Next was the Riverina DRA Champions match with the top marksmen/women fronting up for honors. Great to see John Oddy, Peter Spannagle and Brian Wurtz in attendance who have had a rough trot with health issues in the last year but formed a cheer squad for the competitors. Also present were the dynamic duo Jacinta and Darren Bradley fresh from their success in Adelaide and Jacinta bring her bling along for all to see.

Obviously it was then a forgone conclusion who two of the winners were going to be with Darren cleaning up F Standard and Jacinta in F Open. In FTR Dave Xuereb threw his hat into the ring and came out on top and Scott Brindley was again the Fullbore champion. A great venue with a mob of some 40 or so kangaroos sitting on the sidelines and indeed in front of the guns watching proceedings with as much interest as the human spectators. Next week will be 300 Yards.

NO REPORTS from Sunday because, as usual, the range was closed for Mother’s Day. Saturday and Sunday are the Barry Duncan 100/200 yard group shoot. Light Bench (101/2 pound or less) on Saturday and heavy bench (131/2 pound or less on Sunday). 9am start both days.  If you cannot make weight you may shoot out of class but will not be eligible for awards. For more info ssaawagga.org.au or Don on 6926 3757.

THE Monday Veterans this week was taken out by Denis Adams 21 nett with Jimmy Briggs second on 22 nett. 28 nett got you into the ball run down.

Tuesday Ladies Stroke and first round of Presidents Trophy: Div 1 June Byrnes 94-24-70, c/b Monica Kember 91-21-70, Div 2 Jenny Myers 96-25-71, Lorraine Hickey 97-25-72 & Div 3 Cae Cobby 101-34-67, June Rootes 102-33-69. NTP Div 1 Cheryl Jeffree, div 2 Glad Leitch, div 3 Carmel Pearce. Balls to 76.

Wednesday was a single Stableford. Max Horsnell took out the A Grade on 37 on a countback from Clarie Ridley and Tim Barlow. B Grade winner was Ben Wood 44 from Peter Friedleib, 39, and John Mitchell, 38. NTPs were won by Warren Lynch, Ray Harrison and Mic Avramovic. 34 on a countback won a ball.

Thursday Vets: Tony Martin put all his practice into play winning comfortably with 20 nett from Ken Batt 24n ett. Ball comp going down to 28 nett on a countback.

A 4 Ball multiplier was the event on Saturday. Father and son combination of Sean and Ethan Perry were victors with 81, Kieran Cotterill & Trent Cutler coming in second on 78 from Kevin Rafter and Murray. Individual event was won by Kieran Cotterill with a massive 46, Murray Denton, 42, and Ross Henley, 41. Ball comp went down to 67 (Teams). NTPs were won by Peter McDonald, James Richards and Clarie Ridley.

Andy White enjoying his new clubs won the Sunday Comp with 21 from three regulars –  Phil Harrison, Stephan Rodham and Peter Austin all on 19.

CONGRATULATIONS to our Grade 7 pennant side on winning the District Final against a very competitive Yerong Creek. Ron Browne, Jim Sloan, Tiny Bower, Alan Jacobson lost narrowly 16/17 to Mark Jolly's team; Paul Parker, Henry Sperrin, Joe Knox, Kevin Wales lost to Paul Post's team 17/22; Peter Dolden, John Stemp, Eddie Forbes, Trevor Taylor carried the day to defeat Alan Jackson's team 28/10 to claim the title 61 to 49.  

Monday’s Over 50s Tournament saw 22 teams competing for the $1480 prizemoney. Paul Fitzgerald and David Streher took out first prizemoney of $600 with three wins plus 12 shots; 2nd and $400 to Gary Brookes and Rod Cramp with two wins, a draw, and plus 13 shots; 3rd and $200 to John Hetherington and Pedro Rudd with two wins, a draw and plus six shots and 4th and $100 to John Stout and Ross McKenzie. Wednesday blind draw winners: Jeff Post, Charlie Ryan, Bernie Leitch 20; runners up Bernie Benson, Rod Roy, Pat Peter, 19; 3rd John Hetherington, Keith Browne, 18. Friday Nominated Pairs winners: John Ashcroft, Mick Foxall 25; runners up Terry Rosewall, John Cowper 24; 3rd Doug Murray, Mile Knezevic, 23. Sunday Mixed blind draw winners: Col Smith, Bev Robinson, Anne Purcell 21; runners up Bob Connors, Grace Smith, Barb Cotterill 20; 3rd June Chappelow, Bob Quigley, 17.

