News

The squads have been drawn for the Nationals and the Grand Prix. Please note there are different squads and start times for each event.
If are have entered and are unable to attend, please let us know as we are short of places in the Nationals.
Looking forward to seeing you all in Cromwell.

2012 New Zealand Sporting Clays Championship Squad List
2012 New Zealand FITASC Grand Prix Squad List
Shooters Event information

The North/South teams for 2011. The teams will compete at the Nationals in Cromwell, shooting a 25 target round.

North Island
Adam Green – 300
Brian Deadman – 290.33
David Alley – 285.94
John Waterworth – 285.69
Geoff Wells – 281.3

South Island
Greg Maniatis – 269.94
Ian Swale – 264.76
James Simpson – 248.69
Neil Winsloe – 247.36
Ron Madden – 246.69

Can the team members please confirm their availability to the SCC as soon as possible.

Online entries are open for the 24th FITASC Championship of Oceania to be held at Waikato on 27th – 29th April 2012.

You can enter here or check out the Waikato CTC website.

The entry cutoff date for the Nationals has changed to 31st January. We want to draw the squads early to give the international shooters enough notice before traveling.

Also please note the organisors may change the format of the Nationals to Old style FITASC if the entry numbers stay below 130. This decision will be made before the entry cutoff and you will be notified when the squad list is sent out.

Packing everything to set off to Greymouth, I saw the news that showed the Grey river was 7 meters over normal, the pass was closed and flooding and slips were everywhere on the coast side. Oh fun. On arriving at the Greymouth early Wednesday afternoon expecting the worse I was pleasantly surprised that the weather out at the gun club wasn’t to bad if you ignore showers of rain, mud and water underfoot. In just two days 68 shooters were expecting four old style FITASC type fields to be set up and running so we had better get on with it. Graeme Brown, Steve Gill, Ron Madden from the S.I.S.C.S.C. had bought over 18 Pro Matic traps, along with locals Kimble Upfold, John Boyles and Brian Forrest rounded off the setting up crew.
The plan was to run 4 fields, one up on the local farm paddocks, one in the native bush and two fields around bush clad lakes. I think this worked pretty successfully, Saturday was set up a bit ‘softer’ being a trophy day with a few non competitive sorts and locals attending. Sunday was set with the knowledge that it was the South Island Sporting Clay Champs and places for North/South teams were up for grabs. There was plenty of variation on both days from tight close shots in the bush, curling and ducking targets, nothing was set level, and every target was curling one way or the other, to long crossers and going away rabbits on open ridges.
A special thanks must go to Jenny Forrest and Katrania Baylis who spent both days in the caravan cooking breakfast and beautiful gourmet burgers and toasties for lunch. The interesting fact there is Brian reckons Jenny would normally do anything to not be at the gun club, so it was a pretty special effort from the ladies. Also John Boyles, Kimble Upfold and Thomas McNutt who spent all weekend loading traps, lugging gear about and guiding shooters around the fields Just to keep the West Coast hospitality going a bit longer we had booked out a local restaurant for Saturday evening, and to those who availed themselves of it had, ham off the bone, whitebait patties and bar prices that only Auckland drinkers could ever dream of!
On Saturday a total of 68 shooter turned up for battle, something the organisers were well pleased with, which all is good for a return down the track, but don’t tell them yet!!
All in all an excellent weekend, and just to cap it off a great thank you speech from Mark Vessey saying the targets were of a standard, as good and as well thought out as any shoot anywhere in the world.
Saturday’s Trophy Day:
Brian Deadman 96
Mark Vessey 95
Geoff Wells 94

Sunday: HOA/AA
Mark Vessey 92
David Alley 91
Geoff Wells/ Brian Deadman 88, Brian Deadman 2nd. after shoot off.
A Grade:
Derek Morgan 84
Buzz Cronfeld 80
Rex Sandford 80

B Grade:
Garry Marsden 82
Tara Lawrence 78
Mitch Bodman 77

C Grade:
David Reid 59
Tim Scott 55
G. Bunting 53

Super Vet: Gordon PcPhee
Veteran: Rod Bryant
Ladies: Tara Lawrence
Juniors: James Simpson.
Ron Madden.

