This year, for the first time, the VRA separated the
different events and held them over two weekends.
Mark Horsnell accepting the trophy on behalf of the Inner West DRA Team – Winner of the 5 person TR Teams event
Champion of Champions
The Champion of Champions was held on Sunday, September 8
with a Prize Meeting held on Saturday, September 7. We had 44 entries for the
2019 Champion of Champions with the winners listed below. This was an increase
of entries from 37 shooters in 2018.
Name
Discipline
Club
Score
David Brewster
TR A
Fitzroy/Caulfield
200.23
Geoff Grayson
TR Junior
Bacchus Marsh
174.9
Garry Warrender
F STD A
Wangaratta
231.17
James Hay
F STD Junior
Colac
187.3
Albert van Wyk
F Open
Rosedale
237.24
Brooke Grenfell
F Open Junior
Bendigo
230.14
Viren Pereira
FTR
Werribee
231.13
Brayden Tayler
FTR Junior
Lang Lang
224.12
DRA Teams Weekend
This was held in conjunction with the VRA AGM on Saturday,
October 26 and Sunday, October 27 2019. The weather was very inconsistent, but
luckily the rain held off until after the shooting was completed.
A big thank you to all our volunteers and our Butts Officers,
Ron and Ross Aldridge, and our Chief Range Officer, Peter Hulett.
Winners were:
10 Person TR Team – Goulburn Valley DRA
Goulburn Valley DRA – Winners of the 10 Person TR Teams event
Shooters
Totals
Barry Wood
141.110
Simon Whatley
142.050
Peter O’Dwyer
142.120
Simon Wall
141.060
James Corbett
144.100
Tony Barker
142.050
Peter Daldy
135.030
Rob Richards
130.090
David Black
143.070
Richard Wall
139.070
1399.70
5 Person TR Team – Inner West DRA
Inner West DRA – Winner of the 5 person TR Team event
Shooters
Totals
Bernie Hawes
142.070
Tony Ivankovic
138.100
Keith Toh
148.160
Paul Jeffery
140.050
Mark Horsnell
142.100
710.480
F STD 5 Person Team – Ovens & Murray DRA
5 Person F STD Team – Winners – Ovens & Murray DRA
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