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VOLUME NO. 73 ISSUE NO. 8 AUGUST 2020 PO Box 466, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 Phone: (02) 6938 2121 Fax: (02) 6938 2122 Russell and Lauryn Mark Website: www.claytarget.com.au have recently produced NATIONAL OFFICE a series of informative CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: shooting videos which will Paul Gilbert – email: [email protected] be of immense benefit to A CCOUNTS: those who are beginning Judy Ferry – email: [email protected] clay target shooting. CTSN: Email: [email protected] MEMBERSHIP: Email: [email protected] ADMINISTRATION/EVENTS Co-ORDINATOR: Sue Vesperman – email: [email protected] Contents MEDIA, MARKETING, FACILITIES COORDINATOR Aileen Storey – email: [email protected] ACTA Report 2 RECEPTION/COACHING &REFEREES/CAMPING ACTA News 4 Jenny Robinson – email: [email protected] Cancellation of all ACTA National Events for 2020 5 ACTA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Early Electronic Releases on DTL Layouts 6 PRESIDENT: Extensive Redevelopment Mildura Clay Target Club 8 Mr Malcom Dyson ACTA Coaching News 18 VICE PRESIDENTS: Monarto Clay Target Club History – Graham Michell 20 Mr Garry Read, Mr Terry Marsden What’s Happening in the VCTA 20 EXECUTIVE: Psychological Skills for Shooting 30 NSW – Mr Kim Nealon, Mr Colin Kneebone Queensland News 32 NT – Mr Pat Coogan, Mr Ray Niven Insight on Sight 35 QLD – Mr Malcolm Collins, Mr Brian Muirson SA – Mr Garry Read, Mr Len DeCandia Waratah News 37 TAS – Mr Mark Dennis, Mr Alan Styles $5000 Donation to Cloncurry Gun Club 38 VIC – Mr Malcolm Dyson, Mr Lynne Curtis, Mr Les Kadziela ACTA State Handicappers 38 WA – Mr Terry Marsden, Mr Ian Watson Competition Results: PTRA ONS: South Australia 39; Victoria 40; Queensland 40; Mrs Kay Hull, AM New South Wales 40; Northern Territory 40; LIFE REGISTERED SHOOTERS: ACTA State Rules Supervisors 41 J. Houston†, H. G. James†, D. B. Mott†, W. E. H. Rainbird. O.B.E.†, J. M. Wilson†, J. M. Tyquin†, K. Soames†, N. Wells†, E. T. Baldwin†, Bendigo Academy of Sport Resumes Training 42 G. H. Hall (PP)†, E. G. Biggs†, R. H. Moyse†, L. S. R. Stewart†, Badge Collecting – Gun Club Badges 45 C. Moll†, A. Pedersen, (PP)†, O. R. Taylor†, E. F. Hawkins (PP)†, From Our Archives 49 R. Mules†, A. N. Rowe†, L. G. Connors (PP)†, W. Jones (PP)†, R. M. Holtfreter (PP)†, N. Hardy, L. J. Martin (PP), J. K. Scott (PP) †, ACTA New Members 50 R. F. Buchan†, J. Murphy, G. G. Woodhatch (PP), R. Silvester, Shoot Calendar 51 R. Nugent (PP), J. Byrnes (PP), A. Kenny, D. Harwood, J. Mack (PP), Break Badges 51 R. Traill†, M. McInnes, L. Curtis, J. Shepherd, A. Vilcins (PP), D. Baynes, S. Corry, E. Forward O.A.M., R. Fox 2020 Annual Registration & Club Membership 50 † denotes deceased. PP denotes Past President Closing date for advertising and editorial Designed and typeset by Ironbark Graphics, 22 Hubble Street, Maryborough, Vic 3465 No responsibility is accepted by the publisher for the accuracy of information contained in the text, in Clay Target September 2020 is August 5. illustrations or advertisements. The opinions expressed in this magazine do not necessarily represent those of the publisher. Scheduled publication date This publication is protected by copyright © Australian Clay Target Association 2015 is Monday August 17 ISSN: 1321-3903 August 2020 – Clay Target 1 ACTA REPOrt Mal Dyson – President Paul Gilbert – CEO Well, to say it’s been another and Club Coaches through the crazy month would be an ACTA YouTube Channel and understatement! Only a month will also be promoted through Social ago, we were contemplating the probability that Media. Please click on this link our National Events would likely proceed, then https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzX_4XA8IvA a second wave of Covid-19 hit Victoria which to watch the first video in the series and don’t literally turned Australia back on its head, forget to subscribe to the channel so you can (and provided us with a harsh reality check), receive the other 5 videos as they are posted in resulting in more border closures at the start of the next 10 weeks July instead of the anticipated return to open We take this opportunity to thank Lauryn and borders. This resulted in the ACTA Executive Russell for their time and effort in travelling Committee calling an urgent GoTo Meeting on to Wagga to develop these informative and 7 July