Roseville Rifle Club Australia

Both Roseville Target Rifle and F Class Teams made it a clean sweep in this seasons Arn Hammond Team Shoots. This  competition is between teams from the North Shore District, shot over a shooting season at all distances, with 6 and 4 person coached teams.

Roseville #1 managed to win every range this year for an emphatic victory over Hornsby #1 by a wopping 19 points with Manly coming third.

Some members of the Roseville #1 TR Team

Left-to-Right:

Jon Marriott
Steven Tofler
Phill Hodder
Dmitri Kazakov
Tim Walter

At Front:

Sir
Mark Buchannan

Anchor man Mr T

Mr T showed incredible focus as Anchor Man to finish on a magnificent score of 70.9!

Master Coach Mark

Roseville F Class shooters shot consistently well also throughout the year, and were able to fight off a high scoring finish from North Sydney to claim victory in their class by a huge margin of 36 points!! They won 3-5 ranges this year.

Unfortunately our handicap team didn’t do well enough this year but they had a valiant effort.

With the rules allowing teams to pick the best shooters on the day some teams consisted of many people during course of the year, so well done to all who competed in this years Team Comp.

Some members of the Roseville F Class Team

Left-to-Right

Graham Coote
Matthew Bennie
Allan Humbert
Mike Hodder

 Final results for 2011-2012 years

Tim Walter and Ian Palmer reminisce

“I took a photo of this old photo at Mudgee this weekend.

It shows Graeme Berman being chaired by his club mates after winning  A Grade in 1970.

On the left, from back, Tim Walter, Tony McGuigan, Andrew Powell, Ian Palmer, Ken lee.

Right from back Bert Pride, John Moore, Rod Evans, Peter Berman (little boy).

Interestingly, Andrew Powell, one of the great shooters, was once a Roseville member too.

So we have 3 Roseville, or former Roseville members, in this almost 42 year old photo.

I was 20 years old then!”

Tim Walter

Top TR score in the Sargard Team Match

Various members from Roseville Rifle Club attended possibly the last Queen’s held at ANZAC Rifle Range at Malabar.

Shooting started on Wed 25th Jan with the two day McIntosh Lead Up shoot. Mark, Mike and Tim shot in this event. Mike secured two Silver and a Bronze medal over the two days shooting for range scores, and he finished in 9th place in B Grade.

Mark shot brilliantly at 700m in the second day of the lead-up posting a 50.10 ”perfect score!” to take out that range. He finished in 17th place for the two days shooting.

There were some stoppages due to rain and also trespassers trying to gain entry to the range.

Roseville fielded one team in the very prestigious Sargard Teams Match, and were unlucky not to get second place in that shoot. On a brighter note, Jon Marriott shot very well under master coach Mark , he shot a range best 75.10 to be the best individual scorer out of all the shooters. Well done Jon.

Scores were mixed again during the Queen’s shoot for the Roseville contingency. Mark secured 3rd place for the second days aggregate, not dropping a point.  Peter Carroll scored a magnificent 60.6 in the second 300m to win that range in F Class B Grade.

Tim was unlucky to finish on an inner at 700 m on Day 3 of the Queens for a 49.8 as 50.9 was the highest score shot at that range.

Mark finished the Queen’s in 10th position.

Final scores are available at: http://www.nswra.org.au/pages/2012-Queens-Results-.html

And please check out the photos at:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/philliphodderphotography/

Dear Friends,

It is the time of year where many people relax, and try to forget about everything and celebrate the holidays.

Roseville Rifle Club want to take this opportunity to wish everyone good health, happiness and great achievements in the coming year.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!!!

65 competitors signed in to compete in this years NSDRA Open Prize Meeting. The morning started off overcast, but this soon burnt off and become sunny and hot by starting time. Shade tents were at the ready as shooting commenced in earnest at 9am.

Hornsby 500m mound

Six 50’s were scored at 500m in A Grade, the best being John Krill from Mosman Neutral Bay with 50.6. Phill Hodder from Roseville shot a 49.5 to win the range in B Grade, C Grade was won with a great score of 50.6 by Robert Stevenson from Nth Sydney. In F Class Std Dennis Smith from Gosford won that range with a 60.6. Rod Davies from Cessnock shot a 60.4 in F Open to win that distance.

At 600m conditions must have been a bit tougher as only 4 50’s were recorded over all the grades and no 60’s in F Class. First in A Grade was Dmitri Kazakov from Roseville with a 50.6. James Martin also from Roseville shot brilliantly in B Grade with a 50.7.   Robert Stevenson from Nth Sydney shot well again in C Grade with a 48.1. In F Std John Peters won that range with a 58.4. F Class Open was won by Ben Ferrara from Nth Sydney with a score of 59.3.

Lunch was served in Nth Sydney’s clubhouse with cold drinks sausage sangers, salad, cakes and slices on offer. The temperature was still hot so a decision was made to erect the shade tents over the mounds. After they were put up some looked to the sky and decided they would be better served as protection from the rain, which was fast approaching.

700m was going to make or break competitors in the final shoot. With the storm coming fast those who shot early had some good conditions, those in the middle got some what wet and those shooting last got a shooting gallery.