Nominations for Major Pairs Championship close May 22, with first round June 3. Nomination sheet on board for the Annual Duffy Bros Mixed Pairs Tournament with $1200 prizemoney and played June 13 and 14, 9am start. Six games of 14 ends, morning tea and lunch provided each day. Nomination sheet on board for Versatility 5s Open Draw Tournament; prizemoney $1750, with 8.45am start, June 15.

EIGHTY students participated in the 2017 Riverina Schools Orienteering Championships conducted on May 8 and schools from across the region were represented. Starting from the Botanic Gardens Music Bowl the courses took participants through the adjacent bushland looking for specific earth walls, rock faces, depressions and distinctive trees. The wonderful weather assisted some excellent performances. Considering many had not been orienteering previously all did very well indeed.

Girls 10-11 age-class Jada Murphy (Henty) was outstanding winning the 1000m course by a massive six minutes from her classmates Isabel Lieschke and Maddison Heanes. Konnar Betts (Henty) was not as fast as Jada around the same course but still won the Boys 10-11 age-class by eight minutes. Harry Doig (Henty) and Jonathan Coe (Henty) did very well finishing second and third but were well off Konnar’s pace. By contrast the 1300m Girls 12-13 age-class could not have been closer. Halle Corrigan (Henty) won by a single second from Molly Murray (Henty) and Louise Hasler (Henty).

Henty also dominated the 1600m Boys 12-13 age-class. Hamish Lieschke won ahead of Blake Roulston and Cameron Terlich. WaggaRoos Joannah McDougall (Wagga High) put in a solid performance to win the 1300m Girls 14-15 age-class but was pressed all the way by Lily Stein (Wagga High) and Lucy McKelvie-Hill (TRAC). Joannah’s brother Cameron McDougall (Wagga High) had it much more comfortably on the 1600m Boys 14-15 age-class finishing well ahead of Angus Roche (TRAC) and Jack Janetski (St Pauls College)

TRAC dominated the 2000m Boys 16+ age-class filling the first three places. Lachlan Billett continued his good form finishing just ahead of William Cronk with Kade Mavroudis not far behind in third place. All three are regular orienteers with WaggaRoos.

Amy Livermore had it all her own way being the sole participant in the 1600m Girls 16+ age-class.

The 3 x 900m relay provided a lot of interest and 27 teams participated. Henty (Joel Zweck, Jonathan Coe and Konnar Betts) won the Primary Schools Relay and TRAC (Will Cronk, Angus Roche and Lachlan Billett) won the Secondary Schools Relay.

At the club level WaggaRoos continued their winning ways against Albury winning Interclub event 3 at Walbundrie 4 to 2. The Saturday event saw a slightly smaller attendance than usual. WaggaRoos John Oliver won the 5.2km Hard Course by a mere 11 seconds from Rod Gray (Eureka). Albury’s Matt Flower was third. Wes Campbell (W) won the 3.6km Hard course a little more comfortably finishing 5 minutes ahead of Albury’s Hugh Cameron. Jack Janetski won the2.3km Moderate course very comfortably from Albury’s Ethan Rahaley. Tom & John Janetski finished the 1.8km Easy course ahead of Kath Oliver (W). WaggaRoos now have a strong 45:29 points lead.

Event 4 will be conducted in the Livingstone State Forest on Sunday, May 28. 

