Help is needed from licensed shooters next Sunday so if you’re not involved in the Wellington v Horowhenua match at Levin, please come to the club to assist with our newer shooters at 4.30pm.

Congratulations to Summer O’Dwyer on shooting a new 20-shot PB of 195.12 at the Teams of Ten trials yesterday, and to Shambhavi Choudhury on her new 10-shot PB of 84.1.

The best five scores in D Grade this week were Amalamo Simi 94.1, Wiko du Toit 91.4, Inge Little 88.0, Bella Gauld 88.0 and Daniel Mackey 86.1.  Neakiry Kivi and Ollie Tuohy tied for best C Grade shooter this week with 93.3.  Callum Osborne led B Grade with 96.4 followed by Summer O’Dwyer on 95.2.  There was some great shooting in the top grades this week – David Grain top scored with 100.2, followed by Mark Baines on 99.4 and Beckz Gibbs on 98.6.  Pratik Tailor had the best 20-shot score of 199.14, four inners ahead of Beckz Gibbs on 199.10.

It’s really good to see such a large number of club members (39) have entered the Wellington Closed Champs competition.  This competition comprises one target to be shot in each of six rounds, with three weeks between rounds.  Targets will be available to shoot from next Sunday and located on the table under the scoreboard.  Each target has a sticker on the back with the shooter’s details on it so please ensure you pick up your target, not somebody else’s.  The deadline for Round 1 is Sunday 22 May.  Note: if you do not shoot your target by this date you will receive a zero score.

The interclub competition gets underway on Wednesday 4 May.  Brooklyn has entered one team in each of the three sections: Open Grade, B Grade and C Grade.  Any club member can shoot in their own grade or any grade higher than their grade, but cannot shoot in a lower grade.  As well as the team competition, an individual aggregate trophy is presented at the end of the year to the top shooter in each of the sections.  Our C Grade team has a bye in the first round. Congratulations to the club members noted under Upcoming events who have been selected for the first round of the B Grade and Open Grade sections. 

Upcoming events:

• Thursday 28 April, 7.30pm, Round 1 NDC competition.  Open team: Pratik Tailor, Evan Little.  Composite team: David Grain, Dianne Grain, Mark Riley.  Junior team: Ross Little, Callum Osborne, Summer O’Dwyer.  Emergencies: Sarah May, Craig Fair, Andrea Tuohy.  On call: Ollie Tuohy.  Marker: Ollie Tuohy.
• Saturday 30 April, Masterton Open Champs, Masterton.
• Sunday 1 May, 1.00pm, Wellington v Horowhenua, 2x20, Poroutawhao Range, Levin.  Team: TBC.
• Wednesday 4 May, Round 1 interclub.  B Grade (8.15pm, 1x10): Mark Riley, Callum Osborne, Andrea Tuohy (captain), Summer O’Dwyer. Open Grade (8.45pm, 1x20): Pratik Tailor, Meredith Ackrill, David Grain, Evan Little (captain).  C Grade has a bye in this round.
• Friday 6/Saturday 7 May, Wellington Central Club Open Champs.