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O/All Winner Sam Rehayem 22/ 25
2nd O/All Elton Chetcuti 21/25
Craig Fitzgerlad O/All Winner Sunday !st May
NEW SOUTH WALES ZZ STATE TITLE
17th April 2011
NEW SOUTH WALES ZZ STATE TITLE
Cecil Park Clay Target Club
Sunday 17 April 2011
Weather fine patchy clouds all day considering day before Raining most of day
19 competitors turned up Good to see some visitors, Like Bobby Lambeveski
Who Borrowed a Gun from myself as Jetstar air lines would not let Bobby take gun on Board
from Victoria , and Joe McGinty & Tony Beirne Visiting From U.S.A .
anyhow the Show got on the way The birds were flying good most of the day as there was noWind,
After the first 10 birds there were 3 Shooters Clean,
Bobby Lambeveski, Josh Bell, Khaled Mahfouz .
it was nice to see some new Shooters having a Go, like Sam Rehayem & Khaled Mahfouz .
At the end of the day Top Scores Were Bobby Lambeveski 23/25, Sam Rehayem 23/25,
Elton Chetcuti 23/25, Joe Camilleri 23/25,and , The Over / All Winner for
NEW SOUTH WALES ZZ STATE TITLE With STATE , RED SASH & GOLD BADGE,
a Score 25/25 Khaled Mahfouz .
O/All 3 Man Team Winners were Steve Bell , Joe Camilleri & Dave Perri .
2nd Team Winners were Sam Rehayem , Khaled Mahfouz & Luke Cassar .
I would Like to Thank Louis Galea for help with Setting up Fence & Lay out
Last of not least Nealy Guy Grumpy Old #*#* for Computor Score Board.
And a Special Thanks to New South Wales Clay Target Association.
Yours Vince Gatt , ZZ Sydney Australia
O/All Winner New South Wales STATE ZZ CHAMPIONSHIP
With Red Sash & Gold Badge,
Khaled Mohfouz 25/25
O/All 3 Man Team Winners
Steve Bell ,Joe Camilleri ,Dave Perri
Joe McGinty USA , Khaled Mohofuz, Tony Beirne USA
2nd Team Winners Luke Cassar , Khaled Mohofuz , Sam Rehayem
Competition Shoot Report
Ulupna Island 23rd & 24th October 2010
Saturday was the first day of competition with a good entry of 16
Competitors; practice began at 10am with some of the lads posting some nice
breaks. The competition began after lunch with Paul Presani, Louie Presani &
Ralph Laino posting possible after the 1st10 birds and sharing the 1st sweep, 2nd
sweep 3rd and 4th sweeps were the same.
Overall for day after the 3 possible in Shoot off, Louie dropped out first on his
Second bird & Paul Shooting a further 9 birds Straight & Ralph Missing his 8th
bird, So Paul Presani took out the SASH &Over/ Winner & Ralph taking
Second Place.
Sunday was the 2nd day of competition and saw 24 competitors shoot for
the sash and championship trophy, Bobby Lambevski, Steve Threlfall ,Andrew
Holdsworth, Lee Fitzgerald, Lydon Paistri, Vinne Basile cleaned up shooting
the 1st 10 clean and taking the 1st sweep, 2nd sweep was divided amongst 5
shooters, 3rd sweep between 4 shooters and 4th sweeps were dived by 6
shooters.
Andrew Holdsworth took out the SASH & Over/All in the Mick Italia
memorial cup with a 24/25 +11 after a shoot off between Ralph Laino,24/25
Bobby Lambevski, 24/25 Steve Threlfall,24/25+10 taking out 2nd place for
2010.
A big thank you to Peter & Karen Webb from ‘Redgum Retreat’, Ulupna
Island cabins, for their wonderful home-style hospitality & accommodation
facilities.
Last but not least, thank you to Neale Guy & Lee Fitzgerald, Colin Saxton
for their hard work & continuing support over the weekend.
