Sadly, in the early hours of Saturday 13th April 2024, the NRAA lost a very staunch and committed supporter of our sport.  John Fitzgerald was a giant of our sport and it is expected the broader membership do not understand the debt of gratitude that is owed to...

G W Berman 1931 - 2023 Please click on the link below to a wonderful pictorial tribute to Graeme Berman's shooting career. LINK: GB BOOK HIGHLIGHTS Final Web.pdf (mosmanneutralbayrifleclub.com)

Tony O’Keeffe passed away on the 12th August 2023 at age 84. Tony had been a long time Rifle Shooter from at least the early 1960s with Rockdale, then Port Jackson (foundation Member) and in later years, the Grafton Rifle Club. Tony also had a strong interest in UIT...

To describe someone as “well respected” after their passing does not do justice to how much regard the fullbore shooting sport in Australia and around the world have had for Graeme Berman. Graeme packed a lot into his long life, doing so with great enthusiasm and...

John Collinson OAM was born at Flemming, Victoria, on 12 January 1928 and grew up at Steels Creek, North-East of Melbourne.  Steels Creek is a very small community with a population of about 300 today.  John’s first job was in a grocery store where he proved...

Glencairn Donald Perrin was born on the 18th December, 1931 in Toowoomba and resided in Cambooya for almost 80 of his 90 years.  He passed away peacefully in Toowoomba on 6th Dec 2022. He was the youngest son of Albert and Florence Perrin.  Glen had four...

Eric lived and loved his rifle shooting, but as a young man one of his ambitions was to play VFL football with St Kilda, but a knee injury ended that dream. His grandfather and his father were all keen shooters with Eric's father being a top shooter in the Royal...

It is with sadness that we report long standing WARA and SWDRA Life Member,Keith Sadler passed away on 5th November, aged 86 years. Keith was an active shooter for 60+ years, only retiring from the sport recently.His time as a shooter was marked with distinction,...

(11 December 1933 – 8 August 2022) Geoffrey ‘Geoff’ Abel was born in Herberton, North Queensland, and not long after his birth his parents moved to Townsville where his father became the Railway Station Master at Oonoonba.  Geoff left school as soon as he could and...

(6 August 1944 – 27 June 2022) This obituary has been compiled from messages and information provided when friends learned Phill Mastin had sadly passed away after a short stay in the Cairns Hospital. Adapted from the Australian Rifle Team Booklet UK 2003 (mostly...

For those who knew Cec Condon, he will be remembered as the master of the understatement. When recalling his shooting career Cec stated: Cec Condon wins 1988 Halifax RC Bicentenary OPM Joined the club -1956 after being a member of the 2/51st Battalion Rifle Club when...

Maurice Edwin Blake was born on 19th September 1930 in Waikerie, South Australia.  He was the youngest of six children and developed a love of motorcycle racing from an early age. After finishing his apprenticeship as a stonemason, Maurie went to Broken Hill to...

3/12/1919 to 5/3/2022 Cliffy was born into a dairying family just out of Lismore, NSW and was one of 5 children. He left school at 12, trained and worked as a carpenter till the age of 20. At the start of WWII Cliffy moved to Sydney with his wife and lifelong love...

23rd February 1963 ~ 4th November 2021  Ann Chinnery was a passionate and dedicated target rifle shooter which is not surprising as her connection to rifle shooting was family based. Originally from Whyalla (SA) she visited the local rifle range with her target...

John Killian passed away at 0942hrs on the 16th January 2022 in hospital in England after a short illness. John was well known to many international shooters who visited Bisley and met him on his many tours with British teams around the world. Many Australians were...

SPENCER DUNSTALL 16th December 1936 ~ 15th November 2021  Spencer was an amazing man; he was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle. He was a caring boss and friend to many. His passion was his family and his rifle shooting and he made an impact...

LORRAINE, the first of three children of Kristoffer and Berenice Studsrod, was born in the NSW wheat-belt town of Binnaway, on the 17th of October, 1951. Her father had come to Australia from Norway in 1947 and soon thereafter married a young Binnaway girl. After...

(Eulogy delivered by Leigh Marett, Natives Rifle Club) Tom was born in Leongatha, Victoria in 1935, The youngest of 4 children and the only boy.I met Tom in the late 1970s, when I was in my teens. To me he made quite an impression, a good shot, and a hard competitor,...

16 March 1933 - 30 May 2021 Peter Hallett will stay in the record books as one of Victoria’s finest marksmen. Born in the small country town of Kyabram, he holds the record of the highest score ever shot on the Williamstown Rifle Range with a .303 rifle in 1968. His...