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The ACTA Trap Hall of Fame Inductees

Arthur 'Pud' Burgess

Arthur Pud Burgess Birth year:  
 1937
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Year inducted into the ACTA Hall of Fame: 2005

16 March 1937 - 13 July 2013

International Olympic Trap Teams
Competed for Australia in World Moving Targets, Bern, Switzerland 1974, Antibes, France 1977 and Montecatini, Terme, Italy 1979

International Trap Teams
Australian Trap team sent to Carlisle, England 1982 - achieving equal 4th place
Australian Trap team sent to Kipping, Scotland 1985

Mackintosh Teams
Attended 37 National Trap Championships and qualified for the Australian Mackintosh team 27 times.
Mackintosh Team High Gun: 1964 (299/300), 1967 (300/300), 1968 (339/339)
Shot 300/300, 5 times in 1967, 1968, 1969, 1978, 1988. Achieved 299/300, 5 times.
From the 23 known scores he averaged just under 297/300.

National Titles
Champion of Champions
1966 and 1982 Overall winner. Second in 1964 and third in 1976 and 1983.
Double Barrel
1968 Overall winner. Second in 1958, 1969 and third in 1964 and 1972.
Single Barrel
1973, 1974 and 1985 Overall winner. Second in 1967, 1976 and 1982.
Australian National High Gun
1967, 1968 and 1973.
Australian Trench (ISSF)
1976 and 1978 Overall winner. Second in 1977.
New Zealand National Single Barrel
1991 Overall winner.

He won 12 National titles and finished on the podium 23 times. No, truer gentleman would you find, he believed in giving back. He served on club, zone, state and national clay target associations. He served his whole life as an active member of the St Vincent De Paul Society and one term on the Cobar Shire Council.

 

Arthur 'Pud' Burgess

Year Inducted: 2005

16 March 1937 - 13 July 2013

International Olympic Trap Teams
Competed for Australia in World Moving Targets, Bern, Switzerland 1974, Antibes, France 1977 and Montecatini, Terme, Italy 1979

International Trap Teams
Australian Trap team sent to Carlisle, England 1982 - achieving equal 4th place
Australian Trap team sent to Kipping, Scotland 1985

Mackintosh Teams
Attended 37 National Trap Championships and qualified for the Australian Mackintosh team 27 times.
Mackintosh Team High Gun: 1964 (299/300), 1967 (300/300), 1968 (339/339)
Shot 300/300, 5 times in 1967, 1968, 1969, 1978, 1988. Achieved 299/300, 5 times.
From the 23 known scores he averaged just under 297/300.

National Titles
Champion of Champions
1966 and 1982 Overall winner. Second in 1964 and third in 1976 and 1983.
Double Barrel
1968 Overall winner. Second in 1958, 1969 and third in 1964 and 1972.
Single Barrel
1973, 1974 and 1985 Overall winner. Second in 1967, 1976 and 1982.
Australian National High Gun
1967, 1968 and 1973.
Australian Trench (ISSF)
1976 and 1978 Overall winner. Second in 1977.
New Zealand National Single Barrel
1991 Overall winner.

He won 12 National titles and finished on the podium 23 times. No, truer gentleman would you find, he believed in giving back. He served on club, zone, state and national clay target associations. He served his whole life as an active member of the St Vincent De Paul Society and one term on the Cobar Shire Council.

December 2024 CTSN

On the cover: Jeremy Kent - 2024 ACTA National Sporting Clays Champion and Carnival Overall High Gun.

Inside this month's edition

ACTA Chairman’s Report
2024 WACTA DTL Carnival
WACTA State Hall of Fame Induction
29th ACTA National Sporting Championships
Break Badges
2024 NSWCTA State Trap Carnival
2024 WACTA Skeet Carnival
Psychological Skills for Shooting
Waratah Notes
Competition Results: VCTA, QCTA, SACTA, NSWCTA, TCTA, WACTA
ACTA New Members
WACTA State ISSF Trap and Skeet Championships
45th Central Victorian Grand Prix
South-West Middle Years Clay Target Competition
Atherton Tableland’s Two Day Annual
100 Target Continental Points Score at Bega
Lake Albert’s 46th Anniversary
Shoot Calendar
2025 Annual Registration & Club Membership Application


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