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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 […]

There were some incredible results from our Australian ISSF World Cup Junior Team bringing home three medals from Suhl, Germany, and with them some notable scores. The action kicked off on Day 1 with Tori Rossiter qualifying with a score of 628.8 in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle and Michael Davis scoring 622.5 in the […]

Shooting Australia has today announced the appointment of Kathryn Periac to the role of Performance Manager. Kathryn will be responsible for the leadership and management of Shooting Australia’s High Performance Program including National Squads and Teams within the Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun and Para-Shooting programs. Kathryn brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in high performance […]

Shooting Australia’s newly appointed Chief Operations Officer Jenni Thom is among 32 women from 20 sports selected for the Australian Institute of Sports (AIS) Talent Program which is designed to address the under-representation of women in coaching and executive roles in high performance sport. Jenni, who joined Shooting Australia in March 2020 as the Manager […]

In their first time competing together as a Team, James Willett and Catherine Skinner have won a bronze medal at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Lonato, Italy. The Trap Mixed Teams duo shot a qualifying score of 135 out of a possible 150 targets to land them a place in the bronze medal match […]

The Australian women’s shotgun team has continued their international success winning the gold medal at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Lonato, Italy. Having won the gold medal at the Cyprus World Cup in March, the trio of Penny Smith, Catherine Skinner and Laetisha Scanlan were top qualifiers for the gold medal match after collectively […]

Shooting Australia has today released the Junior National Team selection criteria for the 2022 World Championships, with the ISSF having only recently announced the inclusion of Juniors in this year’s events. The Shotgun World Championships will take place in Osijek, Croatia between 22 September and 11 October while the combined Rifle and Pistol World Championships […]

The Australian Women’s Trap Team of Catherine Skinner, Penny Smith, and Laetisha Scanlan took home the gold after an incredible run in the Trap Women Team event at the ISSF World Cup Shotgun in Nicosia, Cyprus. The Aussie’s started with their individual Women’s Trap event from the 10-12 March which saw them trying to get […]

At the first international shotgun event for the Australian Team (outside of the Tokyo Olympics) since 2019, Australia’s Trap Mixed Teams of James Willett and Laetisha Scanlan, and Penny Smith and Mitch Iles have won the silver and bronze medals respectively with great team displays through some tough conditions in Cyprus. Competing the day after the individual […]