2006 NATIONAL MATCHES
Across the Course Nationals, held at Tamworth, NSW

The 2006 National Matches were again held at Tamworth, and were one of the best Nationals ever.  Everybody showed up with high spirits, ready to do the business, without a single complaint being registered all weekend.

All shooters had an opportunity to contest 2 rifle specs.  This proved to be very popular, as many shooters enjoy true across the course shooting, using more than one favourite rifle type.

Peter Barnier also scored the first "clean" ever in Australia - he shot a perfect score of 100 in the sitting rapid fire 200m string.

David Waters, after the Saturday result, is the first Australian to reach the qualification of "Distinguished Expert".  David has supported almost every XC event around the country since XC started back in 2002, and with very good average results, has been able to reach qualification easily.

It was certainly a weekend of firsts, in a lot of ways.  This discipline proves to be a credible one, but also proves that there is more to gain from shooting this than just rewards and records - it offers the most important thing of all "personal improvement".  Every shooter just has to grab their gear, get on the line, and challenge themselves.  Over time, they will improve - it is as sure as gravity.

With the announcement that all qualification rockers are now free (while stocks last), thanks to generous donations, many shooters claimed their qualification rocker patches to go along with their header patch.  If you missed this event to claim your rockers, make sure you front up to the Gilgandra and make your claims.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS    -    Spec 1 Std Service Iron Sights       Craig Mahoney
                                                 -    Spec 2 Mod Service Iron Sights     John Barnier
                                                 -    Spec 3 Match Rifle Iron Sights       Peter Barnier
                                                 -    Spec 5 Optical Rifle                       Peter Barnier
                                                 -    Spec 1a Commonwealth Service    Stewart George

