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Weatherby Vanguard Camilla review • Ocular cross-dominance in women • 3 great prizes to WIN AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S SHOOTER SSAA’s Laetisha Scanlan at the top of her sport Inaugural issue • Proudly printed in Australia An official publication of the Sporting Shooters’ Association of Australia Contents Editorial Editorial Gemma Dunn 2 Hi, we’re excited to welcome A place to call your own you to the inaugural edition of 3 - letter Australian Women’s Shooter. The SSAA is proudly marching towards a membership of 200,000 and this quarterly publication is Their numbers are up - for our female contingent of sports shooters and hunters. 3 Rockhampton junior, lady Our premiere edition features Commonwealth Games gold membership on the rise medallist Laetisha Scanlan, whose regular column you can look forward to from the second edition of AWS. We review the Weatherby Vanguard Camilla rifle, which looks and SSAA’s Laetisha Scanlan 4 feels great for women shooters. In the first of my women’s at the top of her sport shooting practical pieces, I focus on ocular cross-dominance in women and take you through the steps to see if genetics plays its part for you too. Also, we have a story highlight- Weatherby Vanguard 8 ing lady (and junior) membership on the rise at our SSAA Camilla - a rifle royale Rockhampton branch. Oh, and there’s also three fantastic prizes to win. Ocular cross-dominance We encourage those who aren’t members to join the SSAA 12 in women shooters and we’d love to hear from all women regarding what content you would like to see in your Shooter magazine, along with any questions you may have for Laetisha and me. We can Women’s-only be reached at [email protected] and details on membership 14 competitions benefits can be viewed at ssaa.org.au And fellas, there’s strength in numbers so please pass the magazine on to your wife, girlfriend, mother, daughter, niece SSAA membership form 15 or whoever. If you have a read first, this magazine shows the different aspects of shooting for a woman and may help you to either introduce and/or assist them with their shooting. AUSTRALIAN Mail: PO Box 2520, Unley, SA 5061 The Australian Women’s Shooter is printed by Genii, WOMEN’S SHOOTER Phone: 08 8272 7100 Fax: 08 8272 2945 Brookvale, NSW. Web: ssaa.org.au Email: [email protected] The Sporting Shooters’ Association of Australia Editor Gemma Dunn The Australian Women’s Shooter is owned and Inc (SSAA Inc) is subject to the provisions of the Production Editor Thomas Cook published by the Sporting Shooters’ Association of National Privacy Act. We collect personal informa- Graphic Designer Natalie Kuhlmann Australia Inc. Opinions expressed herein are those tion from members of the Sporting Shooters’ of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the Association of Australia in the various states and Advertising Representative Karoline Minicozzi policy of this Association. territories. Should you want a copy of the SSAA Administration Debbie Wing No text or photographs within this publication may Inc Privacy Statement or seek further information be republished, either electronically or in print, please write to PO Box 2520, Unley, SA 5061. Contributors: Christie Pisani, Michelle Bryant, without the express written permission of the Studio Reflections Photography, Mark Fieldhouse SSAA. Copyright 2018. 2 AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S SHOOTER A place to Their numbers are up call your own - Rockhampton junior, lady membership on the rise My husband and I are sporting shoot- The SSAA Rockhampton branch con- The Queensland State Air Rifle ers of many years and enjoy reading tinues to go from strength to strength, Championships were held in March Australian Shooter each month. Your running a host of events this year while with visitors travelling from Townsville, magazine always gives us plenty to think seeing an encouraging rise in the number Emerald, Tin Can Bay, Sunshine Coast about and talk about but, as is no doubt of women and junior shooters taking part. and Brisbane. Rockhampton member the case in most marriages, we don’t Stefan Viljoen is an experienced Field January saw lots of new faces at the always agree! Target competitor and placed first in Junior Open Pistol Day, another in a Master Grade, with her dad Cobus doing The problem is he can only see the series of events to encourage more young likewise in AAA Grade. shooting sports from a male perspec- shooters into the club. Junior representa- tive Chloe Culliford with the support of Nicholas Bianchi finished runner-up in tive and has never been guilty of trying family and club members works tirelessly the Junior 15+ category using the air to look at it from a woman’s viewpoint. to make sure everyone enjoys their intro- rifle