Vnce Gatt
Saturday 23rd Comp
Sunday 24th Comp
‘Redgum Retreat’, Ulupna
Island cabins,
Peter Webb in the Kitchen
Karen & Peter Webb in the Kitchen
Neal Guy Feeding Face
Paul Presani Over /Winner Saturday 23rd
Louie Presani, Paul Presani & Ralph Laino 2nd Saturday 24th
Over/All Winner Mick Italia memorial cup, Andrew Holdsworth
Andrew Holdsworth & Rex Piastri
ZZ Sydney Australia
National ZZ Title Shoot Report 2010
Date: 25th & 26th September 2010
Venue: Bendigo Clay Target Club, Vic.
Weather: Perfect
After a long 9hour trip down from Sydney with the ZZ trailer in tow, Neale Guy, Horst (George Crazy Horse) & Vince took the automatic ZZ traps to Bendigo CTC for the National ZZ titles.
Saturday 25th started off quietly due to the AFL Grand Final being held on the same day it was still good as we took most of the morning to set up, thank you to the 9 shooters that came along to have a small comp & shoot some practice. I’d like to thank Lee Fitzgerald, John Tannous, Mick Tannous & Peter Determinis for helping with the clean up of the targets to be ready for Sunday morning, thanks guys.
Sunday 26th after practice we had 33 shooters on the board, 31 going into the Calcutta, 26 taking up the Super Sweeps. Our auctioneer for the Calcutta was Norm Basile who did a great job making the Calcutta exciting and raising over $2600 on the shooters. It was a beautiful day, everybody who attended had a good time, with the targets being shot from 27m for the National Title and the fence being set at 21m.
Due to a slight breeze the targets weren’t fast but tricky.
1st Sweeps: (10/10) *Competitors in the Super Sweeps as well.
Results for Sunday as follows:-
1st Sweeps (10/10) – Nathan Harris, Brenton Irons*,John Tannous*, Mick Tannous* & Craig Fitzgerald*, Danny Ryan & Darren Watts.
2nd Sweeps (10/10) – Nathan Harris, Anthony Pannetta*, Frank Vella*, Alan Bebend*, Marc Crimmins*, John Tannous*, Craig Fitzgerald*, Danny Ryan, Glen Phillipson & Brenton Irons*.
3rd Sweeps (10/10) – Nathan Harris, Anthony Pannetta*, Alan Bebend*, Marc Crimmins*, John Tannous*, Craig Fitzgerald*, Danny Ryan, Glen Phillipson.
4th Sweeps (10/10) –Anthony Pannetta*,Bobby Lambevski*, Marc Crimmins* & Craig Fitzgerald*.
O/A National ZZ Champion – Craig Fitzgerald* 25/25
(In practice Craig struggled, it looked like he would be lucky to get a sweep let alone O/A, he did not even bet on himself in the Super Sweep but brother Lee had faith in him and took it up to get lucky, good come back Craig, well shot.)
O/A 2nd place – Anthony Pannetta* & Brenton Irons* 24/25
Thank you to Neale Guy’s parents for putting us up & being only 5mins from the club – it was great, thank you. I’d also like to thank Glen Woodhatch (President of Bendigo Clay Target Club) and his wife Jan for opening the canteen on Saturday & Sunday, the food was terrific along with all their wonderful hospitality, also Rod Flower for his organizing and support over the weekend. Thank you also to all the other helpers packing up.
A special thanks to all that attended.
Till next time,
Vince al thanks to all that attended.
Till next time,
Vince & Shelly
O/All Winner Craig Fitzgerlad 25/25
O/A 2nd place – Anthony Pannetta* & Brenton Irons* 24/25
ZZ Sydney Australia Competition
Griffith Gun Club Casella Wines annual 2 day DTL shoot.
Date: Friday 3rd September 2010
Venue: Griffith Gun Club, NSW.
Attendance: 37 shooters
Weather: Slight wind & cloudy
The ZZ Competition was held Friday before the Griffith Gun Club Casella Wines annual 2day DTL shoot.
