Ballyvea Gun Club
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Club 100 Bird DTL |
2006 (2005) (2004)T he Club held its Members 100 Bird DTL shoot on Saturday 8th April on what turned out to be a morning of mixed weather with snow showers included with the wind but ended in sunshine. Twenty-three members took part in the competition to mark the end of a very successful year. No straights were shot but Willie Robinson shot closest with just a nic for 25/74. At the half way stage Matt Smyth was in the lead dropping just one bird for 49/144. With a gap in the points to 2nd place the next five shooters were packed close together as follows: Willie Robinson on 46/135, Sandy McConnell 47/134, Davy Megaw 46/132, Sam Haugh 45/132, Keith Edgar 44/131.In the final 50 targets Matt dropped only one more bird for a second fifty matching his first fifty score to finish on 98/288 to win the shoot. Willie Robinson had a strong second fifty with only 4 second barrels to finish on 96/281. Davy Megaw also had a good second fifty dropping just one bird and a few nics to finish on 95/271 taking him in to third. Keith Edgar, Sam Haugh and Alan Charleton were bunched together for 4th to 6th to make it into the Busby Shoot for a tense 25 Bird single barrel competition. A new Novice Shield was also up for grabs as part of the Club 100 Bird for Club Members who do not regularly take part in UCPSA 100 Bird events. Sandy McConnell started well and stayed ahead of the other Novice Shooters and some UCPSA shooters to finish on 92/264. Johnny Warburton shot well especially after a break from Clay Shooting and finished on 87/254 taking 2nd place. Hugh Chambers came in with a 85/245 to take third place. Finishing places as follows: Club Cup 1st Matt Smyth 98/288 2nd Willie Robinson 96/281 3rd David Megaw 95/271 Club Novice Shield 1st Sandy McConnell 92/264 2nd Johnny Warburton 87/254 3rd Hugh Chambers 85/245 The Busby Shoot Shooting in late afternoon sunshine was 2nd place to 6th place of the main 100 Bird Shoot. It was a tightly shot single barrel competition with the lead changing several times and finished as follows: Keith Edgar 23 targets, William Robinson 22, David Megaw & Alan Charleton both on 21 with Sam Haugh on 18 targets. 2006 Busby Winner - Keith Edgar
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2005The Club held its Members 100 Bird DTL shoot on Saturday 2nd April on what turned out to be a glorious day. It was only one of very few days that shooters could don their dark shooting glasses making a big change from woolly hats, coats and gloves.The first line began shooting at 11:30 in time for members to all shoot 50 targets before lunch and check the scores at the half way stage. Kenny Irvine was on top spot at this stage with 25/74 and 24/70 to lead with 49/144. Second spot was being tightly contested for with Matt Smyth on 24/69 and 24/70 with Stephen Irvine scoring 23/67 and 25/72 to both be on 48/139. The rest of the shooters were not too far behind with many bunched up in the 120 and 130 point range. The top five shooters behind the winner would gain entry to a new trophy called the ‘Busby’, so there was still plenty to shoot for. In the final 50 targets Kenny dropped a second bird and had a second barrel on his 3rd line while nearest rivals Matt and Stephen dropped only a few points to keep the pressure on going into the last line. Kenny held his nerve on the last 25 with only two second barrels to leave Matt and Stephen with second and third to be fought for. Matt took second place with a point more than Stephen on each line. Finishing places as follows: 1st Kenny Irvine 98/288 2nd Matt Smyth 96/281 3rd Stephen Irvine 96/279 The Busby Shoot All Club members shot particularly well and with fourth to sixth place qualifying for the shoot off with second and third, it made the end of the day very exciting. 4th Keith Edgar 5th Andrew Annett 6th RJ Cousins The single barrel shoot off was between Matt Smyth, Stephen Irvine, Keith Edgar, Andrew Annett & RJ Cousins. After the 25 birds Stephen & Andrew could not be separated hitting 24 from 25 targets. A further shoot off of 10 targets were needed with Andrew coming out on top. 2005 Busby Winner - Andrew Annett
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2004The Club held a Members 100 Bird DTL shoot on Saturday 3rd April. With some heavy rain early in the day it brightened up for the start of shooting at 1pm.Everyone completed 50 birds over 2 no. 25 bird lines and then stopped to count the scores and see who was leading at the half way stage and for a quick burger. Andrew Annett and David Megaw were tied on both birds and points at 49/145. Kenny Irvine and RJ Cousins were close behind on 47/138 and 45/135 respectively. At the final count after the 100 Birds had been completed it finished with Andrew Annett returning an impressive score of 97/286 for first place. David Megaw held on to second place with 94/279 followed by RJ Cousins one point behind on 94/278 as he made a late surge on the last 50 birds. An enjoyable first Members Club Shoot was had by all especially as the rain never really showed in the afternoon. Finishing places as follows: 1st Andrew Annett 97/286 2nd David Megaw 94/279 3rd RJ Cousins 94/278
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Below you can view the Members who attended the 1st Members 100 Bird DTL |
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