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NSDRA OPM Hornsby Rifle Range 4th Nov 2012

November 6th, 2012 |

Author: DmitriK

This years District prize meeting was a great success with 72 competitors competing on a warm and mostly sunny day. There were a few 50’s in A Grade in the first range 500m and Roseville’s Alex Marriott shot a 50.2 to take out C Grade. There were only 2 60’s in F Class and none in F Open.

600m was a bit different and certainly more challenging for all the shooters. The sun came out with vengeance the mirage boiled feverishly so much so you could see it through the open sights! There were no 50’s in either TR classes and only one 60 in F Class. Phill Hodder from Roseville took out A Grade with a 49.7.

At 700m things became more steady with the wind mostly staying steady from the right, those who grouped on the left of the bull had more luck as the wind tended to drop off rather than pick up. There were a handful of 50’s in A Grade and one in B Grade. Rob Trodden won his first range medal in an OPM with a 49.1 in C Grade, well done Rob. Roseville’s Allan Humbert came second in F Class with a 60.1.

It was decided not to shoot the Masters as time was getting on so it was down to the parade ground for the final presentation and cool drink.

Phill Hodder was lucky to get 5th place in A Grade, Alex Marriot took 2nd spot in C Grade by a centre and Allan Humbert was 3rd in FS A Grade.

It was a great day had by all and a huge thanks goes out to all who helped during the day to make it an enjoyable and well run event that our district should be proud of.

Place	Competitor	First Name	Club	Grade	500 m	600 m	700 m	Aggr.
1	Davies	Duncan	West Wallsend	A	50.005	49.005	50.007	149.017
2	Jones	Richard	Manly	A	50.007	49.003	50.006	149.016
3	Whitford	Ken	Marrickville	A	50.006	49.005	50.005	149.016
4	Bailey	Jim	Holsworthy	A	50.004	49.004	50.006	149.014
5	Hodder	Phill	Roseville	A	50.002	49.007	49.006	148.015
6	Bunt	Mark	Katoomba	A	50.006	49.004	49.002	148.012
7	Roberts	Tim	Gosford	A	50.004	48.003	49.005	147.012
8	Kazakov	Dmitri	Roseville	A	49.003	48.002	50.003	147.008
9	Martin	James	Roseville	A	50.006	47.002	49.008	146.016
10	Marriott	Jon	Roseville	A	49.006	48.004	49.004	146.014
11	Bailey	Mitchell	Holsworthy	A	47.005	49.003	50.004	146.012
12	Ryan	Lewis	BHP	A	49.002	47.001	49.008	145.011
13	Ballantyne	Bill	Hornsby RSL	A	50.006	44.002	50.005	144.013
14	Roberts	Grant	Gosford	A	48.003	48.001	47.002	143.006
15	Barry	Bill	Holsworthy	A	49.001	44.001	49.004	142.006
16	Davies	Alex	West Wallsend	A	48.002	47.004	46.005	141.011
17	Boyde	Nic	Mosman NB	A	48.003	44.001	49.004	141.008
18	Martin	Andrew	Roseville	A	49.005	47.001	44.003	140.009
19	Caple	Doug	Hornsby RSL	A	48.004	47.003	45.001	140.008
20	Buchanan	Mark	Roseville	A	50.006	49.004	DNS	99.010

1	Morony	Terry	Manly	B	48.002	49.002	48.002	145.006
2	Rappo	Laurie	Hornsby RSL	B	46.003	49.003	48.004	143.010
3	Schwebel	Chris	Holsworthy	B	48.004	46.001	49.004	143.009
4	Roberts	Gail	Gosford	B	48.005	47.002	47.003	142.010
5	Lucas	Melbourne	Coonabarabran	B	46.004	41.000	50.003	137.007

