JUNE 2016 2016 PA/ISSF AWARDS OF NATIONALS EXCELLENCE 2016 BIANCHI CUP 2016 RIO SQUAD ISSF JUNIOR NEW WORLD CUP MERCHANDISE CONTENTS From the Office 3 A New Way to Submit Your Scores 3 From The President 4 Pistol Australia Appoints New Treasurer 4 From the NCC 6 Shooting Australia Awards of Excellence 7 Australian 2016 PA/ISSF Nationals 8 Pistol Shooters 2016 Bianchi Cup 12 AUSTRALIAN 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympic Squads 14 PISTOL Six Australian Shooters to Target Paralympic Gold in Rio 16 SHOOTERS Get to now your Australian Pistol Team Members 18 BULLETIN Success at Junior World Cup 21 New Merchandise 22 July 2016 Australia at the 2015 Oceania Shooting Federation Continental Championships 24 Vol 23 No 01 2015 Pistol Australia Coaches' Seminar 26 Dedicated to the preservation of Shooting Australia Junior Championships 28 sport shooting and of personal excellence in competition. National Referee Council—Not Just at the Nationals 30 What Do you See 32 This magazine is the official publication of Pistol Australia Inc. National Top 10 34 PO Box 368 CURTIN ACT 2605 Phone: +61 2 6281 1303 THIS MONTH’S FEATURES Email: [email protected] www.pistol.org.au Editor Frances Reid [email protected] Sport Administrator Shawn McEachin [email protected] 2016 Bianchi Cup Shooting Australia Junior World Cup Contributions are invited from freelance writers. The publishers exercise due care Awards of with regard to data published for hand-loading and ballistics Excellence however no responsibility is accepted or implied for errors or omissions or damage or injury resulting there from. Variations in firearms laws between Australian States may result in some firearms and accessories being classified as illegal in some states. The onus is 2016 Publications on the prospective purchaser to ensure before ordering that his/her Edition Deadline Date possession of an article will comply with relevant state laws. October 30 September The views expressed in this magazine do not necessarily December 25 November reflect the policies of Pistol Australia Inc. 2 | AUSTRALIAN PISTOL SHOOTERS AUSTRALIAN PISTOL SHOOTERS BULLETIN From the Office members be able to purchase A NEW WAY TO SUBMIT E xciting things are happening custom made garments, but clubs YOUR SCORES through the Pistol Australia will also be able to use the sale of office. We have been working merchandise to assist with tirelessly to provide members fundraising. P istol Australia has developed a with improved services and more more efficient and reliable method Further to providing new high quality benefits. for members to submit scores for merchandise, Pistol Australia has also While it has been a major Australian Team selection and partnered with the TFH Hotels Group undertaking, international sporting WA1500 World Rankings. Athletes which boast Adina, Medina, apparel provider, S-Trend, have who wish to submit scores can now Rendezvous, Vibe and Travelodge developed an exciting new range of simply visit the PA website and hotels in Australia, Malaysia, Europe, merchandise available online submit scores online. When New Zealand and Singapore. This through the PA website. In addition submitted with a copy of certified ground breaking partnership will give to developing merchandise for PA scores from the event, scores will all PA members a 10% discount of members, S-Trend will also be immediately be recorded and any stay at a TFE Hotel when booked providing team uniforms to all Pistol acknowledged. At the beginning of through the PA website. Australia teams. You may have each month, scores will be updated already seen images of our Action These two exciting services continue on the PA website and submitted for Match Pistol Team sporting the new to demonstrate the commitment of WA1500 World Rankings. gear while competing at the Bianchi PA to provide greater service and To submit your scores, visit Cup last month. An exciting benefits to its members. We will be www.pistol.org.au, follow “Events” -> opportunity through our partnership working to develop more to give to “ Team Selection” -> “Selection with S-Trend will be the incremental our members as the year progresses, Criteria” OR “Elimination Scores” provision of their high quality until then, enjoy your time then select the discipline you wish to submit your scores. garments at all PA National participating in our great sport. Championships. Not only will From the President Ray Andrews OAM this year after two had to withdraw resigned effective beginning of W ell here we are 6 months for personal reasons: the team was September to take a newly created into the year, not sure where the Craig Ginger, Brett Foster, Andrew position with the Australian days and time go. Penny