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Sperry Marshall

Sperry Marshall Birth year:  
 1930
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Year inducted into the ACTA Hall of Fame: 2005

19 December 1930 - February 2002

Sperry started at an early age shooting tin cans on his fathers farm at Bridgewater, Tasmania. With his brother Paul and during his teen years, they did a lot of bush shooting which prepared them for target shooting.

Sperry was a natural shot and as the years went on, his shooting went from strength to strength. He was very cool under pressure. It was rare for him to be beaten in a shoot off.

He represented Australia at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. In a practice session prior to the games, he shot 198/200 targets equalling the world record.

1974 he participated at the World championships in Berne, Germany.

He held the longest break in Tasmania of 496 targets up until 2009. Sperry and his brother Paul, are the only two Tasmanians to reach the old handicap mark of 27 yards. They often competed together and are the only two brothers to win the Champion of Champions event twice each. Together they have won over 46 Deauville Doubles championships. A formiddable team. He represented Tasmania every year at the national Trap Championships except four from 1951. He won too many championships to list.

He was a member of the Hobart gun club for 50 years and he was inducted into the Tasmanian Sport Hall of Fame in 1987.

March 2024 CTSN

On the cover: Australia’s Molly Bretag became the first woman in the history of the event to become the 2024 NZCTC National ISSF Champion. Congratulations Molly!

Inside this month's edition

ACTA Chairman's Report
88th Annual General Meeting
Executive Officer’s Annual Report
ACTA Financial Statements for 2023
Molly Bretag – NZCTC National ISSF Champion
Waratah Notes
Mount Gambier GC 2024 Supershoot
Tasmanian State Trap Carnival
VCTA Skeet Hall of Fame Inductee, Hayden Mountjoy
2024 VCTA Skeet Carnival
What’s Happening in the VCTA
James Willett, Bronze at Morocco World Cup
Gold Coast CTC Spirit Shines Through Again
Psychological Skills for Shooting
ACTA Coaching Report
Competition Results: VCTA, TCTA, SACTA, NSWCTA 82, QCTA
Bega Hosts Travelling Shooters
ACTA ISSF Nationals
Bendigo Hosts Australia Day Shoot with Great Support
Down the Barrel – QCTA
Maryborough GC, January 2024
Shoot Calendar
Break Badges
ACTA New Members
2024 Annual Registration & Club Membership Application


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