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Burnham shooter moves through to national final u by Kent Caddick
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High honour for Lincoln Agritech
Selwyn dairy farmer Martin Bates has taken out the New Zealand Young Farmers Tasman clay target shooting competition to qualify for the national finals early next year.
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Mr Bates, who contract milks 1,200 cows at Burnham and is a member of Dunsandel Young Farmers, said heading into the competition, held at the North Canterbury Clay Target Association’s range at Fernside near Rangiora, he was feeling a “bit rusty”.
However, it didn’t stop the 29-year-old from taking out the Tasman regional clay target shooting title. “It was great to blow out a few cobwebs. Coming away with a win was a bit of a shock to the system, it’s probably been about three years since
I last swung a gun at a few clay targets.” he said. The win advances Bates and second place-getter, Lincoln University student Cam Lowery, through to the national final.
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