This year as well as the South Island Sporting Clay Shooters Club being established, the Te Anau CTC has reivented itself into a Sporting Clay Shooting Club.
There were members of that club competing at the recent South Zone shoot, and they were most interested in our club (S.I.S.C.S.C.) and how it operates with no set ground. They are in the same position. Sporting is very popular in the deep South and their shoots have been very well patronised to date.
If you are holidaying in the Southern Lakes region over Xmas, New Year sneak your shotgun into your luggage as they are holding a Sporting Shoot on Monday January 2nd. 2012. It is the Colin Sinclair Silver 100 to be held at 330 Lagoon Rd., registration from 0900, Food, Beverage and ammo is available, plus they are running a 3 person Team match (must be from same club) If you are interested contacts are: Eric King 021504825 or 03 249 4106 or Jodie Kendall 0273040274.
We will endevour to get their year programme, or post their shoots on our calendar as they come to hand.
It is good to see yet another Sporting Club start up, and just shows that Sporting is alive and increasing in the South Island.

Greetings all, just a couple of notes leading up to the South Island Sporting Clay shoot at Greymouth next weekend. (November 26/27) We will be running 4 old style FITASC fields each day, so your assistance in starting promptly in the mornings would really be appreciated. To that end breakfast will be available on site both days from “earlyish!!” I’m told. It looks like we will have over 60 shooters attending which is excellent, but just remember the club has only 3 or 4 members so this is a huge undertaking for them and if you see any empty traps or some one needing a hand PLEASE help out. They are putting in a huge effort for you. The South Island Sporting Clay Shooters Club and in particular Graeme Brown and Target Products are also pitching in to help and we will be over on the Coast from Wednesday to set up. We will try to run a bit of practice late afternoon Friday if we are set up. There is NO EFTPOS at the club, so cash or cheque is the option.
There will be Falcon/Fiocchi ammunition for sale.
We have also booked out Ali’s restaurant from 6:30 Saturday evening for shooters. Ali is running a smorgasbord type dinner at $30 each, so there is no hurry or rush to eat, there will be plenty of food, and I guarantee you will know that you are on the Coast, not in Auckland with the bar prices!! (Licensed, not BYO) Ali’s is opposite Hunting &Fishing, top end of Tainui Street and beside the art gallery.
The club is out on the Taylorville Rd. which is out across the bridge to Cobden (North West of the town) turn right immediately after bridge at T intersection, then take 1st. right to Taylorville Rd carry on to Gun club, it’s posted and at the same site as go-kart and jet sprint courses.
Any queries:
Brian Forrest: 03 7680206
Ron Madden: 0274 324 812

Western Southland hosted the South Island South Zone last weekend which was excellent indeed, as it see’s southern clubs getting right back into Sporting. Four members of the South Island Sporting Clay Shooters Club took two trailer loads of new Pro Matic traps down from Timaru and Alexandra to help the locals. Again huge thanks to Graeme Brown and also to Neil Winsloe for their total support in this venture. Good weather, no way, we set up in snow flurries and driving rain and wind; and then to add insults Saturday’s trophy day was held in snow and icy polar blasts. Sunday was a different story though cool and overcast the worst of the weather had gone and shooting conditions were pretty good overall.
Several members from the new Te Anau Clay Target Club attended to get some ideas for their own shoots and they are really getting into Sporting shooting and like the S.I.S.C.S.C have no ground, but are looking at being a ’mobile’ club. There is no shortage of superb sporting ground in Southland not to forget the enthusiasm of the guys to make this succeed.
We set three old style fields and the club set one, and in my opinion there’s was the hardest with great tricky midi’s, mini’s and the rarely seen ‘bee’ set inside a midi, and in a simo pair!! The targets we tough over the two days but not ridiculous except one incomer that ended up being something that you would see at a shooting demonstration by the worlds best. Our fault, we didn’t pin it down and with wet logs on the pallet it just slipped further from our grasp. It caused some ‘discussions’ but was accepted by shooters as one of those things, and did not dampen a weekend of great, challenging targets and good Southern hospitality.
Results:
HOA Phil Brown Timaru 79
1 A grade Steve Gill S.I.S.C.S.C. 72
2 A grade Peter Drake Western Sthland. 72
3 A grade James Simpson Nelson 68

1 B grade Graeme Brown S.I.S.C.S.C. 78
2 B grade Ron Madden S.I.S.C.S.C. 73
3 B grade Tim Jackson Western Sthland. 71

1 C grade Kurt Shearing Western Sthland 70
2 C grade Allan Hoffman Central Sthland 70
3 C grade Shawn Bickley Southland 61

Veterans Graeme Brown S.I.S.C.S.C. 78
Juniors James Simpson Nelson 68

Shooters World 2 day High Gun Phil Brown.

Ron Madden.

The Rotorua Open will be held on the 20th November, this date differs from what has been advertised. This will be your last chance to shoot a Nth/Sth qualifying score and the last optional qualifying round for the Oceania teams. So if you haven’t shot a good enough score yet, you had better make some plans to get to Rotorua next month.