Media releases

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 […]

After James Willett’s Climb to #2 in Men’s Trap overnight, here’s what he had to say: “I was really proud to have come away with back-to-back World Cup medals from Cairo (Bronze) and Almaty (Silver). It’s the first time I have been inside the top 3 in the world since 2019 where I managed to […]

The Australian shotgun team shone silver and bronze overnight at the ISSF World Cup in Almaty, Kazakhstan, continuing to cement their presence on the world stage. Dual Olympian and Trap Mixed Team World Champion James Willett won silver in the Men’s Trap shotgun event while Rio Olympic gold medallist Catherine Skinner won bronze in the […]

The Australian Shotgun Shooting Team returned from Egypt over the weekend, where they reinforced their world class talent at the Shotgun World Cup in Cairo. Three Aussies made the finals during the Trap event including world number 1 Penny Smith in Women’s Trap. In Mens Trap, Nathan Argiro made his senior world cup final debut, […]

Shooting Australia (SA) will organise and host the 2023 Oceania Championships on behalf of the Oceania Shooting Federation (OSF). The 2023 Oceania Championships will be held between 30 October and 6 November 2023 at the Brisbane International Shooting Centre (Pistol and Rifle) and the Brisbane Gun Club (Shotgun). The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has […]

At the conclusion of a competitive recruitment process, Shooting Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of Renae Birgan as the Shotgun National Talent Coach. Renae is a world class Sporting Clays athlete and someone that has actively supported the development of other athletes through her work as mentor and coach. Professionally, she has worked […]