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Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (NSW) Inc. 5 SSAA NSW 5 Stand State Titles SSAA NSW Hay Branch held a successful SSAA NSW 5 Stand State Titles on the weekend of 10 & 11 May, with visitors coming from Bermagui, Canberra, Temora, Griffi th, Wagga Wagga, Bathurst, Bateau Bay, Gosford, Moama to try for team selection for NSW. Two ranges were set with very different targets presented to shooters. Darren Macartney & Greg Allen utilised the 100ft tower and box trees to create some challenging targets. Jesse Thomson, Simon Gee & Peter Jacka set their range using the 50ft tower with open ground and empty water holes. The weather on Saturday afternoon threatened rain but held off until shooting fi nished. Light fog on Sunday morning lifted before shooting commenced presenting a beautiful clear day. 5 shooters shot a perfect 25 round on the 50ft tower range coming back to the clubhouse with smiles on their faces. Sara and Max kept the shooters well feed over the weekend and provided a lovely BBQ & sweets for dinner. Shoot administration was run by Jan with scores being tallied for the weekend and determining the 5 team members for the SSAA NSW 5 Stand Team. Brett Inch from Temora shot consistently over the weekend, and his efforts rewarded him with High Gun. At the completion of the weekend the SSAA NSW 5 Stand Team was announced. This was determined by adding their best 3 percentage scores (from the 5 selection shoots) and State Title percentage score together. The top fi ve shooters are: Brett Inch 389.3%, Grant Barton 387.0%, Greg Allen 384.4%, Frank Tagliapetria 384.1% & Peter Jacka 382.9%. 1st & 2nd Reserves are Matt Webster 381.3% and Darren Macartney 378.8%. Other winners were: High Gun: Brett Inch 179/200 AA Grade: Matt Webster (Canberra) 175, Grant Barton (Bathurst) 174, Frank Tagliapetria (Griffi th)167 A Grade: Brent Suprain (Bateau Bay) 167, Alf Gugliemino (Griffi th) 164, Jamie Cirillo (Griffi th) 163 B Grade: Angelo Salamon (Griffi th) 161, Peter Hutchings (Canberra) 144 after a shoot off with Tony Aldred (Hay) 144 Vets: Sig Gugliemino (Grifi th) 168, Alec Ceccato (Griffi th) 162, Warren Brown (Griffi th) 149 Ladies: Casey Jacka (Hay) 142, Jan Jacka (Hay) 126 Juniors: Brandon Gugliemino (Griffi th) 117, Mikayla Macartney (Hay) 86 State Title Percentage Scores: Brett Inch 100%, Matt Webster 97.8%, Grant Barton 97.2%, Sid Gugliemino 93.9%, Frank Tagliapetria 93.3%, Brent Suprain 93.3%, Alf Gugliemino 91.6%, Peter Jacka 91.6%, Greg Allen 91.1%, Jamie Cirillo 91.1%, Alec Ceccato 90.5%, Angelo Salamon 89.9%, Darren Macartney 89.4%, Andrew Webb 87.7%, Simon Gee 84.4%, Warren Brown 83.2%, Tony Aldred 80.4%, Peter Hutchings 80.4%, John Norris 78.8%, Casey Jacka 79.3%, Romain Devaud 76.5%, Roger Kerslake 76%, Colin Kneebone 74.9%, Jesse Thomson 72.6%, Jan Jacka 70.4%, Brandon Gugliemino 65.4%, Brian Weeding 54.7%, Mikayla Macartney 48%, Anthony Mancini 41.3% Jan Jacka SSAA NSW Shotgun Assistant Discipline Chairman