Media releases

Shooting Australia has today confirmed the City of Greater Bendigo as its preferred host for the Shooting competition component as part of the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games. In March, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) announced an entirely regional Commonwealth Games in Victoria in 2026, with competitive sports spread across four regional hubs including the City […]

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (EOI) Shooting Australia is now calling for Event Hosts to submit an Expression of Interest to have their event endorsed and form part of the 2023 Performance Series. Shooting Australia will endorse a number of domestic events during 2023 across the ISSF disciplines and encompassing Pistol, Rifle and Shotgun. Shooting Australia will […]

Shooting Australia has today launched a social media campaign entitled ‘Shoot for the Games 2026’ as the next step in Shooting’s bid to be included in the Victoria (VIC) 2026 Commonwealth Games. Earlier this month, the Victorian Government released the dates for the VIC 2026 Commonwealth Games (17-29 March 2026), together with the process and […]

On Sunday (17th July, 2022) the Australian Men’s Rifle Team of Dane Sampson (QLD), Jack Rossiter (SA) and Michael Davis (VIC) won the bronze medal in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Teams event at the World Cup in Changwon Korea. This is the second World Cup Medal this Men’s Team has won on the international […]

Continuing on from Penny Smith’s individual Silver medal on Tuesday, the Australian Shotgun team has today dominated in the Trap Mixed Teams event at the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, Korea securing both the gold and silver medals. The mixed team of Penny Smith and James Willett shot an impressive combined score of 146 out […]

After shooting a remarkable international personal best of 122 out of 125 targets at the Changwon ISSF World Cup on Tuesday 12th July, Australia’s Penny Smith, currently ranked number 10 in the world, finished qualifying in the Womens Trap Shotgun event in first position. Smith progressed through to the semi finals where she again led […]

Australia’s Gleniss Lawrence has been asked by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) to be the Technical Delegate at the upcoming ISSF World Cup in Changwon, Korea. The World Cup will include all three shooting disciplines (Rifle, Pistol, and Shotgun). Speaking about being selected as the Technical Delegate for the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, […]

The World Championships Selection series ended over the weekend at the QCTA State Titles at Brisbane Gun Club for Australia’s Shotgun athletes. Overcast and rainy conditions made it a challenging event with the athletes stepping up their game with impressive scores despite the tough glare. At the QCTA State Titles, Thomas Grice qualified in first […]

Following Laetisha Scanlan’s bronze medal win in the Trap Women individual shotgun event on Monday at the ISSF World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Australian Women’s Trap Team won the silver medal on Tuesday, before the Trap Mixed Team went on to win the gold medal on Wednesday. This was an outstanding achievement for the Australian […]

In 2006, the Sport Australia Hall of Fame Board introduced the Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship & Mentoring Program. The program aims to assist young elite Australians to reach the highest level of their chosen sport by providing financial support and more importantly, unrivalled access to mentoring from a Sport Australia Hall of Fame […]