Roseville Rifle Club Australia

The lovely month of October saw Roseville as Duty Club on the range which means we all pick up the different tasks for the month to keep the Saturday afternoon shoot amenable and safe for all the range users. This year you could say October also gave people a chance to “shoot the breeze” too (yes, the beginning of the month was gusty). To add to the excitement of the warmer weather arriving, there was also a couple of special visitors in 2 echidnas who decided the range was a good place to take an afternoon walk safely on the side of road near the berm.

Our club members did their various duties of flags, range officer, set up, butts officer, etc etc. It was great to see everyone chip in doing whatever they could do to help (particularly on the days when a number of people were in Brisbane at the National Veteran’s Teams event). There are so many jobs in Duty Club month that it takes a community to make sure everything runs smoothly and efficiently. Well done Roseville on completing another Duty Club month – thanks to everyone that chipped in.

For some added fun, there was also the Arn Hammond match (300m) on the last shooting day of the month so there were extra jobs of coaching and scoring (not to mention shooting). This year could be a nail biter in some disciplines with TR currently coming second, FStd coming second and FTR powering ahead.

Janet Beale