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hursday 25th June, Auckland Metropolitan Clay Target Shooting Club. Luck was on our side with the weather, after a very windy, wet night we managed to make it through the day with only a few spits. This was our first school competition for the year, and it was great to have Richard Barnett pop down to see the teams, thank you for the support! This year we have 7 returning shooters and 8 new shooters. Overall the ‘A’ team finished 7th equal out of 20 squads, and we had Ethan Mudford finish 2nd for 1st year shooters, and Jack Steger-Hood finish 3rd for 1st year shooters (shooting 19/20 in his 1st round!). Thursday 2nd July, Waikato Clay Target Shooting Club. We got off to a cold frosty start - but the sun was shining! This month’s shoot went well seeing James Swift achieving High Over All with an impressive 89 out of 90, James also came 1st in Senior Boys Point Score. Jack Steger-Hood placed 1st for Junior Boys Point Score and Amy Hunter placed 2nd for Junior Girls Single Barrel. We also saw Jacob Fry in the shoot-offs for Junior Boys’ Single Barrel and James Swift shooting off for Senior Boys’ Single Barrel, both coming 5th in their shoot off’s. SI and NZSS Clay Target Shooting – Saturday 26 – Monday 28 September This year the event was to be held in Christchurch but unfortunately due to COVID restrictions the championships were held regionally. Auckland Met hosted for the local schools and results were able to be accessed live from around New Zealand. It was a new way of shooting for the team. Some having to wait for other regions to complete an event before knowing if they were in a shoot-off. The other recipients might have been in the South Island or as far north as Whangarei. If a shoot-off was not decided on the day they had to return the next morning to continue.
South Island Clay Target Championships Results: Jacob Fry
5th Junior Single Rise (after shoot-off)
Logan Teirney
Shoot-off for Single Barrel but was not placed.
New Zealand Clay Target Championships Results: James Swift
4th Points Score (after shoot-off)
James was selected for the Auckland/Waikato 5-man Men’s team to compete against the other Fish & Game Regional Teams finishing 3rd. Amy Hunter was also selected for the Auckland/Waikato 3-man Women’s team, which was not placed.
“School never taught me how to tyoe” - Ryan Kellas CLAY SHOOTING | PHS YEAR BOOK 2020 | 57
