Boorowa 200 Classic incorporating The Garry Martin Memorial Handicap

Boorowa Gun Club recently held the Boorowa 200 Classic, which included the Garry Martin Memorial Handicap.

As many people are aware Garry passed in 2023 and as a Club and within the clay target shooting community his passing was deeply felt by all who knew him.

The Memorial Handicap was held in his honour on Saturday 22nd November as part of the Boorowa Classic 200 2-day competition. 70 shooters were in attendance and Garry’s brother Peter, and daughter Tina as well as his sister-in-law Patti attended the presentations of the prizes and sashes for the handicap event on the Sunday afternoon. Tina spoke at length of her father’s devotion to the Club and the camaraderie that he felt within the clay target shooting fraternity. Tina’s words resonated with all the assembled spectators and competitors.

It is fitting that Garry is honoured and all who knew him still miss him dearly. Competitors travelled from near and far including Port Macquarie, Majura Park Canberra, Orange, The Forest in the Southern Highlands, Arnhem in the Northern Territory, the South Coast, Bega, Goulburn, Tumut, Wagga and Yass.

Day 1 Saturday 22nd November

Event 1 The 25 target Garry Martin Memorial Handicap. The winner of the event was Timothy Quill from Majura Park Gun Club in Canberra with an event score of 24/25 and shoot off score of 20/20. Second place in the Handicap went to Justin Smith from Boorowa Gun Club with an event score of 24/25 S/O 19/20. Third place honours went to Bob Burton from Wagga with a score of 24/25 S/O 9/10.

Event 2 The 25 target Point Score

The overall winner was Damian Rowett from Boorowa Gun Club 75/75 S/O 48/48. First in AA grade was Joseph O’Brien from Majura Park Gun Club 75/75 S/O 30/33. Will Crawford from Tumut was second in AA 75/75 S/O 18/19. The A grade winner was Adam Brown from Orange 75/75 S/O 45/48 and second in A grade was Giulio Serafin 73/75. Simon Smith from Majura Park took out B grade with a score of 71/75. Mark James from The Forest Clay Target Club came second with a score of 69/75. Brian Frost from The Forest Clay Target Club won C grade with a score of 62/75 with Raffaele Toscan from Barellan taking second on 61/75 S/O 9/9.

Event 3 The 25 target Single Barrel

The overall winner was Timothy Quill with an event score of 25/25 and shoot off score of 2/2. First in AA was Glenn Barton 25/25 S/O 1/2. Second in AA was Will Crawford with a score of 24/25 S/O 19/19. Mick O’Dowd won A grade with a score of 24/25 S/O 2/2. Bob Burton came second with a 24/25 S/O 1/2. Simon Smith won B grade with a score of 21/25 Peter Johnston from Bega came second with 20/25 S/O 1/2. Brian Smith from Bega won C grade with a score of 20/25, Eddie Cummings from Boorowa Gun Club came second on 19/25.

Event 4 The 50 target Double Barrel

The double barrel event saw brother and sister Glenn Barton and Tracey Stringer tied after the first round of shoot offs and they elected to split the overall and AA 1st place prizes. 50/50 S/O 25/25. Second in AA was Joseph O’Brien from Majura Park Gun Club 50/50 S/O 5/6.

Drew Burton from Wagga was first in A grade with 49/50 S/O 3/3. Second in A grade was Darryl Weal from Orange with a 49/50 S/O 2/3. Mark James from The Forest Clay Target Club and Trevor Flaxman from Port Macquarie were the best in B grade with scores of 48/50 and elected to split the prizes. Geoffrey Mason from Boorowa Gun Club was the best in C grade with a solid 46/50 and Eddie Cummings took out second with a score of 44/50 S/O 9/10.

Day 2 Sunday 23rd November

Event 5 The 75 target Champion of Champions 25T DB, 25T SB 25T PS. The overall winner was Grant Thatcher from Tumut, skinning the event with a 122/125. The AA first and second prize was split between Glenn Barton and Clint Goodwin both tied on 121/125. Adam Brown was first in A grade with a score of 115/125 S/O 25/25 and Tony Gray from Tumut came second with 115/125 S/O 16/25. Simon Smith won B grade with a score of 112/125 and Ros Bradford from Boorowa came second with 111/125. Darren Churchill from Boorowa won C grade with a score of 99/125 and Luka Barac from Yass came second with 97/125.

High Guns

The overall High Gun for the two days was won by Grant Thatcher and Glenn Barton who elected to split the Overall and AA High Gun prizes both with a score of 288/300 for the weekend. With a score of 281/300 Adam Brown from Orange won the A Grade High Gun. Simon Smith from Majura Park won the B grade High Gun with a score of 269/300. Darren Churchill from Boorowa Gun Club won the C Grade High Gun with a score of 242/300. Samuel Laughton from Boorowa Gun Club won the Junior High Gun with a score of 205/300. The Ladies High Gun was won by Tracey Stringer from Boorowa Gun Club with a score of 286/300, and the Veterans High Gun was won by Tony Gray from Tumut with a score of 273/300.

Boorowa Gun Club’s next competition will be the annual Christmas shoot and will be held on Saturday 20th December 2025.

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