South East shooters shine at State Titles

Monarto hosted championships see plenty of titles returning to this region

The South Australian Sporting Clays Championships were held recently at Rocky Gully Sporting Clays at Monarto, South Australia. The 150 target event held over two days saw nearly 100 competitors nominate for the event. It proved to be a very successful event for the 21 travelling sporting clay shooters from the South East.

Reigning champion Jeremy Kent held a two target lead over the field after day one of competition, however Gavin Dyson came back strongly on the Sunday morning to finish on 139/150, two targets ahead of Kent, to claim the State championship.

Kent had to be content with runner up and take out AA Grade. Finishing third overall with a score of 136/150, Declan Wright (pictured below with trophy) claimed the Junior title by a large margin. Ron Rhook finished fifth overall scoring 133/150 and took out the Veterans title.

Michael Gates had a very successful weekend as he claimed the C Grade title and also took out the Handicap High Gun for the weekend.

Leigh Dunn and Chris Wright managed to finish second and third in the Senior category. Peter Klieve finished runner up in the Masters category. Sub Juniors Jack Dyson and Noah VonStanke-Dowie finished second and third

Following the shoot, the South Australian State team competing in the Sporting Clays Australia Nationals at Gunnedah, New South Wales, this month was named and includes Nicholas Bologiannis, Janette Densley, Jo Densley, Jeremy Kent, Leigh Dunn, Craig Scheele & Chris Ball.