V43 #6 Jun 1990 - Australian Clay Target Association

1990 NATIONAL TRAP CHAMPIONSHIPS
After an absence of some IS years the Trap Nationals returned
to the Tasmanian Gun Club at Evandale and wh~le not as well
anended so far as mainland shooters were concerned they
certainly gained support irom the reg~slered shooters in Tas
mania. Commencing under difficulties with the absence of State
Secretary. Kaye Woods due to illness, the Nat~onals were very
well conducted by TCTA offic~als. W~th a hard working and
efficient Office Manager in Molly Bryan, their fears of maybe not
having the experience to conduct a Nat~onal Champ~onships were
quickly dispelled and to their credit the happenings that take
place beh~nd the scenes were attended to with the utmost
efi~ciency. One oithe more pleas~ng aspects whsh highlighted the
Tasmanian commitment was the appearance of Kaye durmg the
Nationals "lust alter some time in hospital, just to make sure that
everything was going okay" - 11 was.
The opening ceremony which involved all State Shoulder to
Shoulder teams was most impressive with all teams marching to
take uo their oosition under their resoective State flaos to the
acccmpanimei~of a Scotttsh picer 'opening the ~ismanlan
Nat~onals !he State Premier. The Hon M~chael F~eld commented
on the pr~de lhat Tasmanla does lake in hosttng maloc s~or11r.g
events, none more than our own clay target championships. Under
the guidance of National Executive member and State Coaching
Director Stuart Browning, the Prem~er fired the openlng shot of the
championships and while not successiul in breaking the target the
Premier was obv~ously enloytng the break from the rigours of
parliamentary duties.
0 The Hon. Michael Field listens astutely to tips from Stuart
Browning before firing the opening shot.
Having drawn for positions the first competlt~on event the State
Teams match was underway. With the strong teams from Victoria
and South Australia the most fancied. It was, however the host
State Tasmania who took the honours and what better way for the
championships to commence than a win for the home State who as
well as winning, won well wlth only the one target dropped for the
event. Cameras came from everywhere to record the winning
team whose members included the well known and very experienced
Sperry Marshall to the junior member of the team Royden
Swan. Possiblv another first for Tasmania was ~ ~ the ~~~ inclusion ~~ ~ in the . .
team of lhe~r two Nal.ona1 ExccJtlve Comm.tiee members John
Murphy end Stuarl Br0an:r.g Nct Jell out was Mtctael Burling
whose score of 25/25 mnue him an ou:s:anding contribu:ur lo in
OJlstandir~q wln lo: Tasman:a. Well done Tasman~a and all States
for the sporting manner in which the Shoulder to Shoulder match
was competed.
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e Victorious in their home State, the Tassie S/S Team.
41st GRAND AUSTRALIA HANDICAP
The flrst national t~tle of the championships is the handicap which
traditionally produces some surprise results. With a field of 313
including shooters from New Zealand, Singapore and America the
title event was full of interest right through to the last shot fired
which produced a new national champion, this time from the
Northern Territory club at Ayers Rock with John Warren a very
proud and excited winner with his score of 86/86 from the 16m
mark. To win John had to outstay some good shots and finally did
this when well known Victorian Tony Bradshaw missed his 86th
target from 20 metres. Another very pleased winner was Wonthaggi's
Lyn Gray whose score of 55/56 from the 14-metre mark
won the ladies section. NSW junlor Jason Gilkes also showed his
liklng for hand~cap shooting, taking out the junior section irom 16
metres with a very well shot 55/56, A popular win in the veterans to
19-metre shooter Kevin Aylett from Devonport, Tasmania who is a
strong supporter of the nationals wherever they are held.
National Champion 1990 - Paul Uohn) Warren, Ayers Rock, NT,
e Paul (John) Warren
AUSTRALIAN CLAY TARGET NEWS - JUNE 1990