Victorian Clay Target Association

	2013 VCTA State ISSF Championships Melbourne Gun Club 10th, 11th and 12th May 2013.
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Laetisha Scanlan and Catherine Skinner finish with Gold and Silver at the World Cup trap event in the United Arab Emirates.
	Australians Laetisha Scanlan and Catherine Skinner have beaten an Olympic-quality field to dominate the World Cup trap event in the United Arab Emirates. The Victorian duo produced Australia's first gold-silver double in an international meet with Laetisha beating Catherine by four targets in the final with a score of 14 from 15.
For Australia to finish first and second at a World Cup is a tremendous boost for our sport and it repays the faith that AISL (Australian International Shooting Limited) has had in Laetisha and Catherine since they were juniors three or four years ago.

Teams Success at Nationals

Victoria won the Ladies and Junior Shoulder to Shoulder Teams match, both having to win in a shoot off. The ladies shot off against Queensland and the Juniors shooting off against New South Wales.

Results were:

*Ladies*
Lisa Hawker Amanda Holt Tina White	25/25 25/25 23/25

Juniors
Mitchell Iles Matt Downes Isaiah Harris	25/25 25/25 25/25

The Veterans Team came 2nd on count back with Northern Territory 1st.

Congratulations to the ladies and juniors for participating in the
Victorian teams and well shot.

National Sporting Clays 2013

The ACTA has advised that the dates for the National Sporting Clays
are 17th and 18th August 2013.

2013 introduces changes to the Working with Children Check Act, regulations and fees.

Click-here for full details of the amendments to the Working with Children Act 2005 (the Act) and the Working with Children Regulations 2006 (the Regulations).

Please note that this is a large PDF file and may take some time to open.

Dear Members,

The proposal to establish a State Clay Target Ground at Echuca incorporating the Echuca Clay Target Club and surrounding land has finally been agreed upon.

The land owner has agreed to sell 60 acres of his land. The land purchased will cover the fall-out area for 12 trap layouts and incorporate a car park of approximately five acres. This acquisition will totally secure the future of the site as our State Ground.

The $10.00 VCTA affiliation fee, paid by all adult members over the past few years, has placed our State in a sound position to finance this project, however with surveying of land, transfer fees, land tax, legal costs etc., plus the purchase of the land, we are looking at an approximate shortfall of some $100,000.

With contracts close to completion, we now need to find this finance. I am personally asking all Zones, Clubs and Members if they can assist with monetary donations toward this exciting project. With well over 2,000 full members in Victoria, if only 200 members donated $500 or 500 members donated $200, or even if 2000 members donated $50 we would have the amount required.

For anyone willing to assist please contact your Zone or State representatives.
Please give this your full consideration and support.

Malcolm Dyson VCTA State President

The Firearm Safety Foundation (Victoria) Inc. was incorporated in 2008. The establishment of the Foundation followed several years of lobbying by a number of the state's major shooting organisations who believed that an independent body was required to provide advice to the Government on firearms safety training matters and to work with the Government to address a number of areas where training was required or existing training was felt to be deficient.

The Foundation is funded by both the Victorian and Federal Governments under funding deeds which outline the Foundation's obligations. In each case the obligations outlined were developed in consultation with representatives of shooting organisations and the firearms trade. The Foundation's obligations under the deed include:

Stock-take existing general and specific Firearm related training in Victoria;
Identification and documentation of key risk areas in firearm safety across Victoria;
Development of safety awareness training and provision of education materials to appropriate groups in the Victorian community;
Development of safety awareness content for school age children in Victoria

For more information go to www.firearmsafety.org.au

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