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How To Start Up A Club

Welcome to the Australian Clay Target Association information page on starting a new club. 

Requirements
Firstly you will require a recommendation from your zone and then your state. If you contact your State administrator they will be able to put you in contact with the zone. A letter will need to be sent to the ACTA from the State recommending your affiliation and we will then commence affiliation with the ACTA. There is an annual affiliation fee.
  Please click here to download the How to Affiliate a New Club Information Sheet

If you have not yet contacted the Firearms Registry in your state regarding regulations we recommend you start with them. To visit the Firearms Registry website in your respective State; see the links below:

 A separate application form is required for a club if they wish to acquire guns for use by club members. Application is to be made by the club secretary or a nominated club member as the licence holder.

Firearms Safety Training Instuctor Approval
This will allow persons, on behalf of an approved club, association or organization, to conduct firearms safety training for longarms in accordance with an approved firearms safety training course. Applicants must hold a current (longarm) firearms licence and have held it for a minimum of three years.

Form P644 - application for firearms safety training instructor (longarms).

Form P650 - this form must be completed by all unlicenced applicants before they can possess and use a firearm in accordance with the NSW Firearms Act 1996. Return the form to the club or range official or the instructor upon completion.

We are able to supply layouts/plans for trap and skeet including skeet and trap house dimensions. The current ACTA Rules are available online.

Any further enquiries please contact the Australian Clay Target Association on 02 6938 2121.

 

 

March 2026 CTSN

On the cover: Jack Stockdale was the Open High Gun winner at the VCTA Skeet Carnival held in January, with a score of 291/300.

Inside this month's edition

ACTA Chairman's Report
2026 National Skeet Championships Program
2026 National ISSF Skeet Championships Program
2026 National Trap Championships Program
2026 National Trap Championships Conditions of Competition
Exciting New Initiative – SF Outdoors Vendor Lane Raffle
Tasmanian State Trap Carnival
Shooting Australia Team Announcements
2026 Victorian State Skeet Carnival
Mount Gambier Supershoot
Psychological Skills for Shooting
Three Golden Crows and Counting
2025 Awards of Excellence
Atherton CTC Australia Day Celebrations
Shooting Australia Trap Team: Gold, Silver, Bronze
Condamine Annual Two Day Carnival
Waratah Notes
Roma’s Junior Programs
Competition Results: QCTA, VCTA, WACTA, SACTA, NSWCTA, TCTA
National Trap Winners 1936 – Present
Compak Back at Bendigo for 2026
Western Zone Monthly Muster
Back to Burdekin after the rain
Maryborough January Compak shooters endure the heat
Break Badges
ACTA New Members
Bega in February
From Our Archives – 20 Years Ago
2026 Annual Registration & Club Membership Application


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