Friday morning saw a beautiful clear day after a quick downpour the night before (luckily just after we had set everything up). Practice got underway around 9.30am and by 12noon there were 37 names on the scoreboard. Most shooters coming just to shoot ZZ, then staying on for an interesting weekend of DTL. We had shooters come from as far afield as Tasmania, QLD, SA, but with most from Vic and NSW.
The fence was setup at 21m with the shooters mat set on 25m and the traps set to the weather conditions.
This is the first time we have had so many competitors shoot a possible 25/25 birds – Lee Fitzgerald, Rex Piastri, David Neilsen & Mick Tannous, with 5 shooters finishing on a 24/25.
1st Sweeps: (10/10) *Competitors were in the Super Sweeps as well.
Glenn Barton, Lee Fitzgerald*, Luke Kirkby, Rex Piastri, Marc Crimmins*, Dave Neilsen*, Mick Tannous*, Nidal Asmar*(ISSF king pin), John Tannous*, Alf Gugliamo (Mr Invisible), Anna Shedrina.
2nd Sweeps: (10/10)
Glenn Barton, Ben Vogelzang, Lee Fitzgerald*, Rex Piastri, Marc Crimmins*, Dave Neilsen*, Mick Tannous*, John Tannous*, Alf Gugliamo (Mr Invisible), Anna Shedrina.
3rd Sweeps: (10/10)
John Maxwell, Glenn Barton, Lee Fitzgerald*, Colin Saxton, Lou Rech, Rex Piastri, Jimmy Ellis, Dave Neilsen*, Neil Cooke, Mick Tannous*, John Tannous*.
4th Sweeps: (10/10)
Lee Fitzgerald*, Rex Piastri, Dave Neilsen*, Randall Vitkus, Mick Tannous*, Nidal Asmar*, Marcello Casella.
O/A winners Lee Fitzgerald & Rex Piastri, after 12 ZZ birds in the shoot off, due to light fading they decided to split.
3rd went to David Neilsen (25+10/11)
4th went to Mick Tannous (25+3/4)
One of the best shots of the day would have to go to Rex Piastri after all his problems with his eyes to still come out & shoot a terrific score and be a winner, WELL DONE Rex!
Thank you to Marcello Casella, Alf Gugliamo (president GGC) and the board of directors, Steve & his wife & Yenda Primary School for help with the canteen.
We would also like to thank Neale Guy & of course Shelly, Chris & Sammy, Colin Saxton, Lee Fitzgerald, Sheree & kids, Elton & Kathy Chetcuti, Darcy, Holly & Finn for all their help in packing up.
We were very happy with the number of shooters that turned up to support & enjoy shooting ZZ even though quite a few stayed away due to bad weather being predicted over the weekend.
Till next time,
Shelly & Vince
ZZ Sydney Australia Competition
NSWCTA STATE TITLE
held on 4th July 2010
at CPCTC, Sydney.
Shoot Report
Sunday 4th July, ZZ one day competition saw 21 shooters attend.
It was a 25tgt event with 4 overlapping sweepstakes,+ a Long Run Sweep, Overall offering the beautiful ZZ Red State Sash with Gold inlay, & Silver Badge and extra takings in the sweepstakes shooting got underway around 1pm.
The Weather Was a beautifull Winter Sunny day The first sweepstakes (1-10) being taken out with 10/10 going to David Perri & Leonardo Pezzano,
Second sweepstakes (from 6-15)with 10/10 went to . David Perri & Leonardo Pezzano.
Third sweepstakes (from 11-20) was divided by Joseph Camilleri , Tony Cantali , Vince Gatt, Paul Farrugia & David Perri. with 10/10.
Fourth sweepstakes (from 16-25) went to Joseph Camilleri, Tony Cantali ,Reno Morganti ,& David Perri,with 10/10.
Overall went to David Perri on 25/25.
Long Run Break David Perri
*Please refer to the scoreboard photo for more details.
