UH/0618

£1,200 raised at Shoot for Omagh Fund

A TOTAL of 75 guns attended the 100 D.T.L. registered shoot at the Omagh and District Clay Pigeon Club recently, all proceeds being donated to the Omagh Fund. Local club shooters who claimed two places in each of the four classes were B. McGillion and J. Crozier in class AA; John Gallagher and N. McCann in classA; D. McLaughlin and P. McKeown in class B; F. McGurgan and E. McClements in class C.
J. Doherty from Donegal recorded the magic 100/300 on squad two. S. T. Alien had 75 bottom barrels going into the last 25 birds and finished with a score of 100/298. Local shooter B. McGillion halved his fifteen bird to finish with a score of 100/299. Dromore's J. Crozier halved his 3rd and 87th bird to finish on 100/298.
Notable scores were recorded by M. Martin, 100/297; R. Ward, 100/296; D. Davison, 100/293; H. Knox, 98/293; R. Crozier, 99/293 and T. Woodhead, 98/291. Donegal veteran J. Campbell halved his first bird and finished with a score of 97/288. shooters relaxing at the clubhouse were treated to tasty snacks supplied by Caldwell Catering. The club are very grateful to all who made donations.
Meanwhile, Irish international M. Martin is now ranked in 18th place at D.T.L. in the British rankings. Martin is the only Irish D.T.L. shooter in the top twenty. He also claimed 16th place in the European D.T.L. championship recently. Over 200 guns took part in the shoot. Irish international I. Caldwell has been selected again to shoot for the Ireland A.B.T. team. Meanwhile at the Al shooting ground in London I. Caldwell shot an excellent 136/150 in the London Grand Prix Trench Championship to claim 2nd place in his class. This was worth £500 in prize-money.