Volume 49, No. 23, December 14, 2006
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TAKE
THIS: In a shoot-out with 14 other marksman, LS Josh
Kelly has claimed the Champion Shot Navy title for the
second year in a row.
Photo: LSPH Gavin Hainsworth
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By
Michael Brooke
Meet
the RAN’s dead-eye marksman, LS Josh Kelly from HMAS Albatross.
LS Kelly has for the second year running won the Champion Shot
Navy in a shoot-out with 14 other marksmen at HMAS Cerberus
on November 20-23.
The ‘techo’ won the 2006 CSN Medal, which was a two
stage competition, stage one of which being a combination of
deliberate, snap and rapid firings at ranges of 100-300 metres,
and stage two being conducted over a range spread of 100-500
metres.
LS Kelly was on target to win the Chief of Naval Staff Trophy
with a score of 1191.83, the Mick Wortham Trophy with a score
of 543.20, and the Rouse and Carter Trophy with a score of 262.25.
He was also the runner-up in the VRA Skirmish Platter with a
score of 265.08 from a possible 300 and the Saint Barbara Trophy
with a score of 648.63.
The runner-ups were LSMUS Gordon Orr and ABBM Christopher Cross.
LEUT Mal Bonehill said the standard of competition was particularly
high, with LS Kelly and POB Edwards earning their Marksman qualification
with scores of 262.25 and 247.12 respectively, out of a possible
score of 300, in the VRA Skirmish Platter.
LS Kelly told Navy News he was elated to win the CSN title for
the second year running.
“It’s a fantastic achievement, considering the calibre
of the competition I was up against,” he said.
LS Kelly, who first fired a rifle at age 11, said the secret
to his success with the F-88 Steyr is “having the correct
mental focus” and “having a bit of luck”.
The dead-eye techo said he would like to see more sailors take
more of an interest in skill at arms marksmanship.
LS Kelly also fancies himself as a bit of a ‘quick draw’
gun slinger, as he is a Master Grade IPSC pistol shooter who
competes professionally in civilian competitions.
The RAN’s marksmanship competition has been running since
1988 when it was established to encourage skill at arms in the
Navy.
