (limited to 40 shooters), details are in the attached ad. Thanks again to the wonderful support of the Hartley family we have some great prizes for HOA and placings in A, B and C grades.
https://form.jotform.com/nzcta/CHmemorialdoublerise

As always please help set up and pack up

Well after the liquid sunshine yesterday today we had the sun but unfortunately the wind was blustery especially after lunch, this didn't stop some good scores still being shot. The first 50 in A and B grades had Roger, Deano, Darryl, Blair, James and Chris shoot the round clean and Grant, Alexi, Peter, Glen, Mark, Wayne, Fred, Pip and Ross getting 49 and Paul w and Craig on 48. In C grade Casey had a great round on 43 and Charlie and Holly on 40.

The 2nd 50 had Wayne on the only 50, Mark, James and Bill got 49 and Deano, Darryl, Rick S, Peter, Blair, Steve, Fred and Rick O'C (B grade) got 48. In B grade Hunter, Marc and John got a 47. In C grade Lance was on 43, Charlie a great 42 and Casey another consistent 41.

The final 50 with the wind increasing had James and Steve shoot the 50 clean and Roger, Grant and Bill on 49 and 48's for A graders Deano, Glen, Mark and Wayne. In B grade Hunter and Jim got a 48, Ross was a 47 and Rodney and Pip shot 46. C grade had Holly end on a great 46, Charlie was on 45 and Casey got 44.

This gave James the HOA for the weekend on 394 for the 5th year in a row, well done James. Wayne and Mark ended up on 393 with Wayne winning the shoot off to get 1st A leaving Mark 2nd. Glen was 3rd A, Darryl 4th A and Roger 5th A after they all shot 292 for the weekend.

In B grade Alexi was 1st on 286, Hunter 3nd two behind on 284, Ross 3rd on 282, Pip 4th on 279 and John 5th on 278.

Casey was 1st C on 261, Holly 2nd on 257 and Charlie 3rd on 243.

In the categories Blair was 1st junior on 291, Alexi 2nd on 286 and Hunter 3rd on 284. Alexi also got 1st lady for the weekend to finish of a great weekend. In veterans Wayne was 1st on 293, Glen 2nd on 292 and Roger 3rd also on 292.

As mentioned yesterday these events do not happen without support from sponsors and supporters including our main sponsor Falcon Ammunition, our supporting sponsor Pro-Ferrum NZ, along with The Meat Company Whakatane and Kiwi Waste Whakatane. Thanks Colin for being our shoot marshal and thanks to all the competitors for being on the mark on time and ready to go. Matthew, Phil, Jimmy P, Grant, Colin and anyone else that helped fill the traps all weekend thank you. Thanks also to Des, Erin and Ash for helping with lunch, Deborah for getting squads on the mark on time and keeping the scoreboard up to date all weekend. Fleur, Karen, Deborah, Alexi and Tracey for the office help. John and Allan for the raffle donations and the bakers and bacon and egg pie makers a huge thank you for feeding the competitors over the weekend over morning tea and lunch. To anyone else that helped in any way thanks, see you all again next year.

https://reports.myclubsmyscores.com/6dd7a747-157a-41a6-b0e5-f7353da5777e/winner.5cd264af-7012-4629-9a67-9935c532dbf3.html

Day one of our Whakatane 300, with a weather forecast of rain proving correct, this didn't stop some great scores still being obtained over the day. The first 50 had Chris, Darryl and Mark get the 50 and Grant, Glen, Blair, Wayne, and B graders Alexi, Allan and Ross all on 49. C graders Casey and Cody also posted a great score of 43, Holly was 42 and Charlie 41.

The second 50 had Roger, Blair and Wayne on 50, Grant, Darryl, Glen, James, Bill and C grader Casey on 49. In B grade Alexi was 48 and Hunter, John B, Pip and Fred were on 47. In C grade Holly had another great score of 45 and Charlie was next on 37.

The 3rd 50 and the rain started to set in but this didn't deter our hardy competitors. Roger, Darryl and Glen were on 50, Grant, Peter, Mark, James and B grader Hunter got 49. B graders Alexi, Paul W and Rodney got 48. In C grade Holly shot a great 47, Cody was 43 and Casey was 41.

This put Darryl in lead over the 1st 150 on 149, Glen one behind on 148 and Grant and Mark were on 147. B grade has Alexi in the lead on 145, Hunter just behind on 143 and Ross on 141. C grade's leader is currently Holly on 134, Casey one behind on 133 and Cody in 3rd place on 121.

Thanks to our main sponsor Falcon Ammunition our supporting sponsor Pro-Ferrum NZ along with The Meat Company Whakatane and Kiwi Waster Disposal Whakatane for their support also.

To our competitors thanks for backing up today so we could get through today's event before the worst of the weather, Matthew, Jimmy P, Phil, Colin, Grant, Deborah, Fleur, Karen, Erin and Ash and anyone that helped in the background today thanks the day could not have run as smoothly as it did without your support, Des for the awesome lunch and to our bakers OMG everyone got a good sugar rush today with your amazing supply of treats.

A reminder squads 5 and 6 start Sunday at 8.45am, the liquid sunshine should hopefully be replaced by real sunshine tomorrow so see you all then.

We have had a space open up for our Whakatane 300 on this weekend (29th and 30th August) if anyone is keen please get in touch

As always please help set up and tidy up

Well done to Kade and Alexi for their results today at the school shoot in Rotorua. Competing in challenging conditions, Kade was 2nd junior and Alexi was 2nd girl.