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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.

 

 

January 2026 CTSN

On the cover: Chris Brown, Open Sporting High Gun, with Winchester Australia’s Brian Mortensen.

Inside this month's edition

ACTA Chairman's Report
From the Desk of the EO
ACTA National ISSF Trap Championships Program
ACTA National Skeet Championships Program
ACTA English Sporting and FITASC Compak Nationals
VCTA State Trap Carnival
WACTA Taipan Shield Competition
Waratah Notes
2025 SA State ISSF Titles
2025 New Zealand Skeet Nationals and Glenn Trophy
Western Zone Monthly Muster
ISSF World Cup Final
Psychological Skills for Shooting
Key Safety Rules
Competition Results: VCTA 80, SACTA 87, WACTA 90, QCTA 90, NSWCTA
ACTA Rules Supervisors
Bruce Smith 50 Years of Clay Target Enjoyment
ACTA New Members
Craig Jennings Memorial Shoot at Maryborough
ACTA Accredited Coaches
Port Denison November Christmas Shoot
Busy Days at Bega Gun Club
50 Year ACTA Members
Shoot Calendar
Break Badges
2026 Annual Registration & Club Membership Application


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