V43 #6 Jun 1990 - Australian Clay Target Association

38th DOUBLE BARREL CHAMPIONSHIP
Sponsored in its entirety by Winchester a total of 326 took the
field to shoot for the double barrel title. The traditional blue ribbon
event for clay target shooters was shot in conjunction with the
ladies and junior double barrel championships and like the
handicap was well contested.
Some very good performances were recorded in the open
double barrel with the shooters contmuing into the two hundreds
before a winner was able to be declared. Noorat junior Glen
Hayden pushed the beld all the way and while outlasting both
Robert Viney (151) and Colin Burt (211) was not able to stave off
Geelong's Steve Haberman whose unbeaten 219/219 won for him
the double barrel cham~ionshio . toaether . with the Winchester
trophy and loyalty bonus ior is.ng Wincheslcr Shells 'The veteran
secuon of The event was v:on by well known Marconl shooter
Malcolm Fu:ler viho sho: 63. 65 ard was u very pleased wlnner
National Champion 1990 - Steve Haberman, Geelong. Vic.
?.l9/219
0 Steve Haberman
10th LADIES DOUBLE BARREL CHAMPIONSHIP
With a field of 25 all anxious to record a national title victory the
competition was keen and strong. Victorian ladies Pauline Clarke
and Fave Burton produced some excellent shootina as did our
international visitor, Judy Wegner from USA. A verfdetermined
Faye Burton was not going to let this one pass and scoring 58/58
took the ladiestltle from Pauline Clarke 51/58 withludy Wegner in
overall third place with a score of 52/53. The ladies event while not
strong in numbers was strong in quality with the scores an indica-
tion of the ladies' ability.
National Champion 1990 - Faye Burton, Kerang. Vic, 58/58.
10th JUNIOR DOUBLE BARREL
CHAMPIONSHIP
The quality of those competing stood out in the junior event with
Glen Hayden from Noorat in Victoria shooting the possible to
emerge a clear winner overall. Not far behind were Danny Di
Conza 49/50 from Melbourne and Jay Cruse from St Helens 50/52
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who will both benefit from the experience and continue to show
their ability in the years ahead.
National Champion 1990 - Glen Hayden, Noorat, Vic. S0/50.
36th SINGLE BARREL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Sponsored by Winchester and with conditions throughout the
championships better than what may have been expected the
single barrel produced some good shooting. Tasmanian shooters
while not ~ ~ dominant in the event score-wise certainlv took the
honours so far 3s numbers are concerted w~ih no less than 83
eniranls in !he evert The oest of these a! ihe ena of the aay was
Cressy shooter Grahani Blaskett whose score of 51/52 look ihlrd
place in AA Grade First n AA and obv~ously benefiting by the
recent competition in the New Zealand Nationals was another well
known shooter from Katannins Gun Club. Tim Catllng who on the
day could not hold off the challenge from the multi-disciplined
Kevin Perkins from Illawarra who recording an unbeaten 69/69
was an emotional and extremely popular winner of the single
barrel title with Jason Werner of Melbourne Gun Club and John
Miatt from Tasmanian Gun Club taking the respective junior and
veterans sections.
National Champion 1990 - Kevin Perkins, Illawarra. NSW.
0 Kevin Perkins
2nd LADIES SINGLE BARREL CHAMPIONSHIP
Competing for the Winchester Trophy and the IBIS Traps Per-
petual Trophy the ladies single barrel was keenly contested.
A win for New Zealand in the event with well known and much
travelled Zelda Maclure from Waitemata taking the ladies title
with a score of46/50. A good battle took place for overall second
and third with Marilvn Dwiaht from Corowa scorina 41/52 to take
second place overail from one of the herd workin; off~ce ladies
Nanette McCallum Like the double barrel this event whlle in its
infancy so far as years go will prove to te a very popular tltle and
one of the ones to win
National Champion 1990 - Zelda Maclure, Waitemata. NZ.
46/50.
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