18Annual Report AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SHOOTING LIMITED – SHOOTING19 AUSTRALIA 1 CONTENTS MESSAGE FROM SPORT AUSTRALIA JOHN WYLIE AM 4 PRESIDENTS REPORT CATH FETTELL 5 CEO REPORT LUKE VAN KEMPEN 8 HIGH PERFORMANCE REPORT ADAM SACHS 12 ISSF AND WSPS COMPETITION 2018/19 COMPETITION RESULTS 14 MARKETING REPORT KELLY WRIGHT 18 PARTICIPATION AND SPORT DEVELOPMENT REPORT SHAUN MCEACHIN 20 Cover photo: Scottie Brydon WSPS World Championships 2018 AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE SHOOTING AUSTRALIA’S NIGHT OF NIGHTS 22 Sydney 2019 Opening Ceremony Left photo: Laetisha Scanlan FINANCIAL REPORT 28 ISSF World Cup Final MARSH INSURANCE REPORT 41 Al Ain 2019 Trap Women 3 programs. The $100 million Community agencies have signed up to a joint high November. This event, while smaller James Willett 3rd in Trap Men; MESSAGE Sport Infrastructure grants program performance strategy. PRESIDENT’S than the WSPS World Championships, In the WSPS Top Ten World Ranking is enhancing hundreds of grassroots is the major opportunity for Australia to In November 2018, the AIS announced we have: FROM SPORT facilities across Australia. The REPORT win the very important quota places for an updated investment model for $28.9million Participation grants the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Scottie Brydon 1st in PT1 high performance sport and through AUSTRALIA program is encouraging innovative CATH FETTELL - Mixed Trap; this improved framework, Olympic, I would like to extend a big thank you programs that help break down the Paralympic and Commonwealth Games to the officials and volunteers who Chris Pitt 5th in P3 - Mixed 25m JOHN WYLIE AM barriers to physical activity. The new sports will benefit from a longer term contribute their time and effort to Pistol SH1; $22.9million Better Ageing grants approach to funding. Instead of annual make these events the success that Anton Zapelli 5th in Mixed 10M Air program is helping senior Australians grants to sport, for the first time the they were. Rifle Prone SH1; 65 and older to get more active and AIS is providing longer-term funding socially connected. Mark Farrow 6th in PT3 - Mixed Trap; commitments to give sports more SHOOTING AUSTRALIA Our national Sporting Schools stability and certainty to plan ahead. ATHLETE INTERNATIONAL Glen McMurtrie 7th in R1 program remains a key platform to SUCCESS - Men’s 10m Air Rifle standing SH1; All of this work is important with address childhood inactivity and drive 2018/19 was another very busy This Annual Report we have the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Natalie Smith 7th in R2 - Women’s generational change. We have funded and successful year for Shooting taken a different approach to the Paralympics drawing near, and the 10m Air Rifle standing SH1; Sport and physical activity has 7300 schools and recorded more Australia (SA). This past year there acknowledgement of our athlete’s 2022 Beijing Winter Games and Paris Duncan Burnett 10th in PT2 enormous influence on our nation’s than 5.2million attendances since its have been many achievements many international successes with the 2024 beyond that. - Mixed Trap; health, education, social, economic launch in mid-2015. We continue to by our athletes at international inclusion of a dedicated presentation and diplomatic outcomes. look at ways to maximise the impact Enhancing athlete pathways and athlete competition, including World of the many achievements by our SA Congratulations to you all. of Sporting Schools and link it with our wellbeing are primary areas of focus Champions and new world records. squad/team athletes throughout the It’s why Sport Australia and the AIS Also, at the time of writing this report work in physical literacy. By teaching for the AIS, and are keys to creating In the past year we have continued past year Please refer to the ISSF and remain steadfast in our vision: to SA athletes have already secured our children to run, throw, jump or kick, long-term sustainable success. We to receive strong support from WSPS Results for 2019 section of this make Australia the world’s most four (4) quota places for the Tokyo we put them on the path to better lives. have embedded 20 Athlete Wellbeing Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), Annual Report. Congratulations to our active sporting nation, known for Olympics and two (2) quota places for Managers across National Sporting Sport Australia (SportAUS) and athletes on their exceptional successes its integrity, sporting success and There is no success without integrity. the Paralympics. Organisations, and, working closely with Paralympics Australia. throughout the past year. world-leading sports industry. We continue to encourage environments the AIS Wellbeing and Engagement that are inclusive and welcoming. INTERNATIONAL