1	Rawson-Harris	Doug	Hornsby	C	47.004	48.004	48.001	143.009
2	Marriott	Alex	Roseville	C	50.002	47.003	46.003	143.008
3	Stevenson	Rob	North Sydney	C	47.001	47.004	45.004	139.009
4	Cockle	Jeremy	North Sydney	C	44.000	46.001	49.003	139.004
5	Trodden	Robert	Roseville	C	46.002	43.003	49.001	138.006
6	Allman	Peter	Hornsby	C	48.002	44.002	44.002	136.006
7	Hannaford	Peter	Hornsby RSL	C	46.004	46.002	42.001	134.007
8	Rodgers	David	Hornsby	C	45.003	42.000	45.003	132.006
9	Moore	Daniel	Katoomba	C	44.000	47.002	41.004	132.006
10	Martin	Angus	Roseville	C	43.001	42.001	45.002	130.004
11	Schoevers	Bob	Katoomba	C	41.002	43.001	40.002	124.005
12	McInerney	Brian	Concord	C	39.002	40.000	40.002	119.004

1	Peters	John	Cessnock	FA	58.005	60.003	59.007	177.015
2	Bridges	David	Bankstown/Chatswood	FA	60.005	54.002	60.002	174.009
3	Humbert	Alan	Roseville	FA	56.002	58.006	60.001	174.009
4	Beavis	Andrew	North Sydney	FA	58.006	55.003	59.005	172.014
5	Fassilis	Anthony	Bankstown/Chatswood	FA	58.005	57.003	57.003	172.011
6	Johnstone	Peter	Marrickville	FA	56.002	58.003	57.001	171.006
7	Smith	Dennis	Gosford	FA	56.003	56.004	57.006	169.013
8	Bowyer-Tagg	Alan	Hornsby RSL	FA	54.002	52.001	57.002	163.005
9	Harvey	Robert	Marrickville	FA	53.001	51.002	51.000	155.003

1	Vivian-Jones	David	Concord	FB	60.006	53.000	58.002	171.008
2	Smith	Heather	Hornsby RSL	FB	58.005	52.002	59.001	169.008
3	Forbes	Alan	Concord	FB	56.002	57.002	55.001	168.005
4	Bridges	Ilona	Bankstown/Chatswood	FB	57.004	53.002	56.002	166.008
5	Norrgard	Vern	Hornsby RSL	FB	57.002	58.002	51.003	166.007
6	Cuthbert	Barrie	North Sydney	FB	52.001	47.000	59.006	158.007
7	Talman	Ben	Port Jackson	FB	56.004	53.003	47.002	156.009
8	Debattista	Joseph	Bankstown/Chatswood	FB	52.000	45.000	51.001	148.001
9	Ellis	Kim	18th Bn	FB	57.003	49.000	40.000	146.003
10	Radford	Andrew	18th Bn	FB	47.000	43.000	49.000	139.000
11	Mak	Owen	Hornsby RSL	FB	42.000	42.001	51.002	135.003
12	Kelly	John	18th Bn	FB	48.002	43.000	33.000	124.002
13	Fenton	Ron	Hornsby	FB	55.002	54.001	Ret	109.003

1	Algie	Will	Cessnock	FO	57.005	59.002	60.003	176.010
2	Ferrara	Ben	North Sydney	FO	59.007	58.004	58.007	175.018
3	Helm	Michael	Kiama/Albion Park	FO	58.006	58.005	58.004	174.015
4	Henry	Michael	Rail & Tram	FO	57.005	57.002	59.004	173.011
5	Paroz	Matt	North Sydney	FO	59.003	56.002	57.005	172.010
6	Rigby	Steve	Rail & Tram	FO	57.003	57.003	57.005	171.011
7	Brown	Paul	North Sydney	FO	56.001	56.003	58.004	170.008
8	Reynolds	Lewis	Cessnock	FO	54.004	55.003	60.005	169.012
9	Rigby	Alison	Rail & Tram	FO	51.001	57.003	56.004	164.008

1	Laurenson	Bill	18th Bn	MB	39.000	36.001	40.002	115.003
2	Ireland	Bede	18th Bn	MB	35.000	37.000	41.001	113.001
3	Daniel	Bill	RAE	MB	42.000	26.000	29.001	97.001
4	Evans	Chris	18th Bn	MB	12.000	15.000	22.000	49.000

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Blast from the past for two Roseville members

April 10th, 2012 |

Author: DmitriK

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

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for 2012

December 15th, 2011 |

Author: DmitriK

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!!!

