NATIONAL ISSF CHAMPIONSHIPS Penny Smith, Women’s Trap High Gun & James Willett, Men’s Trap High Gun ACTA Financial Statements Firearms and Mental Health Warrnambool Seaside Carnival ACTA National Skeet Winners Official Journal of the AUSTRALIAN CLAY TARGET ASSOCIATION INC. – April 2019 Vol. 72 No. 4 World Class Guns Italian Design & Manufacturing Zoli HR Competition Z-GUN HR shotgun has been de- signed in every facet to be a performance driven, reli- able target crusher. Created to win using the best of technology in- novation & old world craftsmanship. 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ISSF National Championships, PO Box 466, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 Phone: (02) 6938 2121 Fax: (02) 6938 2122 Brisbane Website: www.claytarget.com.au Penny Smith, the ISSF National NATIONAL OFFICE Trap Women’s High Gun, who CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: shot 237/250 with James Willett Paul McLoughlin – email: [email protected] who shot 240/250 to win the ACCOUNTS: Men’s ISSF National Trap Judy Ferry – email: [email protected] High Gun CTSN: Maureen Ryan – email: [email protected] MEMBERSHIP: Maureen Ryan – email: [email protected] ADMINISTRATION/ EVENTS CO-ORDINATOR: Sue Vesperman – email: [email protected] Contents RECEPTION: Jenny Robinson – email: [email protected] President’s Notes 2 ACTA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chief Executive Officer’s Report 7 PRESIDENT: ACTA 83rd Annual General Meeting 7 Mr Robert Nugent ACTA News 8 VICE PRESIDENTS: 39th Norfolk Island International Championships 11 Mr Malcolm Dyson; Mr Garry Read ACTA Financial Statements 2018 12 EXECUTIVE: NSW – Mr Don Johnson, Mr Colin Kneebone VCTA NEZ Carnival Held at Bendigo 24 NT – Mr David Howe Mr Ray Niven Product News 26 QLD – Mr Barry Bosworth, Mr Brian Muirson, Firearms and Mental Healath 28 Mr Robert Nugent SA – Mr Bronte Evans, Mr Garry Read Terry Faulks Memorial at Tyagarah CTC 29 TAS – Mrs Fiona Atkins, Mr Alan Styles Psychological Skills for Shooting 30 VIC – Mr Malcolm Dyson, Mr Gary Hayden WA – Mr Terry Marsden, Mr Ian Watson State Rules Supervisors 31 PATRON: Dealership Announcements 32 Mrs Kay Hull, AM Competition Results: New South Wales 42; LIFE REGISTERED SHOOTERS: Queensland 47; Tasmania 52; Victoria 52; J Houston†, H. G. James†, D. B. Mott†, W. E. H. Rainbird. O.B.E.†, Northern Territory 56; Western Australia 60; J. M. Wilson†, J. M. Tyquin†, K. Soames†, N. Wells†, E T. Baldwin†, South Australia 60 G. H. Hall (PP)†, E. G. Biggs†, R. H. Moyse†, L. S. R. Stewart†, C. Moll†, A. Pedersen, (PP)†, O.R. Taylor†, E.F. Hawkins (PP)†, A Money Moment at Bega Gun Club 63 R. Mules†, A.N. Rowe†, L.G. Connors (PP)†, W. Jones (PP)†, Warrnambool 2019 Seaside Classic 65 R.M. Holtfreter (PP)†, N. Hardy, LJ Martin (PP), JK Scott (PP) †, RF Buchan†, J Murphy, GG Woodhatch (PP), R Silvester, R Nugent, Three Events Shot at Euroa 72 J Byrnes (PP), A Kenny, D Harwood, J Mack (PP), R Traill†, Break Badges 73 M McInnes,L Curtis, J Shepherd, A Vilcins (PP), D. Baynes, S. Corry Comensoli Takes High Gun at Wangaratta 74 † denotes deceased. 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May 2019 issue closes This publication is protected by copyright © Australian Clay Target Association 2015 ISSN: 1321-3903 APRIL 5 2019 APRIL 2019 – Clay Target 1 President’s Notes It gives me great pleasure on The Protection Package provided cover for Public behalf of the Executive, as the Liability, Accident, Death, Loss of Income, Officers President of the Australian and Directors Indemnity Insurance for Committee Clay Target Association (ACTA) Members at all levels in our Association, Travel Insurance to report on the Association for team members and the personal Firearms cover. affairs for the 12 month period Liability insurance is a specialist field and the ACTA ending the 31st December 2018. strives to provide the best to protect members. Premiums MEMBERSHIP are assessed on membership numbers and some clubs Membership for the period has decreased from 14,126 are jeopardising this cover by not joining all shooting to 13,646. All states except NSW exhibited a fall. The members with the ACTA and thus under-disclosing the majority of the fall was in Queensland with a decline numbers actually able to attend ACTA affiliated grounds of 300 members. Almost that entire decline was due to on a regular basis. These numbers are used to assess a large club choosing to flaunt the ACTA constitution premiums. The ACTA relies on the support of all member and allow a class of membership not affiliated with the clubs to provide this important service which for the ACTA. majority of clubs would be unaffordable otherwise. 