During the recent ACTA ISSF Shotgun Nationals, we took the opportunity to present the 2024 Shooting Australia Awards of Excellence Awards to the Shotgun athletes. This was a great opportunity to showcase the athletes’ talent and successes in front of their families, friends, peers and wider clay target shooting community.
There was also an opportunity to acknowledge the Paris 2024 Olympic Team athletes and coaches.
Certificates to recognise International Podium Placings during 2024
Stephanie Pile
Women’s Team Trap GOLD – ISSF Grand Prix Gong-Xi, Taipei
Trap Mixed Teams BRONZE – ISSF Grand Prix Gong-Xi, Taipei
Penny Smith
Women’s Trap SILVER – ISSF World Cup Baku, Azerbaijan
Women’s Trap BRONZE – ISSF FOQC Doha, Qatar
Kiara Dean
Women’s Trap SILVER – ISSF Grand Prix Gong-Xi, Taipei
Women’s Team Trap GOLD – ISSF Grand Prix Gong-Xi, Taipei
Trap Mixed Teams SILVER – ISSF Grand Prix Gong-Xi, Taipei
Aislin Jones and Joshua Bell
Skeet Mixed Teams BRONZE – ISSF World Cup Baku, Azerbaijan
(Certificates also to be presented to those athletes who were not in attendance; Catherine Skinner, James Willett, Laetisha Scanlan, Jamie Dunn, Nathan Argiro, Elizabeth Schroeter and Gabe Sensi)
2024 High Performance Shotgun Program Awards
Junior Athlete of the Year – Molly Bretag
Senior Athlete of the Year – Penny Smith
2024 Ashley Adams Athlete of the Year Award – Penny Smith
The Ashley Adams Athlete of the Year award recognises the best and fairest athlete across the calendar year. This athlete has exhibited stand out performances both domestically and internationally in ISSF or WSPS competitions and based on these performances and their sportsmanship is deemed the best and fairest subject to their eligibility for nomination.
Paris 2024 Olympic Team Recognition
Renae Birgan and Deserie Baynes – Olympic Shotgun Coaches
Penny Smith – Women’s Trap and Bronze Medallist
Mitch Iles – Men’s Trap
Aislin Jones – Women’s Skeet and Skeet Mixed Teams
Joshua Bell – Men’s Skeet and Skeet Mixed Teams
(Absent Catherine Skinner Women’s Trap and James Willett Men’s Trap)