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NSDRA OPM Hornsby Rifle Range 6th Nov 2011

November 10th, 2011 |

Author: DmitriK

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

The final top 3 placings of all grades are:
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

NORTH SHORE DISTRICT RIFLE ASSOCINC
PRIZE MEETING NOVEMBER 2011
Aggregate – Match 4

Competitor	First Name	Club	Grade	Rng 1	Rng 2	Rng 3	Aggregate
Kazakov	Dmitri	Roseville	A	49.006	50.006	50.006	149.018
Jones	Richard	Manly	A	49.007	50.004	50.006	149.017
Theobald	Peter	Nth Sydney	A	50.004	49.005	50.007	149.016
Ballantyne	Bill	Hornsby RSL	A	50.006	49.006	48.005	147.017
Gordon	Josh	Lyndhurst	A	48.004	49.004	50.007	147.015
Buchanan	Mark	Roseville	A	49.004	48.004	50.004	147.012
Leckie	Hugh	Nth Sydney	A	48.007	48.002	50.002	146.011
Roberts	Tim	Gosford	A	49.006	49.003	48.001	146.010
Waters	David	Katoomba	A	49.005	50.005	46.003	145.013
Jones	Evan	Manly	A	50.004	46.004	49.004	145.012
Parkins	Brendan	Kempsey	A	50.003	46.002	49.006	145.011
McDougall	Alastair D	Nth Sydney	A	47.001	48.002	49.004	144.007
Bright	Graeme	Bathurst	A	47.005	47.004	49.006	143.015
Kril	John	MNB	A	50.006	44.005	47.006	141.017
Martin	Andrew	Roseville	A	50.004	45.001	45.001	140.006
White	Barry	Wingham	A	48.006	42.002	49.007	139.015
Walter	Tim	Roseville	A	49.005	44.000	45.002	138.007
Caple	Doug	Hornsby RSL	A	47.003	39.001	46.001	132.005
Halnan	Clive	Roseville	A	49.006	46.002	–	95.008
Competitor	First Name	Club	Grade	Rng 1	Rng 2	Rng 3	Aggregate
Guest	Mark	Alpine	OC	26.000	46.004	50.004	122.008
Competitor	First Name	Club	Grade	Rng 1	Rng 2	Rng 3	Aggregate
Martin	James	Roseville	B	49.002	50.007	50.005	149.014
Hodder	Phill	Roseville	B	49.005	49.003	50.007	148.015
Roberts	Grant	Gosford	B	47.004	47.003	50.005	144.012
Riley	Alan	Katoomba	B	47.002	49.006	48.004	144.012
Wheeler	Lachlan	Manly	B	46.003	49.005	48.006	143.014
Gregorio	Fernando	Roseville	B	47.004	48.005	47.004	142.013
Maguire	John	West Wallsend	B	48.002	48.002	46.001	142.005
Wooton	Gary	Katoomba	B	46.003	47.003	47.003	140.009
Trevathen	Ian	Yorkshire	B	46.002	44.003	49.002	139.007

