News | J Q Donald Memorial This Weekend

Held In Conjunction with Round 4 of the 2025 Falcon Sporting Clay Series

Friday 21 – Sunday 23 November 2025

Wairarapa Clay Target Club, Tauwharenikau

The final weekend of the 2025 Falcon Sporting Clay Series carries special meaning this year — as we honour the legacy of a club legend with the John Q Donald Memorial.

John Donald’s contributions to clay target shooting in this region were huge, and the Wairarapa club is very much the legacy he left to the sport.

This Memorial event recognises that contribution with a long weekend of great sport and good people.

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📋 Memorial Format (Built into the Falcon Weekend)

The Memorial is not a separate shoot — instead, it uses your best scores from the weekend’s existing Falcon Series events:

• English Sporting (50 targets)

• Super Sporting (70 targets)

• ➡️ Combined Memorial Total = 120 targets

Shoot any time from 1:00pm Friday through to 2:30pm Sunday, as many times as you like. Your best score in each discipline will count.

No separate entry required — all eligible scores are automatically entered.

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🏆 Memorial Awards (Presented Sunday ~3:00pm)

• John Q Donald Memorial Cup – Best overall combined score

• Junior Memorial Trophy – Best overall junior score

• Graded Prizes – 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in each grade (A, B, C + social/ungraded)

  • Based on NZCTA Sporting grade

  • Don't forget to bring your handicap book if you have one.

• Shoot-offs – Any tie break shoot off's required will be held at around 2:30 - 3pm on Sunday 23rd. If you happened to post your score earlier in the weekend and can't make it back on Sunday you risk loosing out if your opponent is there to shoot. So if you keep an eye on the online scoreboard and think you're in the running, please try and make it on Sunday afternoon for shoot-offs and prize giving.

💰 These prizes for the JQ Donald Memorial are awarded in addition to the full Falcon Series prize table, with over $7,000 in prizes specifically for the Memorial up for grabs thanks to our generous sponsors:

• Provincial Insurance Masterton

• Fagan Motors Masterton

• Kilwell Sports

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🗓 Full Weekend Overview

• Friday 21 Nov — Courses open 1:00pm (practice + official rounds)

• Saturday 22 Nov — All-day shooting (practice + official rounds) 9am start

• Sunday 23 Nov — Final day: 10am start. Last squads must start by 1:30pm, any shoot-offs at around 2:30 - 3pm and prize-giving to follow

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🎯 Come Along — Whether You’re New, Social or Competitive

• Unlimited re-entries — improve your score across the weekend

• Juniors, families, hunters, and first-timers welcome

• Coaching available Friday/Saturday as part of the Falcon Sporting Clay Series (gear provided; no licence needed under supervision)

• All you need to do is register online at wairarapactc.nz/club-registration

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This isn’t just the final round of the Falcon Sporting Clay series — it’s a celebration of the legacy that John left clay target shooting in this region. So come shoot with us. Come remember John. Come cap off 2025 in style.