Dec 9, 2021 | Competitions, Member Association News, NQLD, Open Prize Meetings, Uncategorised
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...
Dec 6, 2021 | Competitions, Member Association News, NSW, Open Prize Meetings
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...
Nov 24, 2021 | ACT, Announcements, Member Association News, NQLD, NRAA News, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, Uncategorised, VIC, WA
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,...
Nov 16, 2021 | Competitions, Member Association News, Open Prize Meetings, VIC
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...
Nov 16, 2021 | Obituaries
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...
Nov 15, 2021 | Competitions, Member Association News, SA
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....
Nov 5, 2021 | NRAA News, Sport History
‘RIFLE SHOOTERS REMEMBER THOSE CLUB MEMBERS WHO SERVED OUR NATION DURING ALL CONFLICTS’ by BRUCE A. R. SCOTT, CSC, ADC Remembrance Day falls on 11th November each year.On the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, a minutes’ silence is observed and dedicated to...
Oct 18, 2021 | Competitions, Member Association News, NQLD, Open Prize Meetings
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...
Oct 18, 2021 | Obituaries
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....
