Wingham Rifle Club

20/06/2026

🏆 Wingham Rifle Club Results –
Range : 800m

Another Great Day on the Range
Congratulations to all members who competed today and produced some outstanding results across the grades.
Today's Grade Winners:

🎯 T-Rifle A 🥇 Robert Sweegers – 99.010
🥈 Kathryn Sweegers – 98.010
🥉 Neil Drain – 97.006

🎯 T-Rifle B 🥇 Luke Russell – 97.006
🥈 John Russell – 95.006

🎯 T-Rifle C 🥇 William Burton – 44.002
🥈 William Burton – 43.001

🎯 F-Std A 🥇 Ray Nash – 115.005
🥈 Jim Blackmore – 110.007

🎯 Sport-PCO A 🥇 Sam Addison – 100.013
🥈 Steve Southwell – 99.014

A special mention to Luke Russell, who not only took out T-Rifle B, but also achieved his first-ever possible score of 50.3 during today's competition. A fantastic milestone and a reward for plenty of hard work on the range. Well done, Luke! 👏🎯
Thank you to everyone who attended, competed, scored, and helped make the day a success. We look forward to seeing you all back on the mound next week.

20/06/2026

🎯 Big Congratulations to Luke Russell!

A huge shoutout to Luke Russell on achieving his first ever possible today with an outstanding 50.3! 👏🔥

Range: 800m

Reaching your first possible is a milestone every shooter remembers, and Luke has done it in style. Your hard work, dedication, and commitment to improving your craft have paid off.
Well done, Luke — here's to many more great scores and achievements ahead! 💪🏆
Congratulations on a fantastic result, mate! 🎉🎯 #503

09/06/2026

🏆 Wingham Rifle Club Grand Aggregate Results – What a Weekend! 🏆
What an incredible weekend of competition, sportsmanship, and camaraderie at the Wingham Rifle Club Open Prize Meeting!
We were thrilled to welcome shooters from across NSW and beyond, with outstanding performances across all disciplines. The standard of shooting was exceptional, with several aggregates decided by the narrowest of margins.

🎯 Grand Aggregate Champions
T-Rifle A Grade
🥇 Robert Avery (Cessnock) – 325.049
🥈 Chris Schwebel (Holsworthy) – 325.048 🥉 Peter Thurtell (Holsworthy) – 325.043

T-Rifle B Grade
🥇 Paul Russell (Shore) – 321.040
🥈 Forbes Thurtell (Wingham) – 319.032 🥉 Skye Russell (Hornsby Manly TRC) – 318.033

T-Rifle C Grade
🥇 Ella Coffey (West Wallsend) – 314.032 🥈 Kotari Om (Sydney High School) – 311.024
🥉 Anderson Lee (Sydney High School) – 310.019

F-Standard A Grade
🥇 Alan Mathison (Armidale rc) – 385.037
🥈 Ray Nash (Wingham) – 385.030
🥉 Emma Kent (Wingham) – 384.041

F-Standard B Grade
🥇 Todd Barnard (Wingham) – 377.016
🥈 Jessica Murphy (Spring Ridge) – 367.016
🥉 Alan Matthews (West Wallsend) – 363.020

F-Open A Grade
🥇 Jason Bennett (Cessnock) – 389.42
🥈 Brendan Rice (Wingham) – 388.40
🥉 Machine (wingham) – 385.38

F-TR A Grade
🥇 Sean Wilson (Gosford District) – 387.043 🥈 Alexina Bunt (Hornsby Manly TRC) – 383.027
🥉 Daniel Silver (Marrickville) – 365.018

Sporting PCO A Grade
🥇 Andrew Beavis (North Sydney) – 324.050
🥈 Michael Graham (Wingham) – 324.040 🥉 Sam Addison (Wingham) – 324.037

🌟 Wingham Rifle Club Highlights
A special congratulations to our Wingham members who featured prominently in the aggregates:
🏅 Ray Nash – 2nd F-Standard A
🏅 Emma Kent – 3rd F-Standard A
🏅 Todd Barnard – Winner F-Standard B
🏅 Forbes Thurtell – 2nd T-Rifle B
🏅 Brendan Rice – 2nd F-Open A
🏅 Michael Graham – 2nd Sporting PCO A
🏅 Sam Addison – 3rd Sporting PCO A
🙏 Thank You
Events like this simply don't happen without the dedication of a great team behind the scenes.
A massive thank you to John, Kathryn, Rob, and the entire Wingham Rifle Club Committee and membership for the countless hours spent preparing the range, organising the event, running the office, scoring, catering, target operations, and ensuring everything ran smoothly throughout the weekend.
Your hard work, commitment, and hospitality are what make Wingham such a welcoming and enjoyable prize meeting for competitors from all over the state. The positive feedback we've received is a credit to every volunteer who contributed their time and effort.
We also thank all visiting shooters, officials, markers, supporters, and families who helped make the weekend such a success.
We look forward to seeing everyone back on the mound next year for another fantastic Wingham Open Prize Meeting!
📸 If you have photos from the weekend, please share them in the comments and don't forget to tag your club mates!
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05/06/2026

🏆 Day 1 of the Wingham Open Rifle Championships kicks off today!

