| Perth hosts next stage of Commonwealth Games qualifications
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 MEDIA RELEASE
Thursday 16 May 2013
Following recent international successes on the World Cup circuit, Australia’s leading shooters will vie for medals at Australia Cup 2 at the West Australian Gun Club in Perth this weekend (Friday 17 - Sunday 19 May).
Laetisha Scanlan and Catherine Skinner’s gold and silver medals in the women’s trap at the World Cup in Al-Ain propelled both 23 year-olds into the world’s top ten and they will be eager to maintain their form on home soil.
Scanlan rose to sixth in the world rankings after setting a new world record in her gold medal performance, while Skinner climbed to number 10 in the world.
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| Coach of the Year nominations now open
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Australian International Shooting Ltd (AISL) together with its Member Bodies, would like to thank and acknowledge the work of the many Coaches who are involved and engaged with their Clubs and developing athletes in the Shooting Sports.
We are now taking nominations for:
Pistol Coach of the Year
Fullbore Rifle Coach of the Year
ACTA Shotgun Coach of the Year
F&GFA Shotgun Coach of the Year
Smallbore Rifle Coach of the Year
Any individual, club or state can nominate a Coach they believe is worthy of recognition.
Fill in a Nomination Form and send it to your National Association by 30th November 2013. Nomination forms can be found here
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| Hens with Fifth place in Plzen
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 Australia's rifle shooters, Jennifer Hens and Dane Sampson have just returned from their European tour, after competing in two international events - The ISCH in Hannover, followed by the GP of Liberation in Plzen.
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The Grand Prix of Liberation posed the second leg of their tour. The competition, which has traditionally been a Running Target competition, was recently updated with 74 Sius Ascor electronic targets in the 50m shooting range.
The competition attracted more than 530 athletes from 32 countries. The popularity of this event is also due in part to its timing, which marks the actual Liberation of Plzen (by the US Army in 1945).
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It's National Volunteer Week, so we'd like to say a huge thank you to the many volunteers who give freely of their time to help run events and programs.
Our sport couldn't have made it without your hard work.
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| Australia secures two medals at IPC World Cup
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MEDIA RELEASE
Monday 22 April 2013
Australia’s Paralympic shooting squad has commenced its 2013 season in strong fashion by winning two medals at the opening World Cup in Szczecin, Poland.
In the first event run under the new ISSF rules Jason Maroney (VIC) and Natalie Smith (VIC) won silver and bronze medals in their respective events as 125 athletes from 20 countries vied for medals across six days of competition.
In the R4 Air Rifle Standing Maroney qualified for the final in 5th place after shooting a score of 624.7 across qualification.
The Victorian excelled in the final however and only missed out on the top step on the podium by a mere 0.4 of a point, with Denmark’s Johnny Anderson winning the gold medal.
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