I would like to thank Shelly Barber who organized the BBQ. all proceeds were donated to the CPCTC Junior Development Program.
A BIG thank you to all the shooters who participated and helped on the day and we hope to see you again on the 3rd September at Griffith Gun Club for an AWESOME Friday full of ZZ shooting, more competitions and some great hospitality from the Casella Wines Carnival.
We would also like to say a special thank you to Louis Galea & Neale Guy who are worth their weight in ZZ targets (which at the moment are dearer than gold!) ,Eugene Kavanagh & Elton Chetcuti who helped with the cleaning up. Your help is very much appreciated & always noticed. also I would like to thank Frank Araco For Rounding up Some Strays to Come & have a go, It was nice to see Tony Cantali compete, Lucky he Shoots with one Eye as he Shot 24/25, imagine with two we would be in trouble. David Perri should also thank his Son Dylan for being quiet only when his father was shooting.
See you at the next ZZ shoot on Friday 3rd September at the Casella Wines Carnival , please see add on website for more details.
Vince & Shelly.
Dylan
Tony, David & Leo Three Man State Team ZZ
Two Days Competition
Ulupna Island 1st & 2nd May 2010
Saturday Day One 15 Competitors was the first day of competition; the weather was ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! Not a cloud in the sky or even a breeze.
Thank you to Peter & Karen from Redgum Retreat, Ulupna Island, for the lovely breakfast to start the day.
The competition began with Lee Fitzgerald, Bob Lambeyski & Ralph Laino both posting possibles 10/10 for the 1st sweepstake.
2nd Sweepstake was split up between Vince Gatt & Ralph Laino, both shooting 10/10.
3rd Sweepstake was taken out by Tony Calandro, Nick Guida, Mick Tannous, Vinnie Basile & Ralph Laino all shooting the 10/10.
4th Sweepstake was won by Tony Calandro, Lee Fitzgerald, Bob Lambeyski, Nick Guida, Don Rachele, Mick Tannous & Ralph Laino after all shooting the 10/10.
Overall for day one was taken out by Ralph Laino with a perfect 25 and also taking out the long run break.
3 shooters, Lee Fitzgerald, Bob Lambeyski & Mick Tannous, all on 24/25 had to shoot off for 2nd place, with 2nd place being split between Lee Fitzgerald & Bob Lambeyski.
All in all it was a good day with only 1 possible, 3 x 24’s, and 2 x 23’s shot on the day, this was all due to perfect weather with no breeze and great shooting by all competitors.
Sunday Day Two 20 Competitors started with the same perfect weather conditions –Fantastic!
Thanks again to Peter & Karen for organising the good food throughout the entire weekend – no one went hungry.
There was a Calcutta held before competition started with all shooters being in the draw. The winning competitor got 15% of the Overall Calcutta takings and the buyer getting 85%. We ran a normal sweeps as well as a SUPER sweeps on the day to add to the entertainment.
Shooting started with 20 competitors.
1st Sweepstake was divided between Nick Guida, Ralph Laino, Colin Saxton, David Calandro, Mick Tannous, Tony Calandro, John Tannous & Marc Crimmins all shooting a possible10/10.
2nd Sweepstake went to Ralph Laino, Colin Saxton & Lee Fitzgerald all with a possible 10/10.
3rd Sweepstake was divided between Ralph Laino, Peter Detrimanis, Colin Saxton, Danny Ryan, Don Rachele & Vinnie Basile all with the possible 10/10.
4th Sweepstake was a split between Nick Guida, Danny Ryan, David Calandro, Vinnie Basile & Marc Crimmins with 10/10’s.
Overall for Day Two was taken out by Nick Guida including the overall shoot off with 36/37 birds, well done (24/25 + 12/12 in the shootoff).
2nd place went to Colin Saxton (24/25 + 11/12).
3rd place went to Marc Crimmins (24/25 + 7/8).
