The Natives Rifle Club Prize Meeting was held on Saturday and Sunday, June 12th and 13th in great winter weather, perfect for shooting, resulting in some excellent scores from the 117 competitors whose numbers were bolstered by members of interstate teams.
Geoff Grenfell from the Bendigo club won the Les Perrin Memorial Aggregate for TR with 448.52.
The highlight for the Natives Club was a top 3 podium finish in C Grade won by Isaac Brinin with club mates Reilly Pitt and Ian Errington taking out 2nd and 3rd places respectively.
Great performances by Rudi Mueller (2nd in B Grade), George Constantinou (2nd in F-Open), Gordon Craick (3rd in F-Std B), John Stevens (3rd in F-TR).
Josh Pratt won A Grade Day 1 with another masterful performance scoring 250.35!
The top 10 TR competitors shot-off at 1000 yards for the The Keith Afflect Belt, a perpetual trophy donated by Keith for the match. Ben Emms from Lynhurst won the Belt with an excellent 50.6.
Mark Fairbairn of Wild Dog Custom Rifles donated a new perpetual trophy for the winners of a shoot-off at 1000 yards between the top three shooters in each of F-Class Standard, F-Class Open and F-TR. Mark put his name on his own trophy by winning F-TR while Andrew McKillop won F-Standard and Jenni Hausler won F-Open.
| A Grade: | |||
| 1st Badge | Geoff Grenfell, Bendigo – 448.52 | ||
| Natives Scores: | |||
| 5th Badge | Bob Crawford – 445.43 | ||
| 8th Badge | Jessica Crawford – 444.42 | ||
| 15th Badge | Kim O’Loglen – 442.50 | ||
| 13th Badge | Josh Pratt – 440.60 | ||
| Don Thompson – 438.33 | |||
| B Grade: | |||
| 1st Badge | Barney Neilsen, Southern Highlands – 435.29 | ||
| Natives Scores: | |||
| 2nd Badge | Rudi Mueller – 433.33 | ||
| Domonic Whalan – 426.31 | |||
| C Grade: | |||
| 1st Badge | Isaac Brinin, Natives – 431.27 | ||
| Natives Scores: | |||
| 2nd Badge | Reilly Pitt – 426.33 | ||
| 3rd Badge | Ian Errington – 423.26 | ||
| Tim Hodson – 387.14 | |||
| Keith Affleck Belt: | Ben Emms, Lyndhurst, NSW – 50.6 | |
| Wild Dog Custom Rifles Trophy: | ||
| F-Class Standard – Andrew Mckillop, Pacific – 57.3 | ||
| F-Class Open – Jenni Hausler, QRA – 59.2 | ||
| F-TR – Mark Fairbairn, Cannon Hill RSL – 56.1 | ||
| 1st Badge | Andrew McKillop, Bundaberg/Burnett – 527.41 | |||
| Natives Scores: | ||||
| 4th Badge | Wayne Latham – 518.40 | |||
| Wayne Blair – 507.29 | ||||
| Kristine Crawford – 495.27 | ||||
| F-Class Std B: | ||||
| 1st Badge | Corrie Hooson, North Arm – 513.30 | |||
| Natives Scores: | ||||
| 3rd Badge | Gordon Craick – 510.33 | |||
| 4th Badge | Saxon Fairbairn – 510.22 | |||
| David Ward – 505.27 | ||||
| Brian Pickles – 495.23 | ||||
| Michael Ward – 487.10 | ||||
| Scott Morley – 485.18 | ||||
| Oliver Ploch – 453.15 | ||||
| F-Class Open: | ||||
| 1st Badge | Brian Potter, Brisbane Mariners – 532.51 | |||
| Natives Scores: | ||||
| 2nd Badge | George Constantinou – 530.45 | |||
| Danny Kelly – 518.34 | ||||
| Jakub Tez – 493.21 | ||||
| F/TR: | ||||
| 1st Badge | Mark Fairbairn, Cannon Hill RSL – 528.37 | |||
| Natives Scores: | ||||
| 3rd Badge | John Stevens – 513.29 | |||
| 4th Badge | Craig Pratt – 513.28 | |||
| Brett Clarkson – 508.27 | ||||
| Scott Mitchell – 401.22 (6 ranges) | ||||
| Other Notable Natives Scores: | |||||||||
| Day 1 Agg – “The Carina Leagues Club Short Rang Match” | Day 2 Agg – “The Berger Long Range Match” | ||||||||
| A Grade: | 1st Badge – Josh Pratt – 250.35 | C Grade: | Reilly Pitt – 194.14 | ||||||
| B Grade: | 2nd Badge – Wendy Latham – 244.25 | 2nd Badge – Marcia Canty – 188.18 | |||||||
| C Grade: | 1st Badge – Isaac Brinin – 246.19 | 3rd Badge – Ian Errington – 188.10 | |||||||
| 2nd Badge – Ian Errington – 235.16 | F-Std B: | 2nd Badge – Saxon Fairbairn – 224.17 | |||||||
| 3rd Badge – Reilly Pitt – 232.9 | F-TR: | 3rd Badge – John Stevens – 228.16 | |||||||
| F-Std B: | 3rd Badge – Gordon Craick – 289.22 | ||||||||
| F-Open: | 1st Badge – George Constantinou – 299.32 | ||||||||
