Below are Saturday, March 25 scores and March 18. There was no shoot on the 13th as it was the main working bee day. Next week will be 500 Yards. March 25 300 Yards: Target Rifle David Xuereb-A-145.14, Scott Brindley-A-140.11. (Out of 150). F Class Rob Jeffery-FO-177.23, Spencer Dunstall-FO-174.12, Graham Crowe-FS-173.9, Neville Lyons-FS-172.12, John Dixon-FO-169.9, Hubert Hassall-FS-155.3, John Smoothy-FS-137.5. Match Rifle Phil Bain-MR-145.11. March 18 1000 Yards: Target Rifle David Xuereb-A-128.6. (Out of 150). F Class Rob Jeffery-FO-165.7, Ben Goodwin-FO-162.6, Phil Bain-FTR-157.3, Adam Reinhard-FS-96. Match Rifle Phil Bain-MR-140.13

WAGGA again hosted a very successful fly weekend. To attempt to hit a fly, roughly the size of a postage stamp at 500m is not for the faint hearted. The Deehan family made it look easy with Tracy winning light gun and Paul winning heavy gun. The first ever husband and wife couple to take out the light/heavy double and finishing first and second overall; history has been made. Les Fraser shot a potential heavy gun national record of 0.887 inch. At 300m on Sunday custom class went to Peter VanMeurs with a new club daylight record of 297 and 15 flies (possible 300). Factory class went to new local fly shooter Adam Browne.

Saturdayl is shotgun from 1.30pm. Sunday is rimfire field and silhouette from 10am. For more info ssaawagga.org.au or Don on 6926 3757.

PRACTICE and dedication paid off when two first year bowlers Nathan Willis and Nathan Kemp played off in the final of the Minor Singles Championship. In a very high standard match Kemp got away to an early lead 12 /5 after 10 ends; Willis could not bridge the gap and Nathan Kemp claimed the Championship in a very entertaining match 31 shots to 20 .

Semi finals: Nathan Kemp def Jeff Post 31/16; Nathan Willis def Harrison Conroy 31/17. Major Singles Championship round three: Ross Maguire def Dennis Rawlings 31/20; Darren Peak def  Pedro Rudd 31/26 ; Peter Thornton def Keith Wellham 31/21; Zac Gabrielson def  Kevin Cheney 31/26. Semi finals: Darren Peak def Ross Maguire 31/26; Peter Thornton def Zac Gabrielsen 31/26. Wednesday blind draw Triples winners: cancelled due to wet weather. Friday nominated Pairs winners : Barry Belt, Chris Leonard 22; runners up John Stout, John Hetherington 21; 3rd place Henry Sperrin, Wayne Smithers 20. Sunday Mixed blind draw winners: Rex LLoyd, June Taylor, 17; runners up Michelle Henderson, Verna Burkinshaw 16; 3rd June Chappelow, Verna Quigley, Bob Quigley 15. President’s Day has been re-scheduled to April 29; nomination sheet on board. Fully Loaded Friday Drawn Pairs returns March 31; two games 12 ends; $100 prizemoney with lucky draw and BBQ to follow.

Coming events: Wednesday blind draw Triples, names in by noon  for 1pm start. Friday Nominated Pairs, names in by noon for 1pm start. Saturday Blind draw, names in by  noon for 1pm start. Sunday Mixed Blind Draw, names in by 5.30pm for 6pm start.

LAST Saturday perfect weather for tennis in the junior tennis competitions at the Forest Hill courts. The masters competition is for players wanting more serious tournament play, with proper tie-breaker sets being played. There is prizemoney for the top twenty 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.    

Leading the masters competition is Caden Maxwell on 26 points close behind is Oliver Plum on 23½ points with Sam Hood on 19½ points then Reece Rutland on 15½ points and Lara Plum on 13½ points make up the top 5 positions. The junior tennis competition is open to all juniors wanting to play tennis in a friendly relaxed format, and is their first steps to playing competition. This competition starts at 3pm to 5pm. The junior tournament leader is Lachlan McDonald on 24 points ahead of Tory Grantham on 22½ points with Zac McCarthy and Emma McDonald tied on 12½ points then Mohamed Ghazy on 12 points making up the 5 top places.

This week’s McDonalds Sports Award went to: Masters winners Caden Maxwell and Lara Plum. Junior Tournament winner Tory Grantham. 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’ Debbie Davey had a massive weekend winning the ACT Sprint Championship and ACT Middle Distance Championship in the W60 class. The Sprint Championship was held at Canberra Grammar School and required quick thinking to choose the best option s between the buildings and gardens. Debbie had a near perfect run to win the 1400m course by a solid 21 seconds from Sydney’s Karin Heffner. WaggaRoos Lachlan Billett (W16) also ran very well to finish fourth. The Middle Distance Championship was held at Isaacs Ridge south of Canberra. Debbie dominated the2.7km race winning by almost 4 minutes from Terrigal’s Hilary Wood. Lachlan Billett was 7th in the M16 race.

