It is with much regret that I have been informed of the death of Piet Muntz, he died after a short illness I gather. Piet was just one of those characters, was his own man thru and thru and totally unacustomed to rules and being told what to do, and always enjoyed a wee dram in his coffee before shooting, even in the early mornings, and was often seen on the end of a small cigar. His resolve when there was a pool shoot was something to be believed and I think he spent and enjoyed more time there than the main shoot. He would bash it to death and not give up until he shot the lot, often more than once. He was an unashamed supporter of Sporting and the bigger, longer and tougher the targets the better he enjoyed it, and he just loved the competition. His’camping’ van was often seen at a river near the shooting ground, and a fishing rod was never far away. You would never know when and where he would appear and his van, in earlier years often travelled across the straight in search of great sporting targets. His advice to younger or struggling older shooters will be surely missed, and it’s the end of one of our great Southern sporting characters.
Ron Madden.

There has been some discussion around the format of the North Island Compak Championship. 5 Layouts of 20 targets is not in line with the FITASC rules, however it’s the best way for a large number of shooters to compete over 100 targets in one day.
There are a number of options being discussed, extending the Island championships 200 targets over 2 days or keep them as 100 target championships and try 4 layouts and run a bit later on that day. We would like your feedback on this, please fill in the form below and or tell us what you think in the comments.

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Hi, if you are wanting to go to the World FITASC in Chicago and would like to stay at the Marriott Hotel, you will need to do your own booking. Bookings are now open. I have tried to do a group booking, but this is not acceptable to the booking agents and they will not use external agents doing bulk deals. The Marriott is the FITASC ‘host’ hotel and has an 18 hole golf coarse plus all the trappings of a top line hotel. The special FITASC room rate is $US99 per nite. Bookings here…
You can make a phone booking if you wish: 1.800.228.9290 (group code: fitfita)
Cheers.

Just a reminder to all shooters that intend shooting the South Island Sporting Clays Championship in Greymouth on the 26th & 27th November, the club is going to a lot of effort to organise old style fields and they need to know how many people are coming, so please if you have not done so already enter online here…

The weekend offered great weather and some excellent field layouts and target variation. Congratulations to Des Coe shooting 187 and bested Young Robert Hall in the shoot off to take this years Championship title. Robert Hall won the High gun for the weekend.
Results here…

Wanganui/Rangitikei turned on memorable weekend for this years Compak Championships, commencing with the North Island Compak Championship on Friday.
Results here…

A QUICK JOKE FROM GEORGE AND KATE DIGWEED.
At dawn the telephone rings, “Hello, Senor George? This is Ernesto, the caretaker at your country house.”
“Ah yes, Ernesto. What can I do for you? Is there a problem?”
“Um, I am just calling to advise you, Senor George, that your parrot, he is dead”.
“My parrot? Dead? The one that won the International competition?”
“Si, Senor, that’s the one.”
“Damn! That’s a pity! I spent a small fortune on that bird. What did he die from?”
“From eating the rotten meat, Senor George.”
“Rotten meat? Who the hell fed him rotten meat?”
“Nobody, Senor . He ate the meat of the dead horse.”
“Dead horse? What dead horse?”
“The thoroughbred, Senor George.”
“My prize thoroughbred is dead?”
“Yes, Senor George, he died from all that work pulling the water cart.”
“Are you insane? What water cart?”
“The one we used to put out the fire, Senor.”
“Good Lord! What fire are you talking about, man?”
“The one at your house, Senor! A candle fell and the curtains caught on fire.”
“What the hell? Are you saying that my mansion is destroyed because of a candle?!”
“Yes, Senor George.”
“But there’s electricity at the house! What was the candle for?”
“For the funeral, Senor George.”
“WHAT BLOODY FUNERAL??!!”
“Your wife Kate’s, Senor George”. She showed up very late one night and I thought she was a thief, so I shot her with your new Perazzi MX2000 with the beautiful new Exhibition Grade Stock.
SILENCE… LONG SILENCE…VERY LONG SILENCE.
“Ernesto, if you scratched that shotgun, you’re in deep shit.”
Taken without permission from G.D’s website!!

The 2011 NZ Compak Championship Squad list have been published. We have a pretty tight schedule on the Friday, so please note your squad and start times.
Please note the North Island Compak Championship will be shot in 18 minute waves and will have SIMO PAIRS on each field. This was done to speed up the competition and give time for the fields to be changed on Friday afternoon.
This will give you approx. 50 minutes between events on Friday. We will NOT be waiting for shooters who are late. Please be on time!

A great new website for the lady shooters amongst us. With some very good articles that everyone will appreciate.
Nice work…

On Sunday the South Island Sporting clays shooters held their second event. The weather was excellent and some of the shooters wanted to share their images of the day.

A Grade
1st Brent Quin 47
2nd. Greg Maniatis 43
3rd. Warren Philpott 42

B Grade
1st. Ian Swale 44
2nd. Derek Sheen 40
3rd. Steve Gill 39

C Grade
1st. Brian Forrest 33
2nd. David Reid 30
3rd. Grant Bunting 29
Images here…

It is with deep regret that we have learnt of the sudden and unexpected death of Sally Bidwell wife of John Bidwell. John and Sally were regular visitors to New Zealand in the earlier days of Sporting Clays over here, and John did a lot to help develop our shooting.

Sally was taken ill & diagnosed with a rare illness although recovery was possible she passed away on 4th August 2011 very quickly after an intracerebral bleed.

Sally had strong family values and was as comfortable organising John and the High lodge staff as she was being a staunch supporter of the GB FITASC Sporting team.

Sally travelled widely in support of Johns endeavours at FITASC Sporting European and World Championships events; she was always ready to invite you for a cup of tea as she was to offer her support to the GB teams.

Most recently, Sally was present at the CLA Game Fair with her primary role of Grand Children ‘protector’; Sally was indeed a doting Grand Mother and loved looking after her Grandchildren.

Sally will be sorely missed throughout the shooting community; all BICTSF Directors, FITASC Sporting and Sporting Referees, wish the Bidwell family to know they are in our thoughts at this time of need.

Further details in relation to Sally’s Funeral arrangements will be announced shortly by the family and available direct from High Lodge & their website.
Ron Madden with thanks from CPSA website.

Greymouth Clay Target Club

Proudly presents

100 Target Sporting Clays Trophy Match

Saturday 26 November 2011
HOA, A, B & C Grades. Entry & Targets, $75.00.

Sth Island Sporting Clays Championships

Sunday 27 November 2011
100 Target Match
HOA, A, B & C Grades.
Entry, levis & sweeps as per NZCTA plus targets, $85.00.
Online entries only, however squads will not be drawn, you can assemble your squad at the event. Entry can be payed at the office on your arrival.
Enter online here…