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Championships CONTENTS Andrew Sanders "Little Mountain", Narrabri, NSW 2390 Ph: (02) 6792 2956 Presidents Report .............................................2 Executive Officer World Cup Final 2004 Slovenia .........................2 email: [email protected] Committee Mr Robert Andrews WA Gun Club 2 Day DTL Carnival ....................5 Promotion & Development, Rules Tennant Creek 2 Day Shoot...............................6 RSD 1005, Mundulla, SA 5207 WA Gun Club Premier Skeet Carnival...............7 Ph: (08) 8758 7201 Rat’s Routes.......................................................8 Tina Hoban Mr David Coleman Tasmanian CTC Skeet Carnival.......................11 Accounts Coaching, Championships email: [email protected] 32 Langi Crescent Norfolk Island CTC...........................................12 WAGGA WAGGA NSW 2650 Mathoura Gun Club..........................................12 Ph: (02) 6931 4454 Mob: 0417 929 131 Psychological Skills for Shooting .....................13 Cheryll Kenyon Mr Len Cook WA Temporary Firearms Permit.......................13 Coaching, Championships Membership Wilkawatt Gun Club .........................................16 31 Grandview Grove, Wendouree Vic 3350 Break Badges ..................................................18 CTSN Ph: (03) 5339 5865 Singapore Shooting Festival ............................19 email: [email protected] Mr Robert Fox Finance, Shooting Perth Accommodation......................................19 PO Box 2580, Palmerston, NT 0831 Your Say...........................................................20 Mandy Mangelsdorf Ph: (08) 8983 3180 QCTA SEZ Trap Carnival .................................21 General Enquiries Mr John Mack Southern Gun Club ..........................................22 CTSN Promotion & Development, Championships Vale ..................................................................23 18 Naraling Road, Bahrs Scrub, Qld 4207 email: [email protected] Cobar CTC.......................................................24 Ph: (07) 3804 0026 Mob: 0414 866 313 Foster Gun Club...............................................25 Mr Glenn O’Brien Chairperson - Coaching. Shooting NWSCTA ISSF Grand Prix Final......................26 David Jocelyn 5 Buchanan Pl, Geraldton, WA 6530 NWSCTA ISSF Grand Prix 2005 dates ...........26 Ground Curator Ph: (08) 9921 5950 Mob: 0408 933 297 Dysart Gun Club ..............................................26 Mrs Nannette McCallum Gold Coast CTC...............................................27 Contact: Promotion & Development, Championships. Maryborough, Qld CTC....................................29 1876 Lyell Highway, Lawitta, Tas 7140 Classifieds........................................................29 Australian Clay Target Ph: (03) 6261 3852 Association Inc. Waterhouse Memorial......................................30 PO Box 466, Wagga Wagga Honorary Life Registrations Club News........................................................30 L. G. Connors (P.P.) G. H. Hall (P.P.) N. Hardy NSW 2650 E. F. Hawkins (P.P.) R. M. Holtfreter (P.P.) Echuca CTC.....................................................31 Phone: (02) 6931 0122 L. J. Martin (P.P.) R. Mules A. N. Rowe Shoot Results...................................................32 Fax: (02) 6931 0125 J. K. Scott (P.P.) J. M. Tyquin (P.P.) R.F. Buchan Shoot Calendar ................................................55 Website: www.claytarget.com.au J. Murphy G.G. Woodhatch (P.P.) R. Silvester December 2004 Australian Clay Target Shooting News Page 1 Front Pages Dec04 1/11/04 7:53 AM Page 2 National World Cup President’s Notes Final 2004 Bill Jones Slovenia Junior Development Camp Coach: Greg Chan The final camp for 2004 was held Sept 28th, 29th and Trap: Adam Vella, Suzy Balogh, Stacy Roiall 30th with 17 Juniors in attendance. Six of these young shooters continued on into the NSW Championships Double Trap: Tom Turner, Suzy Balogh. with the entire NSW Junior team comprising shooters Outside of the Olympics, and the World Championships, the World who had attended the camp. Cup final is the most prestigious tournament on the ISSF shooting calendar. My thanks to Russell and Lauryn Mark who organised It is held every year and is an invitation only event that brings the coaching for the camp. together the world's top 12 shooters in each of the three Olympic clay target disciplines. The twelve contestants are made up of the Applications are now being called for the 2005 defending champion, the three Olympic medallists (in the Olympic Development Camp and I encourage all Junior’s to year) and the top 8 shooters from the World Cup series for 2004. make their application direct via the National Office to This year we had a record number of shooters qualify which is a Andy. good indication of the shape Australian clay target shooting is in. Others to qualify but unable to attend were Michael Diamond, NSWCTA State Championships. Susie Trindall, Steve Haberman and Lauryn Mark. The team travelled for 28 odd hours via Singapore to Frankfurt Held at the National Ground. then on to Ljubljana in Slovenia, then just to top it off, a two hour