Jorys top traditional opener

ADAM JORY gave himself the perfect fillip ahead of the Games full-bore competition with outright victory in the traditional badge match used as a dry run for the real events. He put together a fantastic shoot over the five ranges to win by a single point from someone he knows very well - his brother.

Peter also had a superb day on the Wellsford Rifle Range in Bendigo and took the silver medal after a tense tie-shoot with Gaz Morris from Wales. Thirty-eight took part.

The day started in the usual hot conditions, with a light changeable wind.

The Jory brothers got off to a good start with Peter scoring a maximum 50 at 300 yards.

By the end of 600 yards, Peter had dropped only a single point and was lying in sixth place overall. Meanwhile, Adam was a further point down in 11th place, with all to play for at the longer ranges.

After lunch, the shoot got under way at 900 yards, with the wind direction becoming more fickle.

Adam mastered the conditions well to score a maximum 75, one of only two on the range, putting him within a point of the leaders.

Back at 1,000 yards, Adam was squadded to shoot with the leader, Ian Shaw from Scotland. He did well to hold his nerve, scoring 73.07 to Shaw's 70.08, which gave Jory the gold.

Peter was also going well, scoring 72.04 at 1,000 yards to put him in second-equal place.

A tie shoot was held immediately to sort out the medal order and Jory continued his solid shooting to score 25.02 to beat Morris by a couple of points

Peter was delighted:

'We have both been shooting consistently well for the last few weeks, so I was pleased Adam won gold and overjoyed that we managed to take the first two places.'