NRA HIGH POWER RIFLE - ACROSS THE COURSE                        
2006 NATIONALS CHAMPS - TAMWORTH                        
                                                                                 
        200 SLOW FIRE     200 RAPID FIRE     300 RAPID FIRE     600 SLOW FIRE   NMC NMC
FIRST NAME LAST NAME SPEC X 10 9 8 7 6 5 SCORE HITS X 10 9 8 7 6 5 SCORE HITS X 10 9 8 7 6 5 SCORE HITS X 10 9 8 7 6 5 SCORE HITS TOTAL %
Craig Mahoney 1   2 1 3 2 1 1 78.00 10 1   4 5       86.01 10   1 5 2 2     85.00 10 2 4 4 5 4   1 169.02 20 418.03 83.6
Nick Abrahall 1   3 5 1 1     90.00 10   5 4 1       94.00 10 1 1 2 3 3     83.01 10 2 1 3 5 4 3 1 148.02 19 415.03 83.0
Peter Brown 1   3 2 1 3 1   83.00 10     2 6 1 1   79.00 10     1 5 2 2   75.00 10   3 10 1 5   1 168.00 20 405.00 81.0
Dick Bennett 1     1 2 3   3 61.00 9 1 1 2 5       78.01 9 2 2 2 1 2 1   86.02 10   4 3 5 5 1 1 153.00 19 378.03 75.6
Gary Sawle 1     3 4   2   71.00 9 1 3 4 1 1     91.01 10   1 3 2   1 1 64.00 8   2 3 6 3 5 1 151.00 20 377.01 75.4
Greg Roberts 1   1 2 4 1 1   73.00 9     2 3 1 2 1 66.00 9 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 76.01 10 1 2 3 6 3 5   156.01 20 371.02 74.2
David Jones 1 1     2 1 1 1 44.01 6 1 1 4 3 1     87.01 10   1 4 2 1 2   81.00 10   2 3 2 5 2 3 125.00 17 337.02 67.4
John Colbertaldo 1   1 2 3 2 1   72.00 9 1 1   3   2 1 61.01 8   1 3 3 1     68.00 8     4 4 3 3 2 117.00 16 318.01 63.6
Matt McPherson 1     1 1 6 1   65.00 9 1   2 2 2 1   64.01 8   2 2     3 2 66.00 9     1 1 8 5 3 118.00 18 313.01 62.6
Greg Davis 1   1 1 1 3 2   60.00 8   1 1 1 2 2 2 63.00 9       2   4 1 45.00 7   1 3 4 6 4 2 145.00 20 313.00 62.6
Stewart George 1a     3 4 1 2   78.00 10       5 1 3   65.00 9 1     1 1 3 1 48.01 7 1 1 1 2 4 3 5 116.01 17 307.02 61.4
Evan  Brown 1 1       5 2 1 62.01 9 2   1 1 3 2   70.02 9       1 2 3 2 50.00 8   1 1 4 6 4 1 122.00 17 304.03 60.8
Andrew Radford 1a   1     4 4   62.00 9   1 1 3 1 1 1 61.00 8   1 2 1 4   1 69.00 9     1 3 5 1 6 104.00 16 296.00 59.2
John Webber 1     1 2 1 2   44.00 6 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 69.01 9       2 2 1 1 41.00 6     1 4 9 4 1 133.00 19 287.01 57.4
Josh Coughran 1 1 1   2 2 1 2 66.01 9     2 1   2 1 43.00 6             2 10.00 2   2 1 4 7 2 3 137.00 19 256.01 51.2
David Avard 1     1 3 3 2   66.00 9     2     4   42.00 6     2     3 2 46.00 7     2   6 7   102.00 15 256.00 51.2
Andrew Brown 1   2   1   3 2 56.00 8 1     3 2 4   72.01 10       2 1   3 38.00 6   1   1 4 3 5 89.00 14 255.01 51.0
John Waters 1     1   1 2   28.00 4 1   1       2 29.01 4 1   1 1 3 1   54.01 7 1 1 4 2 9   1 140.01 18 251.03 50.2
Leigh Sinclair 1       3   3 1 47.00 7     2 1   3 2 54.00 8       3 2 3 2 66.00 10       1 2 1 5 53.00 9 220.00 44.0
Roman Copot 1     3 1       35.00 4   1   1   1 2 34.00 5           1 1 11.00 2   2 2 2 4 4 3 121.00 17 201.00 40.2
Geoff Fennin 1       2 1 1 2 39.00 6   1   1 2   2 42.00 6       1 3 1   35.00 5               0.00 0 116.00 23.2
Alan Baynes 1     1 1   1 2 33.00 5     1   1     16.00 2           2   12.00 2         1 4 1 36.00 6 97.00 19.4
