Saturday’s afternoon target shooting session was hampered by an overlay of cloud and constant gusts of wind which made hitting the centre target a challenge to all.

400 Metre Double - May 11th

Norbert Schmidt was first  on the mound to set up his gear. Norbert opened with a bull eye and a super bull eye and then went on to shoot a very fine first round with a score of 59/6 from a possible 60 in the 10 shot F Class(sandbagged, telescoped 308 )competition.

Neil Attwood was next on the mound to compete in the Full Bore (manually supported, open sights 308) comp. Neil opened with a 4 and a 3. Cutting them he went on to squeeze off a string of 4’s and 5’s and a 3 to give him a first round score of 43 from a possible 50.

Ben Purvis was next down with his gear to see if he could better his recent scores. Ben opened with a bird and then went on to pull mainly 4’s and 3’s and one 5 to score 37.

Our Club Stalwart Ron Schild was the last competitor on the mat to have a crack at the small target, Ron opened with a 4 and a 3 and then let loose a mixed bag of shots to give him a score of 41/1.

Norbert was back again for his second 400 metre range . Norbert opened with a 4 and a 5. He cut them and went on to shoot mainly 6’s and 5’s with one 4 to give him a score of 62 from a possible 66 in the 11 shot match.

Neil Attwood on his second range opened with 4’s and went on to shoot a mixed bag to give him a final tally of 43 from a possible 55.

Ben Purvis was again on the mound to try and better his first round. Ben opened with a 4 and a miss and then went on to squeeze off some impressive shots to give him a final   tally of 46/3 from a possible 55.

Ronny Schild was again on the mound to try his hand and eye on the small target, Ron opened with a 4 and a 5 and went on to shoot a mixed bag with a few V Bulls and a 3 for a final score of 48/2 from a possible 55 in the 11 shot match.

Norbert Schmidt took first place with 121/6 in the F Class comp.  Ron Schild took honours with 89/3 followed by Neil Attwood on 86 and Ben Purvis in third on 83/3 in the Full Bore Comp.

A big thank you to our marker, Jed Kemp for doing a good job.

No shooting this Saturday as The Cairns Prize Shoot in on Saturday and Sunday.

Anyone interested in the fine exacting sport of Target Shooting, please join us on Saturday May 25th at 1:00 PM at the range on the Cook Highway half way between Mossman and Port Douglas.  All welcome.