Photos - Wangaratta Clay Target Club

The photographs below are in reverse chronological order, with the most recent at the top and the oldest at the bottom.

2022 Photographs - Click on the photographs to enlarge them

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2022 09 21 Anton & Matt Motha building the pine log fence on Ground 2.

2022 09 07 Ernie in his natural habitat, running the office and keeping an experienced eye on proceedings. Steve Tamme's photo sums up Ernie pretty well, on the job until the very end.

2022 07 20 Malcolm Hill found 5 cents in the car park, so he donated it to the club. Ernie was so impressed.

2022 07 13 Darren Gephart & his son Dylan are hard at work getting the Uni Skeet traps mounted on Ground 2. Sally, their 17 year old pup, is supervising the job, so it should be all OK.

2022 07 10 Sporting Clays Competition - It's always great to see youngsters starting out in our sport. Albury shooter Finn McBurnie picked up the encouragement award.

2022 07 10 Dogs brighten up the day, no matter what the weather. On a lovely day like last Sunday's Sporting Clays shoot, Leo Kloppenborg made it even better. Thanks for bringing him Chris and Angela.

2022 05 21 DTL Competition - Matt & Mia Cooper watching Mum Jessica in action. That's her shooting on the middle lane.

2022 05 21 DTL Competition - Jessica Goodall, Matt Cooper & their beautiful baby Mia. A 2034 Junior champion?

2022 05 18 Terry Pigram brought Scout, his 6 month old Wirehaired Pointer, out to the club to hear some gunfire. What a cutie.... the dog, I mean.

2022 05 18 Scout Pigram with her Grandpa, Bob Pigram.

2022 05 08 Sporting Clays competition. Oh man, Anita's pulled pork rolls were excellent. Twelve hours in the slow cooker. It looks like Ian & Marion got a whiff of it and are walking off to the canteen to get one.

2022 04 16 DTL Competition - John Wojcik & his Sambar tracker Lani. She's not even two years old, but already a pro on the deer.

2022 04 16 DTL Competition - Paul Everingham brought his pup Bear along for a day out.

2022 04 10 Sporting Clays Competition - What better way to spend a sunny Autumn afternoon?

2022 04 10 Sporting Clays Competition - An army marches on its stomach, but Wang Gun Club volunteers march on Anita's egg and bacon rolls. Malcolm Hill seems to be genuflecting to the Sporting Clays Gods.

2022 04 10 Sporting Clays Competition - David Jackel won a box of shells.

2022 04 10 Sporting Clays Competition - Graham Coyle looks like he is already planning the next Ground 1 layout.

2022 02 13 Sporting Clays competition. High Gun Marty Seymour drawing the raffle. Drum roll please. And the winner is.....Phil Smith.

2022 02 13 Sporting Clays competition. Simon Hore's dog Remy has a badly cut foot, so she was taking it easy in the shade.

2022 02 13 Sporting Clays competition. Ernie Williams casting an experienced eye on proceedings. He's sitting in what Phil Smith has dubbed 'The Members Stand.'

2022 02 13 Simon Hore and his dog Remy showing Ernie Williams the Winchester Pigeon Grade that Simon bought from Ernie in 1977.

2022 02 02 Tom, Alex & Noel were happy to model for the photographer from the Wang Chronicle. The local paper gave us good publicity for the club's upcoming SC event, our first competition in two years.

2022 01 29 Neil Plumridge and his old mate Millie were at the club for a bit of sport.

2022 01 21 Peggie & Maggie Motha ready for referee duties.

2022 01 19 The new sheds on Ground 1 make setting up for Sporting Clays a whole lot easier and quicker.

2022 01 19 Low skeet house on Ground 3. Note Darren Gephart's clever adjustable mounting frame. Darren is also doing the mounting of all the DTL traps. His eye for detail has been a great asset to the club.

2022 01 12 Paul Reynolds is babysitting Theo, his daughter's 13 month old Labradoodle. First time with gunfire for Theo and he took it in his stride. No sign of fear at all, just curious about what the heck Grandad was doing.

2021 Photographs - Click on the photographs to enlarge them

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2021 12 29 Jacob Motha brought Hallie, his 4 month old Doberman pup to the club to spread a bit of Christmas cheer. She's a lovely calm dog and seemed to enjoy her visit.

