At the November 2014 Annual General Meeting of the NRAA, the States and Territories passed a motion that the F/TR Discipline be included in competitions available for Organisations wishing to include it. Also that the F/TR Rules be included in the SSR’s.

The F/TR Rules were extracted from the ICFRA Rules and are as much as possible a copy of ICFRA. Other rules have been included to enable the F/TR Rules to fit in with Australian conditions, such as Time Limits, Safety procedures, Targets, Scoring Procedures, Super V’s and other values etc.

F-TR-Rules NRAA - extract

Wilson Aggregate:

1. Jim Blomfield, Bowen - 352,29
2. Stephen Lazarus, Cairns - 351.33
3. Dennis Russell, Cairns - 323.7

Queens Aggregate:

1. Shane Green, Cairns - 467.38
2. Jim Blomfield, Bowen - 466.28
3. Stephen Lazarus, Cairns - 463.24
4. Dennis Russell, Cairns - 417.13

Grand Aggregate:

1. Jim Blomfield, Bowen - 818.57
2. Stephen Lazarus, Cairns - 814.57
3. Dennis Russell, Cairns - 740.20
4. Shane Green, Cairns - 467.38

Team Captain John Lorimer reports:

The 2014 F Class National Teams Championships were contested on the Campbelltown Rifle Range in Tasmania from 2 to 5 March with 8 F Standard and 6 F Open State & Territory teams participating.

The NQRA F Standard Team consisting of John Lorimer (Captain-Townsville), Jim Blomfield (Coach-Bowen), Vicki Cusick (Manager-Cairns) and shooters Shane Green, Steve and Charles Lazarus (Cairns) and Liz and Murray Wilson (Ravenshoe) had a disappointing start at the 300yds range. But the team knuckled down under Jim Blomfield's coaching, and was only defeated by one point by the Victorian team in the…

$1000 TO BE WON!!!

A donation of $1000 has been given to NQRA to recognize the historical occasion of the return of the NQRA Queens to Townsville after 43 years.

• A one-off inaugural prize pool of $1000
• Highest aggregate score over the three 900m ranges shot in the wilson and the queens
• Prize pool will be distributed proportional to the number of eligible entrants in each grade of target rifle, F Class Standard and F Class Open

NQRA Shop closed until Wednesday 8 January 2014

We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and successful 2014!

NRAA is calling for expressions of interest in Commonwealth Games Assistant Manager position.

Applications close 1 January 2014

AUSTRALIAN VETERANS RIFLE TEAM WORLD LONG RANGE CHAMPIONSHIPS, CAMP PERRY USA, 2015

The NRAA board are pleased to promulgate the below. These teams will be travelling to Camp Perry in 2015. We have been advised that there will be a dress rehearsal match in 2014 but this will be a very small contingency going for a reconnaissance tour. We are currently in the early stages of putting together an estimated budget for this tour which is indicating approx $6000 per person. Once the 2014 tour is completed we will be able to provide an actual tour budget based on all aspects…