Tim Pavey 1a   1 3 1   3 2 73.00 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0               0.00 0               0.00 0 73.00 14.6
Mitchell Pavey 1   1           10.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0       1     5 33.00 6 43.00 8.6
John Barnier 2   1 8   1     89.00 10   1 4 4       78.00 9     6 2 2     84.00 10   6 6 6 2     176.00 20 427.00 85.4
Peter Brown 2 1 2 3 2   2   85.01 10 2 2 4   2     90.02 10   2 3 3 1     78.00 9 1 5 5 4 4 1   171.01 20 424.04 84.8
Dick Bennett 2   1 3 2 4     81.00 10   3 4 2 1     89.00 10   2 3 3 2     85.00 10 2 4 2 3 8 1   164.02 20 419.02 83.8
Craig Mahoney 2   4     2 2   66.00 8   1 7 2       89.00 10 1 1 6 2       90.01 10 2 2 3 3 9 1   160.02 20 405.03 81.0
Nick Abes 2 1 2 2 2 2 1   84.01 10 1 1 5 3       89.01 10 1   4 3   1   76.01 9 1 1 3 6 4 3 2 151.01 20 400.04 80.0
Gary Sawle 2 2     3 4   1 77.02 10 1 1 6 1   1   88.01 10   2 2 3 3     83.00 10 1 3 1 5 3 4 3 149.01 20 397.04 79.4
Bob  Harold 2     1   5 1 3 65.00 10 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 71.01 9     1 2 4 1   59.00 8 1 3 2   11 3   153.01 20 348.02 69.6
Mat McPherson 2     1 1 1 4 3 63.00 10   2 2   2 2 1 69.00 9   1 1 3 2 2   69.00 9 2   2 1 2 7 4 122.02 18 323.02 64.6
Stewart George 2 1 1 1 3 1 1   66.01 8   1 2 1 2 3 1 73.00 10     1 2 6 1   73.00 10     1 2 4 6 1 94.00 14 306.01 61.2
John Colbertaldo 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 80.01 10       3 4 2 1 69.00 10   2 2 2 1 2   73.00 9   1 1 2 2 5 1 84.00 12 306.01 61.2
Andrew Radford 2   1   2 3 1 2 63.00 9 1   1 4   3 1 74.01 10     1       2 19.00 3     2 2 4 9 2 126.00 19 282.01 56.4
Evan Brown 2   1 1 1   1 3 48.00 7     3 2   3   61.00 8     1 1 2 2   43.00 6 1 1 1 1 6 4 4 123.01 18 275.01 55.0
Andrew Brown 2     2 1 1 1 2 49.00 7     2 2 3 1   61.00 8     3 1   1 1 46.00 6   2 2 4 2 4 2 118.00 16 274.00 54.8
Roman Copot 2       1 2 1 3 43.00 7   2 1 5 1   1 81.00 10         1 2   19.00 3   3 1 1 3 1 2 84.00 11 227.00 45.4
Norm Baynes 2           2   12.00 2   1   2       26.00 3       2 1   2 33.00 5   1 2 3 2 2 1 83.00 11 154.00 30.8
Josh Coughran 2   1 1 1 2 1 2 57.00 8   1   2 3 1 2 63.00 9               0.00 0               0.00 0 120.00 24.0
Alan Baynes 2   2   2 1 1 2 59.00 8       1   2 1 25.00 4               0.00 0               0.00 0 84.00 16.8
Norm Baynes 2       1 1 1 2 31.00 5             2 10.00 2     1 2 1     32.00 4               0.00 0 73.00 14.6
Mitch Pavey 2           1   6.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0               0.00 0               0.00 0 6.00 1.2
Peter  Barnier 3   5 4     1   92.00 10 2 4 4         96.02 10   3 7         93.00 10 5 11 3 1       195.05 20 476.07 95.2
David Waters 3   3 4 3       90.00 10 2 4 3         87.02 9 2   5 3       89.02 10 7 8 4 1       194.07 20 460.11 92.0
Aubrey Sonnenberg 3 2   4 3 1     87.02 10   3 5 2       91.00 10 1 6 3         97.01 10 7 3 5   3 1   172.07 19 447.10 89.4
Bob  Faunt 3 3 1 3 2 1     90.03 10     5 1 1     60.00 7 1 2 2 5       88.01 10 1 9 7 3       187.01 20 425.05 85.0
Matthew Avard 3   1 2 5 2     82.00 10   4 2 2 1 1   87.00 10   2 3 2 3     84.00 10 3 4 3 6 1 1 2 168.03 20 421.03 84.2
