3 member team - Australian Clay Target Association

BACKING
OUR YOUNG
SPORTING
CHAMPIONS
Over 1800 individual young sportspeople and over
200 teams across Australia will be awarded grants
each year under the Government’s new Local
Sporting Champions program.
The grants are available through Australian Sports
Commission. The application process is rolling until
December of this year.
The Local Sporting Champions Program is designed to help
people aged 12 to 18 years to help cover the cost of attending
and competing in major sporting events.
Grants of $500 per individual and $3,000 per team are
available to help meet costs such as travel, equipment,
uniforms, and accommodation.
This will particularly help young athletes and junior sports
teams as they often have to travel interstate to compete in
major events.
A total of $12,500 will be available in each electorate each
year in grants to help young sports people achieve their
sporting goals.
Applications for grants can be made at any time throughout
the year, either through the Australian Sports
Commission or through your local Federal electorate office.
Who can apply for the Local Sporting
Champions program grant?
Applicants must meet the following criteria:
Be between 12 and 18 years of age (inclusive) at the time
of the nominated sporting competition;
Be participating in an official National Sporting
Organisation endorsed state or national sporting competition
or national school sport competition; and
Be required to travel greater than 250km, return.
Individuals and teams that receive funding from other
government sources will not be eligible to receive funding
from the Local Sporting Champions program.
Some Tips for Applying from the
Selection Committee
• Make clear the representation level of the event that you
or your team are attending, for example; is it a state
championship?
• Include your pathway to the event.
• Include an explanation of why you believe you or your
team should receive the funding.
• What support and resources are generally available to
you to compete at this event.
The Application process is now open. For further information
and application forms please visit
www.ausport.gov.au/champions
May 2009
Australian Clay Target Shooting News
Sebastopol Gun Club
Location south-west growth corridor of the City of Ballarat
On Sunday March 15 Sebastopol Gun Club held its monthly
clay target competition. The weather on the day was cool
with a strong breeze coming in from the west. The competition
attracted 34 shooters from around the district.
The first event of the day was a 50 target Presidents Championship
which was conducted as a double barrel event, and after the seven
squads of five had finished shooting, three shooters had achieved the
highest possible score of 50/50. After a 25 target shoot-off, K Wright
was announced the overall and AA grade winner with a score of
75/75, S Stokes was second with 69/70. In A grade K Jamieson won
with a score of 50/50 and G Went was second shooting 53/56. First
in B grade was R Hirth shooting 48/50, from J Soppi who shot 55/58.
In C grade N Vagg won with a score of 52/54 from G Parry 51/54.
The Club would like to thank its president Mr John King who kindly
sponsored the event.
The second event of the day was 30 target Ball Trap R Hirth managed
to tame this event shooting 30/30 to claim overall and C grade
winner, second in C grade was K Jamieson 27/30. In A & AA grade
C Dunn was first shooting 32/33 from W Calaby 31/33, B grade
winner was A McKnight shooting 28/30 with second place going to
N Haydon 26/31.
The club would like to congratulate all the winners and place getters,
and thank all competitors for a fantastic days competition. The next
event is on Sunday April 19, shooting 50 targets continental and
30 targets Ball Trap.
Matt Taylor Secretary/Manager
Camping at the
National Shooting Grounds
The ACTA has established 16 powered
camping sites for members only at the
National Shooting Grounds in Wagga Wagga.
These sites can be booked for any shoots held
at the grounds by phoning the ACTA office
during office hours on 02 6931 0122.
All bookings must be made with the ACTA
office. Bookings for future competitions
at the National shooting Grounds can
be made 12 months in advance
of the day the site is required.
Cost of sites is $15 a night for powered sites
and $7 a night for unpowered sites. Toilet and
showers facilities are available at the grounds.
Members passing through Wagga who want to
camp on the grounds at any other time can do
so by contacting the ACTA office to reserve a
site. On arrival at Wagga a key to the grounds
can be picked up from the ACTA office at 308
Copland Street. A refundable deposit of $30
is payable for the key. Site fees are as above.
Page 3