Congratulations to NSWRA biathlon member Phoenix Sparke who has been awarded a Sport Australia Hall of Fame (SAHOF) Scholarship. Phoenix was awarded a Tier...
NSWRA Biathlon Member awarded a Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship
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Member Association News
Women on Target!
Great work from NSWRA in securing a grant to hold a come and try Target Rifle shooting program at the Anzac Rifle Range. Please encourage as many females as...
Biathlon – “Exercise CoolShot”
ADF Navy, Army and Airforce recently held their Biathlon “Exercise CoolShot” activities at the Mt Hotham Biathlon Range. Coolshoot combines the...
Biathlon Racing Gets Underway
A number of NRAA’s State and Territory biathlon members recently attended the Australian National Championships Selection Races 1 & 2, which were held at...
NSW country shooters selected to the 2024 Trans Tasman F Class Team
NBN News - North West Sport recently ran a story on the four members of the Armidale Rifle Club and 1 from Inverell Rifle Club that have been named in the...
Perth Freemantle Rifle Club – Club Heritage goes ONLINE
The Perth Fremantle Rifle Club is the merger of two clubs both established in 1902. We are fortunate to have many old photos, trophies and other historical...
Recent Posts
Mackay District Target Rifle Association 2021 Open Prize Meeting
The Mackay District Target Rifle Association’s (MDTRA) Open Prize Meeting, held at the Mt Vince Shooting Complex on 2nd and 3rd October 2021, was attended by 61 competitors from as far afield as Goondiwindi to the south and Cairns and the Atherton Tablelands to the...
Armidale Rifle Club OPM
The Armidale Rifle Club hosted its first OPM since 1994 on the weekend of 6th/7th November making it one of the first prize meets back on the calendar post covid restrictions. This allowed shooters to travel from the metropolitan areas as well as from neighbouring...
Shooting Australia – 2021 Awards of Excellence – Winners
Shooting Australia’s Awards of Excellence is an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the fantastic efforts and achievements across all areas of the target shooting community. The event was held last night (23 November, 2021) at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron,...
Invitational Shoot at Castlemaine, Victoria
Getting ready for the start. The Castlemaine Rifle Club was finally back in competition on Saturday, 6th November. The Club held its “ Invitational Shoot”. The first for 2 years. A good number of shooters from around Victoria competed for some excellent badges...
Loxton Rifle Club – Steel Gong Challenge 2021
The Loxton Rifle Club 2-day Steel Gong Challenge was held on the 6th and 7th of November 2021 and ran very well, thanks to the help of many people pitching in. There were 22 entries, unfortunately no interstaters were able to attend due to Covid border restrictions....
2021 Ravenshoe/Mount Garnet Annual Prize Shoot
The Ravenshoe/Mt Garnet Annual (except for 2020) Prize Shoot was held on 19th September 2021 at the Ravenshoe Rifle Range. It was attended by 34 intrepid shooters from Mareeba, Atherton, Cairns, Ayr, Townsville, Bowen and Ravenshoe who braved inclement weather...
NQRA 2021 Pennants Match, Townsville, 31 Jul-01 Aug’21.
The NQRA hosted its 2021 Pennants match at the Townsville Marksman’s Rifle Club home range at Hervey Range, Townsville on the weekend of the 31 July and 01 August 2021. At the same time, NSW and South East Queensland were unfortunately enduring lockdown. A minute’s...
Chapman Valley Rifle Club, WA, Picnic Shoot 24-25 July 2021
Situated at the foot of Mt Erin in the middle of rich farming country, Chapman Valley RC is a picturesque little rifle range that has been in operation since 1902. The last picnic shoot held at Chapman Valley was in 2019, as 2020 was cancelled due to COVID-19...
Loxton Rifle Club’s Steel Gong Challenge
Members have been working hard on developing and growing our club to host our inaugural steel gong challenge on the 19th and 20th of June. We had 35 registered shooters for the event. The shoot involved rimfire from 100yds to 200yds and centrefire from 600yds to...
Project “Remember Them” Address by Bruce A.R. Scott, CSC, ADC HRSC – 14 May 2021
Special guests: Patron NQRA – Ms Glenys Schuntner President NQRA – Mr Eric Christie – great nephew and nephew of two former Herbert River Rifle Club members killed in both World Wars Chairman NQRA – Mr Marty Eiteneuer Patron TDRA – Mrs Janine Mahony Patron TMRC – Mr...
2021 NQRA Championships, Townsville QLD
From 11 to 16 May 2021, the North Queensland Rifle Association (NQRA) welcomed the courageous southerners that successfully negotiated the Minefield and Iron Curtain at the Tweed River and ventured north. The much anticipated journey was to attend the 2021 NQRA...
Natives Rifle Club Prize Meeting
Geoff Grenfell wins Natives Club Prize Meeting Geoff Grenfell winner of A Grade Les Perrin Memorial Aggregate with Les’s daughters Donna and Adele The Natives Rifle Club Prize Meeting was held on the beautifully prepared Belmont range on Saturday and Sunday, June 12th...
Townsville D.R.A. & Marksmen Rifle Club Prize Meeting
The Townsville D.R.A. & Marksmen Rifle Club Prize Meeting was held on 11th May after a two year absence due to Covid, with organisers not knowing what sort of numbers to expect. However 68 shooters were in attendance which made it worthwhile. The...
Fathers and Sons Association of South Australia – Annual Anzac Day shoot 2021
Almost 50 shooters and numerous volunteers and helpers gathered on the 25th of April, in almost perfect weather, for the “Fathers & Sons” Anzac Day Shoot at Mt Barker Rifle Range, long since open to mothers and daughters as well. The shoot, which has more than 50...
Miss Emily Willmett (1867-1927) A Prominent NQRA Lady Shooter in the Early 1900s
The first detailed record of an NQRA ladies competition was in 1899 at Charters Towers. The Northern Miner, on 3rd May 1899, reported that “the ladies of Charters Towers made a new departure in sporting matters yesterday by inaugurating a Ladies Rifle Club”. ...
Rifle Club Member’s Second World Ware Service Recognised
Jock Hucker began rifle shooting in 1947/48 immediately after the rifle clubs emerged out of recess post the Second World War. As a new shooter, he was a member of the Woorndoo Rifle Club (where his father William Hucker was also a member) and later the Willaura Rifle...
QRA State Championships 2020
QRA were pleased to be able to conduct this year's State Championships. We shared the disappointment of not having competitors from the length and breadth of Australia, New Zealand and Japan. The range and surrounding grounds had been prepared beautifully and the...
James Wishart OAM (1925-2020)
One of Tasmania's finest and most respected rifle shooters, Mr James Wessing Wishart - B Sc, F.R.A.C.I., C Chem, OAM, passed away on the 21st July 2020. James was born on the 3rd of July 1925, the only son of James and Charlotte Wishart. James started shooting at a...
VRA Annual General Meeting Preliminary Notice
Perth Fremantle Night Shoot 14/3/20
22 shooters from Perth Fremantle, Bassendean Bellevue, Subiaco, Darling Range, some country club shooters from Dalwallinu and Boddington competed in the night shoot back in March. They were supported by a group of spectators and a team of PFRC members who...