A Grader Peter Theobald from Nth Sydney shot very well with a 50.7 to win that range. Phill Hodder from Roseville won in B Grade also with a 50.7. Gail Roberts from Gosford shot a wonderful 50.3 in C Grade to dominate that range. Stephen Hart from Rail and Tram was first in F Std with a 59.5 F Open was won in fine for by Rod Davies with a near perfect 60.8.

After the results were calculated the top 8 TR shooters regardless of grade shot off in the Masters Competition, another 10 shot match at 700m. Mark Buchanan from Roseville came home triumphant with a 50.8 followed closely by Josh Gordon from Nth Sydney with 50.7.

Mark Buchanan winner of the Masters

Dmitri Kazakov, A Grade Winner, Raffle, Lucky Bull, Pairs Match Winner

A Grade: Dmitri Kazakov, Roseville 149.18, Richard Jones, Manly 149.17, Peter Theobald, Nth Sydney 149.16.

James Martin, B Grade Winner

Gail Roberts, C Grade Winner

John Peters F Class Std Winner

B Grade: James Martin, Roseville 149.14, Phill Hodder, Roseville 148.15, Grant Roberts, Gosford 144.12.

C Grade: Gail Roberts, Gosford 142.10, William Fu, Nth Sydney 142.10,  Robert Stevenson, Nth Sydney 141.10.

F Class Std: John Peters, Cessnock 174.14, Dennis Smith, Gosford 172.12, David Vivian-Jones Alpine 172.11.

F Class Open: Rod Davies, Cessnock 178.14, Lewis Reynolds, Cessnock 175.11, Ben Ferrara, Nth Sydney174.11

Rod Davies, F Class Open Winner with Hornsby Mayor Nick Berman

A big thank you to Hornsby Mayor Nick Berman for coming and participating in the presentation and also a huge thanks to his wife and daughter who also helped.

All results listed below, more photos please see the Photo album link.

Photos and text: Phill Hodder

The day started foggy and muggy. While driving to Gosford I passed through some very heavy fog. This was not very promising. However the road was empty and I arrived at Gosford Rifle Range half-an hour earlier than I expected, so I was able to enjoy the beautiful view to the National Park valley.

Unfortunately from Roseville RC only Fernando and I were able to attend this event. However I noticed many other North Shore District shooters from other clubs.

I spent some time talking to a few people and finding out that some local shooters do not like Target No1 and prefer Target No7 as it is above the valley and less affected by side wind. Target No 1 however is very close to the slope and wind can not only be left-right, but also may have a vertical effect. I have not used my scope for almost a year while shooting on the electronic targets at the wind-protected Hornsby range, so I sat for a while with my scope watching the wind flags and trying to remember how to use the scope and correlate the mirage with the flags.

The competition was opened by Wayne Bunting and Dennis Smith.

Then target numbers were drawn and I was lucky to shoot my first stage on Target 3, which is 2 targets away from scary Target 1. I finished the 1st stage with 50.6, however the draw for the second stage put me on Target 1.

The wind was consistent and I was able to shoot my second stage with 50.4.

At the third draw I was again given Target 3 and managed to shoot a very good result of 75.8.

Michael Green form Kambalda (WA) was shooting with me and managed to get an unbelievable result 75.12!!!

The competition was very well organized. The only confusion I had was, as I haven’t participated in such an event before I did not put my number on the score card. When the target was drawn and announced I did not know what target I was on. The range Officer kindly helped to rectify my confusion and competition started.

The weather was unstable and twice the shooting was interrupted by heavy rain. Shooters were given optional sighters.

I would like to specifically mention Gosford’s markers! They were unbelievably quick and reliable. There were only a few times that the Range Office called to examine a target. On my last shot on the last stage, when I removed the bolt from my rifle, I missed the target being pulled, marked and lifted up again. Knowing my habit to fire my last shot onto the wrong target, I was really afraid when I was watching and waiting for the target to go down, but it does not. However the check scorer reassures me that everything is alright and I was lucky to get 75.8 on the last stage.

Fernando Gregorio was very disappointed with his results which actually were very good as he took 3rd place in B grade with the aggregate result of 169.12 and won a medal.

It was a really great event with a lot of friendly people around and I want to thank my Club and everyone who supported me in my first Championship outside our range.

D Kazakov

The Australian Veterans Team have come away winners in the World Veterans Teams Match held yesterday at Belmont Rifle Range QLD, shot over 300,600,900 and 1000 yards.

Shooting with very stiff competition they sealed the victory with a combined score of 1947-171 from the USA on 1936-167 and third was Canada with 1933-145. The day was hot and humid thanks to the early morning thunderstorm which struck about 3am. All the team should be very proud of themselves.

Please follow the link:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/68317126@N07/

Day 1: 11th Oct 2011

Well Mike and I arrived intact and mostly with our baggage. After we received our precious cargo,and waiting at the prescribed area we had to proceed to another ill informed area to collect the remaining baggage.

We arrived at the Belmont Rifle Range to organise our caravan, which was more spacious than anticipated. Then we went to get supplies for the remaining 14 days or so, I imagine we will need to gain more supplies later on.

The main presentation had already been sorted by the time we got down to the venue, prizes were handed out, lots of clapping etc.

Had a lovely dinner at the range cafe come restaurant. Lots of great food.

Now time for bed and dreams of the days ahead.