Competitor	First Name	Club	Grade	Rng 1	Rng 2	Rng 3	Aggregate
Roberts	Gail	Gosford	C	47.003	45.004	50.003	142.010
Fu	William	Nth Sydney	C	47.004	46.004	49.002	142.010
Stevenson	Robert	Nth Sydney	C	50.006	48.001	43.003	141.010
Muffett	Kevin	Aberdeen	C	46.002	46.003	48.004	140.009
Bartlett	Robert	Wingham	C	43.000	46.002	48.003	137.005
Kilby	Marcus	Manly	C	47.000	44.001	46.003	137.004
Jones	Rex	Alpine	C	46.001	43.000	47.004	136.005
Hannaford	Peter	Hornsby RSL	C	44.000	43.002	47.004	134.006
Van Soest	Roland	Hornsby RSL	C	42.001	41.002	46.003	129.006
Way	Stephen	Alpine	C	31.000	24.001	45.002	100.003

Competitor	First Name	Club	Grade	Rng 1	Rng 2	Rng 3	Aggregate
Ireland	Bede	18th Btn	MB	35.002	24.000	28.000	87.002
Bell	Andrew	18th Btn	MB	30.000	15.000	11.000	56.000

Competitor	First Name	Club	Grade	Rng 1	Rng 2	Rng 3	Aggregate
Davies	Rod	Cessnock	FO	60.004	58.002	60.008	178.014
Reynolds	Lewis	Cessnock	FO	58.004	58.002	59.005	175.011
Ferrara	Ben	Nth Sydney	FO	59.005	59.003	56.003	174.011
Rigby	Steve	Rail & Tram	FO	58.003	55.000	59.003	172.006
Brown	Paul	Nth Sydney	FO	58.002	55.001	58.002	171.005
Bowyer-Tagg	Alan	Hornsby RSL	FO	56.002	57.001	56.002	169.005
Henry	Michael	Rail & Tram	FO	52.001	54.001	51.001	157.003
Blewitt	Jamie	Cessnock	FO	53.000	43.000	57.004	153.004

Competitor	First Name	Club	Grade	Rng 1	Rng 2	Rng 3	Aggregate

Peters	John	Cessnock	FS	59.006	58.004	57.004	174.014
Smith	Dennis	Gosford	FS	60.006	56.003	56.003	172.012
Vivian-Jones	David	Alpine	FS	60.006	54.003	58.002	172.011
Seaman	Alan	West Wallsend	FS	58.006	52.001	59.004	169.011
Rigby	Chris	Gosford	FS	58.002	54.004	56.003	168.009
Beavis	Andrew	Hornsby	FS	55.001	56.002	56.002	167.005
Paroz	Matt	Nth Sydney	FS	57.003	52.000	58.001	167.004
Hart	Stephen	Rail & Tram	FS	54.003	52.000	59.005	165.008
Martin	Rochelle	Roseville	FS	55.002	55.003	55.002	165.007
Moss	Michael	Hornsby	FS	53.002	49.000	56.003	158.005
Duff	Paul	Hornsby RSL	FS	53.002	50.002	55.001	158.005
Smith	Heather	Hornsby RSL	FS	52.002	53.001	52.000	157.003
Fenton	Ron	Hornsby	FS	–	53.001	58.002	111.003
Gregg	Daniel	18th Btn	FS	44.000	30.000	N/A	74.000

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Gosford District Rifle club Annual open Prize Meeting 2011

October 31st, 2011 |

Author: DmitriK

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

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Roseville Rifle Club new website

July 29th, 2011 |

Author: DmitriK

Dear Members and Visitors

We would like to introduce the new website, which is also based on the new hosting.

Apart from the new format/look there is a forum available where Roseville members can register then log in and have access to discuss and comment about current club and other matters.

Unregistered users can see all the website except the forum.

Registered user can see forum except Club Member internal forum, which is accessible by Club Members only.

Users can submit the request to be registered on the website and then will be approved by administrator.

All posts and comment to the posts are approved by administrators and moderators.

The policies are flexible and can be changed.

Please feel free to add comments about any issue you think needs discussing or informing other members.

Any questions please don’t hesitate contacting Phill or any of the Club Committee.

