14/11/2026
🔴🏆 MELBOURNE GUN CLUB JUNIORS LEADING THE WAY! 🏆🔴
What a fantastic couple of days for our Melbourne Gun Club juniors at the 2026 Commonwealth & Victorian State Trap Championships in Echuca!
At just 15 years of age, Chloe Hughes-Gage has produced an outstanding performance, finishing RUNNER-UP in the Beretta Australia State Handicap Championship with an incredible 83/84!
What makes Chloe’s achievement even more impressive is the circumstances surrounding it.
Just two days earlier, Chloe competed in the Commonwealth event, where she finished in 4th place and earned herself an additional metre in handicap. This meant heading into the State Handicap she was shooting from the 20-metre mark for the very first time!
Chloe first put together a perfect 50/50 in qualifying, earning her place in the shoot-off. She then battled through another incredible 33 targets in a nerve-wracking sudden-death, miss-and-out shoot-off, with every target being shot in front of a huge crowd.
Eventually, Chloe finished second, just one target behind the winner, Glenn Barton, with a final score of 83/84.
Glenn is recognised as one of Australia’s best shots, making Chloe’s performance all the more impressive. To push a shooter of Glenn’s calibre all the way, at just 15 years old and shooting off a new 20-metre handicap, is a tremendous effort. Chloe is now off 21m and knocking on the door of AA!
And Chloe wasn’t the only MGC junior flying the flag!
On Thursday, Nathan Naylor also put together a fantastic performance, claiming 2nd place in C Grade in the Commonwealth Point Score.
Nathan is another of our talented MGC juniors, and it’s fantastic to see him achieving such great results.
As a club, we couldn’t be prouder of both Chloe and Nathan. Seeing our junior shooters competing at this level, taking on Australia’s best and achieving outstanding results is something special.
A huge congratulations to Chloe and Nathan from everyone at Melbourne Gun Club. Your efforts and the way you represent our club make us incredibly proud!
The future of our sport is looking very bright! 👏🔴🏆