4th place went to Ralph Laino (24/25 + 4/5). Great shooting all weekend by Ralph and only missed his 2nd last target of the competition to hold a 49/50 over the 2 day’s of competition, which was a nice little straight run, which Ralph wont forget for some time to come.
5th place went to David Calandro (24/25 + 0/1).
Long run break was taken out again by Ralph Laino.
The Calcutta was Split.
Over the 2 days it was a successful weekend of ZZ shooting and also the cabins and the food were great.
We would like to thank Lee Fitzgerald, Colin Saxton, Neale Guy, George Stock (alias ‘Horse’) for their assistance over the 2 days.
A big thank you to Peter & Karen Webb from ‘Redgum Retreat’& Ulupna Island cabins, for their wonderful home-style hospitality & accommodation facilities.
Day One Saturday 1st May 2010
Ralph Laino O/All Winner Perfect 25/25
Day Two Sunday 2nd May 2010
Nick Guida O/All Winner 24/25 + 12/12 Shootoff
Lay Out Ulupna Island !st & 2nd May 2010
ZZ Shoot Report 3rd January
ZZ Sydney Australia Competition
Date: 3rd January 2010Venue: Cecil Park Clay Target Club, NSW.Attendance: 14 shootersWeather: Rainy, Overcast & horribleLuckily for the new easy shade cover keeping the shooters dry while taking a shot it was miserable Sydney weather to shoot ZZ in! It drizzled most of the day but the rain finally cleared later on. It was nice to see a few new faces – Steve Newcombe who is a regular sporting shooter & Bill Staughton from NSWGC who had a good time.Darcy Chetcuti (who is only 15!) shot his last 25 straight in ZZ (including his shoot off) WELL DONE Darcy! And all dad could do was watch & pay!Dave Perri, Darcy Chetcuti & Rami Teffaha all ended up shooting a 22/25 for the day and shot off for 2nd place which was another 10 targets for the decider. Good effort guys!Rami, being a regular ZZ shooter is starting to find his form, it would be nice to see some of his friends come & and challenge him at ZZ shooting as it is the closest discipline to game shooting.On behalf of Dave Perri I would like to thank Reno Cagniano for loaning his SC3 Perrazi and keeping it warm for him so he could shoot a good 22/25.Results as follows:-O/A – Vince Gatt 23/252nd place – Darcy Chetcuti 22/25 + 10 1st Sweeps 10/10 – Lgalea + DPerri.2nd Sweeps 10/10 –EChetcuti + VGatt.3rd Sweeps 10/10 – VGatt + RTeffaha.4th Sweeps 10/10 – DChetcuti + MConti.Our next ZZ competition will be held under pre-noms only, please go to our website for more information or phone Vince on his mobile 0401 634 292. Till next time,
Shelly & Vince
Griffith National Title 5th & 6th December
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ZZ Sydney Australia National ZZ Title Shoot Report Date: 5th & 6th December 2009 Venue: Griffith Gun Club, NSW. Weather: Warm & Sunny After a long 8hour trip down from Sydney with the ZZ trailer in tow, Neale Guy in his favourite VN commodore, way out in front & taking some of the necessary equipment. We arrived at the Gun Club around 4pm and started setting up the fence, traps & general items to be ready for the National title weekend. Finally heading back to the Motel around 7.30pm for something to eat & a catch up on some much needed sleep. Saturday – Pre National championship– everything was setup and ready to go by 9am Sat morning ready for an 11am start, with not a sole in sight when eventually the ‘Old Faithful’ drove in, Lee Fitzgerald and wife Sheree and kids. The weather was perfect with a light wind and only 30deg. We finally got the show on the way at 2.45pm! While waiting for more to arrive we kicked off with only 11 shooters. Results for Saturday as follows:- 1st Sweeps 10/10 – John Tannous & Alf Gugliemino. 2nd Sweeps 10/10 – John Tannous. 3rd Sweeps 10/10 –, Mick Tannous. 4th Sweeps 10/10 – John Marcocci & Alf Gugliemino. O/A – John Tannous 24/25 2nd place –Mick Tannous 23/25+1
Sunday – National Title – perfect weather the same as Saturday, with a light breeze. Our group was excited and ready for our first National title being held at Griffith GC. After some of the shooters wore themselves out with 3hours practice the event started at 12.20pm. There was an attendance of 16 shooters who were as follows:- Norm Basile, Vinnie Basile, Lee Fitzgerald, David Calandro, Dom Milojevic, John Tannous, Mick Tannous, Peter Agostinelli, Marcello Casella, Anna Shedrina, Adrian Emery, Marc Crimmins, John Marcocci, Neale Guy, Vince Gatt & Shelly Barber. A special thanks to all that attended.
