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Tom Turner

Tom-Turner-shooter-profile-resized Age: 41
ACTA Club: Cessnock NSW
Preferred Discipline: ISSF Double Trap, ISSF Trap, Trap and Sporting Clays
Age Started Clay Target Shooting: 12
Years Clay Target Shooting: 29
Shooting Achievements: Some of my achievements have included competing in Olympic Games, World Cups and World Championships. I have won several National ISSF Championships in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, also several state championships. I have also represented Australia in DTL and won several National DTL championships.
2013 ISSF Achievements include:
National ISSF Championships in Brisbane - High gun Double Trap & third overall. Commonwealth Double Trap 1st AA. Overall in Trench.
New Zealand ISSF Championships - Double Trap overall high gun & third overall. Trench overall high gun. South Island Championships - overall Double Trap and first Trench AA.
Australia Cup in Adelaide - Overall.
Victorian State ISSF Championships - Double Trap third overall.
Australia Cup in Perth - Double Trap third overall.
Queensland State Championships in Brisbane - Double Trap overall.
Australia Cup in Melbourne - Double Trap third overall.
New South Wales State ISSF Championships - Double Trap overall.
International Grand Prix in Sydney - Double Trap overall.
Australia Cup in Brisbane - Double Trap overall.
Australia Cup final in Sydney - Double Trap overall.
Oceania Games in Sydney - Double Trap, qualified into the final with equal highest qulaifying score.
Other Interests: Recreational hunting, fishing and outdoor activiites and my family. Coaching.
Other Personal Info: Married to Sarah-Jane with 2 children, Taylah-Jane and Jack, both of whom are clay target shooters. I completed my school certificate and then became a butcher and kangaroo trapper. Other work included a hotelier, driving a cab and working in an abbatoir before opening my own business, Arms and Ammo in 2007.

 

September 2025 CTSN

On the cover: Mitchell Iles with son Leo after winning the Overall High Gun at the 2025 NT State Trap Carnival in July.

Inside this month's edition

ACTA Chairman's Report
Bendigo – Goldfields Classic and Harcourt Cup Challenge
Winding Back the Clock – Harcourt versus Huntly
What’s Happening in the VCTA
46th Central Victorian Grand Prix – Maryborough
Port Denison Two Day Annual
Corporate Overview – Green Range
Cowra Gun Club 70th Anniversary
Ode from Phantom
ACTA Compak Sporting – Bendigo
‘Around the Traps’ Shooting in Tasmania
Top End Gun Club ACTA Compak Referee Course
Psychological Skills for Shooting
Atherton Clay Target Club Young Guns
Waratah Notes
Break Badges
Competition Results: SACTA, QCTA , TCTA, VCTA, WACTA, NSWCTA
Competition Over Five Events at Burdekin CTC
Collecting Rare ACTA Memorabilia
Victorians Win WilkyWollock Cross-Border Challenge
Another Civilised Day at Bega
ACTA New Members
Shoot Calendar
From Our Archives


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