and voting to cancel all ACTA National interesting videos to assist in promoting our Events for the remainder of the year. This was sport and aiding our State and Club Coaches. a difficult decision to make, (given that our core mandate is to provide safe and enjoyable Trap and Skeet Surveys shooting opportunities for our members), but As part of our due-diligence when attempting to was unanimously supported by all Committee determine the interest of shooters participating Members. Interested members will find an in a postponed Nationals event, the Association article in this edition explaining the Executive surveyed all of the 2020 March Trap Nominees Committee’s decision, however, the obvious and all of the 2019 Skeet participants to concerns for the health and safety of members ascertain the likelihood of their involvement and the likelihood of inability to participate due in, (at that time), such an event. For those to ever-changing restrictions were key factors. interested in the survey results, they were as follows: Aside from this breaking news, there are a number of other updates to share with you. TRAP: These include: 198 responses (from all 430 x 2020 March nominations) New ACTA Coaching Videos 37 No Russell and Lauryn Mark have just completed 161 Yes a series of videos supporting our coaching panel 5 of these Yes’s became No’s if we and promoting the ACTA. These videos are reduced prize money (this would occur) extremely professionally prepared and will be an asset to our Association. 12 of these Yes’s became No’s if not offering ½ price noms (this could not In particular, the video explaining the occur) ‘Introduction to Clay Target Shooting’ is highly = 144 adjusted confirmed attendees from informative and will be a great benefit in the survey group. introducing new members to our sport. The other videos, five in all, explain Determining SKEET: Your Dominant Eye, Basic Shot Gun 89 Responses (from all 170 x 2019 event Terminology, Mounting Your Shotgun Correctly, participants) Holding Points and Basic Shotgun Stance. 12 No These videos will be available to all Clubs 77 Yes 2 Clay Target – August 2020 2 of these Yes’s became No’s if we reduced a few bookings in the last couple of weeks which prize money (this would occur) is a positive thing! We are also re-assessing 2 of these Yes’s became No’s if not the automation of ACTA shoot program and offering ½ price noms (this could not handicapping systems and will hopefully have occur) something more concrete to report in a future = 73 adjusted confirmed attendees from issue … watch this space! Finally, our thanks the survey group. goes to Aileen (our Media, Marketing and Facilities Coordinator), who has, as a Covid-19 These levels of committed participation project, worked hard on giving our Website demonstrated that the events would likely a huge facelift! Great Job Aileen. This will be lowly subscribed and have been a hollow hopefully be live by the end of the month so representation of the normal attendance please go to the website then and take a look. numbers. The lack of participants also would have a major impact on the financial In closing, please be reminded that ALL local implications for the events. This is because, State and Territory Covid-19 restrictions are regardless of numbers nominating to available on your State’s Covid-19 Websites. participate, the costs are substantially fixed. For your information, these are found at: These include things such as event staffing ACT: costs, trap mechanics, trappers, cash prizes, https://www.covid19.act.gov.au/what-you-can-do medals, sashes, badges, targets, cleaning, NSW: equipment hire, rubbish removal and event https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/what-you-can-and- licencing fees. As advised above, the prize purses cant-do-under-rules would also have been substantially reduced due NT: to prizes being obtained from a set allowance https://coronavirus.nt.gov.au/roadmap-new-normal/ business#/events_and_gatherings of $20 / nom, the less noms automatically therefore translating to less prize purse. With QLD: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/system-governance/ costs being disproportionately high to income, legislation/cho-public-health-directions-under-expanded- this also would automatically determine the public-health-act-powers/business-activity-undertaking- prevention of any opportunity to offer reduced- direction price noms.