Shooting

A perfect score from the Wanaka Gun Club at the annual Bodkin Shield match on Saturday ensured the team a second consecutive victory.

Linton-based Corporal Tim Bryce has been named the New Zealand Army's top marksman, after winning the annual Queen's Medal shooting competition at Waiouru with his final shot in a fiercely-contested match.

A family that shoots clays together, stays together, Commonwealth Games competitor Natalie Rooney says.

With a gun slung over his left shoulder and a vest dotted with badges, Alistair Stuart looks the part. And he has certainly been around the traps.

Studholme clay target shooter Natalie Rooney is aiming for a medal at the Commonwealth Games in India next month.

Shotgun dead-eye Phil Studholme has given the Bodkin Shield - shooting's Ranfurly Shield equivalent - pride of place in his Wanaka home this week.

New Zealand shooter Michael Johnson has finished third in the R4 10m air rifle standing event at the 2010 IPC world shooting championships, in Zagreb, Croatia.

Wellington's Greg Reid finished eighth in a rifle event at the International Paralympic Committee shooting world championships on Bonn, Germany this morning (NZT).

Dunedin man Craig Cookson is one of New Zealand's highest-ranked shooters, but a lack of funding may prevent him from representing his country at the world championships in Germany.

Closing your eyes and hoping for the best probably isn't the best approach when grappling with a shotgun for the first time.