Moama Anglican Grammar student Ethan Anthony and gets some help from instructor Terry Linke during the school sport program. Photos: File.
Echuca Clay Target Club has a busy winter ahead which will combine monthly shoots, junior programs and travel to major competitions through the middle of the year.
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Much like most sports in the area outside of football and netball, winter isn’t the peak season for shooting, but the club, which has 200 members, 80 of which are regularly active, is still finding plenty of ways to keep busy.
The club has weekly shoots on Thursdays between 5pm and 7pm until daylight saving ends on Sunday, April 6.
These weekly shoots function as come-and-try days for people interested in getting into shooting or needing some extra guidance with their development in the sport.
“Those events are for anyone interested in coming and having a look at how shooting is done and want to have a try and get some coaching,” Echuca Clay Target Club president Nick Dean said.
These weekly meets will turn into monthly shoots, with the club getting together on the second Sunday of every month for a day of practice and competition from April to August.
From Friday, May 2 to Sunday, May 4 the club will host the Victorian State ISSF Championships, which will see 200 of the best shooters in the country battle it out for glory.
That particular event is an official Shooting Australia-endorsed event for the 2028 Olympics, with winners accruing points towards selection on the Australian Olympic shooting team.
Local shooting talent and 2025 Senior Sportstar Kiara Dean will be competing in that event after returning from South America, where she will be competing in international events.
The club will host 200 of the best shooters in the country at the Victorian State ISSF Championships.
There are six confirmed shooters from ECTC heading to the 2025 National Trap Championships in Perth on Wednesday, April 9.
The club is holding school shoots with Moama Anglican Grammar over the next month as part of the school’s sport program every Thursday.
“The kids in that program learn about gun safety, shooting practice and get a little bit of competition training,” Dean said.
“That will culminate with their junior shooter's license, they finish off the semester and those that wish to do their junior shooter's license permit are able to.
“Through events like that, we are able to grow our sport in the region and generate more participation at club level.”
Dean highlighted the club’s excitement to continue shooting and conducting their events throughout the winter months.
“Everyone around the club is definitely still excited to shoot throughout the winter,” he said.
“We are very much looking forward to the season ahead and keen to get back out shooting as a club.”
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