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While in the Heavy Varmint 200 Italy's Ivan Pianna finished on top with a score of .2786. The youngest competitor in the field, South Africa's Mario Coetzer also proved he will be a force in the World Championships for years to come with impressive finishes in all categories. Aged just 14 Mario finished the Two Gun Aggregate in 24th position. It is also worth noting that the Australia A and Australia B team performed exceptionally finishing in 4th and 5th place respectively. The individual top 10 for the Two Gun aggregate was: Charles Huckeba USA Gene Bukys USA Bob Scarborough Jnr USA Roland Thomsen SA The honour of highest placed female in the field went to New Zealand's Judy Peacock who will be hoping to place even higher when the World Benchrest Championships return to New Zealand in 2017. The top performing Australian competitors in each of the categories were: LV 100 – Stuart Foate 7th LV 200 – Stuart Foate 7th HV 100 – Craig Whittleton 3rd HV 200 – Brendan Atkinson 6th 2 Gun Aggregate – Murray Hicks 14th But despite the best efforts of the Australian and international competitors it would be the United States A team who would come out on top after five days of competition, topping the Two Gun Aggregate Leaderboard with a team score of 0.294317. In second place was the South Africa A team with an aggregate score of 0.330956 while the Australia A team, made up of Stuart Foate, Anthony Foate, Murray Hicks and Thomas Spang finished in 3rd place with a score of 0.343919. Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (NSW) Inc. Peter Haxell NZ Ed Adams USA Tony Boyer USA Jeff Thomson III USA Ivan Pianna ITA Freddie Botha SA The event was such a success in large part due to the amazing team of 20+ volunteers who assisted over the two weeks of practice and competition. Whether it was the Range Officers, target change crews, official scorers or Joy and her team in the kitchen, the entire event was a spectacular success and while there are too many to name it is imperative to acknowledge the many months of hard work by Ann Brummell and Dave Billinghurst. Tim Horan SSAA NSW Media and Communication Manager 9