Today we'll be shooting ranges over 400m and 2 x 500-yard matches, and if yesterday was anything to go by, it's going to be a real test of skill and patience.

Yesterday's sweepstakes was contested on the 600-yard mound using the 300m aiming mark. The wind was up, conditions were tricky, and the challenge was made even tougher by a tiny centre to aim at. It certainly kept everyone honest and demanded plenty of concentration on every shot.

Congratulations to yesterday's sweepstakes winners:

🥇 TRA
Chris Schwebel (Holsworthy RC) – 71.8

🥇 TRB
Sandi Moore (Mossman Neutral Bay) 68.2

🥇 TRC
Ella Coffey (West Wallsend) 59.1

🥇 FSA
Ray Nash (Wingham RC) 76.1

🥇 FSB
Kylie Mitchell (Spring Ridge RC) 69.1

🥇 F Open
Brendan Rice (Wingham RC) 83.1

🥇 FTR
Daniel Silver (Marrickville RC) 64.1

🥇 Sporter PCO
Sam Addison (Wingham RC) 72.5

Well done to all grade winners for mastering some very challenging conditions. With the wind up and a tiny centre to aim at, every point had to be earned.

Best of luck to all competitors for Day 1 of the Championships. Looking forward to seeing how the scores stack up over the 400m and 500-yard ranges today.

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28/05/2026

Only one week away until the action starts - Looking forward to hosting everyone over the long weekend

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18/05/2026

Did my first run up to Gundy last year and was one of the best shoots of the year - get involved.

Lock this one into the calendar — the 2026 Goondiwindi Prize Shoot is shaping up to be a great weekend of shooting.

With the new range distances for 2026, competitors will tackle 700m and double 800m on Sunday.

The F Class Challenge is also back and will once again run in conjunction with the Goondiwindi Prize Shoot.

More details coming soon — watch this space.

14/05/2026

🔧 CLUB WORKING BEE THIS SATURDAY 🔧

We’ll be holding a working bee at the club this Saturday from 9:00am and would love to see as many members there as possible helping out. After the working Bee is done we will have a shoot at 600Y

With the OPM coming up, it’s important we get the club looking its best and ready for the event. There are plenty of jobs to do, and every bit of help makes a big difference.

If you can make it, please bring along any gloves or tools that may be useful.

Many hands make light work — see you Saturday! 💪

09/05/2026

🏆 Wingham Rifle Club – Club Championship Round 2 (400m)

Round 2 is done and dusted! While conditions looked near perfect, a sneaky tailing breeze kept drifting shots across the target and made things far from easy.

Shoot of the Day goes to Ed Luszczynski, who fired a brilliant possible in Stage 2—top effort!

Great to welcome new shooters, father and. son duo Jason and Harrison, with young Harry (12) shooting a fantastic 107 on debut

Also awesome to see Terry and Dean back—the club is growing, and it’s great to see more people getting involved in this sport!

We had 22 shooters on the mound, which is fantastic to see and made for a fun day out on the range.

TRA Grade
🥇 Winner: Dave Morton – 99.13
Equal 1st - M. Chad – 99.13
Rob Sweegers – 99.12
N. Drain – 99.10
Kathryn Sweegers – 98.10

TRB Grade
🥇 Winner: J. Russell – 90.6

F Standard A
🥇 Winner: E. Kent – 117.7
C. Barnard – 116.9
R. Bartlett – 115.8
T. Barnard – 115.7
R. Nash – 114.9

F Standard B
🥇 Winner: E. Luszczynski – 116.7
Harrison A – 107.2
Jason A – 99.7

F Open
🥇 Winner: L. Raftery – 119.15
B. Rice – 119.10
S. Southwell – 117.8

PCO
🥇 Winner: J. Starling – 100.17
M. Graham – 97.8

PC
🥇 Winner: J. Kent – 99.15
Terry – 94.4
Dean – 90.3

🎯 Handicap Highlights
E. Luszczynski – 102.91
L. Raftery – 101.94
E. Kent – 101.62

Another strong round across all grades—well done to everyone who took part
We’re building great momentum—bring on Round 3!

05/05/2026

Huge shoutout to our members who represented us at Spring Ridge OPM last Saturday!

Jason – 2nd place (PCO)
Sam – 3rd place (PCO)
Emma – 2nd place (FSA)
Brendan – 9th place (FOpen)

Great effort all around and awesome to see you out there competing and pushing yourselves. Proud of the team!

04/05/2026

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