Wellington Smallbore Rifle Association

The North vs South teams have been announced for August in Auckland, and we’re thrilled to see so many Wellington shooters on the roster.
A massive congratulations to everyone selected — your hard work, consistency, and grit shine through.

Celebrating our Wellington representatives:
Bex Baines — Open & Women

Meredith Ackrill — Open & Women

Neil Kinsey — Open, Men & Veterans

Pippa Taylor — Open, Women & Juniors

Rob Taylor — Open & Men

Anaci du Plessis — Women

Anna Shum-Pearce — Women

Gabi Hemsley — Women & Juniors

Hester du Plessis — Women & Juniors (and Open Emergency)

Max Parsons — On call for Juniors

Emma Dagger — On call for Juniors

From Open to Juniors, from Veterans to emergency call-ups — Wellington is proudly and strongly represented. Let’s go team.

Thanks to everyone who came to the working bee today - David, Edwin, Meredith, Russell, Barry, Alun, Anna, Mark, Bex and Deane. After a bit of trial and error we found an efficient way to clean the silt from the floor - hose, scrub then wet vac. Did that twice and the floor's looking sparkling for next weekend.
While the inside crew were doing that the outside crew got to work around the back of the range with a shovel and buckets. They made good progress digging out the dirt that's fallen off the bank over the years. Hopefully this will mean the next downpour can drain away rather than ending up in the range again. Didn't get any photos of that sorry.
Meanwhile our small painting crew filled holes in the butts and the hall, sealed and painted some patches and sealed the rest ready for the right paint to be acquired. Again, no photos.
All around a good effort from those involved. Thanks to Meredith for the soup that kept us going.
See everyone next weekend at the Wellington Open.

We've shot round 4 of the NDC against the Canterbury Snipers tonight. No bonus points for us this round but we got the win in the Open and Juniors, and highest overall score to take away 9 points.
Well done to Stephanie McNair from Canterbury who shot a 200.

It was a windy drive over the Remutaka Range today for those of us going to the Wairarapa Open at Martinborough. I think we're all glad we were shooting inside today!
Max Parsons (Ngaio) shot a very tidy 292.15 to win D grade.
Bronwyn Shields (Wellington Central) came 2nd in C grade with 279.8.
In the B the Du Plessises (Ngaio) had to contend with 2nd and 3rd, despite posting solid scores - 296.20 for Anaci du Plessis and 295.18 for Hester. Nice shooting from Hugo Smith from the Hutt Valley to beat those two.
Anna Shum Pearce (South Wellington Smallbore Rifle Club) dominated with a string of 99s in A grade, winning with 297.18.
Master grade was a tough fight, with three on 299. Best from Wellington was Rob Taylor (South Wellington) on 298.18, closely followed by Neil Kinsey (Wellington Central) and Pippa Taylor (South Wellington) both on 297.17, with Neil ahead on countback.
Final results to come.