Media releases

The Sport Australia Hall of Fame (SAHOF) is continuing its commitment to young athletes, awarding a further $40,000 in elite scholarships to 16 rising stars in the 2024 Scholarship and Mentoring Program. The Tier 3 scholarship group covers 16 sports, with each athlete receiving a grant of $2,500 plus support from SAHOF and its esteemed member […]

Shooting Australia (SA) is pleased to provide its Nomination Criteria for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES NOMINATION CRITERIA The Nomination Criteria details how SA will consider athletes for nomination to the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) for selection to the 2024 Australian Olympic Team. The primary objective of the Nomination Criteria is […]

Shooting AUS (SA) would like to advise that Richard Sammon has resigned from the position of Shotgun National Coach to take up a new job outside of sport. During his 5-year tenure, Richard led AUS’ Shotgun National Team to many World Cups, multiple World Championships, and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. He has had a […]

Australia’s Team of 9 Junior athletes have arrived home after travelling to Changwon, Korea to compete in the 2023 Junior World Championships in some very warm and humid conditions Attending her first international competition, Talia Woodroffe embraced the learning opportunity through competing against the best junior athletes from other countries. “It was a good experience. […]

Overnight, Australia’s Dane Sampson won the bronze medal in the 10m Air Rifle Men’s event at the Masped Cup in Budapest, Hungary, an international competition attracting participation from 18 countries including athletes ranked within the top 20 in the world. Sampson shot a score of 626.1, qualifying for a place in the final where his […]

Excitement is building as today marks one year to go until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with 19 days of competition set to commence on the 26th of July, 2024 across 41 sites. Representing a new era for the Olympic Games, it will be the first time in history that quota places will be distributed […]

The Minister for Sport, The Hon Anika Wells, and the Australian Sports Commission CEO, Kieren Perkins, have today announced the new Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Preparation Fund which will see a $20 million one-off investment distributed to 32 National Sporting Organisations for both para and able-bodied sports. The funding is in recognition of […]

Shooting Australia is shocked and bitterly disappointed with today’s announcement from Premier, Daniel Andrews, that Victoria will no longer host the 2026 Commonwealth Games due to concerns about funding. Adam Sachs, Chief Executive Officer of Shooting Australia says, “An enormous contribution of time and effort went into Shootings’ bid to have our sport reinstated into […]

Overnight, Australia’s Laetisha Scanlan was triumphant at the Shotgun World Cup in Lonato, Italy, winning the gold medal in the Women’s Trap event in some sweltering European summer heat. Competition in Lonato was tough against some of the world’s most experienced Women’s Trap competitors. Alongside a field of 86 women and well versed in this […]

Shooting Australia has today announced a 14 person team who will compete at the 2023 ISSF World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan in pistol, rifle and shotgun events. Following their medal winning performances at ISSF World Cups this year, Penny Smith (Shotgun Women’s Trap and World Ranked 1), James Willett (Shotgun Men’s Trap and World Ranked […]