On the local scene Albury just edged out WaggaRoos in the second of the Interclub Challenge events. In the Interclub Challenge points are allocated according to places on each course for an equal number of competitors from each club. Conducted at Pomingalarna WaggaRoos were given a good start when Ashleigh Crossett won the 1800m Easy course ahead of her sister Eloise and Albury’s Michelle and Lucy Wilson. This gave Wagga a slight two points to one lead. Albury soon evened the ledger when Emma Flower romped home on the 2800m Moderate course well ahead of the WaggaRoos Matthews family. Emma’s win tied the score at three-all. Albury took control on the 4.2km Hard course when Rick Armstrong (A) just edged out Iain Crossett by a mere four seconds. Then when Liz Wood (A) finished ahead of Wes Campbell(W) Albury edged ahead 9:7.

Despite an error late in the race Matt Flower(A) did enough to win the 6.4km Hard course by 6 minutes from Tony Perrott (A) and Rob Simmons (A). WaggaRoos had no competitors on the course so no points were allocated. Although Albury won the day 9:4 after two events WaggaRoos still lead the Interclub Challenge 41:27. The third event in the Interclub Challenge will be on Saturday 13 May at Walbundrie.

The next local event is Sunday at 10 am from near the Music Bowl at Willans Hill.

Results: Pomingalarna. 6.4km Hard Course: Matt Flower (A) 60.20; Tony Perrot (A) 66.55; Rob Simmons (A) 80.05. 4.2km Hard Course: Rick Armstrong (A) 48.10; Iain Crossett (W) 48.14; Liz Wood (A) 50.00; Norm McCann (A) 69.08; Bill Krause & Vera McCluskey (A) 75.09; Wes Campbell (W) 78.07; Tony & Noah Wilson (A) 79.56; Hugh Cameron (A) 94.07; Will Jessup (A) 97.37; Graeme Jessup (A) 99.03. 2.8km Moderate Course: Emma Flower (A) 35.32; Simon, Eve, Freya, Phoebe Matthews (W) 93.19. 1.8km Easy Course: Ashleigh Crossett (W) 34.33; Eloise Crossett (W) 35.23; Michelle & Lucy Wilson (A) 48.33; Julie Gooding & Jarrah (W) 62.28

WE HAD a very disappointing attendance for the March Branch meeting so it looks as though office bearers for 2017 – 2018 will come from the floor at the April meeting on the 18th.  We will be hosting a barbecue tea that night too from 6.30pm. What a doozy of a storm we had last Wednesday and  three of our members were  dodging around the Riverina. They had left Billy’s at around 9.15am after much discussion about the weather and ended up at the Australian Hotel in Young for lunch. And that is where the rot set in. With the pitter patter of rain on the roof big Trev dashed outside and gathered up hats, gloves and jackets before they became saturated. After consuming some tucker the three adventurers looked skyward and saw big black clouds in all directions but Temora direction didn’t look so bad and the decision to go that way was made. Even then they did manage to get a bit damp but if they had come back through Cootamundra it would have been a drowning. What a lovely day!

Saturday saw a dozen at Billy’s for the usual gas-bag session and it was very pleasant out in the fresh Gurwood Street air. I visited Peter Meiklejohn, in hospital and he seemed much improved (and as I pen this publication Monday, he is on his way home). Sunday was not and official ride day but it was a beautiful day and I am aware of two or three taking advantage of the good weather and getting out  to wear the rubber off on the Tar. Sunday is the next ride day and at this stage the destination is yet to be decided. Just rock up to McDonalds at 8.30am and be ready to go somewhere. For those going to the AGM in Port Macquarie be reminded that the early bird booking fee cuts out on April 7 and no more bookings will take place for tent city after April 28. Dates for the AGM are from May 22 to May 28.

NEW time for bowls – names in by 8.45am, 9.30am start. Grade 4 winners pennant play off to be played on Thursday. Social bowls results: J Wilson, E Larkin, I Crouch  Def  F Mahon, J Serhan, B Robinson. M Henderson, B Belt, G Rose  Def  K Reid , H Tyrrell, R Samuelson. A Leonard, N Say  Def  V Burkinshaw, J Edwards. B Cotterill, R Woodbury, K Connors  Def  M Telford, G Smith, K Kubak. T Browne, P Macdonald  Drew  J Chappelow, A Bower. B Belt, G Hull, Sharon Connors,  Def  P Macdonald, J Serhan, P Mcintyre.