Results for Sunday as follows:- 1st Sweeps 10/10 – John Tannous. 2nd Sweeps 10/10 – Adrian Emery. 3rd Sweeps 10/10 – Mick Tannous, David Calandro, Marcello Casella. 4th Sweeps 10/10 – Mick Tannous & Marc Crimmons. O/A – Mick Tannous winning the National Title outright with a 23/25 2nd Place – after a great shoot off went to John Tannous with a 22/25 + 8 2nd place shoot off was between John Tannous, Adrian Emery who shot 22/25 + 7 and Marc Crimmins who shot 22/25 + 1. It was nice to see Mick come good for the main event as he has been playing 2nd fiddle to his brother John for most of the year. All in all we think it was a good weekend and hope to see more ZZ shooters get behind this great sport and support it during 2010. We’d like to give a special thanks to Neale Guy for running & designing the computer control box and helping run the comps throughout 2009, also to Louis Galea for his help throughout the year even though he was unable to make it to Griffith for the National Title, last but not least a special thanks to Marcello Casella from Casella Wines and Alf Gugliemino (President of Griffith Gun Club) & the committee of GGC for allowing us to use the grounds and also for supporting the shoot with the BBQ, Thank you. Till next time, Vince & Shelly |
ULUPNA ISLAND OCTOBER 2009
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Ulupna Island 23rd & 24th October 2009 Saturday was the first day of competition; practice began at 10am with some of the lads posting some nice breaks. The competition began after lunch with Marc Crimmins and Steve Milo both posting possibles after the 1st10 birds and sharing the 1st sweep, 2nd sweep was split up between 7 shooters who shot 9/10, 3rd and 4th sweeps were won clean with 10/10’s by Lee Fitzgerald after shooting birds 10 to 25 clean. Overall for day one saw a 3 way tie for 1st between Marc Crimmins, Lee Fitzgerald and Steve Milo all on 23/25, Steve dropped his second bird in the shootoff, Marc and Lee both shot their 5 birds and decided to split the overall prize leaving Steve with 2nd place. Sunday was the 2nd day of competition and saw 23 competitors shoot for the sash and championship trophy, Ralph Liano cleaned up shooting the 1st 10 clean and taking the 1st sweep, 2nd sweep was divided amongst 5 shooters, 3rd and 4th sweeps were won clean with 10/10’s by Marc Crimmins. Marc Crimmins took out overall in the Mick Italia memorial cup with a 24/25 and walked away with the sash, cash and championship trophy for 2009, David Demasi and David Callander split 2nd both shooting 21/25. We would like to thank Rex & Lyndon Piastri, Lee Fitzgerald and Allan Spence for their past running of the Mick Italia memorial cup and the National ZZ titles over past years, now handing these titles over for ZZ Sydney Australia to run. The next National ZZ titles will be held in Griffith on 5th & 6th December. A big thank you to Peter & Karen Webb from ‘Redgum Retreat’, Ulupna Island cabins, for their wonderful homestyle hospitality & accommodation facilities. Last but not least, thank you to Neale Guy & Chris Barber for their hard work & continuing support over the weekend |
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John Petriella |
Tong Shang on his target | Dave Perri taking a shot with Tong Shang preparing & Neale Guy as referee |
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ZZ Sydney Australia Competition
held on 27th June 2009 at CPCTC, Sydney.