and Cherie Blake with Geoff Commonwealth Games Association. Horton as team manager. The results We wish Tim all the best as he has We have had two National open category are: Brett Foster 8th, done a great job for shooting and our Championships, the Action Pistol Craig Ginger 9th, Andrew Penny 12th athletes in his 4 years with (SA). Team has been to US Bianchi Cup and Cherie Blake 24th. We came The other news is that the Aus Cups and the Metallic Silhouette Team has third in the International Teams as we have known them for the past just departed for the IMSSU World event. Championships in Bloemfontein, few years will cease at the end of South Africa. I congratulate all the team members 2016 with a new, still to be finalised, on their efforts both individually and format starting in 2017. The final The 5 pistol members of the Rio as a team. format is still does not have an Olympic Team are in Baku (AZE) for official name but is currently called Our Metallic team travelling to the the World Cup, their last Event “A” Series which would/could IMSSU World Championships, similar International competition before be like the old Aus Cup final and to the Action team, had two selected going to Rio. It’s all happening. more. The idea is to have events members withdraw for personal during the year in different States/ The format for the Bianchi Cup was reasons. This means a very small Territories which would reduce the changed this year to an aggregate team is travelling, and our team workload on our volunteers by event which meant the top 16 in the members Kim Emery, Mick Arden spreading the events across open category had to shoot the and David Dewsbury must compete Australia. For this format to work it match a second time and the winner in all three events, Big Bore, Small must be member and state body was the competitor with the highest Bore and Field Pistol. It’s going to be driven. A 4 year cycle is proposed aggregate of the two 1920 matches. a long gruelling competition and we and would be a great opportunity to This also applied to the top 4 in the wish them all best and await the create and develop Centres of following categories: metallic, results. production, women, juniors and Excellence in cities and towns. The big news out of Shooting seniors. Almost like a final. The final of the series would possibly Australia (SA) is that Tim Mahon the be run over 5 days and could also We had only a small team travelling High Performance Manager has incorporate the (SA) Junior Nationals 4 | AUSTRALIAN PISTOL SHOOTERS AUSTRALIAN PISTOL SHOOTERS BULLETIN and the night for the Awards of Aus Cup 3) and then its on to Rio. We Rapid Fire with Thomas in 8th place. Excellence. All the events would be all wish our team members Daniel In 25m Standard Pistol Sergei, (SA) approved so the scores could be Repacholi, Lalita Yauhleuskaya, Blake Thomas and Bailey combined to come used for team selection. Watch this Blackburn, Elena Galiabovitch and 3rd in the teams with Sergei winning space for more!!! David Chapman a great competition bronze, Thomas 12th and Bailey 13th. and a safe trip. Another excellent result in 25m Pistol I have just checked the results of our where the three junior men won a Rio team members from the World These wishes also apply to our sole bronze in the team event, an Cup in Baku and the news is not as pistol member Chris Pitt in the Para- individual 5th for Sergei and 8th for good as was hoped. Daniel- Air 563, Olympic Team. Thomas. Against a strong field Sascha 50m pistol 547; David - Rapid Fire We must pay tribute to our 4 juniors finished 25th in 10m Air Pistol. 563; Blake - Air 565; Elena - Air 378, who attended the ISSF Suhl Junior 25m pistol 561 and Lalita - Air 376 The results our junior athletes are World Cup in May. and 25m pistol 574. achieving against the best juniors in Team members Sergei Evglevski, the world are amazing their hard On return to Aus the team will Thomas Ashmore, Bailey Groves and work and commitment to the sport continue to train at SISC from 8th – Sascha Kroopin acquitted themselves shows that our future is in safe 24th July (this period also includes well with Sergei winning Silver in 25m hands. PISTOL AUSTRALIA APPOINTS A NEW TREASURER shooting competition and placed 9th. P istol Australia would like to With a Master of Professional officially welcome Enseieh Rezaei to Accounting Degree from CQU, Ensiyeh the position of Treasurer. has been working as an Accountant since 2011. In 2015, Ensiyeh became a Ensiyeh joined the Gladstone Pistol Club fully qualified Chartered Accountant in 2012, started Air Pistol shooting and (CA). Currently, Enseieh is working as broke to “B” Grade after 8 months of Senior Accountant at a boutique Public shooting.