Welcome to our newest returning member, Mark Robinson.  Mark was a Brooklyn member during the 1980s and 1990s.  With club membership numbers declining considerably in the 1990s, Mark was one of the key people involved with regenerating the club, setting up and hosting our website, and being a welcoming and friendly face to visitors and new shooters to the club.  Mark is already very much involved with our current club, firstly being Oscar’s dad, but also helping with setting up, organising and coaching each week.

Amalamo Simi shot extremely well yesterday, scoring a new PB of 96.2 and following it up an inner higher on his second card.  It’s hard to believe Amalamo moved to sling and jacket only seven weeks ago with scores like this.  Other new personal bests this week were by Sarah May 95.3, Arnold Chia 88.4 and Qiyun Goh 86.1, while Jack MacCormick shot a new 20-shot PB of 184.5.

It was close between our Master Graders this week with only inners separating competition scores – Pratik Tailor shot best with 99.8 ahead of Meredith Ackrill on 99.6.  David Grain was top shot in A Grade with 99.6 followed by Dianne Grain on 98.5.  And the 99s continued in B Grade with Summer O’Dwyer scoring 99.5 to be highest in that grade this week.  Hamish Guthrey was top shot in C Grade with 95.3, while Mark Riley was a point behind on 94.3.  The top five shooters in D Grade this week were Amalamo Simi 96.3, Sarah May 95.3, Wiko du Toit 93.1, Bella Gauld 91.2 and Leilani Fam 91.1.

Congratulations to Mark Baines on a great 20-shot card this week – 199.13 including his first 100 of the season.

Our open interclub team continued their winning form of previous years with an excellent start to the 2016 competition, scoring 785.38 against Wellington Central’s 772.33.  Only two points separated the four Brooklyn shooters, with top spot being shared between Meredith Ackrill and David Grain both with 197.09.  Brooklyn’s B Grade team were unlucky to lose to Melrose by a mere two points (379.07 v 381.08) – Andrea Tuohy scored highest with 97.2.

The Wellington Central Club Open Champs were held last weekend, with Brooklyn members well represented in the prizes.  Congratulations to Evan Little on winning A Grade, to 2nd placegetters David Grain in A Grade and Summer O’Dwyer in B Grade, to 3rd placegetters Craig Fair in B Grade and Mark Riley in C Grade, and to Meredith Ackrill, Evan Little and Craig Fair on shooting in the Final 10.

Good luck to our club members competing in the Teams of Ten match this weekend at the Keene Range in Petone.  TSNZ will have a sales table selling all manner of shooting equipment, so if you are interested in purchasing a jacket, sling, or glove, head along there on Saturday.  The range is at the eastern end of Jackson Street, with the sales table likely to be operating out of the vintage car clubrooms.  While there, don’t forget to support our members involved in the match, and watch the progress of the competition unfolding on the scoreboards.

The business house shoot originally scheduled for April has been postponed until Friday 20 May.  This is a good way to introduce new people to our sport, and to raise funds for our association and clubs.  To register a team of three people, visit www.shootingwellington.co.nz or contact Bronwyn Shields at shootingwellington@gmail.com.

The Poroutawhao Club Open Champs are being held at their range (about 10 kms north of Levin) on Saturday 21 May.  As David, Michael and I will be away for the next two weeks, please contact Evan (evster22@gmail.com) if you would like to attend the champs and need assistance with coaching, or transportation of equipment.

Upcoming events:

  • Monday 9 May, Interassociation A Grade match, 8.15pm, 1x20.  #1 team: David Grain, Ross Little, Evan Little, Dianne Grain.  Emergency: Craig Fair.
  • Saturday 14 May, Rees Scroll (Teams of Ten) match, 8.30am, 2x20 Keene Range, Petone.  Wellington #1: Pratik Tailor, Meredith Ackrill, Ross Little, Jess Fair, Evan Little.  Wellington #2: Craig Fair, Summer O’Dwyer, Mark Riley.
  • Thursday 19 May, Round 2 NDC, 7.30 pm.  Open section: Pratik Tailor, Evan Little, Jess Fair, Craig Fair.  Junior section: Ross Little, Callum Osborne, Summer O’Dwyer.  Emergency: Mark Riley.  On call: Andrea Tuohy, Ollie Tuohy.
  • Friday 20 May, Business House Shoot.
  • Saturday 21 May, Poroutawhao Open Champs.
  • Sunday 22 May, Round 1 closed champs deadline.
  • Tuesday 24 May, C Grade interclub, 7.45pm, 1x10.  Team: Mark Riley (captain), Hamish Guthrey, Erin Little, Luisa Kristen.  On call: Neakiry Kivi, Ollie Tuohy.