TSNZ National Champs
February 23rd 2018The penultimate day of the TSNZ National Championships finally dawned fine and clear.
The Mens Qualification match kicked off the day, with the 20 qualifiers from yesterdays Elimination match shooting for a place among the top eight who would go forward to the Final. Well done to the finalists: Owen Bennett, David Green, Martin Hunt, Ryan Taylor, Alan Gibbs, Grant Taylor, Robbie McNair and Ian McFetridge, and to the eventual medalists: Ryan Taylor (Bronze), Grant Taylor (Silver) and Martin Hunt (Gold). Lachie McNair also took out the Gold medal for the Junior Men’s match with his Qualification score of 599.5.
The Inter-Island match followed, with the North Island totalling 6712.3 to win over the South Island’s 6501.4, despite friendly rivalry involving Crunchie bars and a “shared” shot, and another fantastic shoot from the South’s Denva Wren, who top-scored with a PB of 624.9.
The final day tomorrow has an earlier start – the Slazenger/Wakefield/Drew match will have shooters called to the line at 9.15am, with the match starting at 9.45am. The Association teams match is also a little earlier, starting at 1pm.
Team photos will be at the Awapuni Racecourse from 6.00pm, so please don’t be late.
