Well folks, the 2017 SSAA Shot Expo is
all done and dusted, and what a great success it was.
The State office reports that over
17,000 people attended over the weekend, a stunning number by any measure.
The Gundog demonstrations were a real
highlight and showed the very large and appreciative crowds what WGAA is all
about. The boat (Aussie) and the beer (Nellie) segments went over extremely
well.
Many thanks to the following members
and their dogs – Sam with Nellie & Scout, Shane with Slim and also for his
outstanding PA commentary, Steve & Meg, Kevin & Aussie, Henry &
Riley, Rebecca & Levi, Andrew & Bass and myself with Kio. Thanks also
to Jason (equipment organizer extraordinaire) and Richard, his roadie on
Sunday, Tom (Gun steward), Angie (Angie for being Angie) Lyn, Kathy & Garry
with Kiri for their sterling work manning the booth and talking to hundreds of
people about WGAA. Kiri took heaps of pats for the team, what a limelight
stealer she was!
Thanks also to Liz & John for all
their help and support and especially for Liz’ efforts with the bbq in
providing breakfast and lunch.
Another thank you to the many members
who called in to say hello.
The club had extremely positive
feedback from State and National bodies including the SSAA National President,
Geoff Jones, the Victorian President, Denis Moroney and the National Secretary,
Kaye McIntyre.
For more photos of the day, click here.
