SSAA NSW

12 Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (NSW) Inc. 2019 SSAA NSW Sporting Clays State Titles score. The home-grown advantage held by local shooters and regular visitors who are used to these conditions showed in the final results. The shoot received generous sponsorship from SSAA, Rod McNabb Caltex, LIFTEK, F I Lasers & Hydraulics, SJR Industries, Yarran Wines, Red Belly Blood Oranges, Precision Aviation, Capital Hotel Group, Casella Wines, Bronze Wing Ammunition and Laporte Traps. Over $7,000 in prizes were on offer to the overall and grade winners. Local shooter Bart Brighenti demonstrated his superior skills in sporting clays and was crowned 2019 SSAA NSW Sporting Clays State Champion with a score of 169/200 targets. Runner up was an outstanding junior shooter from Shepparton Thomas Bilney, who scored 168/200. The 100 targets on Saturday also comprised the Dave Wallace Memorial Shoot with Mick Keirl from Tongala Victoria awarded the High Gun with a top score of 86/100. While many high scores were posted, only one competitor, Michael Munro from Beckom managed to post a perfect round of 25 targets. This was a particularly outstanding achievement, as high winds on Saturday blew the clay targets wildly off course at times. Many of the best sporting clays shooters from around South Eastern Australia attended the 2019 SSAA NSW Sporting Clays State Titles and the Dave Wallace Memorial Shoot at the SSAA NSW Griffith Branch Sporting Clays Range on 21 st and 22 nd September. The shoot was well attended with competitors travelling from Sydney, Canberra, Forbes, Narrabri, Ulladulla, Shepparton, Albury and all over the Riverina Region to compete for the title of NSW Sporting Clays Champion. The shoot consisted of 200 targets over the two days on two separate sporting clays course layouts. These were set up in the bush around the hilly escarpment at the Dave Wallace Range. Local SSAA members set an excellent variety of different targets that challenged all the shooters and were worthy of a State Title. Many of the visiting shooters had difficulty with the Griffith range, which is quite unique with clay targets thrown down, up and along cliff faces as well as having competitors shoot from atop towers. The wide variety of simulated field targets coming from all directions in the bush, coupled with strong winds on the Saturday, required competitors to stay focused to post a credible SSAA NSW Griffith Branch host another successful NSW Sporting Clays State Titles and Dave Wallace Memorial Shoot

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