David Cornick 3   2   1   4 2 62.00 9   4 2 2 1     81.00 9   1 6 2 1     87.00 10               175.03 0 405.03 81.0
John Webber 3     1 2 4 2 1 70.00 10     1 2 4 1 2 69.00 10     7 2       79.00 9   3 8 4 4 1   168.00 20 386.00 77.2
Richard Page 3   1   2 2 4 1 69.00 10     2 2 1 1 1 52.00 7   2 4 3     1 85.00 10   3 8 3 3 1   153.00 18 359.00 71.8
John Barnier 3 1   4 2 1 2   81.01 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 5 3 5 4     175.03 20 256.04 51.2
Peter Barnier 5 1 4 4 1       94.01 10 3 7           100.03 10 3 5 2         98.03 10 7 9 3 1       195.07 20 487.14 97.4
Aubrey Sonnenberg 5 1 2 5 1 1     90.01 10 2   5 3       89.02 10 2 7 1         99.02 10 5 13 2         198.05 20 476.10 95.2
Greg Mills-Thom 5   4 5 1       93.00 10 3 3 3   1     94.03 10 3 1 6         94.03 10 7 5 6   2     188.07 20 469.13 93.8
Bob Faunt 5   3 6     1   90.00 10   3 5 2       91.00 10 3 3 4         96.03 10 2 5 11 2       185.02 20 462.05 92.4
David Cornick 5 2   5 2 1     88.02 10 1 3 2 2 1 1   87.01 10 2 1 5 1 1     90.02 10 5 8 4 2 1     189.05 20 454.10 90.8
Greg Davis 5     1 4 1 1 1 59.00 8   1 5 3     1 84.00 10     8 1 1     87.00 10 5 8 2 3 1 1   185.05 20 415.05 83.0
Warren Barber 5   3   4 1 2   81.00 10     2 5 2 1   78.00 10     1 1 3 3 2 66.00 10 5 6 6 1 2     186.05 20 411.05 82.2
Richard Page 5   1 2 2 2 2 1 75.00 10   2 3 1 2 1   75.00 9   4 2 1 1   1 78.00 9 4 6 3 6 1     182.04 20 410.04 82.0
Chris Baynes 5   2 2 3 2   1 81.00 10   1 4 2       62.00 7   1 5 2 2     85.00 10 1 4 7 2 6     171.01 20 399.01 79.8
Jim Rushbrook 5   1 2 3 2 2   78.00 10   1 1 3 1 1   56.00 7   4 4 1 1     91.00 10 1 5 6 4 4     174.01 20 399.01 79.8
Daniel  Roberts 5 1 1 3 3 2     85.01 10 1 1 2 4 2     84.01 10 1   5 1 3     84.01 10 1   3 3 7 4 2 144.01 20 397.04 79.4
Bob Harold 5   1 3 3 3     82.00 10 1 1 5 2 1     88.01 10   1 3 5 1     84.00 10 1 2 2 4 4 4 2 142.01 19 396.02 79.2
Matt Avard 5   1 4 3 2     84.00 10 1 1   1 2 3   60.01 8   2 3 2 2 1   83.00 10 1 3 5 3 4 4   161.01 20 388.02 77.6
Wal Cameron 5   1   4 4 1   76.00 10   1 4 3   1 1 81.00 10 1 1 4 2 2     86.01 10 1 3 4 4 2 2 1 139.01 17 382.02 76.4
David Vivian-Jones 5 1   2 3 1 3   77.01 10     1 2 2 2 1 56.00 8   3 4 1   1   80.00 9 1 3 4 3 6 1 1 153.01 19 366.02 73.2
Tim Pavey 5     2 2 3 1 2 71.00 10   1 1 3 1 1 1 61.00 8     2   1 2 3 52.00 8 2 2 2 4 5 3 2 153.02 20 337.02 67.4
David Avard 5     5 3 1     76.00 9     3 2 2 1   63.00 8   1 3   3 3   76.00 10     4 4 2 2 3 109.00 15 324.00 64.8
Norm Johnson 5 1 1 2 1 4     74.01 9 1   1 1     1 32.01 4     1 4 3     62.00 8 1   3 2 2 7 3 124.01 18 292.03 58.4
David Waters 5 1 5 3       1 92.01 10 2 3 3 1       85.02 9 4 2 3 1       95.04 10               0.00 0 272.07 54.4
Geoff Fennin 5       2 2 1 1 41.00 6       1 1 2 3 42.00 7     1   1 4 2 50.00 8   2 1 3 5 3 3 121.00 17 254.00 50.8
Lee Sinclair 5         1 1 1 18.00 3     3 4 1 1   72.00 9     1 2 2 5   69.00 10       1 4 5 4 86.00 14 245.00 49.0
Chris Baynes 5   1 3 3 1   1 73.00 9   1 1 3 3     64.00 8   1   4 2 1   62.00 8               0.00 0 199.00 39.8