ACT Queens

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Bloody 'puter played up last night so no posts from me.
The Shattered Shooters Shelter Shed did brisk business last night as we acknowledged a fine win in Open by Rod Davies (405-27), 4 points clear of myself in 2nd(401-26) saved by X's from Spencer Dunstall (401-14)who was 3rd.
Mark Fairbairn just one point back (400-27) was 4th, and Ben Ferrara (398-19) was 5th .
It was a very hard day at the office, with some wildly absurd wind changes for most of the day. Spencer Dunstall was the last to shoot in F Open, and drew the far Right hand lane, shooting right beside the trees and flags . He had a significant peanut gallery of interested onlookers, and had some reasonable conditions as he gave a superb display with his little 6mm Dasher at 800 meters. Rod, Mark, Ben and myself were all shooting 7mm's.
Tradition is a very important thing in shooting sports as we all know, so we spent some hours last night (or was it thismorning ??) pointing out to Roderick that there is apparently a strong tradition at Queens Prize events that "whomever wins the Lead Up shall crash and burn in the Queens".
We live in hope !! With a 7mm Benchmark barrel up for grabs in the Grand Agg, I don't think Rod will throw any points away !
Quite a few new faces in town last night, here for the main event, so I think it's guaranteed to be another fascinating Day 1 of a Queens, here in Canberra.
Tony

[AlanF]

Thanks Tony, and well done to Rod, yourself and Spencer.

Yes quite a few F-Open Rolph winners have crashed and burned in the Queens. But the scarey thing for those of you who don't go by the name of Roderick, is that after both of his Rolph wins, he went on to win the Queens ! But my own experience backs up your theory (sort of). My only win at Canberra was after coming LAST in the Rolph .

Keep the reports coming Tony - much appreciated. And have a good one in the Queens.

Alan

[MCLE]

Yeah, the walking dead of the fullbore always awake for a Queens.

That's Gold Danny very funny.I suppose the Fclass winner will be chaired in as well. Arrr sorry I mean they will be shouldering the Jason Recliner for the winner of the Queens..
Michael H

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Matt Paroz off to a great start at 300 with a 60-7. Ben dropped 1
Mal Sharp from Orrange had. 60-3 in Std A

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Bartman007 a 60.8, also Paul Reid from Albury way, the same.
Spencer a 60.7
Deehan a 60-8 and a big grin.?.........correction 60-7
Seasoned veteran Raeburn Trindall a 60-7 as well

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Paul Read a 60-7 at 500
Ben Ferrara a 60-4
My wheels fell off.....spat out by the wind and just couldn't pick it... One misfire and no spares so run back to ute....finished with 6, X, 6 but after the the other 8 that I dropped my score was 52-2 with 2 bloody 4's,(1 left and 1 right)
Following names not in any particular order
Mark Fairbairn 60-4
Rod Davies 60-3
The really good news is 27 starting in F Open.
Matt Paroz 59-7
Spencer Dunstall 59-7
Tim Nugent 58-

[Brad Y]

The challenge is now set Tony, I dropped 6 at 300 in our queens and came second albeit with a few less shooters, but mate you have nothing to lose now. And make sure you always take extra rounds to the firing line with you!

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Final 500 mtr
Paul Read 60-7
Ben Ferrara 60-4
Mark Fairbairn 60-4
Rod Davies 60-3
Spencer Zdunstall 59-7
Kel Bell 59-6
Matt Paroz 59-6
Dennis Shallis 59-2
Bob Eager 59-1
Mike Hallran 58-6. That rounds out the top 10

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Progressive after 500
Paul Read 120-15
Mark Fairbairn 120-11
Rod Davies 120-07
Spencer Dunstall 119-14
Matt Paroz 119-13
Ben Ferrara 119-11
Paul Deehan 118-12
Mike Waites 118-12
Garry Hunt 118-06
Kel Bell 117-11
That's the top ten
My 52 puts me to 22nd place out of 27
In Std, Steve Sharp and Jim Caspers from Murray Bridge are on 120-12 and 120-11 respectively

[Norm]

Tony,
Some good scores being shot. What are the conditions like?

[jcinsa]

Thanks for the prompt score updates !


Great to see Jim Caspers flying the colours for Murray Bridge !!


What calibre is Spencer using ?

Thanks , John

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500 conditions were pretty switchy ....that's my only excuse.
Back at 600 now and actually pretty steady 3-5 mph from the left, with drops offs to virtually still.
Spencer is still shooting his 6 Dasher I think, as his 7mm not ready. I will check after I shoot.

[DenisA]

Tony, thanks for all the updates, what a great job and sorry to see your dropped points. I'm immune to the gut wrenching feeling of them now.

What an AMAZING level of competition. This games getting really hard these days with all the great shooters, technology and gear.
As Mark F said to me not long ago theres 7 places drop with each bullet!................ its kind of a "glass half empty" mentality, but its true................ I think I was on my way to the mound when he said it

Congrats to Steve and Jim shooting F-std. They are amazing scores compared to the higher performing calibres of F-Open.

[Quick]

Awesome work gents!!!! Glad to see so many shooting F-Open at the ACT Queens.

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PROGRESS SCORES, DAY ONE OF THE QUEENS PRIZE IN F OPEN
1) Paul Read 180-22
2) Matt Paroz 178-22
3) Ben Ferrara 178-16
4) Mike Waites 177-18
5) spencer Dunstall 177-15
6) Mark Fairbairn 177-15
7) Kelvin Bell 176-12
Garry Hunt 176-08
9) Rod Davies 176-08
10) Peter Merriman 175-11
11)Tim Nugent 175-09
12) Greg Warrian 173-10
13)Rod Mahon 173-09
14) Steve Rigby 171-10
15) Cliff Austen 171-08
16)Rob Eager 171-06
17) Dan Shallis 171-06
18) Paul Deehan 170-14
19) Tony Berry 170-12
20)mike Henry 170-11
21)Terry Sheedy 170-10
22) Mike Halloran 169-10
23)Craig McGowan 169-08
24)Dave Groves 168-09
25) Russel LE Maitre 160-09
26)Lou Shallis 159-05
27)L Sheedy 150-04