2021 12 09 Cathedral College sent a keen and very well behaved group of students out to try clay target shooting. Brian Reid and Scott Henshall passed on their years of experience and skills.

2021 12 09 Graham Coyle and his team set up a three trap three shooter mini Sporting Clays layout for the Cathedral college students.

2021 11 13 Ernie Williams gave the new Universal Skeet a try.

2021 11 13 Do you think Matt Motha can feel the pressure of Ernie Williams scrutinising his technique?

2021 11 13 Bryce Robinson and Ernie Williams sharing a laugh, or maybe just happy to see the rain.

2021 11 06 Graham was left to babysit Peggy & Maggie Motha.

2021 11 06 Bob Pigram, our groundskeeper, has trained the local skinny ducks to fertilise the new grass on the shooting grounds.

2021 10 30 Graham Coyle enjoying the perfect conditions for our first practice session in 10 weeks.

2021 10 30 Anton Motha putting the Presidential seal of approval on Sporting Clays practice's temporary home on Ground 3.

2021 10 30 Anton & Linda's new Smithfield, Maggie. She's even naughtier than big sister Peggy, according to Anton. She's such a cutie, all the same.

2021 10 30 Graham Coyle focussed on the job after a long time away from the guns.

2021 10 30 Russell Barnes searching Brian's technique for useful tips.

2021 10 26 Ground 1 Sporting Clays trap storage shed east, next to the scissor lift.

2021 10 26 Ground 1 DTL pit. Note the position of new control shed (Well, its frame, at least) in background.

2021 10 26 Ground 1 Sporting Clays trap storage shed west.

2021 10 26 Ground 1 Sporting Clays control shed.

2021 10 26 Ground 2 Universal Trench pit. Palaeontologist can be seen discussing dinosaur bones found during the dig, believed to be those of the rare Brianasaurus.

2021 10 26 Ground 3 DTL electrical system.

2021 10 12 Ground 1 DTL pit slab ready for walls.

2021 09 29 Pippa Crittenden checking that the Ground 2 DTL lanes are going to be level. Having one's eyes so close to the ground is a real advantage for this sort of work.

2021 09 29 Ground 3 from the north east. This pic shows that the ground has been raised slightly and gently contoured on each side to facilitate drainage. The old traphouse actually sat in a depression, an inch or so below the surrounding ground.

2021 09 29 Ground 3 top soil & grass seeds laid. Note that this pic is in panorama format, so the foreground is distorted. The gravel path closest to camera is actually straight and runs parallel to the old log fence.

2021 09 29 Ground 3 Low skeet house.

2021 09 27 Ground 3 High skeet house.

2021 09 24 Ground 3 DTL sub-surface structure nearly finished.

2021 09 24 Ground 3 DTL traphouse and lanes nearing completion.

2021 09 24 Ground 3 DTL sub-surface structure showing drainage pit and electrical supplies.

2021 09 19 Ground 3 DTL. Not sure about that new style traphouse. Surely the shooters will whinge about having their line of sight blocked.

2021 09 19 Ground 3 DTL traphouse pit. Slab poured. Note the drainage sump for a submersible pump.

2021 09 15 Ground 1 DTL Lanes. Concrete finished.

2021 09 15 Ground 1 High skeet house.

2021 09 15 The new drainage trench to the north of the grounds is huge compared to the old system.

2021 09 09 Ground 1 DTL traphouse site.

2021 09 09 Ground 1 DTL lanes. Note the formwork for the easy access track between lanes for wheelchairs, etc

2021 09 09 Ground 2 Universal Trench site. Archaeological dig? Plenty of fossils at WCTC!

2021 09 09 Ground 2 DTL lanes removed.

2021 09 09 Ground 3 DTL traphouse site.

2021 09 09 Ground 3 DTL lanes. Note the easy access track between lanes for wheelchairs, etc

2021 08 25 What's this got to do with our gun club. Well, the Right Honourable Graham Coyle sent this photo. He's way up in the far north of QLD, enjoying the sun and catching heaps of Mangrove Jack and Fingermark.

