Pistol Australia Newsletter – 2 April 2024

today 2, April 2024

Pistol Australia Monthly Newsletter

Pistol Australia Integrity Education Plan Approved

The Sport Integrity Education plan for Pistol Australia and all the State and Territory Associations has been approved. You can find this plan along with the Pistol Australia National Integrity Framework policies found on the website (Click here). We encourage everyone involved in the Pistol Australia community to familiarise yourself with the education plan and policies.

 

 

2024 Pistol Australia PA National Championships

Our first National Championships of the year begin next Tuesday at Cessnock Pistol Club, NSW, 9-15th April 2024. The 46th PA National Championships is the first to split the PA Matches from the ISSF Matches to have a standalone PA Nationals. PA are introducing the WA1500 Optics, WA60 and WA48 matches to be shot alongside the WA1500, Service and Black Powder Matches. We will be providing daily updates, interviews, videos and pictures from the Nationals on PA’s social media pages, so stay tuned. Good luck to all involved!

 

 

The Olympic Journey: David Chapman

 In the lead up to the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, we are catching up with past Olympians and Paralympians to hear about their Olympic journeys. On Wednesday 6 March 2024 we showed the interview with David Chapman. You can catch up with David’s interview and all the interviews in the series by clicking here.

 

 

2024 ISSF National Championships Entry Form

 Registration is still open for the 66th ISSF National Championships to be held at the Brisbane International Shooting Centre 14th – 19th May 2024. You can find the Entry form here.

 

 

2025 & 2026 Pistol Australia PA National Championships Venue Announcement

 The Executive Committee has approved Whiteman Park PC, WA as the 2025 host and Yarra PC, VIC as the 2026 host for the above Championships. The reason Yarra has been appointed as the 2026 hosts so far in advance is to allow them to prepare for the 2027 WA1500 World Championships for which they are the host and 2026 will be a good dress rehearsal for the World Championships.

 

 

National Championships 2024

2024 Pistol Australia National Championships – Cessnock Pistol Club, Cessnock, NSW – 9th to 15th April 2024

2024 ISSF National Championships – Brisbane International Shooting Centre, Brisbane, QLD – 15th to 19th May 2024

2024 Metallic Silhouette Small Bore, Big Bore and Field Pistol National Championships – Narrabri Pistol Club, NSW – 15th to 21st September 2024

2024 Action Pistol National Championships – Sporting Shooters Pistol Club, Hector McIntosh Grove, Majura ACT – 22nd to 26th October 2024

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