Sports reports: Trap shooter Molly Bretag finishes fourth at junior world championships

This post includes contributions from Michael Potts and Daniel Irvine.

• 🔫 Trap shooter Molly Bretag finishes fourth at junior world championships
• ⛳️ Visitor wins Stableford comp at Murray Bridge Golf Club
• 🔫 John Cranwell does well at Murray Bridge Rifle Club
• 🏉 Jervois holds top spot on River Murray football ladder
• 🏐 Imperials top ladder in River Murray netball
• ⚽️ Murray Bridge United kept scoreless at Eyre Sports Park

Trap shooter Molly Bretag finishes fourth at junior world championships

Pompoota’s Molly Bretag has maintained her position among the best trap shooters on the planet.

She finished fourth in the women’s trap final at the International Shooting Sport Federation world championship juniors in Changwon, South Korea over the weekend.

The 20-year-old achieved the second-highest score among all competitors in the qualification stage, but fell out of contention after missing five of the first 30 clay targets in the final.

• Watch the final: www.youtube.com.

Visitor wins Stableford comp at Murray Bridge Golf Club

Echunga Golf Club visitor Janis Janson has pulled off a hit-and-run visit to Ritter Street, taking prime position on the podium with a sizzling 41 Stableford points.

Relishing the dry conditions on Saturday – as opposed to his currently soggy home hills course – Janson said he “still left plenty of shots out there”, but fortunately for him, he didn’t need them anyway.

Tyson Wright put it together to win the A grade with 38 points, while Graeme Munt showed he was back to his best after his heart attack on course earlier in the year, taking out the B grade with a fine 39-point round.

It was good also to see the fiery one, Freddie Carter, back from his sojourn up north and straight back to winning ways in the C grade with a quality 38-point and swear-free round – yeah, right.

The $120 eagle’s nest went off when top A graders Aaron Zrim and Andrew Meddle shared the kitty.

Zrim hit his drive on the par four ninth over the trees to within a metre and holed the putt, while Meddle scored a standard eagle on the par five 12th, hitting driver, five-wood and draining a six-metre putt.

Such an easy game, isn’t it?

It’s another Stableford comp this Saturday for all who wish to try their luck.

Women’s par competition, July 18

• Winner: Barb Smyth +3
• Ball winners: Lisa Hancock +3, Kathryn Pfeiffer, Sue Antel +2

Men’s Stableford competition, July 19

• Winner: Ken Graetz 40 points
• Runner-up: Ray Morris 37
• Ball winners: Jeff Smith 36; Bob McCormick, Lukas Wright, Graeme Munt 35; Malcolm Blight, Patrick Evans, Lloyd Jackson, Bryan Squires 34

Women’s Stableford competition, July 22

• Winner: Kathryn Pfeiffer 38 points
• Ball winners: Coral Smallbon 38
• Ellen Paech 35

Men’s Stableford, July 22

• Winner: Janis Janson 41 points
• A-grade winner: Tyson Wright 38
• B-grade runner-up: Keith Durham 36
• B-grade winner: Graeme Munt 39
• B-grade runner-up: Michael Martin 39
• C-grade winner: Fred Carter 38
• C-grade runner-up: Brian Smyth 37
• Ball winners: Craig Matthew 37, Mark Bolton, Ken Graetz, Jeff Smith 36, Steven Thiele, Sean Rowell, Bill Fisher 35, Neville Briggs, Ken Shipway, Koady Miller 34, Shaun McGlashan, Barry Sparrow 33

John Cranwell does well at Murray Bridge Rifle Club

In stark contrast to last week’s shoot, this week’s championship round from 1000 yards severely tested the members of the Murray Bridge Rifle Club.

The winds were generally gentle, around 15 kilometres per hour, but tended to change direction and intensity at a moment’s notice, meaning that timing was everything.

The standout scores for the day all came from F-class, where John Cranwell managed a 58.06 in his second round to help him secure the top-off rifle award and the F-class handicap award.

Other notable scores were from Gordon Harrison, who had a 56.01 in his first round, and Oscar Neumann, who shot a 54.02 and a 51.02 to claim the top off-rifle award for F-standard and narrowly miss out on the handicap.

• Read more: www.facebook.com/mbrifleclub.

Jervois holds top spot on River Murray football ladder

Coorong Cats 10.17 (77) defeated Tailem Bend 7.5 (47)

• Coorong best: Albert Dunstan, Brad Thompson, Alexander Stidiford, Henry Turner, Patrick Barrett
• Tailem Bend best: Brodie Edwards, Nathan Stark, Patrick Glynn, Dylan Hogarth, Ned Hughes

Ramblers 8.7 (55) defeated Mallee Districts 5.11 (41)

• Ramblers best: Michael Wegener, Jarrad Weyland, Lual Kelei, Keynan Harradine, Darcy Bald, Andrew Holland
• Mallee Districts best: Chris Rudiger, Shane Paech, Henry Olsson, Luke Sparks, Riley Bowles, Harry Snodgrass

Jervois 18.5 (113) defeated Mannum 8.6 (54)

• Mannum best: Michael O’Malley, Jacob Stagg, Isaac Hampel, Joel Webster, Everette Giles, Bryce Jaensch
• Jervois best: Joshua Scott, Lachlan Thomas, Peter Zarantello, Zane Barry, Mitchell Noye

Southern Mallee 13.10 (88) defeated Imperials 12.8 (80)

• Imperials best: Luke Harrowfield, Harley Montgomery, James Clarke, Ben Gogel, Gareth Willliams, Louis De Michele
• Southern Mallee best: Jarryd Brown, Tommy Howard, Jayden Barrett, Brett Pedersen, Christian Vince

Imperials top ladder in River Murray netball

Tailem Bend 64 defeated Coorong Cats 23

Mallee Storm 55 defeated Ramblers 40

Imperials 59 defeated Southern Suns 47

Mannum 53 defeated Jervois 42

Murray Bridge United kept scoreless at Eyre Sports Park

Seniors lost to Northern Wolves 2-0

Reserves lost to Northern Wolves 3-0

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