Results for Sunday the 7th August
With what appeared to be near perfect shooting conditions, 10 shooters contested the 100 yard rimfire shoot held on Sunday 25/9/22. However, a tricky light breeze which regularly changed direction saw all shooters struggle, even those keeping a close eye on their wind flags. In target rifle class, Scott McKee took first place with a score of 243.5, followed by Harvey Robards on 242.3 and in third place was Craige McKee on 238.
In factory class, Brent McKee was first with 243.1, second was Luke Hay on 239.1 and David Wade in third place on 238.2
Results for Sunday the 7th August
There was a very good turnout with ten shooters shooting the August Military Range Rifle competition. The majority of rifles were Lee Enfield 303,s of various ages, with the balance Swedish Mausers in 6.5mm calibre.
Range rifle allows the use of peep sights and shoots 5 shots at 100 yards, 10 shots at 200 yards, and 5 shots at 300 meters. The legendary Lee Enfield won the day over the accurate Swedish Mausers
Tony Gestier (303) took first place with an impressive score of 178.1, followed by Scott McKee (6.5mm) on 175 and David Wade (303) took third place with 164
Results for Sunday the 24th July
Sixteen shooters contested the Rimfire Score shoot on Sunday 24th July 2022. In perfect shooting conditions, scores were correspondingly high. In target/custom class there were 3 shooters with the same, near perfect scores of 250.12 out of a possible 250.25. On a count back, Scott McKee took first place, John Butts in second place and Harvey Robards in third position.
In factory class, Brent McKee took first place with a score of 249.11, second place went to Cecil Wilkinson on 248.7 and in third place was Peter Jope with a score of 247.8
Results for Sunday the 5th June
In very trying conditions, windy, overcast and cold, 10 shooters braved the weather to shoot the final Military Service shoot for the year. Scores on the 50yard and 100 yard targets were very good, but as usual the 200 yard target sorted out the better shooters (or better eyesight?). Scott McKee took out first place with a score of 190.1 (out of a possible 200.20), followed by Bruce Milne on 182.2 and in third place was Mark Weedon with a score of 175.2. As usual, the Swedish Mausers in 6.5x55 calibre ruled the top three positions
Results for Sunday the 22nd May
With near perfect rimfire shooting conditions, 15 shooters contested the 50 yard and 100 yard rimfire score shoot. As expected with the good conditions, scores were very high. In custom/target class, Scott McKee shot a very creditable 250.8, a near perfect score to take first place. In a close second place, Tony Gestier shot 249.3, and in third place was Barry Wild with a score of 247.8
In factory class Justin Everett took first place with a score of 246.3, Brent McKee took second place with 244.6 and in third place with a score of 243.2 was David Wade
Results for the 2022 ANZAC DAY shoot.
12 shooters participated in the annual ANZAC shoot held at the Big Springs Range. This annual shoot uses the legendary Lee Enfield 303 rifle ‘as issued’ during WWI & II. The emphasis is on having fun rather than shooting good scores so the course of fire is quite difficult. Rob Baird shot a very impressive 222 from a possible 300, Neil Russel took second place with 121 and Rod Bredin came in a close third with 120. View the scoresheet.
Results for the 2022 Blue Heeler Classic 500 & Bee Dee Bags 300.
After a two year forced hiatus the Blue Heeler Classic 500 and Bee Dee Bags 300 has finally been run again.
We had 119 entries across the two days which was fantastic.
Saturday proved to be interesting. After a late start due to a few stragglers we finally got under way at about 9.10am. The conditions started fine but mirage quickly became an issue with a few very twitchy wind conditions thrown in for good measure.
Light Gun
1st Peter Cross with a 276.03. This set a new Wagga range record and a new National Light gun record.
2nd Vince Vaina with 274.06
3rd Mark Anstee with a 260.03.
Small group was won by Nick Aagren with a 0.957
High target was won by Kathy Dudas with a 58.01.
Heavy Gun
1st Matty Riches with a 279.04. This set a new range record for Heavy gun at Wagga.
2nd Nick Aagran with a 272.08
3rd Peter Cross with a 263.02
Small group was won by Mark Anstee with a 1.559
High Target was won by Matty Riches with a 57.01.
