Trah Lyons continues to improve as he develops his Target Rifle technique. An excellent 43.1 for his second stage.

David Xuereb shot best in Target rifle with the only possible on his second stage. Jeremy Westblade also shot very well in the conditions. Ben Goodwin was the winner in F Class, with Neville and John not far behind.

The Imperial Meeting in Bisley, England has been under way and finished on Saturday night. 771 entries from all over the world. 

There was a strong Australian team attending. James Corbett from Benalla won the Grand Aggregate. And in the Queens series we had several Australians place: Jim Bailey 5^th, Steve Negus 21^st, James Corbett 28^th, Donna Negus 36^th.

Results as follows: Target Rifle Dave Xuereb-A-98.4, Graham Crowe-A-94.8, Jeremy Westblade-B-95.7, Trahlon Lyons-C-79.2. F Class  Ben Goodwin-FO-115.6, Neville Lyons-FS-112.7,  John Dixon-FS-109.3.

Next weekend will be 600 Yards. We only have four weekends before our prize meeting. There will be a working bee next Saturday at 9.30am to continue preparations.

A very quiet week all round with the weather not very conducive to doing anything at all. So nothing happened Wednesday and the gathering at Billy’s on Saturday resulted in only 10 people braving the miserable morning. However, the banter was brisk and the company bright and cheerful as usual. Shakespeare was in  attendance with ‘Much ado about nothing’. The rest of Saturday was very cold in spite of the sun appearing later in the day.  Alan Wells and Neil Purvis were going to head off somewhere earlier in the day but thought better of it and rugged up in front of the fire.

Sunday was not much better than Saturday, so once again the bikes stayed in their respective sheds safely tucked away from the frosty tarmac. 

There is no official ride organised for this coming Sunday and the next ride will be to the Morundah Pub on Sunday, August 7. The ride will leave McDonald’s Edward Street car park at 9.30am with the intention of arriving at Morundah at about noon to fraternise with Albury and Griffith riders. The cost of the meal will be $25 and I can assure you it will be top fare. Rides to follow will be Bribbaree on August 21 and then the Tri Branch get-together on September 9, 10 and 11 - more about that later. And of course the Wednesday rides, weather permitting.

Last Saturday due to the wet and cold weather, the new junior tennis competitions at the Forest Hill courts did not get under way. This term only two competition days will be held; this Saturday, July 30 and September 17.

The masters competition is for players wanting more serious tournament play, with proper tie-breaker sets being played. There is prize money for the top 20 players in the competition for all players having played five matches, as well as a best and fairest award. To take part, just turn up at the start time of 3pm until 5pm.    

The last masters competition was won by Caden Maxwell on 47½ points over Oliver Plum on 44 points, close behind Reece Rutland on 39½ points then Lara Plum on 26½ points and Karnie Spalding on 23½ points making up the top five places.

The junior tennis competition is open to all juniors wanting to play tennis in a friendly relaxed format. All players should be able to serve to take part. There will be trophies to all players having played at least five matches. There is a best and fairest award presented at the end of the competition. This competition starts at 3pm to 5pm.

In the junior tournament Mitchell Spalding was the winner on 52½ points with Tory Grantham on 35½ points ahead of Lachlan McDonald on 28 points, then Dylan Haisell on 24 points with Larissa Wyatt on 16½ points.

The Best and Fairest Awards went to: Masters duel winners Caden Maxwell and Oliver Plum. Junior Tournament winner was Mitchell Spalding.

All enquires about the junior competitions or tennis lessons please contact Roman Adamcewicz on 6922 4963 or 0439 584 125.

Social tennis every Monday and Thursday from 7pm for all standards at Forest Hill. Contact Col 0447 464 234 or Trevor 0407 513 974.

WaggaRoos won the sixth event in the Interclub Challenge against Albury last Sunday by a single point.

Conducted at the Tabletop Mountain Retreat near Gerogery participants were faced with a mixture of open forest and steep hillsides, massive cliff lines and scattered rock features. It was hard work physically and times in the cold weather were slower than expected. All of which contributed to a very competitive Interclub Challenge event.

