Shootists from Mpumalanga Lowveld were in fine form at the SA Sport and Hunting Federation’s National Range Sport Championship last week.

With a steady aims and cool nerves the Lowvelders loaded the medal table.

Six provinces participated in the event from last Thursday to Saturday.

It was hosted by Mpumalanga Lowveld in Barberton on the Jock Greyling Shooting Range.

Home range advantage held the Lowvelders is good stead and they won championship titles across all divisions and age groups.

There were 147 shootists from Gauteng, the Free State, North West, Limpopo, Mpumalanga Highveld and Mpumalanga Lowveld.

The Lowveld was represented by 74 competitors in 10 divisions.

On Thursday, participants were given the opportunity to sight in their firearms, especially the long-range shooters.

From 14:00 the first scoring shots were fired in the long-range division. This event concluded on Friday at 09:00In the senior men’s competition,

Mpumalanga Lowveld’s Rocco de Jager was in fine form, taking first place.His teammates, Mark Millard and Gino Viljoen, were second and third respectively, making it a clean sweep for the Lowveld.

Hannah Guthrie of Mpumalanga Lowveld claimed first place in the women’s competition. Natasha Perdikes, also of Mpumalanga Lowveld, was in second place. The Free State’s Rozanne Myburgh was third.

The boys’ u/14 championship title was won by the dead-eye aim of Liam Clackers of Mpumalanga Lowveld.In the boys’ u/19 event, Hanré Willemse of Limpopo outshot Deon van Gass of Mpumalanga Lowveld to take the win. Third place went to another Mpumalanga Lowveld shootist, Devon Millard.

The girls’ u/14 competition was won by the steady-eyed Micque Greeff of Mpumalanga Lowveld, with Chanté van der Merwe of Gauteng in second.

The masters’ men’s event produced tight shooting with Piet de Jager of Limpopo taking the championship, with teammate Org van Zyl second and the experienced Tommie Walters of Mpumalanga Lowveld in third.

In the SH (shootists with a disability) class, Mpumalanga Lowveld’s Julian Walters grabbed the bragging rights.

The standard handgun marksmen and -women shot from 15 metres.Anthony Orrock of the Free State was the champion. Geon Clark of Mpumalanga Lowveld was the runner-up with his teammate Freek Neethling third.

Lynette Clark showed her experience to take the women’s title. The Lowvelders made it a perfect podium finish with Mareliza Coetser second and Stephanie van der Merwe third.

Shootists just get better with age and Mpumlanga Lowveld’s Felix Pohl was the masters’ champ with Bert Prinsloo of Limpopo second.

The hunting rifle shot in various positions from distances of 25 metres to 200 metres Gerrie Roets of Mpumalanga Lowveld held his nerve to take the title. Freek Neethling and Francois du Plessis, both of Mpumalanga Lowveld, were second and third respectively.

The ladies made it a clean seep for Lowveld in this discipline with Lynette Clark first, Daleen Taljaardt second and Anelette Roets third.

Tommie Walters of Mpumalanga Lowveld took the masters’ win, with Bert Prinsloo of Limpopo second and Lowvelder HP Prinsloo third.

Lowvelders William Reichert and AJ van Rensburg shot to first and second in the u/14 age group.

In the clay shooting Lowveld dominated the senior men’s category with Johannes Breytenbach, Matt Greeff second and Arno Laubscher third.

Devon Millard took the u/19 win with Hanré Willemse of Limpopo second and Henro De Jager of Lowveld third.

Lowveld legend Hennie Golding was the masters’ champ with teammate Nick Joubert second.

• Click on results list for other achievements by Mpumalanga Lowveld shootists.