SA MEMBER Australia’s commitment, outlined in team, are delivering key programs WORLD RECORDS Increasing diversity in our industry is COMPETITIONS IN ORGANISATION’S the Australian Government’s national and support from mental health critical and we want to make sport the AUSTRALIA James Willett equalled the Trap Men ATHLETES/TEAMS sport plan, Sport 2030, is to reduce programs, through to career guidance benchmark for a more equitable society. record of 125 at the World Cup in INTERNATIONAL physical inactivity by 15 per cent. and connection to Australians at the SA hosted a very successful 2019 Acapulco, Mexico on 19.3.2019; SUCCESSES It’s a huge challenge Sport Australia All this work is emphasised by community level. World Shooting Para Sport (WSPS) enthusiastically accepts. our national behaviour change World Championships at the Sydney Luke Argiro equalled the Skeet Men Australian Clay Target Association The AIS is also leading collaborative campaign, Move It AUS. Our call to International Shooting Centre (SISC) on record of 125 at the World Cup in Al (ACTA) Open Team won Silver at the We are making significant progress sports research, applied technology action is to ‘Find Your 30’ minutes of 9 - 19 October. This was the seventh Ain, UAE on 14.4.2019; 5th ICTSF World English Sporting and Sport Australia’s programs are and innovation initiatives including the Championships in Ireland. physical activity every day, and enjoy Para World Championships event, Penny Smith and Mitchell Iles benefitting sport, as well as broader Gold Medal Ready program, a unique the benefits. WSPS’s largest quota allocation event qualification record in Trap Mixed community health and wellbeing, partnership with the Australian Army to National Rifle Association of Australia for the Tokyo Paralympic Games, and team at the World Cup in Acapulco, including tackling issues such as We are continuing to build the capability help athletes perform under pressure. (NRAA) members won a swag of Gold, as the culmination event for the WSPS Mexico on 20.3.2019; and obesity. Our partnerships with National of the sports industry, addressing Silver and Bronze medals at the 158th From backyards to benchmark 2019 international shooting calendar it Sporting Organisations (NSOs) governance reform to bring out the Scottie Brydon qualification record in Ballinger Belt, the 2019 Under 21 World international events, we believe was a great success. There were 485 Individual Championships, Under remain fundamental, but we are also very best in our sporting organisations. PT1 Mixed Trap Seated at the WSPS unquestionably in the power of sport participants from 55 National 25 World Individual Championships, engaging more than ever with other The One Management project looks World Championships at SISC on and physical activity to reflect the very Para Committees. Veterans World Individual networks to grow our sporting industry. at helping sports align their strategy, 13.10.19. best in our culture and to be a powerful Championships and ICFRA World Collaboration with physical activity workforce and financial management. Our athletes performed very well with vehicle for change. Long Range Individual Championships. providers, health, education and various Anton Zapelli winning Silver in the WORLD RANKINGS The AIS, in partnership with the National NRAA teams also won Gold and Silver levels of Government can deliver more Thank you for all you do for Mixed 10M Air Rifle Prone SH1 event At the time of writing this report we Institute Network and National Sporting medals in the Palma Team event, for sport and all Australians. Australian sport and best wishes for and Scottie Brydon setting a new world have two athletes ranked in the ISSF Organisations, is aligning Australia’s Veterans Tony Loughton Teams Match the year ahead. record in qualifying in the PT1 Mixed Top Ten World Ranking, being: This was highlighted in 2018-19 high performance sport strategy too. Trap Seated. and the Under 21, Under 25 and when Sport Australia, on behalf of The National High Performance Sport JOHN WYLIE AM Laetisha Scanlan 3rd in Trap Veterans World Teams Championships. the Australian Government, delivered Strategy 2024 signals the first time CHAIR SA will host the Oceania Shooting Women; and $150million in new participation all Federal and State/Territory sports SPORT AUSTRALIA Federation Championships at SISC 1-9 4 // SHOOTING AUSTRALIA 2018/19 ANNUAL REPORT 5 Pistol Australia (PA) members SPORT AUSTRAIA Sport and Racing, and the CEO of in Rifle and through the partnership and Guidelines to its interpretation, other members of the FIRG approached performed very well winning the 2019 Sport South Australia regarding the with VIS we receive a fully funded effectively allowing athletes to promote Assistant Minister SA continues to work well on all levels