Congratulations to Megan Brodie and Ellie Mazey on recording new PBs yesterday (98.4 and 92.3) respectively.  Great shooting!

Many very impressive scores were shot this week, starting with best on the rest Jason scoring 94.4!  Ellie Mazey top-scored in D Grade with 92.3 ahead of Finn Ashby 91.3 and Jaz Hamilton 91.2.  Megan Brodie’s 98.4 was highest in C Grade, followed by Cassie Truscott 96.1 and Inge Little 94.1.  The top-shot position in B Grade was shared this week between Casey Israelson and Stephen Thessman, both recording 98.6.  And in the higher grades Erin Little’s 99.6 just edged out Meredith Ackrill with 99.4.  The tight competition between these two continued in the 20-shot match with Meredith scoring 197.14 to finish five inners ahead of Erin on 197.9, while Stephen Thessman took 3^rd place with 195.9.

Members were emailed a list of upcoming WSRA representative matches last week.  Please ensure you check through this list and advise the WSRA selector before the opt-out deadline if you are unavailable for any matches.  Representative badges are awarded to those competing in more than half of any one of the categories.  Brooklyn host the first representative match on Sunday 26 July, which will involve two 10-shot squads for D Grade and one 20-shot squad for B Grade.  Scores can count towards the club competition as long as the squad card is marked “Comp”.

The deadline for Rounds 1 and 2 of the closed champs competition, as well as Round 1 of the Triple SSS (secondary schools) competition, is also Sunday 26 July.  If you have any queries regarding the Triple SSS competition, or other secondary schools matches, please contact our college coordinators Stephen Thessman or Craig Fair.

Brooklyn are rostered to run the Wellington Open Champs from 10.15am to 12.15pm on Saturday 11 July.  It is hoped that as many members as possible will help out, and also compete, in these champs.  If you are using club equipment and shooting in the champs, please advise the club equipment coordinator, Mark Robinson, so that your equipment can be taken out of storage prior to the champs starting, and if you would like coaching please let Meredith know so that she can schedule this into the roster.

Upcoming events:

• Friday 10 / Saturday 11 July, Wellington Open Champs.
• Saturday 18 July, Manawatu Open Champs.
• Monday 20 July – Round 1 interclub, all grades.
• Saturday 25 July, Levin Club Open Champs, Baden Street, Levin.
• Sunday 26 July, deadline for Rounds 1 and 2 closed champs.
• Sunday 26 July, deadline for Round 1 Triple SSS (secondary schools) champs.
• Sunday 26 July, Interassociation D Grade, 8.00pm + 8.45pm, 2x10.
• Sunday 26 July, Interassociation B Grade, 8.15pm, 1x20.

Welcome to our new members, Steven Jia and Mitesh Mistry

It’s great to see the continued improvement from our newer shooters, with new PBs recorded this week from Megan Brodie 97.6, Daniel Johnson 95.2 and Steven Jia 88.1.

Top shots in D Grade this week were Daniel Johnson 95.2, Jack Day 91.1 and Jaz Hamilton 91.1.  Megan Brodie’s 97.6 was best in C Grade, with only an inner separating next best Inge Little 94.2 and Clive Brodie 94.1.  Mark Riley scored highest in B Grade (and in the club this week – well done!) with 99.5, followed by Mark Baines 98.4 and Casey Israelson 96.3.  And Becky Baines was top shot in the higher grades with 98.3 ahead of Evan Little 96.4.  Becky also top-scored in the 20-shot competition with 197.5 which included her first competition 100 of the season.  Next best were Evan Little and Mark Baines, both with 194.9.

The July club calendar has been emailed to members.  There are still a couple of representative matches in August and September where the details require finalisation.  Once confirmed, the remainder of the club calendar will be emailed.

The finalised interclub competition differs from the draft version some may have seen.  Please note the correct details below:

• Round 1 – Monday 20 July
  • Brooklyn v Wellington Central – all grades
• Round 2 – Sunday 9 August
  • Brooklyn v Melrose – C Grade and Open Grade
  • Brooklyn v Wellington Central – B Grade
• Round 3 – Wednesday 19 August
  • Brooklyn have a bye in all grades
• Round 4 – Sunday 30 August
  • Brooklyn v Wellington Central – all grades
• Round 5 – Wednesday 9 September
  • Brooklyn v Melrose – C Grade and Open Grade
  • B Grade have a bye
• Round 6 – Monday 21 September
  • Brooklyn v Wellington Central – B Grade
  • C Grade and Open Grade have byes

All competition scores need to be recorded onto your Excel spreadsheet.  It is much easier to record these after each shoot than to try to remember scores at the end of the season.

Brooklyn are rostered to run the Wellington Open Champs from 10.15am to 12.15pm on Saturday 11 July.  It is hoped that as many members as possible will help out, and also compete, in these champs.  Please fill in the roster sheet next Sunday if you have not done so yet.  Once the information has been collated, the finalised roster will be emailed to members.  If you are using club equipment and shooting in the champs, please advise the club equipment coordinator (Mark Robinson) so that your equipment can be taken out of storage prior to the champs starting.

