Thanks Fred, great analysis. I recall Serge saying at the beginning of the year he wanted to make the top 10 in each class, well he has smashed it out of the park in LG and HG and also shot very well in Rimfire. Michael Bell has certainly been the man to beat in Rimfire for the last couple of years. Melbourne here we come!

No Rimfire is where it gets a little bit interesting. Traditionally the final shoot at Little River has been 300m and 500m, meaning that the final rimfire match is normally the ACT Fly Championships in Canberra.
However this year the Little River Cup will include Rimfire.
Why does this matter?
Currently Michael is leading the Rimfire with 390 point (3 first and a third), however in second place is Kathy Dundas. Kathy is sitting on 372 point, but with is including 2 first and a second, Kathy can still catch Michael and secure the Shooter of the Year Trophy. Kathy will need to secure first or second place at Little River, and beat Michael by 2 places, so it will be an uphill battle, but it can definitely be done.
So who will Michael Bell secure Rimfire SOTY for a second year in a row or will Kathy come form behind to take victory. We will all have to wait and see.

Today's 10 Oct 2026 fly club shot has be shot and we have found the 280 club trophy. 

Tks Ed for finding the trophy as it is needed as you will read. 

Morning rain and light winds to start greeted 11 fly hungry shooters. Some twitching condition by the D and E targets sorted some of us out.

In First place was Dave with a great 280.8 then Lee with 259.6 and Terry 256.4. 

Dave also shot the highest target 59.2 and smallest group 1.042".

A great warm up for Melbourne Dave.

We also welcomed a new fly shooter Emil, 184 in his first attempt, great job. He'll be back to get the fly that he just missed. 

With the 280 trophy found, it should be noted that currently only two names are on that, Ed and Dave and both date back years, so in keeping with the spirit of the fly shoot, Dave's name will be engraved and score listed in recognition of today's result.

Congrats Dave great shooting.

Scores are in the attached.

Round 9, September 2026.

Winners: Mathew Bourke and Mick Storch top points (100) for SOTY

Fly’s Hit: Mathew Bourke 9 Fly’s.

Group Score Aver: David Richards with an 8.80 Average.

Best Target: Sue Arblaster with a 60.01

Best Group: Sue Arblaster with a 0.932”

Congratulations to Mathew and Mcik for taking out Round 9.

Attached is round 9 YTD Results as well, 3 rounds to go to get your 7 shoots up to qualify for Shooter of the year. 

More details will come, but practice and setup will be 11th June, 500M 12th & 13th , finishing with Rimfire on the 14th.

Camping will be available as always.

Entries are invited for the Little River Cup Match

Time:   Friday 6^th November 2026                              200 Fly

            Saturday 7^th November 2026                          500 Light Gun and Heavy Gun

Flag set up on Friday up until 1.00pm

The 200 Rimfire Match will commence at 1.30pm.

Flag Set Up for the 500 matches can commence at the completion of the 200 Rimfire Match.

No Flags or Range Access beyond 300m until the days range activities are closed across MR1, MR2, MR3 at 5.00pm

Rules

This match is to be run in accordance with the current SSAA Fly Shoot Rule Book

Awards

Patches for Hits on the Fly

Medals will be awarded for 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd in Light Gun, Heavy Gun and Rimfire

Medals will be awarded for Small Group and High Score targets in Light Gun, Heavy Gun and Rimfire

Medals will be awarded for 2 Gun Centrefire 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd.

Medals will be awarded for 2 Gun Rimfire, Centrefire 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Medals will be awarded for 3 Gun 2^nd, 3^rd with the 3 Gun winner receiving the Cup

Lucky Door Prize – small canister of 2208 powder.

Entries $40.00 per class or $100 for all 3 classes CASH ONLY

            Entries limited by range capacity – enter early to secure your position

PLEASE NOTE:  Competitors and visitors must check in each day and pay range fees if shooting (approx. $20/day) at the office prior to coming to MR2 (Main Range 2)

Catering by Bruno’s Café available

Camping Available

• Round 6 (Final Round) of the 500m CF Fly Winter Series results below. 
• Round 9 of the 200yrd RF Fly Competition results below.
• 200yrd RF Fly Competition SOTY Leader board

On behalf of all the match organisers, thank you to everyone who attended the ACT Fly Championships this past week end.

It was great to see everyone at the range again enjoying themselves, even in some challenging conditions.

A huge thanks to Night Force for their continual support. We are very lucky to have this relationship, I know that it is appreciated by all the shooters, especially those lucky enough to walk away with one of the great prizes. I very big thank you to Dave Groves, and Tom from Nightforce, for their hard work in putting this sponsorships together.

Conditions for winning one of the very generous prizes on offer was that you had to be in attendance at the presentation on Sunday afternoon. Some shooter would regret leaving early, but those that did not did stay did not seem to be upset when more then one prize had to be redrawn.

Major Lucky Door Prize of a Night Force Competition Scope was drawn from all who competed over the weekend and was won by Sergey.
50% off a Night force Scope was drawn from all who competed in Centrefire on Saturday and was won by first time fly shooter Michael Burden.
Horus Spotting scope was drawn from all who competed in Rimfire on Sunday and was won by Stephen Ball.
Lightforce Driving Lights was once again drawn from all who competed over the weekend and was won by Jan Mitchell.

Conditions were definitely challenging on the weekend, and that started on Friday with set up and sighting in. Temperatures reached 27 degrees with heavy mirage and switching winds. Most shooters were happy to just get a shot on target.
Saturday came along with a lot of haze around in the morning. The haze cleared as the day warmed up, but in came heavy mirage and some very challenging wind conditions with temperatures reaching 28 degrees. For a lot of the day it was hard for us in the scoring shed to find 5 shots on the target, let alone for the shooter on the firing line trying to find them from 500m away through a rifle scope.

At the end of the day it was Sergey, who continued with the consistency that he has shown all year, who came out on top with his heavy gun and a score of 243.02. Second in heavy gun was David Z with 220.02 and third was James Blacker with 217.04.
Second overall and first in Light Gun was Ivan Wilson with 237.02, second was Sergey with 219.03, and very close in third was Ian Parks with 219.02.

High Target and small group in Heavy Gun was Sergey with 56.01 and 2.293 inches.
High Target in Light Gun was Robert Bernard with 54.00 and small group was shot by Richard F with 1.634 inches.

Sunday rolled around and in true Canberra fashion, temperatures dropped drastically, with a top of 12 degrees although it felt much colder, and everyone was desperately searching for jackets and gloves. With the drop in temperature the winds definitely did not drop, they remained very switchy with strong gusts coming through that caught most people off guard, more than once.
At the end of the day it was Jan Mitchell that came out on top with 273.04. Second was Dave Dundas with 264.05 and third was 259.03 scored by both Michael Bell and Bruce Y, however after implementing tie break rules third place was secured by Michael Bell, who score high target of the day with 59.00. Small group was shot by Tim Pavey with 1.436 inches.

Full results from the weekend can be found below.