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Natives Rifle Club Inc.
Est. 1901
NATIVES RIFLE CLUB HONOURS STALWART
At the Annual General Meeting of the Club on Sunday, February 17, 2019 the members wholeheartedly endorsed a motion by Club Captain, Luke Baker, to install Past Captain and long-time member, John Menzel, as a Honorary Life Member of the Natives Rifle Club for outstanding service to the Club over many years.
John's energy and enthusiasm for the sport of fullbore target rifle shooting, and the Natives Rifle Club in particular, has helped progress the Club to be the largest in Queensland. His strong leadership whilst Captain produced a cohesive and formidable membership and provided a solid financial basis to enable the Club to move forward with confidence. John has been extremely generous with his time and financial support for the Club and to several of it's fledgling members.
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Honorary Life Member, John Menzel, acknowledging his new status.
CONGRATULATIONS, JOHN
LATEST NATIVES RIFLE CLUB SCORES
HEXTA Electronic Targets - Click to visit the website
Refer to the links above for previous years' results
16/02/2019 - 900 Yards
17 Members and Guests in attendance
Conditions: Sunny, warm, moderate to strong winds quickly changing from 11.30 to 9.00 o'clock
| Date: | 16/2/19 | ||
| Range: | 900 | ||
| Name: | Grade | ||
| Pratt, Joshua | A | 104.08 | |
| Baker, Luke | A | 97.06 | |
| Mueller, Rudi | A | 97.06 | |
| Spence, James | A | 97.06 | |
| Howlett, Kevin | B | 97.05 | |
| Menzel, John | A | 95.06 | |
| Halpin, Michael | B | 93.05 | |
| O'Loghlen, Kim | A | 88.04 | |
| Latham, Wendy | A | 78.06 | |
| Spence, Teddy | C | 78.01 | |
| Errington, Ian | C | 75.03 | |
| F-Class Standard: | Scope | ||
| Latham, Wayne | FS | 110.05 | |
| Blair, Wayne | FS | 107.03 | |
| Pickles, Brian | FS | 105.00 | |
| Morley, Scott | FS | 104.01 | |
| Craick, Gordon | FS | 92.01 | |
| F/TR | Scope | ||
| Pratt, Craig | F/TR | 115.04 | |
INTERNATIONAL LONG RANGE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (ILRWC)
These Championships were held on the Trentham range in New Zealand as part of an extensive program which commenced on January 25, 2019 with the NZRA Championships and concluded on February 10th with the International Palma Teams matches.
Competitors representing New Zealand, Australia, the USA, Great Britain, South Africa, Canada and the Channel Islands were participating in these Championships which indicates the world-class level of fullbore target shooters involved.
Included in the program was the World Veterans Teams Championships, the World Under-25 Teams Championships and the World Under-21 Teams Championships. The Australian Teams displayed their awesome talents by winning all of these Championships. Natives Club members John Caske was manager for the Veterans Team and Josh Pratt was a shooter in the Under-21 Team.
In the individual IWLRC, Natives Club members displayed their skills with Don Thompson winning the Gold Medal for the 1000 yards match on Day 1 while Tim Berry won the Gold Medal for the 1000 yards match on Day 2 as well as the Gold Medal for the 800 yards match on Day 3.
Josh Pratt was the standout performer when the 15 year old again showed
his brilliant skills by finishing 16th in the ILRWC and won the Under-21
Aggregate. Just remember that this was against the very best
fullbore target shooters in the world!
The final event on the ILRWC
program was the prestigious Palma Teams matches contested by teams of 16
from each of the countries mentioned above. The Palma consists of
15 shots at 800, 900 and 1000 yards fired on each of two consecutive
days. The Palma match originated in the USA in 1876 as a
celebration of the independence of that country and is now held every
four years with one of the competing countries hosting the event.
The Palma was last held in Australia at the Belmont range in 2011.
Australia won the Palma
Teams match this year in convincing style by 77 points from arch-rivals,
Great Britain, with the USA a further 19 points back. This result
is the culmination of the efforts put in by the team over recent years
in preparing for this major competition!
Results from all the NZRA, International teams and ILRWC matches are
available on the NZRA website at
https://www.lrwc2019.nz/results-2/
Josh Pratt (Left) shooting on the Trentham range
Josh Pratt, 16th in the International Long Range World Championships
Left: Don Thompson; Right: Shaun Connolly
John Caske and his Veterans Team Gold Medal
Australian Veterans World Champion Team 2019
Australian Under-21 World Champion Rifle Team 2019
Josh Pratt, back row, second from right.
(Photos compliments of Vicki Pratt and John Caske)
Left: The fabulous Palma Trophy; Right: The Palma Inscription
Australian Palma Team shooters and coaches on the firing mound
Australia, The World Long Range Champions 2019!
(Photos from Facebook)
NATIVES CLUB MEMBERS WINNERS OF OZ DAY PRIZE MEETING
A Two-Day Prize Meeting to raise funds for the development of junior shooters was held on the Belmont
range on Australia Day, Saturday, January 26th and Sunday, January 27th.
Natives members were prominent in the prize list with Ian Errington (C Grade), Wayne Blair (FS-A) and Craig Pratt (F-TR) winning the First Day Aggregate in their respective grades. On Day Two, Rudi Mueller (B Grade), Ian Errington (C Grade) and Brad Ruthven (FS-B) were aggregate winners.
In the Grand Aggregate for the two days, Ian Errington had a clean sweep in C Grade while Wayne Blair (FS-B) and Craig Pratt (F-TR) took home the winners' medallions.
Hot and windy conditions over the two days proved very challenging for the competitors and lends extra kudos to these great wins.
Congratulations All Round!!!
| QRA JUNIORS - AUSTRALIA DAY PRIZE MEETING | ||||||||||||
| Summary of Natives Club Members' Results | ||||||||||||
| Saturday, January 26, 2019 | Sunday, January 27, 2019 | |||||||||||
| (500 Yards and double 600 Yards) | (1000 Yards and double 900 Yards) | |||||||||||
| Aggregate: | Aggregate: | |||||||||||
| A Grade: | 1st | Geoff Grant, Brisbane Mariners | 147.11 | A Grade: | 1st | Joshua Turner, Bunderberg | 140.13 | |||||
| Natives Scores: | Natives Scores: | |||||||||||
| 2nd | Kim O'Loghlen | 146.16 | 2nd | Kim O'Loghlen | 139.13 | |||||||
| B Grade: | 1st | Nikk Ellis, Crows Nest | 145.13 | B Grade: | 1st | Rudi Mueller, Natives | 127.10 | |||||
| Natives Scores: | ||||||||||||
| 2nd | Rudi Mueller | 143.07 | C Grade: | 1st | Ian Errington, Natives | 114.06 | ||||||
| 3rd | Kevin Howlett | 140.12 | ||||||||||
| F/Std-A: | 1st | Andrew McKillop, Bundaberg | 165.03 | |||||||||
| C Grade: | 1st | Ian Errington, Natives | 123.04 | |||||||||
| F/Std-B: | 1st | Brad Ruthven, Natives | 153.04 | |||||||||
| F/Std-A: | 1st | Andrew McKillop, Bundaberg | 178.16 | Other Natives Scores: | ||||||||
| Natives Scores: | 2nd | Wayne Blair | 151.05 | |||||||||
| Wayne Latham | 161.08 | Scott Morley | ?? | |||||||||
| F/Std-B: | 1st | Wayne Blair, Natives | 166.09 | F-Open: | 1st | Craig McGowan, Brisbane | 171.09 | |||||
| Other Natives Scores: | ||||||||||||
| 3rd | Brian Pickles | 166.06 | F/TR: | 1st | Frans Knox, Brisbane | 166.03 | ||||||
| Scott Morley | 153.06 | Natives Scores: | ||||||||||
| 2nd | Craig Pratt | 157.07 | ||||||||||
| F-Open: | 1st | Peter Broom, Beaudesert | 178.08 | |||||||||
| Natives Scores: | ||||||||||||
| 3rd | George Constantinou | 175.12 | ||||||||||
| F/TR: | 1st | Craig Pratt, Natives | 173.08 | |||||||||
| Two-Day Grand Aggregate | ||||||||||||
| A Grade: | 1st | Joshua Turner, Bunderberg | 286.23 | |||||||||
| 2nd | Kim O'Loghlen, Natives | 285.29 | ||||||||||
| B Grade: | 1st | Nikk Ellis, Crows Nest | 270.19 | |||||||||
| 2nd | Rudi Mueller, Natives | 270.17 | ||||||||||
| 3rd | Kevin Howlett, Natives | 265.16 | ||||||||||
| C Grade: | 1st | Ian Errington, Natives | 237.10 | |||||||||
| F/Std-A: | 1st | Andrew McKillop, Bundaberg | 343.19 | |||||||||
| F/Std-B: | 1st | Wayne Blair, Natives | 317.14 | |||||||||
| F-Open: | 1st | Josh Reid, Ipswich | 343.20 | |||||||||
| F/TR: | 1st | Craig Pratt, Natives | 330.15 | |||||||||
A full list
of scores are available on the Hexta website - click here
L to R: Craig Pratt, Ian Errington, Wayne Blair, Brad Ruthven - Winners
All!
QRA Past President, John Johnstone, presents medallions to Ian Errington
and Wayne Blair
Craig Pratt and Brad Ruthven looking very happy to receive their
medallions
