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Maryborough Clay Target Club - Queensland, Australia
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Harry Walker ACTA
No 07324 Harry was a loyal member of Maryborough Clay Target Club for many years. |
During the
seventies and early eighties, while still a resident of Victoria, Harry
was a winter visitor to the club when he and Leila came up to their
holiday home in Hervey Bay.
After retirement Harry and Leila moved permanently to Hervey Bay and
Harry became a member of the club on November 24th 1985. Members from
those early days have fond memories of Harry on his hands and knees
beside a trench, up to his armpits in mud, relocating the sewerage pipes
at the club. Whenever there was a plumbing job to be done, Harry was
there. He was pretty good at laying bricks too. As long as he was physically
able he was always ready to lend a hand when there was work to be done.
Apart from shooting at Maryborough, Harry rarely missed a shoot at our
neighbouring clubs. On the first Sunday of the month he was competing
in Bundaberg and on the second Sunday in Gympie. Both these clubs will
remember Harry for his support.
Harry was a quiet, unassuming man - a perfect gentleman and a sportsman
with never a bad word to say about anyone.
When Harry was no longer able to work at the club, he thought about
what contribution he could make to club improvements. The club was in
the process of upgrading to automatic traps and one of them bears the
engraved plate - "Harry's Trap - Donated to Maryborough Clay Target
Club by Harry Walker, 2004".
Harry was awarded Life Membership of Maryborough Clay Target Club in
November 2004 and although he will be sadly missed, his name will live
on in the history of the club for ever.
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Darrell King ACTA
No 23985 The club lost a valued member and great friend when Darrell King lost his valiant battle with cancer on June 18th 2007. |
A
well-known Maryborough identity, Darrell joined the club in 1981 and was
one of those treasured members, always there and always smiling, at meetings,
shoots and when there was work to be done.
Those
old White Flyer traps hummed under his care for many years and the day
before a shoot you could be sure a familiar figure in blue overalls would
be guiding his whipper-snipper around the grounds.
Members have fond memories of Darrell's skills, such as a shooter breaking
a firing pin late one Saturday afternoon at practice, the day before a
major competition, and Darrell going home and making one ready for the
morning.
Shooting was a major part of Darrell's life and his dearest wish was to
escape the clutches of C Grade - he almost made it a few times but sadly
it was not to be. However he had a ton of fun trying.
Darrell's smiling face and Betty's cream scones were such welcome regulars
at every shoot at Maryborough, with rarely a shoot missed in almost twenty-seven
years.
His other love was motor-cycle riding and he did have a few months away
from shooting in the 1980s when a motorist ran a red light and collected
Darrell, leaving him with injuries which nearly ended his shooting days,
but he wasn't having that and made an amazing come-back.
Nature's gentleman and sportsman, Darrell was well-respected and highly regarded by everyone who knew him and we will miss him.