2007 SA Action Match State Titles
28-29 April 2007


All smiles as Victorian Zeljko Cvetnic wins
Metallic Class at the 2007 SA State Titles.
South Australia’s wettest weekend for several years greeted competitors at the 2007 South Australian Action Match State Titles held at the Adelaide Pistol and Shooting Club (APSC). In wet, cold and blustery conditions the skills of some of Australia’s best Action Match shooters were tested against not only the rules of the match, but the environment which dominated the weekend events.

For those lucky enough to be heading for Bianchi 2007 in the USA in May, the match was an excellent opportunity to hone techniques under match conditions. For a lot of others it was once again a time to practice under match pressure those basic skills which Action Match competition demands.

The APSC once again did an excellent job of coordinating the event, with club stalwarts Malcolm Gray, Leon Ovens and Steve Baldry ensuring things ran smoothly, despite the terrible weather conditions.


Suellen Ryan is happy to accept her prize
as Top Lady Shooter.
South Australian Barry Marsh demonstrated his match-winning experience in taking out the title for Open Class, while Victorian Zeljko Cvetnic from the Springvale Pistol Club came first in Metallic Class using his Smith & Wesson Model 67 revolver. NSW St Ives Pistol Club member Suellen Ryan won the Ladies division, with NSW Blacktown Pistol Club Junior Matthew Harriman again demonstrating his ability to mix it with the adults.

Many thanks go to the APSC for their support of Action Match in sponsoring the event for SSAA (SA). Gratitude also to Adelaide-based dealers Adelaide Gun Shop and Fisher Firearms for their ongoing assistance to the shooting sports. Winchester Australia also once again backed competitive pistol shooting by also donating prizes for this event.


Leon Ovens determined to do well on the
weak hand stage of the Practical Event.

Open Teams
Place Name Total Total-X LongX
1 Team Tubby 5706 470 168
2 Team Trained Athletes 5677 455 150
3 Team West 5623 421 154
4 Team Ives 5540 385 120
5 Team Adelaide 5500 342 112

Metallic Teams
Place Name Total Total-X LongX
1 Team Tubby 5336 318 88
2 Team Trained Athletes 5270 291 76
3 Team West 4811 230 53
4 Team Adelaide 1634 69 14

Open Class
Place Name Grade Bar Bar-X Prac Prac-X Mov Mov-X FP FP-X Total Total-X LongX
1 Barry Marsh High Master 480 46 478 42 478 28 480 111 1916 164 64
2 Zelijko Cvetnic High Master 480 45 478 33 475 35 480 101 1913 161 53
3 Bruce Dickey High Master 480 42 476 32 476 30 480 68 1912 152 52
4 Stephen Larner High Master 480 40 476 32 472 26 480 52 1908 146 55
5 Darryl Carnicelli High Master 470 44 480 42 476 30 480 102 1906 164 59
6 Darrell Powell Master 480 39 476 33 476 29 470 47 1902 148 50
7 Brian Hardy High Master 478 42 474 34 476 27 470 47 1898 150 53
8 Steve Baldry High Master 480 42 472 26 472 29 470 47 1894 144 51
9 Leon Ovens (Senior) High Master 480 46 458 27 472 24 480 80 1890 145 55
10 Matthew Harriman (Junior) Master 480 45 474 27 456 18 480 63 1890 138 53
11 Bruce Peters High Master 476 36 474 31 458 25 480 59 1888 140 42
12 Brent Laslett High Master 468 35 474 37 472 23 470 47 1884 142 45
13 Juro Crkovnik Master 480 42 474 28 478 29 440 44 1872 143 47
14 Allan Harriman High Master 478 44 459 28 449 24 480 59 1866 144 44
15 Graham Coombs (Senior) High Master 476 40 473 33 456 24 460 46 1865 143 50
16 Don Cashmore Master 480 41 174 29 449 17 450 45 1850 132 49
17 Peter Bennett Expert 478 33 466 29 435 26 470 47 1849 135 35
18 Len Marsh (Senior) Master 476 34 454 16 459 16 450 45 1839 111 34
19 Trevor Wilkin (Senior) Expert 478 28 442 14 453 20 460 46 1833 108 34
20 Brian Latz (Senior) Expert 466 34 445 20 448 15 450 45 1809 114 32
21 Danny Vagg Expert 467 20 430 15 450 11 430 43 1777 89 23
22 Suellen Ryan (Lady) Expert 457 23 426 10 437 18 420 42 1740 93 26
23 Malcolm Gray (Senior) Master 438 13 397 8 429 15 390 39 1654 75 17
24 Max Carrison Marksman 380 17 340 11 260 6 350 35 1330 69 30

Metallic Class
Place Name Grade Bar Bar-X Prac Prac-X Mov Mov-X FP FP-X Total Total-X LongX
1 Zeljko Cvetnic Expert 462 21 451 22 475 27 470 55 1858 117 29
2 Darryl Carnicelli Master 445 11 465 31 455 16 470 58 1835 105 31
3 Barry Marsh Master 425 25 466 29 453 22 460 56 1804 122 34
4 Brian Hardy Expert 421 13 453 20 455 23 460 55 1789 102 28
5 Brent Laslett Expert 415 15 424 17 448 18 410 41 1697 91 23
6 Stephen Larner Sharpshooter 425 10 419 15 441 16 350 35 1635 76 16
7 Leon Ovens (Senior) Sharpshooter 429 14 404 8 401 7 400 40 1634 69 14
8 Graham Coombs (Senior) Sharpshooter 409 13 402 14 442 16 380 38 1633 81 18
9 Allan Harriman Sharpshooter 409 12 411 11 443 13 360 36 1623 72 19
10 Juro Crkovnik Sharpshooter 373 14 431 20 448 18 370 37 1622 89 30
11 Matthew Marks Marksman 392 15 400 10 424 10 380 38 1596 73 18
12 Stephen Burgan Expert 392 17 403 6 424 10 370 37 1589 70 15
13 Ped Rowatt (Lady) Ungraded 386 16 375 14 379 9 410 41 1550 80 19
14 Don Cashmore Sharpshooter 434 18 445 18 404 11 260 26 1543 73 19
15 Collin Smith (Senior) Ungraded 387 11 401 15 415 14 280 28 1483 68 13
16 Darrell Powell Marksman 341 9 384 11 421 14 260 26 1406 60 8
17 Len Marsh (Senior) Marksman 296 3 337 7 399 9 350 35 1382 54 8
18 Robert Low Marksman 332 8 311 7 389 11 240 24 1272 50 7