Written by Narrabri Pistol Club’s Robert Boutcher
Three local pistol shooters returned home from Inverell as national champions after excelling at Target Pistol Australia’s 2025 Big Bore Metallic Silhouette and Small Bore and Field Pistol National Championships last month.
Junior shooter Chase Ford and experienced duo Jason Anderson and Tim Anderson rose to the occasion at the annual event, which was contested at Inverell RSM Pistol Club’s Delungra Range from Saturday, September 13, to Saturday, September 20.
Chase secured four national championships, which included two individual titles and two as a member of NSW teams. The 15-year-old rising star won the junior 200-metre big bore four-match aggregate and the junior 100-metre small bore four-match aggregate national titles. He also placed second in the junior field pistol aggregate, and he finished the week with several grade placings as well.
The champion of the junior field pistol aggregate was Muswellbrook’s Lachlan Yule, who Chase teamed up with in the NSW team to take out the event’s junior small bore and junior field pistol teams titles.
Jason Anderson claimed one individual and two teams national championships at the event. The Narrabri shooter took out the open field pistol two-match aggregate title, and also teamed up with two Inverell men to claim national titles for NSW as he won big bore production with Glen Anderson and big bore revolver with Tim Davey.
Fellow Narrabri shooter Tim Anderson took out the big bore revolver national title.
More than fifty competitors travelled from NSW, Queensland, ACT and Victoria to shoot at the event, all with the goal of winning the national championship medals.
There were eleven individual matches shot over the eight days across distances of 25, 50, 75 and 100 metres in the small bore and field pistol matches, and 50, 100, 150 and 200 metres in big bore matches.
Open, women’s and junior individual titles were up for grabs, as were the state teams events.
Shooting conditions were generally quite good across the week, with only one fall of 25ml of rain on the Friday night, which did not materially affect the competition.
Nine Narrabri Pistol Club members competed across the eight days, all of which were involved in numerous shoot-offs for top 10 and grade placings.
Results from the event are as follows:
Individual match 100-metre small bore top guns:
Production: First – Aidan Van Ee (Brisbane Metro) with 40/40; second – Tim Davey (Inverell) with 40/40; third – Chris Taylor (Inverell) with 39/40.
Revolver: First – Scott Dawson (SSPC ACT) with 40/40; second – Chris Taylor (Inverell) with 38/40; third – Aidan Van Ee (Brisbane Metro) with 38/40.
Standing: First – Tim Davey (Inverell) with 32/40; second – Aidan Van Ee (Brisbane Metro) with 31/40; third – Glen Anderson (Inverell) with 28/40.
Unlimited: First – Iain Yule (Muswellbrook) with 39/40; second – Chase Ford (Narrabri) with 37/40; third – Scott Dawson (SSPC ACT) with 37/40.
100-metre small bore four-match aggregates:
Open: First – Tim Davey (Inverell) with 144/160; second – Scott Dawson (SSPC ACT) with 139/160; third – Iain Yule (Muswellbrook) with 138/160.
Women’s: First – Kirsten Jackes (Metropolitan PSQ) with 125/160; second – Judy Harding (Toogoolawah) with 123/160; third – Melinda Mullen (Newcastle) with 114/160.
Junior: First – Chase Ford (Narrabri) with 126/160; second – Lachlan Yule (Muswellbrook) with 123/160; third – Kayla Sinclair (Armidale) with 71/160.
Narrabri Pistol Club members’ small bore grade placings:
Production: AAA-grade first – Chase Ford with 39/40.
Revolver: AA-grade first – Chase Ford with 35/40; second – Matt Burke with 30/40.
Standing: AAA-grade first – Billy-Dean
Borodzicz with 27/40; second – Jason Anderson with 25/40.
Unlimited: AA-grade first – Chase Ford with 37/40; A-grade first – Matt Burke with 28/40.