of Ryan Loveday from Brisbane, We had the privilege of watching duction to the shooting sports. Whether forced out with a hand injury but more Laetisha Scanlan shoot for gold at this aiming at paper targets, metallic silhou- than happy to lend Nicholas his rifle and year’s Commonwealth Games and I was ettes, clay targets or balloons, the branch plenty of coaching to go with it. delighted to see a young female shooter has many repeat customers which has led doing so well. to an upturn in numbers. Doing well in the Silhouette discipline was member Malcolm Bell who placed And that’s when it occurred to me that In February the women took charge with third in AA Grade, while Stefan Viljoen the women shooters of Australia deserve the second Ladies Day at the pistol range. finished second in A Grade and went one a bit more recognition - and maybe even This year saw the participation of several better with gold in the 10m Target. their own publication. Hopefully this female politicians who serve at local, state April saw the return of our local Girl is something the SSAA can give some and federal level. With club members keen to show what Rockhampton has to Guides who love to visit the range and thought to in future. Keep up the good offer, it was the perfect opportunity for due to the high interest have to book six work on a great magazine. the ladies to visit the range, have a shoot months in advance. Some of the girls Linda, Qld. (with great scores) and take the grand are now shooting scores close to our top tour with life member Tony Malinconico pistol shooters. You’re reading our minds, Linda! With who is passionate about his sport and the With the success of these social days range complex. the rising number of women in the to encourage more members into our SSAA’s ranks, we also reckoned it was The high scores shot by some of the sport, we’d like to thank sponsors Hall’s time to put female shooters in the spot- visitors were highly encouraging and by Firearms and The Outpost Arms & light - so welcome to Australian Women’s offering casual open days like this one, Munitions who continue to offer ammu- Shooter. This is your magazine and we without the pressure of competition, nition and great prizes without hesitation. Thanks also go to our Range Officers want to hear from the growing band the club has encouraged more ladies and for volunteering their time, firearms of Aussie women enjoying the shoot- their families to sign up. and coaching. ing sports. Tell us what you want to see included in these pages and we’ll do our Keen to learn: Competitors best to make it happen. at the Rockhampton Junior Pistol Day. Gemma Dunn, Editor. ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ Do you have a women’s shooting day coming up? Let us know at [email protected] AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S SHOOTER 3 SSAA’s Laetisha Scanlan at the top of her sport by Thomas Cook photos by Studio Reflections Photography SSAA’s Laetisha Scanlan is an Australian fourth place in the 2018 World Champs The ongoing support provided by both her sports shooter who has won gold at the in Korea. Laetisha is a national champion parents is greatly appreciated by Laetisha. past three Commonwealth Games. and currently ranked No. 1 in Australia Her mum Pam has a lot of faith in her Laetisha’s successes came in the Trap and No. 6 in the world. daughter and says it was simply Laetisha’s Pairs with Stacy Roiall at Delhi 2010 curiosity and subsequent enjoyment of then in the women’s Trap at the Glasgow When I asked Laetisha what she enjoys shooting with her father that led to her 2014 and Gold Coast 2018 meetings. most about shooting she responded that 100 per cent commitment to the sport. Nicknamed ‘Taesh’, she was born on she loves all of the travelling and experi- Pam says Laetisha’s dedication to shoot- April, 13, 1990, grew up in Berwick, ences it brings, saying that “its introduced ing was tough to begin with, particularly Victoria and is involved with the Victorian me to such a diverse array of people that I concerning schooling. Laetisha went to Institute of Sport. Laetisha is a right- ordinarily would most definitely not have an all-girls school until her final year, handed/right-eye dominant shooter met but am glad I have.” when she transferred to Haileybury as who, along with her gold medals, has had Laetisha finds her resilience helps with part of the first intake of females. This continued landmarks since taking up the sports shooting and said that “losing has was a huge move for Laetisha and she is sport in 2005 and initially competing as a helped me grow as a person.” Admitting to grateful the school was supportive of her 17-year-old in 2007, when she made her being a little “naïve as a child, expecting to sports shooting.

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