2021 08 13 Meeting to discuss electrical requirements. Nathan (RCOW), James (Enviropacific), Brian Reid, Col Crittenden & Anton Motha.

2021 08 13 Ground 1 DTL traphouse has gone!

2021 08 13 Ground 1 DTL lanes formed up ready for the concrete.

2021 08 13 Ground 1 - This gives a good view of the position of the new DTL layout, relative to the old layout. That ditch at the bottom of the picture is the old Lane 5.

2021 08 13 Anton trying to explain that this is NOT what he meant when he asked for trench to be installed.

2021 08 13 Pippa Crittenden seems worried that her stash of bones might inadvertently be uncovered.

2021 08 11 The new drains are a big improvement on the old ones.

2021 08 11 Ernie likes to keep an eye on the gift the club gave him for his 100th birthday. The tree, not the fence.

2021 08 04 Our Sporting Clays layout has a new home on ground 2 during the redevelopment works.

2021 08 04 Alex Mikolajewicz is a great supporter of the club. Grey skies are not going to dent that focus of his.

2021 08 04 Noel Tavendale seemed to enjoy the new ground 2 layout.

2021 08 04 The crew from Enviropacific. L ~ R: Patrick, Brett, Ming (the Magnificent) & James, the Project Engineer. The lads all managed to smack some targets.

2021 07 31 After the AGM, we celebrated Bradman's, oops, I mean Ernie Williams' century. Linda, Ernie, Anton, Alison & Anita.

2021 07 31 Ernie's birthday cake. Can it be that chocolate the secret to his longevity?

2021 06 26 Col Crittenden fixing No.1 trap shed on Ground 1

2021 06 12 Jason Mesaritis brought his 10 week old Lab Murphy out for the day. Jason says Murphy is an English Lab, but with a name like that, he might be the first of the Irish Labs

2021 06 12 Brian Amy reckons Chloe, his 3 1/2 year old Jack Russell is red hot on quail. Brian says she's good on the ducks too, but she's far to clever to go into the cold water after them.

2021 06 05 The Cobram F&G crew came over for some practice. Marty Seymour, Brodie Seccull, Alan Seccull & Mark Connell seem distracted. What could they possibly be waiting for?

2021 06 05 Aha, they're waiting for Harry Weygood, seen here with his support crew, Katrina Weygood & Hunter Connell, getting himself ready for battle. Someone was heard to say, "You can't rush perfection."

2021 04 28 Ian (Hopper) McCormick and his Lab Joan came back for more gunfire familiarisation. Joan is growing well.

2021 03 31 Ian (Hopper) McCormick's little Lab, Joan, came out to hear some gunfire. She thought it was all jolly good fun.

2021 03 27 A good omen for our upcoming redevelopment works? A pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, right in the middle of Ground 2!

2021 03 06 Noel Tavendale (Green T shirt), a regular at Sporting Clays practice days, brought his son Nick and grandsons Jack & Toby for a shot. The boys did well.

2020 Photographs - Click on the photographs to view captions

2020 10 31 Rubbish skip was too heavy to be emptied, so some bunny had to get in it and lighten the load. In the meantime, Phil Smith tested Bruce Henshall & Keith Brown on their shovel leaning skills. The boys look ready for a job at the council.

2020 06 20 Working Bee. Brian Reid supervising Col Crittenden fitting the kitchen blinds.

2020 06 20 Working Bee. Riley Long, Linda Motha & Russell Barnes all trying to defuse a situation. Put down the shifter, Brian. Step away from the shifter, Brian.

2020 06 20 Working Bee. Joelle Everingham did a great job on the windows.

2020 06 03 Bob Pigram spends hours at the club, maintaining the grounds.

2020 05 07 Anton Motha is busy fixing the traphouse, but Peggy looks bored. "Come on Dad, let's go chase rabbits."

2019 Photographs - Click on the photographs to view captions

2019 11 10 Labs are very smart. This fellow found a cool spot to wait for Dad.

2019 11 10 Ernie Williams admiring Barry Ellis' lovely old 1926 Greener. Damascus steel & hammers; the good old days, indeed.

2019 10 19 Peggy Motha won D Grade. Check out her prize.

