Australia Day 2018 Benchrest Matches

As the first major benchrest shoot of the year, the Australia Day matches in Canberra always attract a good crowd of keen benchresters. For 2018 there were fifty entries from all over the country.

Saturday was Light Benchrest day and competition began at 100 yards. Mark Tallar soon let us know his intentions and punched down a .109 group on the A target. There were plenty of point one groups through the morning, but Mitchell Tallar decided that Dad’s group had stood for long enough, and he put down a very nice .095 screamer. No one was able to better that one. The aggregate however went to William Greer with .1880 – he shot three point ones and a pair of twos and that’s hard to beat anytime.

The longer yardage out at 200 was shot in quite favourable conditions and one had to shoot better than a point four group to even look like winning a relay. The best of these was a tidy .255 shot by Robin Elton on his B target. This assisted him to win the aggregate with .2423 in a blanket finish.

The Light Benchrest grand aggregate saw yet another win to Paul Sullivan with .2217 – he finished second at 100 and fourth at 200.

Light Benchrest Top Ten

Paul Sullivan	Qld	0.2217
William Greer	Qld	0.229
Michael Heubner	Vic	0.2445
Mitchell Tallar	NSW	0.247
Brendan Atkinson	SA	0.2532
Robin Elton	Qld	0.2538
Fergus Bailey	Vic	0.2807
Barry Tucker	NSW	0.2859
Bill Jupp	NSW	0.2898
Steve Sori	NSW	0.2903

Heavy Benchrest Top Ten

William Greer	Qld	0.2833
Steve Sori	NSW	0.2871
Cameron Bailey Jnr	Vic	0.2954
Thomas Spang	NSW	0.3084
Mitchell Tallar	NSW	0.3106
Ean Parsons	NSW	0.3159
Les Fraser	NSW	0.324
Paul Sullivan	Qld	0.3241
Robin Elton	Qld	0.3284
Robert Bisset	SA	0.3324

Two Gun Top Ten

William   Greer	Qld	0.2561
Paul      Sullivan	Qld	0.2729
Mitchell  Tallar	NSW	0.2788
Steve     Sori	NSW	0.2887
Michael   Huebner	Vic	0.2901
Robin     Elton	Qld	0.2911
Brendan   Atkinson	SA	0.2989
Thomas    Spang	NSW	0.304
Cameron   Bailey	Vic	0.3084
Fergus    Bailey	Vic	0.3175