Individual match 100-metre field pistol top guns:
Production Sight: First – Scott Dawson (SSPC ACT) with 31/40; second – Jason Anderson (Narrabri) with 31/40; third – Glen Anderson (Inverell) with 30/40.
Any Sight: First – Glen Anderson (Inverell) with 33/40; second – Jason Anderson (Narrabri) with 33/40; third – Keith Rigby (Merriganowry) with 30/40.
100m field pistol aggregates:
Open: First – Jason Anderson (Narrabri) with 64/80; second – Glen Anderson (Inverell) with 63/80; third – Iain Yule (Muswellbrook) with 57/80.
Women’s: First – Melinda Mullen (Newcastle) with 45/80; second – Judy Harding (Toogoolawah) with 42/80; third – Carmel Archibald (Armidale) with 34/80.
Junior: First – Lachlan Yule (Muswellbrook) with 43/80; second – Chase Ford (Narrabri) with 23/80; third – Kayla Sinclair (Armidale) with 12/80.
Narrabri Pistol Club members field pistol grade placings:
Production sight: INT-grade first – Jason Anderson with 31/40; AA-grade first – Matt Burke with 23/40.
Any sight: AAA-grade first – Jason Anderson with 33/40; AA-grade third – Matt Burke with 25/40; A-grade first – Billy-Dean Borodzicz with 23/40.
Individual match 200-metre big bore top guns:
Production: First – Tim Davey (Inverell) with 40/40; second – Glen Anderson (Inverell) with 40/40; third – Tim Anderson (Narrabri) with 40/40.
Revolver: First – Tim Anderson (Narrabri) with 39/40; second – Scott Dawson (SSPC ACT) with 38/40; third – Tim Davey (Inverell) with 38/40.
Standing: First – Glen Anderson (Inverell) with 33/40; second – Tim Davey (Inverell) with 32/40; third – Scott Dawson (SSPC ACT) with 27/40.
Unlimited: First – Scott Dawson (SSPC ACT) with 38/40; second – Chris Taylor (Inverell) with 38/40; third – Glen Anderson (Inverell) with 38/40.
Unlimited full scale: First – Scott Dawson (SSPC ACT) with 40/40; second – Tim Anderson (Narrabri) with 40/40; third – Judy Harding (Toogoolawah) with 40/40.
Big bore 200-metre aggregates:
Open big bore four-match: First – Glen Anderson (Inverell) with 148/160; second – Tim Davey (Inverell) with 147/160; third – Scott Dawson (SSPC ACT) with 143/160.
Women’s big bore four-match: First – Judy Harding (Toogoolawah) with 119/160; second – Kirsten Jackes (Metropolitan PSQ)with 99/160; third – Carmel Archibald (Armidale) with 99/160.
Junior big bore four-match: First – Chase Ford (Narrabri) with 120/160.
Narrabri Pistol Club members’ big bore grade placings:
Big bore production: INT-grade third – Tim Anderson with 40/40; AAA-grade first – Billy-Dean Borodzicz with 38/40; second – Chase Ford with 38/40.
Big bore revolver: INT-grade first – Tim Anderson with 39/40; second – Jack Ford with 38/40; AAA-grade first – Chase Ford with 38/40; second – Billy-Dean Borodzicz with 36/40; AA second – Matt Burke with 32/40.
Big bore standing: AA-grade first – Matt Burke with 19/40; second – Billy Dean Borodzicz with 15/40; B-grade first – Chase Ford with 11/40.
Big bore unlimited: AAA-grade third – David Dewsbury with 35/40, AA-grade first – Billy-Dean Borodzicz with 33/40; third – Chase Ford with 33/40; A-grade first – Matt Burke with 27.
Big bore unlimited full scale: INT-grade second – Tim Anderson with 40/40; AAA-grade second – Billy-Dean Borodzicz with 37/40; AA-grade third – Matt Burke with 30/40; A-grade first – Chase Ford with 36/40.