A reminder that entries for the Triple S Champs for secondary school students close this Wednesday 1 July. If you are interested in this competition, please email our college coordinators, Stephen Thessman or Craig Fair urgently.  There will be four rounds with deadlines two weeks apart (26 July, 9 August, 23 August and 6 September).  The first three rounds are 10-shot cards, while the last round is a 20-shot card.  The entry fee is $10.  The cards are shot at the club and can also count towards the club competition

Upcoming events:

• Wednesday 1 July, deadline for Triple S Champs entries (secondary school shooters).
• Friday 10 / Saturday 11 July, Wellington Open Champs.
• Saturday 18 July, Manawatu Open Champs.
• Monday 20 July – Round 1 interclub, all grades.  Shortlisted team members will be notified Monday 13 July with teams selected Thursday 16 July.

Congratulations once again to Ellie Mazey on scoring another PB this week (89.1).

There were many fantastic scores recorded yesterday.  The best scores in D Grade were recorded by Jaz Hamilton (95.0) followed by Jack Day and Ellie Mazey both with 89.1.  Inge Little was on fine form in C Grade with 98.5 ahead of Cassie Truscott with an equally impressive 97.4.  A point separated Stephen Thessman 97.3 and Mark Riley 96.3 in B Grade.  Erin Little also scored exceptionally well this week, with 99.5 in A Grade ahead of David Grain on 96.5, and in Master Grade Evan Little made it a family trifecta with 99.6 followed by Meredith Ackrill with 96.3.  The first club competition 100 of the season has been recorded by Erin Little on her 20-shot card (199.13, just an inner below her PB) – great shooting, Erin!  Only an inner separated next best, Meredith Ackrill 195.10 and Evan Little 195.9.

A club calendar will be emailed to all members as soon as the WSRA representative matches and interclub competition are finalised later this week.

Entries for the Triple S Champs for secondary school students close on Wednesday 1 July.  If you are interested in this competition, please email our college coordinators, Stephen Thessman or Craig Fair as soon as possible.  There will be four rounds with deadlines two weeks apart (26 July, 9 August, 23 August and 6 September).  The first three rounds are 10-shot cards, while the last round is a 20‑shot card.  The entry fee is $10.  The cards are shot at the club and can also count towards the club competition.

The Wellington Open Champs is being held on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 July.  Brooklyn are rostered to run the champs for two hours from 10.15am to 12.15pm on the Saturday.  To do this, we need as many members as possible to come along to help out with the various tasks, so please add this date to your diaries.  Also, of course, it would be great to have everyone competing in the champs.  Further information will be emailed when received.

Upcoming events:

• Tuesday 23 June, BSRC committee meeting.
• Wednesday 1 July, deadline for Triple S Champs entries (secondary school shooters).
• Friday 10 / Saturday 11 July, Wellington Open Champs.
• Saturday 18 July, Manawatu Open Champs.

Congratulations to Ellie Mazey on setting a new personal best (PB) score of 87.1 yesterday.

With the AGM being held mid-session, no 20-shot scores were recorded.  96 was the score to beat in many grades: top honours in the higher grades goes to David Grain with 96.3, while Dianne Grain’s 96.2 was a point ahead of Mark Riley and Stephen Thessman in B Grade.  A flurry of 96s were shot in C Grade (very impressive!) with the highest score recorded by Cassie Truscott 96.5, followed by Inge Little 96.4 and Megan Brodie 96.4.  Top shot in D Grade was Josh Whitehead with 94.2 followed by Finn Ashby 92.2, Jaz Hamilton 90.2 and Daniel Johnson 90.1.

It was decided at the AGM to break up the club captain role to give ownership of various tasks to more club members.  Further information will be emailed to members later this week.  Have a look through the list and see if there’s something you think you’d like to be responsible for during this season.

Fees and membership forms will be sent through to TSNZ this week, enabling all members to compete in various competitions.  The first open champs on the calendar is being held on Friday and Saturday at Martinborough.

Thanks to everyone for their prompt responses for closed champs entries.  Almost all our current shooting members have opted in which is fantastic.  We hope to have targets available in the next couple of weeks, with the first deadline of two targets to be shot by Sunday 26 July.

Just a reminder to record all scores onto the scoresheet in the marking room and indicate P or C (practice or competition).  If someone has shot groups, please write “groups” so that we know a score isn’t missing.  All competition scores must now be recorded on the your grading spreadsheet.

Upcoming events:

• Tuesday 16 June, deadline for membership fees and closed champs entries.
• Friday 19 / Saturday 20 June, Wairarapa Open Champs, Martinborough.
• Sunday 21 June, Wanganui Open Champs postal.
• Friday 10 / Saturday 11 July, Wellington Open Champs.