2019 10 16 Matt Motha teaching Col Crittenden how to do wheelies on the tow truck .

2019 07 24 Ernie's birthday. Thanks Anita and Linda.

2019 05 29 Spinning yarns is being trialled as a competitive event, so Bob Pigram, Ian Reith , Graham Coyle & Bruce Henshall getting in some practice.

2019 05 29 Shipping container up on concrete blocks out of harm's way. We've got lots of space now to store the sporting clays equipment.

2019 05 27 Anton Motha & Bob Pigram enjoying the view from the bridge of the flash new toilet block.

2019 05 26 Trap house working bee. The hard working crew.

2019 05 26 Trap house working bee, Ground 2 ready for action.

2019 05 26 Trap house working bee, or is it plumber's apprentice selection trials?

2019 05 26 Trap house working bee. The idea for a toilet behind Ground 3 didn't work. Too narrow, boys!

2019 05 26 Trap house working bee. Tom Davey is wondering when the old coots will stop yapping and start working.

2019 05 26 Trap house working bee. Col Crittenden & Jacob Motha working on Ground 2.

2019 05 26 Trap house working bee. Col Crittenden & Jacob Motha on Santa's sleigh.

2019 05 18 Traphouse No.2 has a new slab.

2019 05 18 Your enviro levy at work. Bob Pigram spends a lot of time on the new sweeper picking up wads.

2019 05 12 Matt Motha giving Col Crittenden a hand after the SC Shoot.

2019 05 12 Mitch Parker spicing things up at the Mothers' Day shoot.

2019 05 12 Jacob Motha, enjoying a break from his uni studies in Wagga, came home to help set up the club's shiny new Laporte trap.

2019 05 12 Clubroom access ramp, or is it Linda's scooter test track?

2019 05 12 The old and the new. I meant the guns! Mitch Parker envying Barry Ellis' lovely old 1896 vintage Stephen Grant double barrel.

2019 05 05 Our new toilet block at the factory in Mansfield. It's nearly ready.

2019 02 26 Female Participation Initiative - Rear: Dave Cole Phil Smith Anton Motha Col Crittenden Steve Tamme Front: Chelsea Cole Olivia Williams Jess Peacock Sally Peacock

2019 02 26 Female Participation Initiative - Rear: Phil Smith Anton Motha Alison Harwood Col Crittenden Steve Tamme Front: Kim Brimblecombe Sarah Mowat Megan Fulcher Camilla Mearns-Horneman

2019 02 26 Female Participation Initiative - Proud parents Donna & Dave Cole with daughter Chelsea.

2019 02 22 In the Wang Chronicle. Go Club! It's nice to get public recognition of our efforts.

2019 02 19 Female Participation Initiative - Rhedyn Leslie Kim Brimblecombe Carol Brimblecombe Olivia Williams Jess Peacock Sally Peacock Samantha Watson Chelsea Cole

2019 02 19 Female Participation Initiative - Jess Peacock had Dad Tim on hand to see her busting a few targets. Mum Sally has also been participating in the programme and is really whacking the clays.

2019 02 16 DTL Compretition - Linda testing Peggy's compliance with ACTA regulations.

2019 02 16 DTL Compretition - Mitch & Tom enjoying the great outdoors. Ah, the serenity....

2019 02 16 DTL Compretition - Team Motha hard at it, as always.

2019 02 12 Sport North East female participation initiative. Participants and their tutors. Samantha Watson, Steve Tamme, Sabrina Hallam, Carol Briblecombe, Brett Jory, Alison Harwood & Brian Reid

2019 02 12 Sport North East female participation initiative. Participants getting good advice from experienced shooters.

2019 02 10 Sporting Clays competition. Ross Coates brought his son Max along for the day.

2019 02 10 Sporting Clays competition. What better way to spend your Sunday?

2019 02 05 Sport North East female engagement initiative. Samantha Watson under Brian Reid's expert tuition.

2019 01 26 Working Bee: Graham Coyle, Bernie Chivers, Brian Reid, Steve Tammie & Bruce Henshall unloading a load of wads. Note that we also picked up lots of general rubbish from the recreation reserve and the roadside.