Junior was won by Eli Groves with a 251.05
The overall winner of Saturday Blue Heeler Classic and the winner of a Maddco barrel was Matty Riches.
Sunday saw a very cool morning but some generally readable conditions. 300 was hotly contested in Custom class and even a 57 target would put you out of the points.
Custom Class
1st Matty Riches with a 296.17 (Yes 17 flys from 25 shots!!!!)
2nd Nick Aagren with a 295.14
3rd Eli Groves with a 294.11
Small Group was won by Matty Riches with a 0.703
High Target was won by Tim Pavey with a pretty hard to beat 60.05
Factory Class
1st Fred Blacker with a 279.03
2nd Greg Chapman with a 267.07
3rd Matty Riches with a 267.05
Small Group was won by Fred Blacker with a 1.450
High Target was won by Fred Blacker with a 59.01
Junior was won by Eli Groves with a 294.11
The overall winner of the Bee Dee Bags 300 was Matty Riches who won a Bartlein Barrel proudly supplied by Bee Dee Bags.
The two day event overall winners were
1st Matty Riches with a 575.21 Winning a custom engraved marble clock
2nd Nick Agren with a 567.22 winning 1000 Remington Bench Rest Primers proudly donated by the Blue Heeler Himself.
3rd Vince Vaina with a 566.14 winning a custom Billet tray ammo block proudly supplied by Workhorse Tooling.
The overall Junior Winner was Eli Groves with a 545.16 winning a custom Billet tray ammo block proudly supplied by Workhorse Tooling.
Winner of the 4kg of ADI 2208 was Chis Cowell.
Winner of the $100 Bunnings Voucher was Neil Russell. This is only eligible to our non-shooting volunteers who kept the weekend running flawlessly.
The Wagga SSAA club would like to thank all the competitors for making the journey and for their professional way they all conducted themselves. A huge thanks to our Volunteers who spent the last two weeks getting our range and facilities organised and for their tireless efforts over the weekend .
Brent McKee our senior Vice President took a number of photos over the weekend. If you would like a copy of them please email him at bcmkee7@gmail.com
Thanks everyone and we will see you back for the Nationals in August.
Results for Sunday 27th February.
Nineteen shooters attended the first rimfire shoot for 2022. With near perfect weather conditions, all shooters posted consistently good scores, shooting groups near 0.5 inches. The standout score went to Dave Wheeler, who shot an incredibly small group of 0.050 inches. This means Dave put 5 rounds through the same hole with the group measuring 0.05 inches (1.3mm). The previous record was held by Carlo Zuliani who shot a 0.091 inch (2.31mm) group back in 2011
Winners on the day in target rifle were Scott McKee, first, with a group aggregate of 0.312”, followed by Jeff Robards 0.397” and Harvey Robards third with a score of 0.449”
In hunting class Brent McKee posted a respectable score of 0.301” to take first place, Ed Petryk took second place with 0.354 and Gavin Power in third place with a group average of 0.383”
ADHA vs SSAA
The annual Aust Deer Hunters Assoc. (ADHA) challenge against the Sporting Shooters Assoc. Aust (SSAA) was held on 27/2/22. The challenge is to score on a life sized deer silhouette, no scoring zone is visible, so the shooter must attempt to shoot the deer in the heart region. The ADHA won the overall challenge with David Wade (SSAA) and Luke Sheargold (SSAA) posting the best individual scores, taking first place with a score of 72.
Best score for the ADHA was Paul Passlow with a score of 70, closely followed by Steve Glover with a score of 60
Results for Sunday the 27th November
The last rimfire competition of 2022 was the Animal Shapes shoot, composing of 5 animal shapes ranging in size from a rat down to a fly; a headshot gained the shooter an extra 0.1 points. Twelve shooters competed in mild warm weather. Only two shooters competed in target class and was a very tight battle down to the last target where scores were even. Barry Wild held on to take first place with a score of 75.19 (from a perfect score of 75.25), Scott McKee buckled under pressure, missing a ‘wasp’ shape completely, and finishing with a score of 71.19.
In factory class Brent McKee shot extremely well and took first place with a score of 75.13; David Wade was close on his heels taking second place with 75.11. Third place went to Jeff Robards with a score of 71.8