July/August 2015 - Queensland Target Sports

QTS Newsletter
Issue 65 ­ July/August 2015
Record Turnout at Childers Cup
By: Lesley Perk
The cool fine weather and good shooting conditions
set the tone for the Childers Cup held on Saturday
20th and Sunday 21st June at the Isis District Rifle
Range with a record attendance of 47 shooters and
146 nominations.
This was the 7th Childers Cup shoot and the first time air pistol and air
rifle were included in the program. Our new air shed was opened on the
31st of October last year and club members have been using it ever
since. The club recently acquired some air rifles and air pistols and this
has created a lot of interest from club members and new shooters to
come and try.
This year's competition attracted shooters from local clubs Childers,
Maryborough, South Kolan, Mundubbera, Bundaberg and Gympie as
well as Brisbane, Toowoomba and Lismore.
There were some PB's recorded including a first ever silhouette 40 shot
by young Riley Hammelswang from South Kolan. John Wooldridge
was also on his game winning the overall benchrest and taking home
papers to acquire a brand new air rifle ­ first prize for the air rifle novice
match sponsored by QLD Gun Exchange and Pro­Tactical.
The camp fire was well attended as usual thanks to Kym for the huge
supply of wood. On Saturday night Matt Murillo from Gympie
entertained us with his antique record player and some old Slim Dusty
and Chad Morgan records.
Many Thanks to the club members who did the work preparing the
range and running the shoot. Thank you Roy, Marg, Alan, Robyn and
Rod for help in the scoring room, and the ladies who kept everyone
well fed and put on a selection of sumptuous hot­pots for Saturday
night's dinner.
A special thanks to all our sponsors including the great support we get
from Inox Lubricants and the Childers ANZ Bank for the major cup
trophies.
Target Rifle Champion: John Patzwald (Toowoomba)
Silhouette Rifle Champion: John Patzwald (Toowoomba)
Benchrest Champion: John Wooldridge (Mundubbera)
Junior Champion: Jimmy Wardell (Gympie)
To see all the scores for the weekend go to the QTS website results
page:
http://targetsports.org.au/results­2015­all­results/
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QTS Newsletter
Issue 65 ­ July/August 2015
WRABF World Championships
The WRABF World Champion­
ships for 2015 was successfully
held at the Jim Smith Range,
Belmont.
Competitors from the countries of Australia, Ireland,
Brazil, Italy, Czech, Philippines, Finland, South
Africa, Great Britain, Ukraine, India and USA
attended. Host country Australia topping the medal
tally with 17 medals in total.
A report from the WRABF president including all
medal winners and a photo gallery is provided on the
QTS website:
http://targetsports.org.au/wrabf­world­
championships­2015
Full results are available on Benchrest Bulletin:
http://www.benchrestbulletin.net/drupal2/node/2929
S amp so n I mp resses i n
Azerbaijan
Dane Sampson's strong run of
international form continued earlier
this month with another impressive outing at the
ISSF World Cup round in Gabala, Azerbaijan. In
10m Air Rifle qualifications Dane shot 626.1 to
finish 11th, only 0.6 points away from the final. He
backed this form up the next day in his 50m Prone
elimination with 622.4 to finish 7th in the
elimination. In the Prone qualification he bettered
that score, scoring 624.7 to finish 15th overall,
missing the final by only 1.5 points.
I n tr o d u c i n g th e A n s c h ü tz 9 0 1 5 A i r R i fl e
Anschütz have released an all new
match Air Rifle. It consists of an all
new 9015 barrelled action featuring a
new patented 5065 4K trigger with
ball bearings and
versatile adjustable trigger blade, a
stainless steel barrel unit and the thin, special
coated muzzle tube. The ONE­stock focuses on
adjustability and repeatability. It features an all new
buttplate, stock butt offset, precise adjustments and walnut grip,
palmrest and cheekpeice.
Vale Ted Bruton
It is with much regret that we inform Ted Bruton sadly passed away on Sunday,
August 23. A member of the Charleville Small Bore Rifle Club, “Fruity” as he
was known to his mates was a larger than life personality who will be missed
by all who knew him. Our deepest condolences to his wife Anne and the
Bruton family.
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Issue 65 ­ July/August 2015
23 ­ 25 J u n i o r
Devel o p men t Camp
SEP
Junior Coaching Camp will be held again at
Belmont Range from 23 ­ 25 September, prior to the
State Championships. This camp is open to all
junior QTS members and will cover all ISSF rifle
disciplines.
All meals and bunk accommodation if required will
be provided by QTS. For more information please
26 ­ 28 Q u e e n s l a n d
SEP
The state championships will be held at Belmont
from Friday 26 ­ Sunday 28 September.
see the QTS website for a flyer and consent form
which should be submitted asap:
http://targetsports.org.au/event/junior­development­
camp
NOTE: If you require accommodation, please
return consent form by 4 September.
Ch amp i o n sh i p s
Friday 26th:
• Men's 3x40 and Women's 3x20 Three Position
(with finals)
Saturday 27th:
• Air Rifle 1x60 (with men's final)
• IPC Air Rifle Standing
• Air Rifle Supported 1x30
• TRA Benchrest 1x60
• Prone 1x60 (with men's final)
Sunday 28th:
• Air Rifle 1x40 (with women's final)
• Air Rifle SH1 and SH2 (with finals)
• Air Rifle Supported 1x30
• Prone 1x60
• TRA Benchrest 1x60
• Prone final (two day total)
• Benchrest final (two day total)
NOTE: Prior entry by 18 September is preferred.
Please see QTS website for the full program and
entry form:
http://targetsports.org.au/event/queensland­
championships/
T R A 3 P P o s ta l C o m p e ti ti o n
The TRA Three Position Postal Competition is back
and will run from September 2015 to January 2016.
The competition consists of
teams of three shooters
(plus reserves) and each
participant must complete a
3x20 match each month.
Contact
Kim Faint
newsletter@targetsports.org.au
NOTE: We won this competition last year :­)
QTS will submit one team (more teams if numbers
are available). The 3P matches at the state
championships will serve as trials for the team(s)
and also the team scores for round 1.
For further information please contact me (Kim
Faint) via email or talk to me at the QLD Champs.
Queensland Target Sports Inc. is supported by:
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