Thank you to all our members who attended our Annual Trophy Presentation on the 19th December 2015.
Congratulations from all the staff at SYSC to all competitors who received trophies on the day.
A full year of competitions has drawn to a close with tremendous results in all categories. Notably Jack Osborn who hit the perfect 10 in November for a very clean 100/100. The first in 18 month of competition, this shows us just how demanding our targets are here at SYSC.
Luke Meakin defied the odds to become the first Junior to finish in the top 3 of the club open competition in the clubs history.
Les Singer, Ron Lindley and our own Amanda Atkinson dominated the .22 competition at 25yds with a winning score of 97/100
Peter Broad and Gary Ward came out on top of the .177 Springer competition and Keith Salter completed the double winning the .22 Springer Competition and runner up in the 32yd discipline, where David Coldwell was outstanding winning the 32yd discipline.
Our Club Trajectory challenge was won by Paul Clarke with a 60/60 and very respectable scores for 2nd place Vin Rigby and Nick Thackeray.
The 10mtr Pistol was won by outstanding pistol shot Vin Rigby, 2nd place went to Michael McGowan and 3rd place to Paul Burrows.
Our Junior league this year has been first Class. Our club philosophy is to encourage and educate our next generation of Air Gunners and they have not let us down with some outstanding scoring and entertainment throughout the year !!
Luke Meakin 1st place, Emma Grayson 2nd Place and Jorja Woodhouse 3rd Place in the .177 competition
Jay Hopkinson 1st Place, Ewan Drewry 2nd Place and Dylan Salter 3rd Place in the .22 Competition.
Our Summer Knock-Out Target Competition
Our Summer competition that started in June turned out to be quite a spectacle, thanks to a certain young junior Jorja Woodhouse (aged 9) making the final but unfortunately breaking her arm playing football, these girls hey !! Jorja worked her way through the group stages beating an array of top class shooters along the way, including her Dad (sorry Damon) finally reaching the final to face an equally talented Peter Broad, this years .177 Springer Champion.
As part of our Trophy Presentation Day at the club we held the Summer Knock Out final due to the timing and heaped on the pressure of a enthusiastic crowd and Firework opening ceremony !! First to shoot were our group ‘B’ finalists once again dominated by the Juniors. Emma Grayson last years Junior Champion coming out on top with a fantastic 94 on the day narrowly beating Natasha Carpenter with a very respectful 92. 3rd Place went to Frank Saddington and 4th Place to Ewen Drewry. Just a quick one on Frank Saddington (over 60) decided a toilet stop was needed during the opening ceremony and managed to miss the whole thing, now personally I think this was a tactic as his heart beat was barely registering as he addressed his gun for the first shot !!
The Group ‘A’ Competition was eventually won by Jorja Woodhouse aged 9 by 1 shot over Peter Broad with a 93 to 92. Rick Grayson finished 3rd and Ian Ralph 4th.
Our Honorary Member receiving life membership to SYSC was Mr Les Singer for his Un-conditional help and love of the club.
The Doodie Larder Elite Cup was presented to Mr and Mrs Sommers for their ‘Spirit’ towards the club including, Club Etiquette, Good Spirit, Charitable Work, Help and Advice and Friendly attitude towards all.
On a personal note I have throughly enjoyed every minute of the banter and friendships made during the competition, we will be running a Summer and Winter Knock Out in 2016 with the intention of shooting the final again at our Presentation.
Thank you from us all here at South Yorkshire Shooting Club for making our jobs so enjoyable and having such a great set of Members, Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year !!
The full list of Winners is below:
.177 PCP 25yds
1st Place
Jack Osborn
.177 PCP 25yds
2nd Place
Ian Waller
.177 PCP 25yds
3rd Place
Luke Meakin
.177 PCP 32yds
1st Place
Wayne Thomson
.177 PCP 32yds
2nd Place
Paul Clarke
.177 PCP 32yds
3rd Place
Don Roberts
.22 PCP 25yds
1st Place
Les Singer
.22 PCP 25yds
2nd Place
Ron Lindley
.22 PCP 25yds
3rd Place
Amanda Atkinson
.22 PCP 32yds
1st Place
Les Singer
.22 PCP 32yds
2nd Place
Robert Bruce
.22 PCP 32yds
3rd Place
Roy Stocks
.177 Springer 25yds
1st Place
Peter Broad
.177 Springer 25yds
2nd Place
Nick Thackeray
.177 Springer 25yds
3rd Place
Brett Ashton
.177 Springer 32yds
1st Place
Gary Ward
.177 Springer 32yds
2nd Place
Brett Ashton
.177 Springer 32yds
3rd Place
Robert Smith
.22 Springer 25yds
1st Place
Keith Salter
.22 Springer 25yds
2nd Place
Robert Smith
.22 Springer 25yds
3rd Place
Anthony Glover
.22 Springer 32yds
1st Place
David Coldwell
.22 Springer 32yds
2nd Place
Ian Maclauchlan
.22 Springer 32yds
3rd Place
Keith Salter
Trajectory Challenge
1st Place
Paul Clarke
Trajectory Challenge
2nd Place
Vin Rigby
Trajectory Challenge
3rd Place
Nick Thackeray
10mtr Pistol
1st Place
Vin Rigby
10mtr Pistol
2nd Place
Michael McGowan
10mtr Pistol
3rd Place
Paul Burrows
Junior .177 PCP
1st Place
Luke Meakin
Junior .177 PCP
2nd Place
Emma Grayson
Junior .177 PCP
3rd Place
Jorja Woodhouse
Junior .22 PCP
1st Place
Jay Hopkinson
Junior .22 PCP
2nd Place
Ewan Drewry
Junior .22 PCP
3rd Place
Dylan Salter
