Posted by Nick Aagren on May 01, 2017; 6:35am
URL: http://oldforum.flyshooter.com.au/2017-National-Fly-results-tp5709281.html

Hi All,

Thanks to all visiting shooters, from near and far, who came to the 2017 Fly Nationals. Spread over three days, shooters got the opportunity to shoot, relax and have a chat. Thanks also to the volunteers for the work they put in to make it happen and to the sponsors for prizes, Procal Trading, Copperhead Bullets, Curly Flat Vineyard and Outdoor Sporting Agencies .

Run over three days with RF day 1, HG CF day 2 and LG CF on day 3, shooters got to experience a selection of the weather conditions that the Eagle Park range can dish up. RF 200yd Fly on Friday was shot in testing conditions of 30 km/h+ westerly. By Saturday’s HG CF match the wind had dropped to 20 km/h westerly for the first 3 targets then eased and remained light for the rest of the weekend which set the backdrop for a compelling LG CF match on Sunday.

Final Results, see tabs at the bottom for each class and event.

2017_Fly_Nationals_Little_River_Results.xls
2017_Fly_Nationals_Little_River_Results.xlsx


In Summary:

Rimfire 200yd, Friday 28th April

Won by Jaegan Peet, 210.01, 2nd was Les Fraser, 206.02 and third was Scott Seddon on count back with 190.00. Best target was Stuart Pethybridge, 52.01 and small group was Scott Seddon, 2.18”

Heavy Gun 500m, Saturday 29th April

Won by Dave Groves, 226.03, 2nd was Nick Aagren with 224.01 and 3rd Place was taken by Rob Eager, 217.02. Small Group was won by Barry Tucker with 1.640"(new HG range record) and best target went  also to Barry on the same target with 57.01.

Light Gun 500m, Sunday 30th April

Won by Michael Bell, 262.06, 2nd was Glen Aarsen with 259.06 and 3rd Place was taken by Grant Groves with 259.04. Small Group was Grant Groves .977"(new LG range record) and best target was also Grant, 60.00 (new LG pending national record).Michael Bell also won the Jim McKinley perpetual trophy for the highest CF score regardless of class.

This brief summary doesn’t do justice to how the match unfolded. After C target there was ‘only half a dozen points separating the top 8 shooters, so it was still wide open. Then Grant came out in the D target and put down the best single fly target score ever, 60.00. Given Eagle Park’s reputation I don’t think there would be any fly shooter that would have picked this Range as the venue for this milestone event.


On behalf of the Melbourne Benchrest club thanks to all for making this an enjoyable event to organise.

Regards

Nick