CECIL PARK CLAY TARGET CLUB

Shoot Report for :  DTL Monthly Competition January 2012
DATE:    7 January 2012
Attendance:  26 shooters
Weather: Fine, light breeze

Report:
Many club shooters travel away at this holiday time of the year, and that was reflected in the numbers that turned up at the Monthly DTL competition. Even so, 5 squads enjoyed a brilliant day for DTL with 100 targets being offered comprising of 50 D/B and 50 D/B Cont. 
Joe Camilleri took out O/A with a fine 99/100 and a lot of shooters were not far behind him. (full results appear elsewhere)
I have to thank Vince Gatt (CPCTC President) for all his efforts in promoting the resurgence of monthly DTL competition, keeping the noms at $40 and guaranteeing the prize money.  Thanks to the volunteers and the office / canteen staff for making these days such a great success.
Also like to congratulate all the winners and place getters.
On behalf of C.P.C.T.C
Louis Galea

Event 1 – 30tgt Mixed Targets

OA – John Crompton 100-100
1st AA – Mark Drain 99-100
2nd AA – Allan Jones 97-100
1st A – Don McMillan 99-100
2nd A – Louis Galea 95-100
1st B – Alberto Muoio 72-75
2nd B – Karl Herz 72-75
1st C – Abdul Chahrouk 49-50
2nd C – Paul Hardwick 93-100

Event 2 - 25tgt Single Barrel

OA – Robert Duncan 87-87
1st AA –Grant Ellis 62-62
2nd AA – William Cameron 61-62
1st A – Anthony Bartolo 58-58
2nd A – Paul Jackson 57-58
1st B – Steve Cassar 25-25
2nd B – Youssef Yarak 32-35
1st C – Angelo Santangelo 26-28
2nd C – Paul Hardwick 25-28

Event 3 – 30tgt Double Barrel

OA – Darcy Chetcuti
1st AA – Nick Xenos
2nd AA – John Crompton
This shoot off went from DB to DB off 18m then onto Pointscore – 194tgts were shot to get the winner. Well done Darcy.
1st A – Samir Rehayem 124-124
2nd A – Samir Samaha 123-124
1st B – Sotiris Antoniou 67-67
2nd B – Lachlan Matthews 66-67
1st C – Bradley Park 35-35
2nd C – Ross Tourgelis 34-35

Event 4 – 25tgt Double Barrel

OA – John Crompton 58-58
1st AA – Frank Robinson 57-58
2nd AA – Robert Clarke 50-51
1st A – Tommy Armstrong 50-50
2nd A – Peter Ewart 49-50
1st B – Brody Walters 33-33
2nd B – David Green 32-33
1st C – Joshua Bell 32-34
2nd C – Jamie Vine 31-34

Event 5 – 25tgt Pointscore

OA – David Perri 177-177
1st AA – Frank Minici 174-177
2nd AA – Charlie Sherry 116-116
1st A – Samir Samaha 75-75
2nd A – Elton Chetcuti 99-100
1st B – Nasseem Malouf 75-75
2nd B – Gregory Muoio 74-75
1st C – Paul Hardwick 72-75
2nd C –  Paul O’Brien 75-78

Event 6 – 30tgt Handicap

OA – Peter Hayman 35-35
2nd – Peter Aganakis 34-35
3rd – Frank Minici 31-32
4th – Robert Duncan 30-31
5th - Karl Herz 67-68
6th – David Perri 66-68

2011 DTL COMPETITIONS

Trap - Monthly DTL comp
1st Saturday of EVERY month Start 11am
100 tgts Noms $40
O/A $80 + AA, A, B, C-1st $40, 2nd $30 & 3rd $20

Monthly Competition PROGRAMS are usually notified on the day of the event.

2011 SKEET COMPETITIONS

Monthly SKEET comp -
2nd SATURDAY of EVERY month - START 11am
100 tgts Noms $40 + Optional Sweeps $5
O/A – Sash & $60 plus In each grade :-
1st place $40, 2nd place $30, 3rd place $20

Cecil Park Clay Target Club Monthly DTL Results for December.

What a great day!  The first Saturday in December saw 6 squads enjoy good weather, good company and excellent shooting at CPCTC Monthly DTL competition.  This is designed as a budget competition – appreciated by the club members and regular visitors and is gaining popularity rapidly. A $40 nomination will get you 100 targets of DTL competition with the guaranteed cash prize:
1st O/A $80
1st each grade $40
2nd each grade $30
3rd each grade $20
The December results for 50tgts DB, 25 tgts PS and 25 tgts SB are:
Overall, with the only possible was PETER HALEY 150/150
All grades were determined by shoot-off, such was the strong competition:
AA grade
1st D. Perri 147, 2nd J.Schoepfer 147, 3rd T. Lionatus 144.

