Steve Negus has a long history of leadership and administration at Club, District, State and National level.  He is a past Captain of Mosman-Neutral Bay Rifle Club, served for many years on the Sydney Metropolitan District RA and was a NSWRA Councilor and Deputy Chair during the difficult struggle to retain tenure at ANZAC range.  Steve is currently Vice-Captain of Canberra Rifle Club and is pleased to be able to assist the NRAA by serving as a Director again.  He previously filled a casual vacancy on the NRAA in 2007 as Competition Director.  Steve is a life member of the NSWRA and the DCRA.

Steve loves touring and enjoys the company of equally competitive and social shooters from around the globe.  He has represented in Australian teams to NZ, Canada, and South Africa, with a special love of the Bisley experience.  Winning of the Palma Match in 2019 is a highlight.  Steve is a member of the 2024 Palma management group which is planning and training to retain the title in South Africa.

Individual successes have included winning several Queen’s Prizes in Australia and the Individual World Long Range Championships in NZ.  These achievements were surpassed by watching his lovely wife, Donna, win the ACT Queens in 2019 and the NSW Grand Aggregate in 2021, the latter with a record score.

Steve also enjoys developing new shooters into recording better performances and loves helping with new shooter days and ACT Teams.  Diversity in our sport and growth of all our shooting disciplines is a key aspiration.

Steve has engineering qualifications complemented by an MBA.  As a Program and Project Director of complex infrastructure projects, Steve believes that these skills will be valuable to assist the NRAA Board to service the needs of our sport throughout Australia.

Matthew Rowe is a company secretary, an experienced company director and has held senior leadership and financial positions in for-purpose and not-for-profit organisations across Australia.

He is a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of South Australia, a solicitor of the High Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Queensland, a nationally accredited mediator and Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner.

Matthew also has experience in administrative investigations and complaint resolution, private legal practice and court work, as well as speech writing, general litigation practice and the development and implementation of business administration, financial management and legislative compliance systems.

Prior to becoming a lawyer he spent twelve years as a maritime warfare officer in a variety of Royal Australian Navy warships.