Shoot Report Saturday 27th June, ZZ day/night event saw 21 shooters attend the competition. It was a 25tgt event with 4 overlapping sweepstakes starting at approximately 4pm with the overcast and bleak Sydney weather forcing us to turn the lights on early for the shooters. With $740 up for grabs in the sweepstakes and Overall taking another $180 home as well as the beautiful Black Tartan sash with gold inlay. Shooting got underway with the first sweepstakes (1-10) of $190 being taken out with the only 10/10 going to Vince Gatt. Second sweepstakes (from 6-15) with another clean sweep of $190 by Vince Gatt. Third sweepstakes (from 11-20) of $180 was divided by 4 shooters, Luke Cassar, Frank Avacado, Tong Shang and Vince Gatt with 8/10 taking $45 each. Fourth sweepstakes with $180 going to Elton Chetcuti with a 9/10. Overall with $180 went to Vince Gatt on 21/25. Unfortunately the $90 + $85 (Total $175) Jackpot from the first & second competitions didn’t go off. Next competition which is on the 26th July 2009 at CPCTC this will be added to extra jackpots taken on the day. A BIG thank you to all the shooters who participated and helped on the day and we hope to see you again on the 26th July at CPCTC for the next ZZ competition. We would also like to say a special thank you to Louis Galea, Dave Johnson for helping set up, Neal Guy, Joseph Camilleri for refereeing, and Darcy Chetcuti for running program. Thanks to those for helping pack up Louis Galea, Joe Camilleri (Stock maker), Elton & Darcy Chetcuti, Tong Shang, also a thank you to Kathy Chetcuti, Frank Avocado, Leonardo Pezzano and all other helpers for running the BBQ with all profits donated to The Junior Development Program. Meat was kindly donated by Austral Butchery( Mick and Maria Marciano) which was organized by Frank Avocado (Mr Baulk). See you at the next ZZ shoot on Saturday the 18th July 2009, see add on website for more details. Vince & Shelly.
1. Crowd watching the action ------------------------------ 2. Frank Araco ------------------------------ 3. Kathy & Neil enjoying the BBQ
4.Score board -------------------------------------------- 5. me scoring ----------------------------------------- 6.Darcy one of our Juniors - son of ned Kelly
O/A winner - Vince Gatt !!!
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ZZ Sydney Australia's 1st Competition held at Cecil Park Clay Target Club on 24th May 2009. Saturday the 23rd May was a cold wet miserable way to start the practice day off for the first ZZ competition to be held on CPCTC grounds on Sunday, but thank the heavens the clouds parted Sunday morning for an interesting and fun day ahead. With approximately 150 ZZ targets thrown for practice on Saturday it was a very hard day to shoot as ZZ helice targets are tricky at the best of times, but with the wind and rain you've got to be good or have 'Lady luck' on your side. It just adds to the fun!!! Sunday got underway with shooters wanting to shoot practice up until 1pm. Competition started at 1.30pm with 18 shooters putting their names on the board with $710 up for grabs in the sweepstakes and $180 for overall. The 1st competition at CPCTC started with a 25 ZZ helice target championship with a SASH and CASH for Overall including four overlapping cash sweepstakes. No one shot the first ten targets straight so the 1st lot of sweeps of $170 was divided between Frank Minici, Luke Cassar, Henry Yin, Vince Gatt and Dave Perri who all shot 9/10 . Second sweeps of $180 was taken out solely by Dave Perri shooting 10/10. Third sweeps of $180 was divided by Eugene Kavanagh and Dave Perri both shooting 10/10. Fourth and final sweeps of $180 was taken out solely by Paul Farrugia with 10/10. Overall of $180 for the day went to Dave Perri shooting 22/25 who took home the first ZZ Sydney Australia black tartan sash, congratulations Dave. The Jackpot of $90 carries over to the next competition to the lucky shooter or shooters to shoot the possible. It was great to see new shooters come and have a go at this relatively new discipline to NSW, most of whom surprised themselves on how well they shot! I have heard the girls are just as good at ZZ shooting as the guys, so lookout boys! A lot of good ZZ shooters have stemmed from Victoria which has been the home of ZZ for the last 30 years, but now the excitement of shooting the ZZ discipline is spreading! Thank you to all the shooters that participated on the day we hope to see again on 27th June for the next competition. We'd also like to say a special thank you to Neale Guy and Rami Teffaha for refereeing, Louis Galea for running the program and his all round support |
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Shoot Report
ZZ 's 1st OPEN PRACTICE DAY/NIGHT
held at Cecil Park Clay Target Club on 29.04.09
WEATHER: Overcast + cool, slight wind, 20deg C
The 1st ZZ practice day was set up overlooking the ISSF trap layout. Traps where setup on frames to raise them to ground level, according to the rules, setup has a green shaded cover (shade cloth) representing the ground level behind the traps to aide the vision of the shooter towards the target.
