TSNZ National Champs
February 19th 2018Day 3 was the first outdoor day, with the 3P National Championship plus the first Benchrest match being held.
The weather was still fairly kind, but it was clear that the wind was starting to pick up by the end of the day.
Well done to Owen Bennett who won his second National Men’s Championship, coming out top in the Men’s 3P. For those not in the know, the “3P” relates to shooting in the 3 positions of kneeling, prone and standing, 40 shots of each – this is a truly testing match, taking up to 3 ¼ hours.
The Women’s 3P (now also over 120 shots, increased from the old 60 shot match at the start of this year) was won by Sally Johnston. The Junior Women’s 3P was taken out by Meaghan Reesby, and it was great to see all 3 Women’s Junior shooters in their JDS jackets at the presentation.
Carmen Porfida laid down the challenge in her first Benchrest match, scoring an outstanding 599.44.
NOTE that squadding for the Graded 2 matches on Wednesday has been amended since it was emailed out to shooters - the new squadding info can be found posted at the Range and on the OUTDOOR / OUTDOOR NATIONALS page.
