SSAA NSW Muzzleloading State Titles

The SSAA NSW Muzzleloading State Titles were hosted by Cranston Wilson, Rudi Schneider and the ACT Black Powder Club at the SSAA Majura Range in Canberra in the ACT. They did a great job of looking after the competitors with the help of the Junior Club assisting with catering. The weather was cold with frosty mornings and cold blustery winds during the day, which made the shooting quite challenging.

Patricia Hanlon and new shooters Rachael Grogan, Kelvin Moss and Ian McCall qualified for their Marksman Proficiency bronze medals. Also, Ian McCall collected a silver proficiency medal.

Bruce Drover was the outstanding shooter of the State Titles. He won all four Aggregate medals and trophies, which to my knowledge has never happened before. He also shot a 97.4 in the 50m Offhand Traditional Rifle. His target has been submitted to the SSAA Muzzleloading National Discipline Chairman for checking as a new national record. The current record is 97.3.

The weather made shooting conditions difficult for everyone, but some, such as Glenn Barnsley, Kelvin Moss and Ian McCall did improve over their previous year’s results. Patricia Hanlon shot her highest scores in two ladies events and beat her husband into third place in the 100m Class 1 Bench Rest after borrowing one of his rifles.

Thank you to SSAA ACT and the Black Powder Club for making it a successful and enjoyable event.

by NSW Muzzleloading Discipline Chairman Ian Hanlon

Class 3 Military Rifle 200m
1	Ian McCall	91
2	Ian Hanlon	82
3	Bruce Drover	80
Black Powder Cartridge 200m
1	Ian McCall	227
2	Bruce Drover	218
3	Shayne Barnsley	187
Class 1 Bench Rest 100m
1	Ian Hanlon	77
2	Glenn Barnsley	74
3	Ray Harrold	73
Class 1 Prone 100m
1	Shayne Barnsley	77
2	Bruce Drover	74
3	Kelvin Moss	71
Black Powder Cartridge 100m
1	Ian McCall	222
2	Shayne Barnsley	206
3	Bruce Drover	201
Class 2 Traditional Rifle Bench Rest 100m
1	Ian McCall	82
2	Bruce Drover	81
3	Ian Hanlon	73
Class 2 X-sticks 100m
1	Bruce Drover	79
2	Glenn Barnsley	78
3	Ian McCall	76
Class 3 Bench Rest 100m
1	Kelvin Moss	76
2	Barrie Pennings	72
3	Patricia Hanlon	71
Class 3 Prone 100m
1	Glenn Barnsley	68
2	Bruce Drover	68
3	Shayne Barnsley	67
Open Rifle Offhand 50m
1	Glenn Barnsley	88
2	Bruce Drover	87
3	Ian McCall	84
Smoothbore Musket Offhand 50m
1	Bruce Drover	80
2	Ian McCall	71
3	Ian Hanlon	53
Class 4 Firelock Offhand 50m
1	Ian McCall	82
2	Bruce Drover	76
3	Glenn Barnsley	74
Class 2 Offhand 50m
1	Bruce Drover	97.4
2	Ian McCall	88
3	Shayne Barnsley	84
Class 1 Offhand 50m
1	Kelvin Moss	80
2	Ian Hanlon	79
3	Shayne Barnsley	78
Caplock Pistol 25m
1	Ian McCall	87
2	Glenn Barnsley	77
3	Shayne Barnsley	67
Caplock Revolver 25m
1	Kelvin Moss	77
2	Glenn Barnsley	75
3	Shayne Barnsley	52
Firelock Pistol 25m
1	Barrie Pennings	68
2	Shayne Barnsley	18
3	Glenn Barnsley	13
Ladies Offhand 50m
1	Rachael Grogan	57
2	Patricia Hanlon	40
Ladies X-sticks 50m
1	Patricia Hanlon	89
2	Rachael Grogan	85
Ladies Bench Rest 50m
1	Patricia Hanlon	86
2	Rachael Grogan	72
Class 1 Aggregate
1	Bruce Drover	219
2	Kelvin Moss	215
3	Ian Hanlon	215
Class 2 Aggregate
1	Bruce Drover	257
2	Ian McCall	246
3	Glenn Barnsley	228
Class 3 Aggregate
1	Bruce Drover	218
2	Kelvin Moss	207
3	Ian Hanlon	204
Ladies Aggregate
1	Patricia Hanlon	215
2	Rachael Grogan	214
Overall Aggregate Grand Champion
1	Bruce Drover	937
2	Ian Hanlon	836
3	Glenn Barnsley	806