Results – Silhouette Mini Match #1

John-R Jones

Wolwehoek Shooting Club hosted the first of our SAMSSA sanctioned mini matches (i.e., 20 shot items), from 19 to 22 April 2023.  We are scheduled to host the Wolwehoek Classic, a 40 shots per item event in mid-July and then the Transvaal Classic, also a 40 shots per item event in September.  The second mini match will be hosted in November 2023.

We had 26 entries ranging from some participants shooting only two items to one participant shooting 16 items. This meat that 147 items were shot over 4 days; 6615 shots being fired ranging in caliber from .177 (air guns) to 303 Br.

The feedback from all participants was all very favorable.  Many thanks to thanks to Dave Wilson and Sharon Mladina who help with running the .22/Air gun range allowing me to shoot down at the bottom on the long gun range.

This was my grandson’s fist SAMSSA sanctioned match, unfortunately he was the only under 14 competitors, so he came first in all his events, but although the results a difficult to compare, his scores are not too shabby at all. 

I gave my son-in-law the task of taking a photo of the youngster shooting and this was the result.

The the final results are: