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LIGHTRIVERRIFLECLUBINC.
2016OPENCHAMPIONSHIPREPORTThe Light River Rifle Club held our annual open championship on Saturday 9thJanuary2016. Theweatherwas relatively good for a change, after some40degCperiodspriortoChristmas.Thetemperatureonthedaygotupto34degCandwindswere light in themorning, getting up to 10 to 15mph in the afternoon, from thenorth.Therewasagoodattendance,with53shooterstakingpart–13Agrade,14Bgrade,5Cgradersand7FOpenwith14FStandard.CongratulationstoPaulSavagefromPortPirieRC,whowonthecompetitionwithascoreof146.13.ItwasgreattoseeaLightRivershooterwinBgrade,whichwastakenoutbyDickSpillmanwithascoreof141.06–welldone.Paul Savage alsowon the Open Championship Badge, with the highest score as apercentage of the possible score. Thiswas open to all disciplines. Resultswere asfollows:
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Aneventlikethisistheculminationofworkbymanypeople.Iwouldliketothankthefollowingespecially:
• PaulBothwell andTerryBickley for the selection andpurchaseof the greattrophies;
• ThankstothetrophydonorsincludingColdLogic(viaBradSemmler,LRRC),TrevorJames(LRRC),GrantLewis(LRRC)andRayRobertson(P&R);
Figure1-TheOPMTrophies(toiletseatnotincluded!)
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• Range Officers Richard Braund and Chris Green from CTV, with someassistancefromBradSemmlerandothers,whokeptthingsundercontrolonthemound;
• ButtsOfficerPhilBrittonandthemarkers,withoutwhom,noneofthiswould
havebeenpossible;
• Thekitchen staff includingGrant Lewis, Trevor James andGarthApThomasandRobertfromCTVformorningteaandlunch;
• BarmanTerryBickley,whowasalmostrunoffhisfeetattimes;
• StatsOfficerBenWrightsonforhistirelesseffortsbehindthecomputer;
• RossCunningham(LRRC)forthedonationoftheglassriflefullofport,which
wasthemainraffleprize.Alsothankstotheotherrafflewinedonors; Figure2-TheRafflePrizes
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• ChrisMcDermottwhobeateveryonetotheclubhousethedaybeforetheOPM
tocleanuptheChristmasmess;
• Alsothankstothosewhoputupandtookdowntheflagsandhelpedoutonthemoundinmovingboardsetc.;
• Also, thanks to all the shooters who attended on the day to make it the
successfuleventthatitwas.Many happy returns to James Freebairn, whose 75th birthday was on the OPMSaturdayandwhowascalledupontopresentthetrophies.Grant Lewis Captain/SecretaryLIGHTRIVERRIFLECLUB
Figure3–Atypicalsceneatthemound
Figure4–300metres–where’sthewind?
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Figure5-Onthemound,hardatwork.
Figure6-TheBadges