Fourteen young shooters took aim at Rugeley Rifle Club’s Young Guns competition this week. With two days of training over Wednesday and Thurday, final practice and competition took place on Friday. Shooting Air Rifle, Air Pistol and .22 Rifle, the young shooters worked through more than two and a half thousand air pellets, and a thousand rounds of .22 ammunition. The competition marks a continuing partnership with Vysions Youth Service.
Each discipline competition saw the top 3 shoot a final to establish medal placings. Medallists received a Rugeley Rifle Club patch, along with gold and silver medals and a patch for third. The Overall competition was a close-run fight, with only 27 points separating the top 5 shooters and a tie for the lead between Phoebe Haughton and James Hallam, which had to be broken on countback of Air Rifle scores, with James gracious in defeat. Connie O’Brien placed third, having had a mishap in the Air Rifle shoot which cost her as many as 17 points – enough to have put her in the lead overall.
| Air Pistol | Air Rifle | Smallbore Rifle | Overall | |
| 1 | James Hallam | Aiden Coghlan | Connie O’Brien | Phoebe Haughton |
| 2 | Phoebe Haughton | Phoebe Haughton | James Hallam | James Hallam |
| 3 | Joel Sherratt | Connie O’Brien | Phoebe Haughton | Bogdan Dubita |
Congratulations to overall champion Phoebe, who wins a years free membership, along with free ammunition and targets.
