Bananacoast Benchrest Championship 2007
25-26 August 2007
Saturday August 25 saw 51 shooters line up for the 100-yard Light Varmint event after 20 inches of rain had fallen on the range in the previous week. Despite the weather competitors came from Perth, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Tamworth, Armidale, Warwick and Brisbane.
From the first detail it was obvious that the shooters were here to win, with Paul Sullivan shooting an excellent .092. The other small groups went to Paul Sullivan .147, Nick Catlin .150, Karl Kuehn .102 and Richard Drozdowski .131. The 100-yard LV was won by Richard Drozdowski with two ones and three twos for .2038, 2nd Nick Catlin .2062 and 3rd Paul Sullivan .2154.
In intermittent light showers the 200-yard event went well with our new moving backers working flawlessly. Small groups were as follows: Paul Sullivan .371, Nick Valentine .391, Ann Brummell .331, Michael Thompson from Coffs Harbour .291, and then Tony Allinson with a screamer group of .196.
Placings for the yardage saw Stuart Elliot in 1st with .2432, Laurie Bowe .2521 and Barry Warwick .2612.
The aggregate was won by Stuart Elliott .2463, 2nd Paul Sullivan .2466, 3rd Barry Warwick .2534.
Sunday August 26 dawned clear and cool with the sun shining for the first time in eleven days. Heavy Varmint commenced at 200 yards with small groups being shot by Ann Brummell .294, Robin Elton .341 and .208, Graham Keppie from W.A. .279 and Paul Sullivan .259.
The HV 100-yard saw Keith Highfield .162, Steve Sori .156, Bob Purcell .162, Tom Brummell .128 and Paul Sullivan .109 with the small groups.
Paul Sullivan won the aggregate with .2133, Barry Warwick 2nd with .2464 and Phil Jones 3rd with .2519.
2-Gun placings were Paul Sullivan .2300, Barry Warwick .2499, Stuart Elliott .2526, with local shooter Ray Beavis in 7th place with .2856.
Top 10 patches were awarded for the 2-Gun aggregate as well as numbered caps sponsored by Ray Beavis of Monsoon Irrigators. Ian Thompson, ISP Projectiles, donated 1000 bullets which were raffled and won by Paul Sullivan.
Stuart and Annie Elliott, of BRT, also gave a local member, Paddy McGuire, a free training day for his donation of the use of his excavator for the earthworks.
This year’s shoot had 10 Hall of Fame members attend with Ann Brummell presenting new HoF member Craig Whittleton of Perth with his number 25 shooting jacket.
| 2-Gun Aggregate | |||||
| Name | LV | HV | Agg. | ||
| 1 | Paul Sullivan | HoF | .2466 | .2133 | .2300 |
| 2 | Barry Warwick | NSW | .2534 | .2464 | .2499 |
| 3 | Stuart Elliott | HoF | .2463 | .2588 | .2526 |
| 4 | Nick Catlan | QLD | .2542 | .3041 | .2792 |
| 5 | Tony Allinson | HoF | .2937 | .2725 | .2831 |
| 6 | Annie Elliott | HoF | .2923 | .2769 | .2846 |
| 7 | Ray Beavis | NSW | .2857 | .2854 | .2856 |
| 8 | Craig Whittleton | HoF | .2898 | .2818 | .2858 |
| 9 | Ann Brummell | HoF | .3011 | .2832 | .2922 |
| 10 | Steve Nash | NSW | .2973 | .2910 | .2942 |
| 11 | Peter Bowe | QLD | .3193 | .2767 | .2980 |
| 12 | Peter Nash | NSW | .3176 | .2893 | .3034 |
| 13 | Tom Brummell | NSW | .3276 | .2795 | .3036 |
| 14 | Steve Sori | HoF | .3552 | .2548 | .3050 |
| 15 | Laurie Bowe | QLD | .2893 | .3239 | .3066 |
| 16 | Phil Jones | HoF | .3695 | .2519 | .3107 |
| 17 | Richard Drozdowski | NSW | .2994 | .3221 | .3108 |
| 18 | Alan Peake | HoF | .3051 | .3244 | .3148 |
| 19 | Bob Purcell | QLD | .3299 | .3030 | .3164 |
| 20 | Keith Highfield | NSW | .3385 | .2946 | .3166 |