MCTC News

From the President - July 12th 2010 :

REMINDER------REMINDER-------REMINDER------- INTERCLUB COMPETITION THIS SUNDAY JULY 18TH MARYBOROUGH CLAY TARGET CLUB VERSUS FRASER COAST SPORTING CLAYS 10 AM TRAP MCTC, FOLLOWED BY SPORTING, CHURCHILL MINES ROAD, LUNCH AVAILABLE AT SPORTING CLAYS AT A VERY REASONABLE CHARGE. ATTENDANCE NUMBERS WOULD BE APPRECIATED FOR CATERING PURPOSES AND COMP NUMBERS. PLEASE PHONE LINDA, 41914656. THANK YOU.
This is our Annual Interclub shoot and it would be great to see a good roll up from our members. The trophy has been held by Fraser Coast Sporting Clays for the past two years and we need to return it back to our trophy cupboard so let's do it and have as many join in as we can for a great days competition and fellowship. Remember when shooting the discipline of sporting clays the secret is more lead, more lead, more lead. If I can remember!
What a beaut day had by all at our club last month for Holly's and Andy's Continental Championship competition and to have them both join us on the day. Targets were great and the competition results not bad although it did show that the first Saturday of the month is invaluable practice in this discipline for our members, proven by one Peter Lewis who attends this day regularly and who picked up the B Grade High Gun on the day.(The first High Gun he has ever won, well done.) Congrats to our winners and again to Irvine Wynyard who won the overall High Gun (3 months in a row) and to Greg Matthews and Glen Wyatt sharing AA, Linda McGregor A, had her eye in too, and C Grade Jack Zaric, which will certainly encourage him on to greater things. A BIG THANK YOU TO HOLLY AND ANDY FOR THEIR SUPPORT. Thank you also to our visiting shooters from kindred clubs; it is always a pleasure to have you join us. Steve Whitehead's portable trench layout proved popular at the end of the shoot with a number of shooters having a try and finding it a little different. Results through too from the Marlborough Club in New Zealand and our Trans Tasman Competition. As you are all aware our scores were very good from previous years however a new C Grade Junior shooter across the ditch in his first ever comp decided he would give everybody a hiding and won it for the Marlborough Club by 8 points. It is obvious that he will not remain where he is for long and full credit to Marlborough for their continuance of the clubs Junior program. There is always next year.
Over the past month members have represented our club at most of the nearby clubs, Bundaberg and Gympie and also at Mundubbera at their Central Burnett Citrus Two day Shoot. Malcolm Zipf shot over the two days and Greg, Nicho and myself on the Sunday. Zippy picked up a couple of A Grade events and the rest of us enjoyed a day out in the country. Nice and cool Sunday morning with a little ice on the windscreens. Very refreshing! A reminder that Bundy's Annual One day Shoot is on Sunday August 1st a week after our club comp and it will be an early start at 9.00AM. This is their first big shoot on the new ground and it would be great to see as many of our members join them on this day. Always great competition and wonderful sponsorship offered throughout the days program.
Our July (this months shoot) on Sunday 25th is our Annual 75 target Double Rise Championship day commencing at 11AM and we are one of the only clubs in Queensland to shoot this competition as a 75 target Championship event outside of the State and National Titles arena. It is frequently shot as two and one day events down at clubs on the New South Wales and Victorian border hence the good scores put in by these shooters at National level. I believe that our club average in double rise has risen well and obviously this has come from not only this comp but its inclusion in some of our monthly shoots throughout the year as well. It must also be said that the boys have the traps tweeked to throw as good double rise targets as you would receive at the National ground. This I believe has assisted. In your grade and overall, every competitor has the opportunity to clean up some of the booty that this day has on offer and I look forward to our strong membership support along with a good contingent of visiting shooters to join us on the day. The girls in the canteen will require some assistance on the day so if you can help it would be great and please bring some goodies for afternoon tea.
At our June meeting the club decided by majority vote to raise the monthly club competition fee by $5.00 across the board which includes Ladies, Veteran, and Intermediate. Juniors will remain the same and practice fees will also have a slight rise to $6.50. This decision has not been made lightly by the club with considerable research and ongoing discussions being given to club income and expenditure by Treasurer Brad. Please make note of these alterations when paying noms on the day.
We will have a General Meeting on this Sunday commencing at 9.30 am and your input is always welcome for the betterment of our club and its way forward. Please don't forget when you have completed your round refill the trap as this helps to keep the shoot moving. If you are not familiar on how to do this ask to be shown, it really is very simple and you will feel as if you are contributing to the overall success of the day.
Good shooting to all over the next four weeks commencing with our Interclub with Sporting Clays next Sunday AND REMEMBER MORE LEAD we gotta win it back, our own MCTC clubs 75 target Double Rise the week after, Bundaberg One Day the following, and Gympie Clubs monthly comp on August 8th.
Good shooting to all.

Queensland Police Service - Shooting Clubs Newsletter No 1 2008