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RAVENSHOE, QLD, Australia
The Ravenshoe/Mt Garnet Rifle Club shoots competitions every Sunday (9am muster for 9.30am start) at the Ravenshoe Shooting Complex located on Cemetery Road in Ravenshoe. Competitions are shot at distances of 300, 400, 500, 600 yards and 700 & 800 meters with one distance shot each week. We shoot several categories of rifles: Target Rifle, F Standard, F Open, F/TR and Sporting-Hunting. The Club welcomes everyone who would like to come and try our sport. For more information contact: rc.ravenshoe@gmail.com

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Sunday 30 March 2014

Results Sunday 30 March 2013

Ravenshoe Hardware kindly sponsored today’s shoot at 500 yards. Results for double 500, 10 shots comp. Target Rifle – S. Durham (Mareeba) 94.6. F Open – P. Burg 120.11, G. Venables 112.6. FTR – J. Anderson 109.5. F Standard – K. Randolph 114.7, M. Wood 110.2, P. Padgett 108.6. Field Rifle – B. Ingledew (visitor) 103.2.
Sunday, April 6: Double 600, 8.30am start.

The Range will be closed on Thursday 3 April and Friday 4 April for all shooting.

Wednesday 26 March 2014

SANDFORD WIN FOR RAVENSHOE SHOOTERS


On 22 March 2014 Murray & Liz Wilson took part in the Sandford (just south of Hobart) Open Prize Meeting in Tasmania. It was a bitterly cold, blustery, rainy morning with 35 shooters competing 3 x 7 shot matches over 300, 500 and 600 yards. Murray took out the 300 y range from the other nine FS-B competitors, while Liz came 1st over 500 y. Murray ended up Aggregatate FS-B winner and Liz came 2nd. It was a thoroughly enjoyable day with friendly camaraderie and good food the order of the day.

Ravenshoe Shooters Shoot Tasmanian Queens 2014

Following their shoot in the winning North Queensland Team’s shoot, Murray & Liz Wilson shot the lead-up to the Tasmanian Queens (The Davis Series) over 6th and 7th March 2014. Murray took out 1st place at 300 yards with 60.04 over Liz with 59.07. Liz also came 3rdon Day 2 at 700 yards. The whole two days covered 300, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 yards. Liz Wilson took out 3rd aggregate badge with Murray coming 8th.

The Queens shoot followed over 8th, 9th and 10th March. Campbell Town Range in Tasmania is renowned for very windy conditions, but the locals said that conditions were not so bad this year. If 13 minutes of wind is benign we’d hate to think what bad conditions were like! Day 1 comprised double 500 and double 600 yards. Day 2 was over double 700 and double 800 yards. A 7.30am start on Day 3 was over 900 and 1000 yards. Murray took out 2nd Daily Aggregate in the Second Stage. There were no range medals awarded. Murray also took out 3rd Queens Aggregate and 3rd overall Grand Aggregate (for the Davis Series and the Queens). Certainly a good result for our Highlanders.

F Class Teams Competition, Tasmania 3 – 5 March 2014

The Australian F Class Teams Competition, comprising 9 teams Australia wide, took place in Campbell Town, Tasmania, over three days in March 2014 prior to the Tasmanian Queens Shoot.
It was tightly contested with Victoria leading after Day 1 over North Queensland by 9.02. On Day 2 the 10 shot match at 1000 yards completed the first match of the competition. After some superb shooting by the North Queensland Team, this left Victoria ahead of North Queensland by 1.02 to win the first match. The second shoot at this range was a 15 shot match at 1000 yards and the combination of the two 1000 yard ranges comprised the second match. This was won by North Queensland. The grand aggregate of the two days was won by North Queensland (1433.58 over Victoria’s 1429.51), which gave North Queensland the National F Class Standard Teams Championship, Tasmania 2014.
The North Queensland Team comprised:
Captain: John Lorimer
Coach: Jim Blomfield
Shooters: Shane Green, Murray Wilson,Charles Lazarus, Elizabeth Wilson and Stephen Lazarus
Manager: Vicki Cusick

Congratulations to all participants and particularly Jim Blomfield who coached valiantly under some very trying conditions. The full details can be found under the NRAA website.

Results Sunday 23 March 2014

RAVENSHOE TYRERIGHT kindly SPONSORED today’s shoot at 400 yards. An overcast morning with rapidly changing wind. Results for double 400, 10 shots comp. FTR – J. Anderson 109.6. F Standard – M. Wood 118.3, B. Gianasi 116.8, C. Allman 115.7, K. Randolph 113.8, G. Venables 111.6, Kath Chatfield 110.4, Kev Chatfield 107.6, P. Padgett 105.2.
Sunday, March 30: Double 500, 8.30am start.

Sunday 16 March 2014

Results Sunday 16 March 2014

CHATFIELD BUS TRANSPORTERS kindly SPONSORED today’s shoot at 300 yards. A sunny morning with tricky changing winds. Results for double 300, 10 shots comp. Service Rifle – J. Anderson 99. F Open – P. Burg 119.13, G. Venables 115.5. FTR – J. Anderson 111.3. F Standard – Y. Burg 116.11, M. Wood 115.7, K. Randolph 114.8, B. Gianasi 113.3, Kev Chatfield 113.3, Kath Chatfield 108.5.
Sunday, March 23: Double 400, 8.30am start.


Sunday 9 March 2014

Results Sunday 9 March 2014

RAVENSHOE TYRERIGHT kindly SPONSORED today’s shoot at 400 yards. An overcast morning with light winds. Results for double 400, 10 shots comp. F Open – G. Venables 113.3. FTR – J. Anderson 105.1. F Standard – B. Gianasi 119.11, M. Wood 112.7, P. Padgett 111.3, K. Randolph 109.8, Kath Chatfield 109.4, Kev Chatfield 108.5, E. Chatfield 107.2.
Sunday, March 16: Double 300, 8.30am start.


Sunday 2 March 2014

Results Sunday 2 March 2014

RAVENSHOE HARDWARE kindly SPONSORED today’s shoot at 500 yards. A sunny and hot morning with rapidly changing winds challenged the shooters in Ravenshoe today. Results for double 500, 10 shots comp. Target Rifle – K. Randolph 68. F Open – G. Venables 115.4. FTR – J. Anderson 107.3. F Standard – K. Randolph 116.6, Kath Chatfield 113.5, Kev Chatfield 113.4, P. Padgett 109.02, B. Gianasi 108.3.
Congratulations to Kevin Randolph who won the aggregate F Standard Division 2 in Mareeba last week. Also congratulations to Brenton O’Reilly and Paul Padgett for the third aggregate place in F Standard Division 1 and F Standard Division 2 respectively.
Sunday, March 9: Double 400, 8.30am start.