2374 new members joined the Association. This is The actions of these few non-compliant clubs continue to down almost 600 from last period, and the reduction negatively impact all ACTA clubs, States and the ACTA is more than the total fall in membership. Clearly itself as well as increasing the cost burden on those that clubs flaunting the constitution are not offering ACTA operate constitutionally. Recreational membership to new members. The personal Firearms insurance provided within the This continuing problem of clubs that do not ensure membership cost has now passed its second anniversary. that all their shooting members are registered with Many claims have been settled during the period and a the ACTA as required by the Constitution, is now the large premium increase was absorbed by the ACTA. It is major risk to the Association. Something will need to be important to note that cover can be increased to $25,000 done soon to stop this practice. All clubs have now been for a payment of $10 per annum, and higher amounts provided with a copy of the current ACTA Constitution by negotiation. Following rises in premiums passed on and officially advised that it is a clear breach of the by other shooting bodies to their members this is now ACTA Constitution to retain shooting members who are undoubtedly the cheapest and best firearms cover in the not registered with the ACTA. country. This policy covers all firearms registered to the member. The cover applies anywhere within Australia The Recreational category of membership was extended (including in the field) and 21 days per annum overseas. at the request of clubs to allow members to shoot This cover continues to be brokered by Marsh Insurance practice and targets only in any ACTA discipline and at and details are on the website. any ACTA club. Target only shooting is important as it allows the Recreational member to take part during, and FINANCIAL be exposed to the competition shoot and environment The Association once again traded well during the year which could encourage them to become full competition showing a profit of $1,493,290 in the audited accounts. members. After removal of an extraordinary figure of $1,413,205 The Recreational category also provides all the attributable to a portion of the NSW State Government insurance coverage, including personal firearms Grant, a profit of approximately $80,000 remains. insurance cover, access to the E-Magazine and provides Allowing for the introduction of a large depreciation genuine reason for the holding of a firearms licence. expense relative to the Range, a profit of $160,000 All of this for only $60? would be more useful for comparison purposes. INSURANCE This result was achieved without any increase in The Executive has insured the Association, its member affiliation, or competition entry fees. clubs, and registered shooters as comprehensively Payments of the Wagga Wagga City Council Loan to and economically as possible. During the period, the purchase the National Ground freehold have all been brokerage firm Marsh brokered our cover using various met when due and the loan now has only approximately underwriters at Lloyds of London. 2 years left of the original 10 year term. 2 Clay Target – APRIL 2019 The Association’s equity base has now risen to over | Laetisha Scanlan and Jack Wallace. Venues of this size $10 million for the first time in the history of the ACTA. in the ISSF disciplines require a lot of maintenance and therefore expense to remain operational and we GROUND DEVELOPMENT extend our thanks to the VCTA and the Echuca club for The completion of The Range function centre was the investing in the venue. Thanks must go to the volunteer major development on the grounds. The development ISSF accredited officials without whom these types of was completed in time for the 2018 DTL Nationals events could not be hosted. and the World DTL. I am sure members were proud to host their international friends in such a high standard The National Skeet Championships were conducted at and comfortable facility. It will change the face of the National Ground with total entries of 853 which the National Ground forever and provide a spacious, can’t be compared to previous years due to the change in comfortable area during ACTA competitions and its the way the Champion of Champions is now conducted.