All up, 52 shooters were present and a great variety of targets were thrown with the theme for the day English Sporting.

Winners for the day went away with a leg ham from Coolamon Butchers and they were:

AA grade – Rob Yeo – 55

A Grade – Mitch Woods – 62

2nd – David Booth – 61

3rd – Rod Einsenhauer – 59

B Grade – Geoff Turner – 57

2nd – Vic Bowman – 49

3rd – Garry Fairbank – 48

C Grade – Phil Mathews – 51

2nd – Jim McMullen -39

3rd Ivan Furner – 38

Now, it’s only once a year we award prizes to the last in each grade and they were:

AA Grade – Geoff McDonald – 42

A Grade – Bruce McMullen – 43

B Grade – Michael Rouse – 32

C Grade – Dan Clifton – 17

This month we also announced our overall grade high guns for 2017 and they were:

Overall Club Champion – Greg Newton

AA grade – Matthew Woolnough

A Grade – Michael Kruger-Davis

B Grade – Darren Inglis

C Grade – Vicki McDonagh

Clubman of the year – Garry Fairbank

Congratulations to all those award winners; well done and well deserved, the challenge now is to back up again next year.

Our major raffle for the year was drawn and the winner was Vic Bowman. Second prize went to Graeme Duncan. Special thanks to Kate Newton for all her work in the kitchen throughout the year. Thanks also to all those committee and club members that assisted behind the scenes to ensure the club continues to grow for the benefit of all shooters; your efforts do not go unnoticed. Special mention also goes to Michael Elms and Michael Kruger Davis for their donations to go towards the prize pool at the Christmas shoot. It is very much appreciated and again thanks. Finally, thanks to Rick Mathers for the donation of the cordless grinder and ear muffs. Hope you all had  a safe and Christmas and New Year.

Winners Wednesday night bowls were The Rock butchery meat vouchers were visitor Mitch Stephenson, his father in law Bob Driscoll, well skipped by John Driscoll. 

Plenty of meat for family Barbie.jackpot not won this week, $64.00.

Names by 5.40pm for 6pm start. Shire Challenge this Saturday, January 20.

Dennis Owen Shield: Australia Day

Condolences to member Les Magrath and family on the passing of his mother Dot.

Major and Minor Pairs Championship 2nd round:

Dane Bland, Bob Robertson def Doug Kinder, Peter Wild 21/16; David Streher, Wayne Smithers def Mark Pearce, Joe Knox 24/8; Gary Brookes, Norm King def Keith Wellham, Kevin Wales 33/11; Glen Cranswick, Nathan Kemp def Jeff Edwards, Mick Carey 26/13.                                                                Wednesday blind draw Triples winners:

Andrew Carey, Johnno Johnston, Ollie Henderson 25  points; runners-up John Hetherington, Eddie Forbes, Bernie Leitch 20 points; 3rd place Paul Fenwick, Jeff Edwards, Don Anderson 19 points.

Friday Pairs winners:

Chris Leonard, Noel Comerford 23 points; runners-up John Hetherington, Jim Davis 20 points; 3rd place Paul Fitzgerald, Paul Cooper 19 points.

Sunday Mixed mufti blind draw winners: Barb Cotterill, Sue Brown, Bev Robinson 23 points; runners-up Col Smith, Greg Newbold 18 points; 3rd place Elaine Larkins, Joy Robbins 17 points.

COMING EVENTS

The vets played a 2-man ambrose last Monday. The team of Barney Matthews and John Hazell ran hot, with a one-over par score of 37 for a nett score of 32 for an easy win from Len Jenkins and Grahame Winson 33 ¾ nett, followed by Don Kirwan and Don Thorne 34 nett on a c/b from John Burkinshaw and Eddie Wall.

The boys competed in a stableford event on Thursday, when Don Kirwan finished off a good week with 21 pts for a one shot win from Dennis Adams, Bob Martin and Bill O’Rourke, followed by Phil Powell, John Burkinshaw and Ron Culgan on 19 pts.

The ladies continued their Summer Cup in the form of a stroke event on Tuesday.

In Div 1, June Byrnes scored 36 nett for a narrow win from Jan Marks 37, and Sue Matthews 39 nett.

In Div 2, Colleen Mavroudis enjoyed a c/b win from Marg Hogan with 38 nett, with Ann Packer third with 39 nett.

NTP: Sue Matthews. Ball Comp to 39 pts. The girls returned for a stableford event on Friday, and Dee Harley showed the way in Div 1 with 20 pts, from June Byrnes 17, and Trish Gray 16 pts.