A grade
1st A Tsolakis 146, 2nd G. Hapeshi 144, 3rd E. Chetcuti 144.
B Grade
1st T. Clark 150, 2nd P.Karkoulas 148, 3rd F. Cicala 126.
C Grade
1st B. Matthews 129, 2nd C. Vournazos 108 3rd Bill Nolan 97

Come along and enjoy the excellent facilities and great targets on the first Saturday of each month commencing at 11am.
Canteen facilities will be open.

above - Shoot Marshal Louis Galea congratulated Peter Haley on Overall

above - J.Schoepfer & Louis Galea congratulates D. Perri on the AA shoot-off result

above - The scoreboard (Look at all that RED!!!)......

CPCTC December Monthly SKEET Competition
Saturday Dec 10, 2011
by John Tan
Cecil Park December Skeet Comp. Overcast in the morning then hot in the afternoon. A good turnout with 6 squads. First time flash targets were put in the hoppers at random. Those who shot a flash target got into a doubles shootoff. It was a great success. Thanks to Wayne Peterson for orgainising it and incidentally Wayne won the doubles as well as AA Grade. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all.
View the full Album (kind regards of John Tan)

above - Overall Winner of the December Skeet Comp - Peter Vella


above - The relaxing side to the Skeet comp.... the socialising!

above - Jess Sheather 2nd Place in B Grade with a fabulous 96/100

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2day ANIVERSARY SKEET CARNIVAL

12th & 13th November 2011

click here for more PHOTOS of DAY 1 (courteousy of John Tan)

Cecil Park Clay Target Club Monthly DTL Shoot Report for November 2011
We’re Back
After a long absence from regular monthly DTL shoots a small group of senior club members decided to approach the committee for support to embark on a programme of monthly Budget 100target shoots with cash prizes for all grades as well as a overall prize and or sash for the winner on the day. The nomination for the day is $40 and prize money is guaranteed $80 for overall first, $40 for 1st, $30 second and  $20 third in all grades from AA to C Grade.
With short notice the first of these events was conducted on the 1st October with only a small but enthusiastic  attendance. With minimal advertising other than by word of mouth our second shoot was held on the 5th November with double the entries of the first..The quality of shooters can be reflected in the results for the programme of one 100 Target event comprising 50 target double barrel and 50 target Point Score. In future the programme will vary but still comprise 100 targets whether it be double, single, point score or even double rise events.
Results from our November shoot which was conducted under ideal conditions and trialling Winchester White Flyer targets were as follows.
Overall went to Paul Farrugia and L Reghelin  with a scores of 198/200 and deciding  to split the prize money for overall and A Grade.
AA grade was won by the Big Banana Vince Gatt on 197/200 missing only one target in the point score. Second and third was fought out by the two veterans Peter Papps and Herb Prior both on a score of 196/200 Final placings  Papps 216/220 Prior 214/220 for second and third respectively.
A grade second place went to Andrew T (Tzolakis) with a score of 194/200 ahead of Mick Bojada on 193/200 Mick went into the Point score with 50/50 on the board but fell foul of the pointscore.
B grade was won by Don Durrant on 185/200
C grade was won by Simon Ho 127/200 from R Bartolo on 118/200
From comments made during the presentations we had a very happy group of shooters all itching to get amongst it at our next shoot on the 3rd of December. See you there!

