Sport
16 June, 2025
National honours for NQ
THE North Queensland long range rifle shooting team captained by a Ravenshoe woman recently took out the National Championship for the second consecutive year.
North Queensland Rifle Association’s (NQRA) F/TR team first stunned its competition in Canberra last year when it brought the F/TR National Title to North Queensland for the very first time.
After competing in Townsville recently, the NQ team, captained by Ravenshoe’s Betta Giasana, dominated its competition and won all five trophies. This again had never been done by an F Class North Queensland team before. Cairns shooter Michael Keelan also took home the Best Shooter trophy.
The five trophies were: Day 1, Day 2, Aggregate (National Title), Lone Range Aggregate and Best Shooter.
The next F Class Teams Championships will be held in South Australia late next year, the team will soon get ready to work again and prepare to defend the title.
The 2025 F/TR team: Captain Betta Gianasi (Ravenshoe), Coach Jordan Drew (Cairns) and shooters from Cairns: Boyd Hamlyn, Michael Keelan, Paul Little and Karl Vorderwinkler; shooters from Ayr: Jason Kupke and Dave Huckett, and from Mackay: Tim Lawrence.
F/TR, meaning Farquharson (F) Class Target Rifle (TR), is a combination class that mixes the skills of both F Class and Target Rifle together.
An F/TR Class rifle is limited to .223 Remington or .308 Winchester calibre chambers.
The F/TR rifle class is limited to the use of an attached bipod and/or a sling as front supports, optionally used together with a rear bag.