In Div 2, Val Williams scored 19 pts for a win, from Sue Oakman 18, and Marg Hogan 16 pts on a c/b.

NTP: Trish Gray. Ball Comp to 16 pts on a c/b.

Jim Briggs found his form big time when he scored 41 pts to win last Wednesday’s members’ stableford A Grade event, with early-starter Tony Merrigan runner-up on 39 pts.

In B Grade, John Hoey also fired up for 40 pts for a win, from Roger Taylor 37 pts, while Darryl Dickenson had the day’s best score of 42 pts to take care of C Grade, from Brent Webb 41 pts.

NTPs: Mick Laurent, Warren Lynch and Roger Taylor. Ball comp to 35 pts.

The boys returned for another stableford event on Saturday, and the course was playing long and tough.

Max Horsnell’s score of  37 pts was enough to win A Grade, followed by Matt Tooze and Tony Merrigan on 35 pts.

In B Grade, Eddie Wall had the round of the day with 39 pts, for a win from Matt McMullen and John Hazell, 37 pts. Big-hitting Sam Beer scored 35 pts to win C Grade on a c/b from Maurie Hogan and Rowan Laurent, while the Ball Comp went to a mere 33 pts on a c/b. NTPs: Roman Adamcewicz, who knocked it to less than half a metre on the long and tough 9th hole, Geoff Asgill on the 13th, and Matt Tooze on the 18th.

The week wound up with Tim’s nine-hole Sunday stableford event, which was won by Steve Post with 25 pts, from Garry Rake 22 pts on a c/b from Ben  Vukurra and Steve Seetanna. Ball comp to 19 pts.

Well, here we are again after a very pleasant break.  I trust you all had a very relaxed Christmas and the new year is shaping up to your expectations.

The Wednesday riders have been fairly active over the festive season, with the ride on December 27 taking a small group up to Gundagai for a coffee break. A couple of riders from West Australia had rocked up to Billy’s and it was decided that a short ride would be the order of the day, so off they went.  

On January 4, a rather large contingent of nine left about  9:15am  and took the road to Tumbarumba where they had morning tea at the bakery, refreshed the fuel tanks and made themselves comfortable for the next part of the journey down to Walwa via Tooma and Tintaldra. At Walwa, a nice lunch was served at the Walwa Pub and after the usual banter the group left for home base through Jingellic and Holbrook. Somewhere along the line a pair of riders had peeled off so it was seven who rode home together. Once again, a good day out in good weather.   

On January 11, four riders – Les, Oscar, Ian and Gerhard – took the back road through Wantabadgery to Gundagai  then up to Brungle, down to Coolac and across to Cootamundra where they had lunch at the Coota Bakery. After a light repast they took the Olympic Way back home arriving a little after 2pm.  Another good day out in the saddle.

Apart from a ride today (January 17) our next get-together will be at the Grauer’s residence for breakfast at 7.30am, followed by a ride up Laurel Hill way. Their address is 11 Tywong Street, Ladysmith. Please let Leslie or Gerhard know if you will be coming.  Phones:  0418 761 372 or 6922 1569.

The next branch meeting will be held in the Radio Club rooms on February 20.  Remember, Wednesday rides leave from Billy’s Café at 9am. Meet and greet each Saturday at Billy’s Café at 10am.  The attendance has been low over the Christmas period, but that has been due to people being away and a host of other reasons. We will see you on the road.

Tuesday 9/1

NS

1 Dare John, Riordan Kevin 165

2 Bittar Doreen, Grant Patricia 143

3 Vennell Nora, Hoppe Maureen 141

EW

1 Dare Sharon, Moore Elizabeth 150

2 Treloar Heather, Treloar Tom 142

3 Britt Isabelle, Tribe Rick 141

Thursday Individual

1 Dale Stanbridge 31.5

2 Robyn Gooden 30.5

2 Isabelle Britt 30.5

Friday 12/1

NS

1 Dare Sharon, Britt Isabelle 142

2 Curtis Yvonne, Moxon Marie 130

3 Quinn Ann, May Daphne 129

EW

1 Treloar Tom, Treloar Heather 143

2 Bouffler Trish, Inglis Jean 136

3 Bodkin Ann, Grant Patricia 123

Saturday 13/1

NS

1 Woods Jackie, Pereira Margaret 143

2 Curtis Yvonne, May Daphne 134

3 Alberni Di, Britt Isabelle 124

EW

 1 Cook John, Dare John 163

2 Dwyer Mary, Gooden Robyn 122

3 Treloar Tom, Treloar Heather 120