A 100m fence was erected in an ark made up of 600mm High netting with a 3 inch vinyl band across the top and bottom, as you can see by the photograph the bottom vinyl band on the fence is set at the same ground level as where the shooter stands (in future there will be a black netting from the bottom of the fence to the ground) .
All the fully automatic ZZ machines (holding approximately 300 zz helice targets) being controlled by a computer box sequencer that allows the traps to randomly release a single target at a time, also allowing doubles and triples to be thrown. Shooting commenced at 11am with our very 1st shooter being a longtime member and local Wednesday shooter of CPCTC, Jake Zadrovec, hitting his first 3 targets scoring 3 out of 3 and quoted by saying "I'll quit while I'm ahead".
To my surprise, not expecting the turnout, shooters were slow to start but promptly started to roll in after 1pm and there was a steady flow from then on. On dark we turned on the lights and shot right through until we ran out of targets at around 8pm, an hour earlier than planned, after shooting between 550-600 zz helice targets! Between 30 - 40 shooters turned up on the spur of the moment to help get ZZ started for the 1st time at CPCTC, and hopefully we'll all be ready for the next one! What an exciting sport! All in all, it is a great start to the first official ZZ continuing in NSW. There are a lot of shooters that have never seen this type of shooting before and it is entirely different to clay target shooting as you have a red wing with a white 'witness' insert made from plastic and clipped together to make the flying bird or as called ZZ helice.
As per the rules you have 5 traps and 1 shooting station 25m - 30m away from the traps, with a surrounding fence from 19m up to 21m in an ark from the traps. The targets are revving at between 4000 - 9000 rpm and on you call a zz helice bird will be release and you must detach the white witness from the red wing with the witness landing inside the fence for it to be classified as a good bird or 'kill'. These rules are a continuation from the original box birds rules back in the 1960's, which is currently a very large sport in Europe and America. For further rules and information you might like to check out our website…. www.zzsydneyaustralia.com.au If you are interested in receiving future SMS text messages or emails letting you know when and where future practice and competition days are being held, please send us an email with your full name, email address, home town and mobile phone number along with the letters 'ZZ' to info@zzsydneyaustralia.com.au and we will add you to our ever growing list.
I would like to thank the following people for their much appreciated support:- Cecil Park Clay Target Club, David and Tony Abela from Horsley Park Gun Shop, and a special thank you for helping set up layouts and organizing, Louis Galea, Paul Micallef, also Neale Guy, Arty Del Ben, Elton Chetcuti, Peter and David Gatt, Marcello Casella, Alf (President of Griffith Gun Club), Reno Cangiano, Eugene Kavanagh and Shelly Barber. We will be organizing a number of 2 day shoots per year at various venues to be advised.
Look out for the ZZ competition to be held the Friday 4th September 2009 of the Annual 2 day DTL Casella Wines shoot at Griffith Gun Club on 5th & 6th September 2009. Yours in ZZ Vince and Shelly =)