2019 01 26 Working Bee: Anton & Peggy Motha. Peggy is a qualified sniffer dog, specialising in wads, bones and free food.

2019 01 26 Working Bee: Brian Reid, Bernie Chivers & Graham Coyle sprung filling up their buckets from the dumpster.

2019 01 26 Working Bee: Col Crittenden taking advantage of Matt Motha's small size to clean out a drain pipe.

2019 01 26 Working Bee: Bonnie Bussell resting after her big day. Having dogs around cheers the place up, don't you reckon?

2019 01 25 Senator Bridget McKenzie, Federal Minister for Sport, shooting some DTL with Matthew Motha.

2019 01 25 Senator Bridget McKenzie, Federal Minister for Sport, signed up as our newest club member.

2019 01 25 Senator Bridget McKenzie, Federal Minister for Sport, visited the club to discuss our progress.

2019 01 12 The Laporte Twinlap trap happy in its new home. Thanks to Bronzewing.

2019 01 12 The Laporte Twinlap trap in place and nearly ready to go.

2019 01 12 Installing the Laporte Twinlap trap lent to the club by Bronzewing Australia.

2019 01 12 Installing the Laporte Twinlap trap lent to the club by Bronzewing Australia.

2018 Photographs - Click on the photographs to view captions

2018 12 15 Working Bee: The troops formed a bucket line to empty the traphouses.

2018 12 15 Working Bee: Tony Ruvolo getting down and dirty in Traphouse no.3.

2018 12 15 Working Bee: Anita Klima vs Bruce Henshall in the Top Broom shoot-off.

2018 12 15 Working Bee: Pippa Crittenden worked like a dog all day. She deserved a quick dip.

2018 12 14 The swimming lagoon beside Traphouse No. 3. We're installing a diving board on the skeet high house.

2018 12 14 The new boat parking area behind Ground No. 3

2018 12 14 Great weather for ducks!

2018 12 09 A family affair. Shaun, Noah & Rhys McGauran were all placegetters at the December Five Stand competition.

2018 12 09 Great to see Col Crittenden having a shot at a competition. And he got a ham, too!

2018 12 07 Anton Motha is grateful for Pippa Crittenden's help. Air hoses are heavy when you're only 25cm tall!

2018 12 07 Anton Motha, Col Crittenden, Graham Coyle & Matt Motha testing the newly ACTA regs-compliant Traphouse no.3

2018 12 02 Trap No.3 pedestal has been cut down, laser-measured and is now at ACTA specifications.

2018 12 02 Detail pic of one of the referee seats made by Steve Tammey.

2018 11 17 Craig Davey refereeing the annual High Gun Champion of Champions Shoot Off. Mick Rowan, Jacob Motha, Alex Gobbo, Liam Shore, Tom Davey, David Luelf, Graham Coyle & Trevor Hicks.

2018 11 17 Jacob Motha feeding the insatiable beast.

2018 11 17 Graham Coyle on one of Steve Tammey's thrones, refereeing DTL.

2018 11 11 Geoff Agnew helping (?) Bruce Henshall with his arithmetic.

2018 11 11 DJ Col (AKA Col Crittenden) at the turntables, dropping some beats for Adam Shale & Joe Forti.

2011 11 11 Bruce Henshall refereeing B Grade shootoff - Gary Byron & Marc Connell

2018 11 10 Our Vice Pres. Brian Reid, here with Ross Winnell, won Skeet High Gun at Numurka/Shepp.

2018 10 20 Linda Motha likes the temporary signwriting.

2018 10 20 Phil Smith doing his bit to keep the show on the road.

2018 10 14 Five Stand prizes - Aussie Aussie Aussie!

2018 08 Linda Motha selling raffle tickets at Bunnings.

2018 08 18 Ahmet & the crew at Wangaratta Kebabs sponsored the 30 Target Point Score

Older Photographs - Click on the photographs to view captions

5 Stand Tower

Shooter in action

Another shooter

Point and shoot

One of the traps

More shooters in action

Attracting young shooters

A good aim

Winners are grinners

Teaching a disabled shooter

More shooters in action

Skeet shooting

Kayla Grassi, winner of 2010 Rural City of Wangaratta Youth Sports Award

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