Highland and Islands
team shoot Shetland 2017
On
behalf of the rest of the teams that competed at this year’s annual competition
I would like to thank all the members of the Shetland Clay target Club and
their sponsors, Ness Engineering, Scottish Sea Farms, Sumburgh Hotel, Shetland
Power Tools and Nortech Marine in
supporting and helping all the shooters.
We would also like to thank the ladies from the club for feeding us all on the shoot
days
Day one Friday saw
the majority of shooter arriving by plane to Shetland and after a quick pit
stop for ammunition at Ewan Johnson –Shooting Supplies we arrived at the Club
to a welcoming cup of tea sandwiches and home baking (thanks Ladies) and did a
few rounds of A.B.T & D.T.L practices pity the practise scores did not
count for me. Most of us where staying in to the Shetland Hotel which was warm
and served a lovely supper.
Day two Saturday was
a day of heavy showers and very windy, and for some of the Harries team was a
start of a long day after traveling by Ferry from Aberdeen overnight. Team
Harries started the A.B.T competition and the day was won by Team Shetland
first on best four scores with a 331 followed
by Team Benbecula on a 322 Team Deephaven 275 and Team Harris with a
236.High Gun for the day was young Ross Work after a 25 bird shoot off with the
Benbecula team Captain Donald MacInnes both sitting on 87 kills The teams were treated to a free bus and meal
at a lovely little restaurant in
Scalloway called The Cornerstone, where we were treated to a three course meal and good craic. Thanks
again to the sponsors.
Day Three started with Team Deephaven shooting the
D.T.L, a better day with a moderate wind and lots of sun. The day was won by
Team Benbecula on best four scores 475, Team Shetland 385 Team Harris 347 and
team Deephaven on 343. For high gun it was a three way shot off with John
Laurenson, Darren Leslie and Ross Work. It was won by John Laurenson after a 25
bird shoot off
High Gun John Laurenson
So for the weekend it was Team Shetland that were
worthy winners on 1461 runners up Team Benbecula on 1438 Deephaven on 1250 and
Harris on 1186. High Gun over the two days was Ross Work on 374 2nd
John Laurenson on a 372 and 3rd Donald MacInnes with a 369
The Captain’s Cup
went to Donald MacInnes of Team Benbecula congratulations.
High gun over the two days Ross Work
Team Deephaven congratulations from your team mates
Team Shetland
Team Benbecula
Team Deephaven
Team Harris
In all a great
weekend spent with a good bunch of boys, looking forward to meeting up with you
all in Skye next year, my thanks again to the Shetland Hotel and Bolt’s car
hire
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