Results: Riverina Schools Championships: Individual Races: G10-11 (1000m): Jada Murphy (Henty PS) 13:49; Isabel Lieschke (Henty PS) 19:04; Maddison Heanes (Henty PS) 19:13. G12-13 (1300m): Halle Corrigan (Henty PS) 28:25; Molly Murray (Henty PS) 28:26; Louise Hasler (Henty PS) 40:35. G14-15 (1300m): Joannah McDougall (Wagga High) 23:13; Lily Stein (Wagga High) 23:45; Lucy McKelvie-Hill (TRAC) 24:35. G16+ (1600m): 1. Amy Livermore (TRAC) 43:14. B10-11 (1000m): Konnar Betts (Henty PS) 19:04; Harry Doig (Henty PS) 27:41; Jonathan Coe (Henty PS) 28:57. B12-13 (1600m): Hamish Lieschke (Henty PS) 32:41; Blake Roulston (Henty PS) 34:30; Cameron Terlich (Henty PS) 36:11. B14-15 (1600m): Cameron McDougall (Wagga High) 17:47; Angus Roche (TRAC) 23:17; 3. Jack Janetski (St Pauls College, Walla). B16+ (2000m): 1. Lachlan Billett (TRAC) 16:24; 2. William Cronk (TRAC) 18:30; 3. Kade Mavroudis (TRAC) 21:04. Primary Schools Boys Relay (3x900m): 1. Henty PS (Zweck, Coe, Betts) 55.27; 2. Henty PS (Edwards, Kilo, Saul Farell-O’Reilly) 58.14; 3. Henty PS (Roulston, Murphy, Martin) 59:08. Secondary Schools Relay (3x900m): 1. TRAC (Cronk, Roche, Billett)28:46; 2. Wagga HS (Cheesley, Gunter, Higgins)30:56; 3. TRAC (Mavroudis, Tilahun, Hayes ) 32:02. Interclub 3 Walbundrie: 5.2km Hard: John Oliver (W) 60.35; Rod Gray (EUV) 60.46; Matt Flower (A) 73.01; Steve Henschke (A) 84.25; Peter Mousley (A) 85.29; Tadeusz Davenport 102.49; Bill Krautz (A) 145.02. 3.6km Hard: Wes Campbell (W) 81.17; Hugh Cameron (A) 86.47; 2.3km Moderate: Jack Janetski 0.27.30; Ethan Rahaley (A) 61.49; Ella Varman & Kaitlin Boehn (A) 81.11; 1.8km Easy: Tom & John Janetski 0.24.46; Kath Oliver (W) 0.41.22.

WEDNESDAY’S Junior Doubles Tennis Competition at the Bolton Park Tennis Complex is open to all juniors that are able to serve. Cost is $12 per week, 4pm to 6pm sharp. The Top 20 players playing five matches will split $1100 in gift cards with a Best and Fairest Award at end of competition on December 6. Leading the competition is Oliver Plum on nine, close behind is Pat Wright on 6.5 with Caden Maxwell on 5, then Sam Hood on 2.5 points and Zac McCarthy, 2. McDonald’s Sports Award winner was Zac McCarthy. Contact 6922 4963 or 0439 584125.

Excellent tennis was played last Saturday in the junior tennis competitions at the Forest Hill courts. Leading the masters competition is Caden Maxwell on 42.5, close behind is Oliver Plum on 41.5, with Sam Hood, 29, then Reece Rutland on 22 and Robert Grantham on 19.5

The junior tournament leader is Lachlan McDonald on 42.5 ahead of Tory Grantham on 32.5 with Zac McCarthy on 31.5, then Mohamed Ghazy on 20 and Emma McDonald on 17. This week’s McDonalds Sports Award went to: Masters winner Oliver Plum. Junior Tournament winner Lachlan McDonald. Social tennis every Monday and Thursday from 7pm for all standards at Forest Hill contact Col 0447 464 234 or Trevor 0407 513 974.

IT HAS been a bit quiet this last week with most getting ready for the trip north to Wauchope this coming weekend.  It is to be expected that about 30 to 40 will be going from this area to enjoy the festivities.  A few went for a ride around the district last week and on Saturday we had a good turn out at Billy’s Café for Meet and Greet and on Sunday a few went riding to escape Mother’s Day. Then again there were quite a few who spent the day entertaining Mother, lavishing her with exotic food and wine.

We had our May branch meeting, which was preceded by a short committee meeting and we will give you the details of all that next week. The next branch ride is scheduled for May 21, so if you are not going to the AGM turn up at McDonalds at about 8.30am.  The next ride is June 4. All rides for June, July and August depart at 9.30am.