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Important anouncement from HEX Systems Pty LTD

July 7th, 2011 |

Author: DmitriK

Sundays Doug King Masters Invitational Shoot using HEXTA-001 electronic targets

HEX Systems Pty Ltd had the following announcement on their website:

HEX Systems Pty Ltd is proud to announce that at 9am on this Sunday, 26th June 2011 at Hornsby Rifle Range, Hornsby Rifle Club will host the Doug King Masters Invitational Shoot using HEXTA-001 electronic targets. This will be the world’s first shooting competition in which the results are automatically published and available for viewing online, world-wide, live and in real time!

Please stay tuned! The link will be announced on HEX Systems website (http://www.hexsystems.com.au) on Saturday.

Note: You will need to use only FireFox or Google Chrome browsers as it does not work with Internet Explorer yet.

HEX Systems Pty Ltd website is hosted by USA corporation IXwebhosting

Today at about 5pm IXwebhostic published an announcement which states that their web server web403 is down. They can not give an indication as to when it would be restored. (see announcement and progress)

This problem will not affect the functioning of the electronic targets on the range. All spectators monitors, which will be connected on the range will not be affected. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Champion of Champions Shoot 2011

July 6th, 2011 |

Author: DmitriK

The Champion of Champions shoot was shot on 4th June in near perfect conditions on a clear and sunny afternoon. The wind only came up slightly in the last 2 ranges.

Mathew did an outstanding job in F Class and scored two 60 possibles at 500 and 700m to finish with 232.12. This is the first time Matt has shot a 60, a great achievement. He was narrowly beaten by Dennis Smith from Gosford RC with 236.18.

Alex did very well also, shooting 182.8, to come second in the juniors behind Evan Jones. Alex has only recently started using a new rifle and he has showed some early promise with it, good luck Alex for next year.

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2010-2011 Season Final results: Full Bore

July 5th, 2011 |

Author: DmitriK

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Full Bore 2011 final results

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2010-2011 Season Final results: F-Class

July 5th, 2011 |

Author: DmitriK

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F-Class 2011 final results

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Online results section is implemented on the Web Site

April 30th, 2011 |

Author: DmitriK

From today the Roseville Rifle club shooters will be able to see and print the shooting session online.

Currently the system is being tested with the Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome. The HEX Systems Engineers have been working to achieve the compatibility with Opera web browsers.

The page is very familiar to the shooters using the HEXTA-001 electronic targets terminals, which are working in the slave (scorer/spectator) mode. In this mode they can switch online between the targets (button “Target”) and between the current and the previous sessions (“Back” and “Forward” buttons).

“Zoom” button allows to zoom the scoring sheet in exactly the same way as on the range terminals. A user using touch screen devices can use the screen buttons to control the scoring system.

Members can print out these scoring sheets using their browser’s built in print function.

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Roseville shooting Australian made Electronic Targets

March 3rd, 2011 |

Author: DmitriK

Roseville is shooting the first commercially available eTargets HEXTA-001
Designed and Manufactured in Australia by HEX Systems Pty Ltd

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Mark almost breaks Canberra jinx

December 1st, 2010 |

Author: DmitriK

Five Roseville shooters attended the Canberra Queens Prize held over 19 to 21 November 2010. Mark Buchanan also shot the RA Rolph Aggregate lead up shoot.

Mark won Day 1 of the Rolph Aggregate with a possible 200.24 winning the final 600m match with 50.8 in the process. Mark scored 147.19 on Day 2 coming second at 700 metres with another 50.8, but dropping 2 points at 800 metres to finish second in the Rolph Aggregate with 347.43 to Spencer Dunstall on 348.40.

Results of the Queens Prize were as follows.

Mark Buchanan.
First Stage
300 50.8 4th
500 50.9 1st
600 50.5 3rd 150.22. Winner of the First Stage.
Second Stage
700 50.9 3rd
800 50.5 11th
800 47.4 65th 147.18 27th
Third Stage
500 50.8 9th
600 50.6 8th 100.14 3rd
Queens Aggregate 397.54 5th.

