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14 Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (NSW) Inc. Steel Challenge The 2017 SSAA Steel Challenge National Championships has been run and won. Damien Curtis from South Australia gave us all a lesson in shooting Steel, taking out all three divisions he entered as well as Iron Man. Paul Phegan, also from South Australia, was another big winner, taking out the Production division and coming second in the Iron Man. Here are some statistics for the match: 52 Competitors 87 separate division entries 11 competitors shooting 3 guns (Iron Man) 15 competitors shooting 2 guns 2 Juniors 6 Seniors 8 Super Seniors 1 Lady Steel Challenge comprises eight stages, in which competitors are required to shoot from a stationary position at static steel plates. The eight stages shot are Accelerator, Five to Go, Outer Limits, Pendulum, Roundabout, Showdown, Smoke & Hope and Speed Option. Each stage is unique in its design and offers a different challenge to the shooter. All courses of fire are shot from a single shooting box, except for Showdown and Outer Limits, which have two and three shooting boxes respectively. Steel Challenge scoring is simple: Your time is your score. There are five steel plate targets, with four being primary plates and the fifth being the 'stop plate'. Each of the primary plates must be hit at least once during each string of fire, followed by the stop plate, which must be hit last to stop the time. Competitors may fire as many rounds as they deem necessary for each string of fire. The best four out of five strings will be counted as the total score for each stage, except for Outer Limits, which will be the best three out of four runs. The total score for all stages will determine the order of finish for final standings. Benchrest: Dave Billinghurst 0418 478 160 Big Game: Ben Doherty 0409 831 258 Colonial Action: Bob Conran 0419 423 161 Field Rifle & 3P: Gerald Watters 0414 526 621 Single Action: Dennis Jackson 0418 674 531 Pistol: Vacant Lever Action: Don Chesworth 02 6628 3979 Muzzleloading: Shayne Barnsley 0418 302 062 Rifle Silhouette: Tim Barry 0419 405 696 Combined Services: Corey Garbutt 0427 634 543 Shotgun: Greg Allen 0409 444 955 Discipline Coordinator: Warren Brown 0428 623 161 Discipline Chairmen