Media releases

Pistol Shooting Queensland will hold their annual ISSF State Titles from the 17th-19th of September. The event had been postponed once before due to lockdown, but will now go ahead this weekend with an online format being offered. For those in Brisbane, they will be able to attend in person at the Brisbane International Shooting […]

It was a tough road heading into Tokyo 2020 for the Para-Shooting team of Anton Zappelli, Natalie Smith, and Chris Pitt. For Anton, living in Western Australia meant that with frequent border restrictions, a consistent schedule of domestic competitions was unattainable heading into the Games. Natalie Smith revealed that the postponement of Tokyo 2020 was […]

Anton Zappelli was left to lament his second near finals berth when placed 11th in the R6 Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 Para Shooting qualifying event on the final day of the Tokyo Paralympic Games today. Zappelli finished with a strong overall total of 616.0 points in the 48 person qualifying round, but missed a […]

Thirteen of Australia’s finest junior Shooting athletes have today been named in the Australian Junior World Championships Team. Within the Team are Tokyo Olympic Games team members, Alex Hoberg and Katarina Kowplos, plus 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games representative, Tori Rossiter. Together with the other selected team members, these athletes met the Australian team Selection […]

Bundaberg’s Chris Pitt bowed out of the Tokyo Paralympic Games Para Shooting competition when placed 25th in the P3 Mixed 25m Pistol event today. Pitt was left to lament two pistol malfunctions with each registering him a zero score during the initial Precision Stage of the event. After shooting a competitive score of 94 out […]

Straight from the Howard Springs quarantine facility in Darwin post his Tokyo Olympic Campaign and still hungry for more competition, Thomas Grice headed to Adelaide to compete in the 2021 South Australian Clay Target Association ISSF Shotgun State Titles. Due to the many border restrictions in place, the competition held at the International Clay Target […]

Perth Para Shooter, Anton Zappelli, was a mere 1.1 points off qualifying for the R3 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone final at the Tokyo Paralympic Games today. Competing in his second Paralympic Games, Zappelli registered 631.6 points from his 60 targets to be eventually placed in 15th position while team-mate Natalie Smith finished in 46th […]

Bundaberg Para Shooter Chris Pitt prepared for his favoured P3 Mixed 25m Pistol event when he finished 25th in the P1 Men’s 10m Air Pistol at the Tokyo Paralympic Games today. Pitt was beaten in a bronze medal shoot-off in the P3 Mixed 25m Pistol at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games and he will contest […]

Brisbane Rifle athlete, Natalie Smith, was unable to qualify for the final of the R2 10m Rifle Standing event on the opening day of the Para Shooting competition at the Tokyo Paralympic Games today. Smith, the bronze medallist in this event at the 2012 London Paralympic Games finished qualifying in 19th position with a score […]

Australia’s three member Para Shooting team has arrived in Tokyo for the Paralympic Games, and they will be relying on past Games experience to help overcome the lack of international competition over the past two years to qualify for the finals and challenge for places on the medals podium. Rifle athlete Anton Zappelli and Pistol […]