Great Turnout For Inaugural Boorowa 200 Classic Garry Martin Memorial

Boorowa Gun Club’s inaugural Garry Martin Classic Memorial Handicap was held on Saturday, November 23 as part of their two-day shoot.

It was a fantastic turn out with 96 shooters showing how much Garry meant to the local community and the shooting fraternity at large.

Boorowa’s Eddie Cummings said competitors travelled from near and far, including North Sydney, Parkes, Bega, Tumut, Junee, Leeton, Orange, Canberra, West Wyalong, Arnhem in the Northern Territory, Goulburn, Berrima and the Central Highlands.

Day 1 - Saturday, November 23:

Event 1 - 25 target Garry Martin Classic Handicap:

• Winner, and first name on the plaque - Greg Coleman from the NSW Gun Club in Sydney, with an event score of 25/25 and shoot off score of 1/1
• Second place - Nicholas Poulas 25/25 S/O 0/1
• Third place - Dan Power 24/25 S/O 28/28
• Fourth place - Mitchell Dunn 24/25 S/O 27/28
• Fifth place - Adrian Depaoli 24/25 S/O 22/23

Event 2 - 25 target Point Score:

• Overall winner - Matt Patmore 75/75 S/O 72/72
• First in AA grade - Terry Alho 75/75 S/O 71/72
• Second in AA grade - Lucas Young 75/75 S/O 35/36
• A grade winner - Mitchell Dunn 74/75
• Second in A grade - Peter Webber 71/75 S/O 27/27
• Winner B grade - Don McMillan 69/75 S/O 3/3
• Second in B grade - 69/75 S/O 2/ 3
• Winner C grade - Melisa Clarke 70/75
• Second in C grade - George Kassianou 69/75

Even 3 - 25 target Single Barrel

• Overall winner - Greg Coleman 25/25 S/O 33/33
• First in AA grade - Glen Castellaro 25/25 S/O 32/33
• Second in AA grade - Phill Chryssovelonis 25/25 S/O 24/25
• First in A grade - Mitchell Dunn 24/25
• Second in A grade - Peter Webber 23/25 S/O 7/7
• First in B grade - Sandy Sullivan 23/25
• Second in B grade - Mark Taylor 22/25
• First in C grade - Boorowa’s own Luke Stoneham in his first ever competition 23/25
• Second in C grade - George Kassianou 23/25

Event 4 - 25 target Double Barrel saw a large number of possibles shot, the shoot off went well into the evening.

• Overall winner - Matty Patmore 25/25 S/O 222/222
• First in AA - Greg Coleman 25/25 S/O 221/222
• Second in AA - Nicholas Poulus 25/25 S/O 171/172
• First in A grade - Con Himonitis 25/25 S/O 28/29
• Second in A grade - Manuel Gomes 25/25 S/O 25/26
• First in B grade - Scott Burrell 25/25 S/O 4/ 5
• Second in B grade - Sandy Sullivan 24/25 S/O 1/1
• First in C grade - Melisa Clarke 24/25
• Second in C grade - Luke Stoneham 23/25 S/O 4/4

Day 2 - Sunday, November 24

Event 5 - 45 target Champion of Champions 15T DB, 15T SB 15T PS

• Overall winner - Terry Alho, skinning the event with a 74/75
• First in AA - Phil Chryssovelonis 73/75 S/O 50/50
• Second in AA - Grant Thatcher 73/75 S/O 49/50
• First in A grade - Mitchell Dunn 72/75
• Second in A grade - Con Himonitis 71/75
• First in B grade - Mark Lawford 68/75
• Second in B grade - Don McMillan 67/75
• First in C grade - 65/75
• Second in C grade 64/75

Event 6 - 15 Pair Double Rise

• Dan Power from Majura Park Gun Club skinned the event to take the overall prize with a 29/30.
• First in AA - Glen Castellaro 28/30
• Second in AA - Greg Coleman 28/30 S/O 9/10
• First in A grade - Terry Alho 28/30 S/O 10/10
• Second in A grade - Kyriakos “Boo” Kassianou 28/30 S/O 7/10
• First in B grade - Leon Hadjiparakeva - 26/30
• Second in B grade - Greg Wilson 24/30
• First in C grade - Peter Johnston 23/30
• Second in C grade - George Kassianou 22/30

High Guns:

• Terry Alho won overall High Gun for the two days with a score of 248/255.
• Glen Castellaro - AA High Gun - 246/255
• Mitchell Dunn - A grade High Gun - 242/255
• Don McMillan - B grade High Gun - 223/255
• George Kassianou - C grade - 220/255
• Nic Hadjipareskeva - Junior High Gun - 233/255
• Ladies High Gun - Amy Smith - 240/255
• Veterans High Gun - David Caccioppoli - 242/255

Boorowa Gun Club’s next competition will be the annual Christmas Novelty shoot on Saturday, December 21.

Thanks went to the club members and visitors who helped with the smooth running of the two-day carnival.

Special thanks went to Sandy Murphy and Dave in the kitchen, office staff, trappers and photographers. Thanks also went to Ben Murphy for organising new digital scoreboards.

The club expressed particular thanks to Kostas Plessas for preparing the delicious meals for Saturday night and Sunday lunch.

Club President Geoffrey Mason’s absence was noted, and while Chris Oehm did his best, Geoffrey’s bacon and egg brekkie is still the best. The club wishes him a speedy recovery.

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