Thread: Te Puke Rifle Club

Our shooting season is over until the 1st of September. Officially that is, but there have been and will be some work to get through for some of our club members.

Brian Carter from this club and John Snowdon from Ashburton club were the NZ fullbore representatives to the Commonwealth games held in April at the Belmont Shooting Complex, Brisbane.

Te Puke rifle club's range at Pongakawa, was again the venue for the NI 300 metre championship, which was held over the weekend of the 26th/27th May in challenging winds.

Three of our members, Brian, Mike and Irene have been selected for the NZ Palma team to compete in the World Long Range Championship that will be held in early February 2019.
Five of our members have nominated for selection in the NZ veterans team, and another member is trialling for selection to the under 19 and under 21 NZ Juniors teams to compete at the same WLRC event.

This event, which will directly follow the National Fullbore Champs is to be hosted by NZ at Trentham between the 3rd and 10th of February 2019. https://www.lrwc2019.nz/ It is 24 years since NZ last hosted the WLRC which was in 1995.

We also have to find a time to shoot a postal match for the NZ Champion Club teams competition for which entries close on the 1st August.

What this means for most club members who shoot in the TR class, is that they will be in training throughout the winter whether it be miniature rifle, 300 metre, electronic trainer, or hours spent in position dry-firing. Some may travel to Australia as their winter is when their major competitions are held.

All in all, a busy and fun season ahead. We look forward to welcoming back those who came for a look this past season, and invite everyone else to come along and have a look and shoot when the new season starts, the first Saturday after the 1st September

The Te puke RC AGM was held today, with existing club officials returned and subscriptions unchanged. One item that may be of interest to this forums members is that the club has taken on board requests from several bods who have attended our hunter class shoots, to hold two shoots over the season.
Therefore there will be a shoot early in the new season, probably October, as well as February. We will post our 2018/19 calendar as soon as the final dates are confirmed.
A prizegiving for internal club competitions was held after the close of business. Pictured are the A, B, and C grade winners.