Rolph Aggregate 347.43 2nd

Grand Aggregate 744.97 2nd

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National Queens and Gosford Prize Meetings

October 12th, 2010 |

Author: DmitriK

Mark Buchanan and Tim Walter shot the National Queens in Brisbane from 14 to 16 October 2010.

Heavy rain preceded the Championships and the first day of the lead up Presidents shoot was cancelled. Rain threatened for the rest of the shoot and it was wet underfoot but it did not rain during the rest of the shoot.

Mark shot 149.19 on Day 1 of the Queens to be placed 20th in the Day 1 Aggregate. Tim shot 144.9 to finish 131st! What a difference 5 points makes.

The first range of the second stage was actually fired on Day 1 as rain was forecast for Day 2. The windy was gusty and tricky on Day 2 of the Queens as witnessed by the scores. Mark shot 49.8, 47.3, 47.3 for 143.14 for the Day 2 Aggregate to drop to 59th place. Tim shot 137.5 to drop to 143rd place.

Day 3 of the Queens saw 16 knot variable winds at 900 and 1000 yards and scores were the worst Tim have ever seen, especially at 1000 yards. Mark shot 48.4 at 900 yards and 34.0 at 1000 yards. Tim Walter shot 43.2 at 900 yards and 36.0 at 1000 yards which made Tim feel good as he has bettered Mark’s score! This gave Mark 82.4 on Day 3 of the Queens and Tim 79.2! This gave Mark a Queens Aggregate of 374.37 for 56th spot and Tim Walter 360.16 for 133rd spot, a 10 place improvement on Day 2 for Tim!

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Last season shoot

June 15th, 2010 |

Author: DmitriK

Roseville’s last shoot for the shooting year was shot on 29th May at 700m.

The weather was threatening and there was a strong possibility that it would be called off due to rain. It stopped raining though and the decision was made to start shooting. Only 3 brave souls shot though with others warming them selves in the clubhouse. Soon after shooting started the weather cleared up and the wind died off, it was like a very soggy shooting gallery. Mark started off in fine form shooting a near perfect 50.9, young C grader James then shot a very impressive 50.4. Andrew not to be left behind posted a great 50.6.

Mark had a goal in mind and set about beating Ian H’s “Cock of the Walk” for 700m of 100.17, he started strongly as ever and blitzed Ian’s previous score to shot a perfect 50.10, in doing so made it a clean sweep of top scores for this year on the final shoot! Well done Mark.

Andrew shot well again in his second shoot and scored a great 50.7 for a 100.13 for the day. James started off very strong after his 50 and the first 8 of his shots were bulls or centres, then unfortunately he shot two inners to finish. Still 98 is a magnificent achievement for a C Grader who hasn’t been shooting long at all. James had a couple of rounds left to shoot and guess what, they were a bull and a centre, which proves he can do it.

The Arn Hammond Team Shoots were dominated again by Roseville with Team #1 winning the Off Rifle Comp and the F Class team winning their comp. So well done again to all on another fine achievement.

So ends another shooting season with Mark once again raining supreme with an 1195.170 out of 1200, second was Ian H with 1190.127. B Grade was won by Grahame with 1151.87 and second Richard L with 1219.62. C grade was taken out by Alex shooting 1109.54 and Roger was second 624.30 (not shooting all ranges). F Class was blitzed again by Don with a great score of 1408, Don also scored 3 perfect 120’s during the year, and Marilyn was second with 1348.

Text and photos – Phill Hodder

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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!!!

Dear Members and Visitors

Sundays Doug King Masters Invitational Shoot using HEXTA-001 electronic targets

Roseville is shooting the first commercially available eTargets HEXTA-001 Designed and Manufactured in Australia by HEX Systems Pty Ltd

Text and photos – Phill Hodder

Roseville is shooting the first commercially available eTargets HEXTA-001
Designed and Manufactured in Australia by HEX Systems Pty Ltd