Shooting Australia’s objectives are to promote and coordinate responsible shooting sports, both competitive and recreational, within Australia; and to promote and coordinate participation in, and organisation of international competitions mindful of providing sustainable international success.
Target shooting is a sport which features on the program of both the Commonwealth Games and the Olympic Games. Australian athletes have performed outstandingly at both. Shooting Australia is recognised by the Australian Sports Commission, the Australian Olympic Committee and the Australian Commonwealth Games Association as the National Sporting Organisation for target shooting sports.
The role of the Athlete Committee is to represent the views of all the SA National Squad Athletes and provide input to the Shooting Australia Board in respect of those views. The Athletes’ Committee will also support all the SA National Squad Athletes to succeed in both their sporting and non-sporting careers.
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Bob has had thirty years’ experience in logistics, emergency management, planning and operations in the water and sewer maintenance industry in Victoria where he has worked in both government and private sectors. In the target shooting sports arena, for the past fifty years, Bob has held various positions on committees and executives at club and state level within the pistol discipline. Bob was the Treasurer of the Victorian Amateur Pistol Association (VAPA) between 2005 and 2018 and is currently the President; a position he has held since 2018. Bob prides himself on having a good working knowledge of the sport and strives to increase awareness within the community while encouraging more members to participate and take on voluntary roles to support grass root level activities.
James Kitching
Board Director
James Kitching is an experienced senior executive in the sports industry, specialising in governance, regulation, strategy, integrity and education. His CV includes senior roles at FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation, board memberships in sports federations and sports technology companies and several sports tribunal appointments. James is based in Adelaide, Australia and currently advises the global sports community on these matters through his consulting company. James is a regular lecturer and speaker at conferences, postgraduate and undergraduate courses and webinars.
Deserie Baynes
Board Director
Deserie joined the Shooting Australia Board in 2019, taking a 12-month break in 2024 to take up a coaching role in support of the Paris Olympic Shotgun Team. Deserie is a Commonwealth and Olympic Games Medallist in Double Trap and an inductee to the Australian Clay Target Association Hall of Fame. She been an active member of the Clay Target Sport community for 50 years. Deserie is a qualified ISSF Referee and Jury member and is a successful business administrator, married and mother of three boys.
Scott Houston
Board Director
Adelaide based Scott, is a former professional table tennis athlete and an experienced senior executive in the sports industry. His CV includes executive roles with the International Table Tennis Federation – Oceania, Table Tennis Australia and the South Australian Cricket Association.
Additionally, Scott has held Board and committee positions with Commonwealth Games Australia and the Olympic Sports Federation of Oceania, before joining as Shooting Australia’s Nominations Committee as its Independent Chairperson in 2023.
Catherine Skinner
Shotgun
My mission is to ensure the athlete voice is heard so we can grow a team that we are proud to be a part of.
Glen McMurtrie
Para
An effective Athlete Committee ensures everyone is represented, and that can only be a good thing.
Sergei Evglevski
Pistol
I’m excited to represent the pistol athletes and help them have a voice. I hope as a committee we are able to create positive change when necessary and help progress ISSF shooting into the right direction
Jack Rossiter
Rifle
I’m really looking forward to the opportunity to work with the athletes and Shooting Australia