2day ANIVERSARY SKEET CARNIVAL Report - by our shoot marshal Ben Buhagiar

Two Day Skeet Carnival at Cecil Park
On the weekend of the 12th & 13th of November, Cecil Park Clay Target Club held it’s annual 2 day Skeet Carnival. On both mornings we were greeted with slightly cool conditions and overcast skies but were lucky enough not have been rained on.
Some shooters that attended travelled some long distances, including places like Queensland with one in particular (Pat Dury) coming down all the way from Townsville, a couple of shooters from Victoria, and from varied places around NSW
With the help of my good friends, Michael, Jessie, Wayne, and Tony we had the targets on four layouts flying as near to perfect as possible and thanks to the incredible work done on the traps by Peter Vella the targets stayed that way ( except for a couple of minor adjustments) for the two days.
When all the nominations were in we had eleven squads of shooters for the Saturday and that was followed on the Sunday with ten squads. Now, to get ‘em going, I have experienced over a long period that a lot shooters are reluctant to volunteer to get the first wave under way by means of reefing and or scoring. Well, people, if you don’t help out, shoots would never start and don’t forget that you don’t have to do it again when next your turn comes round.
At around 15 minutes after the advertised starting time we finally got under way with the first event which was the Michael and Marina sponsored 50tgt Skeet Championship, the results are as follows :-  O/A winner John Guberina 89/89.  AA 1st Peter Vella 88/89,  AA 2nd Mark Fanning 57/58.  A grade 1st our very own President Vince Gatt with a perfect 50/50,  A 2nd Pat Dury 92/93.  B grade 1st (just to get back some of his sponsorship money) Michael “nugget” Maloney 60/61,  B 2nd Dennis Savage 59/61.  C grade 1st Robert Wade 47/50.  C 2nd Elton Chetcuti 46/50.
The second event, which has proved to be very popular was the 50tgt Skeet Handicap, this event was generously sponsored by Anthony Annecchini. After quqlifications were completed there were six squads to shoot-off for the 1st to 5th  prize money on offer. The results after lots of rounds of shooting, are, !st Elton Chetcuti 116/125. 2nd  Tony Hickman 121/125.  3rd Peter Papps 90/100.  4th Frank Cooper 99/100,  5th junior shooter Jack Kerfoot 90/100. 
Sunday morning and we were under way ahead of time (yeeaahh) with the 3rd event which is the Ross Dawson Memorial 50tgt Skeet Championship. For those of us that remember Ross, (Dawso, to some of us) we have some great memories of one hell of a stirring, cheeky, buggar of a guy that you just could not help to love (we miss ya mate) Results are :-  there was a shoot-off for O/A between Stephen Bell and Mark Fanning and I happened to be the referee for the shoot-off and there was some doubt in my mind at station 4 low when Mark was shooting, with that in mind I offered to reinstate the target but Mark being the gentleman that he is was adamant that he missed the target and refused to have the target again, and so it goes. O/A Stephen Bell 109/112.  AA 1st Mark Fanning 108/112.  AA 2nd Peter Vella 61/62. A grade 1st Tony Hickman 74/74.  A 2nd Ian Stewart 49/50. B grade 1st Michael Maloney 58/59.  B 2nd Jack Cunningham 49/50.  C grade 1st Robert Wade 55/58.  C 2nd Joshua Cunningham 51/55.                               
The fourth and final event was the Seb Cavallaro Memorial 50tgt Championship. Seb was another of the very, very popular characters of skeet shooting and on his day could foot it with the best. We were fortunate to have four members of the Cavallaro family present, including Carina, Seb’s wife  (who’s a pretty handy shooter in her own right) Seb’s son and two granddaughters. We thank them all for giving up their time to make the presentations. Results are:- O/A Peter Vella 105/106.  AA 1st Shane Bennett 88/89.  AA 2nd Michael Buttigieg 61/62.  A grade 1st Ian Stewart 104/105. A 2nd Ronald Satara 77/79.  B grade 1st Reg Clarke 48/50.  B 2nd Dennis Savage 47/50.  C grade 1st Robert (becoming a habit) Wade 48/50.  C 2nd Joe Haddad 47/50.                                                                         
The graded High Gun and section winners are:-                 
Junior High Gun Joshua Bell 192/200                                                                 
Ladies High Gun Lorraine Hughes 194/200                                                         
C grade High Gun Robert Wade 186/200                                                          
B grade High Gun Tony Hickman 193/200                                                        
A grade High Gun Neil Dimick 195/200                                                           
AA High Gun Shane Bennett 198/200                                                              
O/All High Gun Peter Vella 199/200                                                                
Thanks to our three juniors who, under the watchful eye of Steve Bell, did a great job of keeping the traps full. Thank you Vivian in the canteen your food was sensational, the ladies in the office Maria and in particular Shelly, who had to battle computer gliches and came out a winner great job ladies. To my mates who are always willing to give me a hand, ( you know who you are) thank you so much guys. To the sponsors, where would we be without you, on behalf of all the shooters, thank you so very very much. And last of all but certainly not in the least to our Club President, Vince Gatt thanks mate for all that you do for us not only in skeet but clay target shooting generally.  We at Cecil Park believe that the Skeet Carnival was a great shoot and will endeavour to maintain our high standard.                                                                                                              
Hope to see you and your friends next time round. Regards to all.                     
Ben Buhagiar ---Shoot Marshall.