The Interclub Challenge is determined by points awarded according to placings for an equal number of participants on each course. 

Alex Davey led the way for WaggaRoos with an excellent win on the 5.8 km Hard course. A number of people faltered finding the fifth control on one of the numerous cliff lines but Alex was able to home in on it quickly. He won by almost 10 minutes.

Albury’s Leigh Privett also found the fifth control quickly but then took a more difficult uphill route to the sixth control and lost his time advantage. The rest of the field closed in and only 55 seconds separated second and fourth. Leigh held onto second place just ahead of WaggaRoos Debbie Davey and Albury’s Rob Simmons.

At this stage WaggaRoos had a slight points advantage in the 5.8km Hard Course which was consolidated into a 12:9 win when John Oliver finished fifth ahead of Peter Mousley (A).

Albury hit the front with some good performances on the 4.3km Hard Course. Rebecca Phillips (A) and Emma Flower (A) both had excellent runs in the tough terrain and finished well ahead of WaggaRoos Julie Gooding and Angela Farrell. Albury won the course 7: 3 and held a one-point advantage overall.

WaggaRoos then drew level when Dale Clegg (W) finished first on the 3.8km Moderate Course ahead of Albury’s McConnell group.

It all came down to the 2.2km Green course. WaggaRoos Crossett family finished ahead of Albury’s McNabb family and finished the day with a 19:18 points win. 

After six events WaggaRoos have a healthy 133:88 lead.

The penultimate event in the Interclub Challenge will be held at 10am on Sunday, August 7 at Pomingalarna Reserve. The start will be at the golf club entrance at the end of Bagley Dr.

Results: 5.8 km Long Hard Course: Alex Davey (W) 72.04; Leigh Privett (A) 81.44; Debbie Davey (W) 82.15; Rob Simmons (A) 82.39; John Oliver (W) 86.23; Peter Mousley (A) 101.23; Wayne Bajenoff (A) 107.35. 4.3 km Short Red Course: Rebecca Phillips (A) 61.32; Emma Flower (A) 76.09; Julie Gooding (W) 85.38; Norm McCann (A) 86.32; Angela Farrell (W) 88.26; Hugh Cameron (A) 115.37. 3.8 km Orange Course: Dale Clegg (W) 62.27; Jo McConnell, Dylan and Josh Cave (A) 78.24; Jeff & Matthew Cave (A) 93.39; Will Jessup (A) 100.07; Graeme Jessup (A) 114.16. 2.2 km Easy Course: Iain, Ashleigh, Eloise Crossett (W) 40.18; Kath Oliver (W) 57.00; Cathy, Erin, Zoe McNabb (A) 94.46.

The ladies finally got to play golf on Tuesday. Results follows.

Monthly Medal Winners: Div. 1: Kitty Howe 96-21-75;  Div. 2:  Una Pocock 106-26-80 c/b

Div. 1 Scratch Winner: June Byrnes 98;

Div. 2 Scratch Winner: Maggie O'Rourke 99;  Handicap Trish Gray 108-28-80

Div. 3 Scratch Winner: Marg. Hogan 111; Handicap Val Brunskill 112-32-80

NTP  Div. 1 Billie Johnston, Div. 3 Colleen Mavroudis

Monday The Veterans had a good roll up which saw Ronnie Culgan coming out as the victor with 25 nett from chief organiser Bob Moore with a respectable 27 nett. Ball winners were J. Donohoe, G. Forde, C. Down, T Baker, H. Chapman and R. Sanders.

The boys backed up on Friday when it was Hedley Chapman’s turn to win scoring 28 nett from Bob Martin on 29 nett.

Wednesday: Paul Mauger managed to win on a count back from Matty Mcmullen, both with commendable scores on a wet track of 70 nett. Ball comp went to 74 nett. NTP winner were John Mooney Paul Mauger .

Unfortunately, Saturday was another shocking day with no golf played.