July-August 2010 - New Zealand Clay Target Association

100 TargetThorntonMemorialTHAMES CLAY TARGET CLUBResults by Nola, ThamesWith so much going on at the club and me beinginvolved with a Family Reunion for the second weekendin May it seems the shoot was ages ago.The wind must have got up in the afternoon as there were notas many reds for the 50 tgt. Point Score on the board as there wasfor the first 50 tgt. Single Rise in the morning.The numbers were about the same as last year. It is good to seethe students coming to the shoot as well as some new shootersand thanks to all for your support of the club.I’m afraid I have to apologize for no photos. I down loaded themonto the computer and thought they were in my programme; hitthe format button to clear the camera for the reunion and nowfind they are not in my Thornton folder. Maybe they are playinghide and seek.The Thornton is shot as 50 tgt Single Rise and 50 tgt Point Scoregiving a total score of 200 with sweeps over each 25tgt and overthe 100 tgts. Any shoot off is by Point Score over rounds of 5 tgts.First round of 25 tgts saw 13 A grade possibles and four B gradepossibles. A grade. Den Walkins, Alan Vickers, Keith Livingstone,Grant Nixon, Liam Buchanan, Ian Marshall, Martin van de Wetering,Steve Redmayne, Richard Boenders, Jim Elliott-Forster, IanHovenden, Paul Currie and John Storey. B grade Joshua Nilsson,Mike Boakes, Ted Tyrrell and Roger Reeves. C Grade Ben Naylor24.2nd 25 tgts. A grade 14 possibles Mason Reed, A Vickers,Gordon Tucker, I Marshall, Nicholas Picknell, Merv Pratt, M van deWetering, John Farrow, S Redmayne, Graeme Madgwick, LindsayArthur, R Boenders, J Elliott-Forster and P Currie. B grade sixpossibles Wattie Leonard, Colin Pritchard, Deborah Pritchard, JohnMathieson, Max Twentyman and George Johnston. In C grade 2 =24 Ben Naylor and Glen Raymond.After lunch and into the Point Score. 1st round 25 tgts. A grade2= 75 Keith Baylis and L Arthur. Six shot 74. B grade Lois France 74.C grade Ben Naylor 70.2nd round of the Point Score. A grade 3 = 75 N Picknell, M vande Wetering and I Hovenden. B grade G Johnston 74. C grade GRaymond 69.The HOA was Martin van de Wetering with a total score of 199.Shoot off for 1st and 2nd between Nicholas Picknell and LindsayArthur = 198. Nicholas took 1st place shooting 15tgts with singleshots while Lindsay pulled a second barrel on his 15th targetgiving him second place. 3rd Alan Vickers 197.B grade 1st Colin Pritchard on 192 shoot off between = 188John Mathieson an Ted Tyrrell. 2nd John with 15 points, 3rd Tedwith 14 points.C Grade 1st Glen Raymond 186, 2nd Gaven Naylor 170, 3rdKevin Story 169.A grade L-R 3rd Alan Vickers 1st Nicholas Picknell 2nd LindsayArthurB Grade 3rd Ted Tyrrell 1st Colin Pritchard 2nd John MathiesonC grade 1st Glen Raymond 2nd Gavin Naylor 3rd Kevin StoreyMartin van de Wetering HOAgunshot 15