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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 […]

Shooting Australia has today announced the appointment of Adam Sachs as Chief Executive Officer. Adam joined Shooting Australia as the High Performance Director in 2016 and has more than 20 years of senior management experience in sport and high performance. Shooting Australia President Cath Fettell said “We are delighted to appoint Adam as Shooting Australia’s […]

Shooting Australia has today announced the appointment of Catherine Berry to the position of Para Technical Lead. Catherine brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the planning and delivery of a wide range of shooting programs, activities and events at both national and international level and included the delivery of the shooting program at […]

Fourteen athletes from 10 different sports including our own Katarina Kowplos are joining together as ambassadors for the inaugural AIS Thrive with Pride Program, which aims to provide safe and inclusive sporting environments for all athletes to thrive. Two-time Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham says finding his “authentic self” was the catalyst to coming out of […]

Shooting Australia has today released its 2022 endorsed events calendar. The endorsed events will collectively be known as the 2022 Endorsed Event Series and will be held in conjunction with a club, state association or national member organisation. ISSF events across the pistol, rifle and shotgun disciplines will be included. The 2022 Endorsed Event Series […]

The 2021 Shotgun endorsed event program concluded over the weekend with the Cecil Park Clay Target Club ISSF Grand Prix held at the Sydney International Shooting Centre. The event attracted approximately 50 competitors across the Trap and Skeet events who travelled from Victoria and New South Wales. Despite some challenging weather conditions, performances were solid […]