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Horace Donelly

Horace Donnelly Birth year:  
 1898
ACTA Club:  
 Blackburn Gun Club
Preferred Discipline:  
 Trap
Shooting Achievements:

National Titles: 3
National Runner Up: 1
Mackintosh Teams: 2

Personal Info:

Horrie was the second of eight children born to Richard Donelly and Mary Sutherland in the now non-existent gold mining town of Deptford, East Gippsland. He enlisted in 1916 at the age of 18 to fight in WW1 and saw action on the Western Front, in particular at the Battle of the Somme, at Ypres and Villers Bretonneux.

His hobbies included fishing and shooting, and he was very involved in the Blackburn Gun Club during the 1940’s winning the National Double Barrel (1941) shot gun competition and Champion of Champions for Clay Target shooting twice (1941 and 1948), he was also runner up in the Team High Gun in 1948.

In later life Horrie enjoyed gold prospecting and restoring violins. He was a keen ballroom dancer and played the piano accordion and violin at any opportunity. After living in and around the eastern suburbs of Melbourne from the mid-1930’s, Horrie and his wife Zetta moved to Caloundra on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast in 1976 to enjoy their retirement. They were joined soon after by their two daughters, Phyllis and Heather who lived in neighbouring suburbs.

Zetta passed away in 1985, and in 1993 Horrie moved to The Centaur RSL Aged Care Hostel in Caloundra where he subsequently passed away in 1997. He is survived by his three daughters, three granddaughters, four great grandchild and one great-great grandson.

 

August 2026 CTSN

On the cover: James Willett and Catherine Skinner claimed gold in the Trap Mixed Team event at the 2026 ISSF Lonato World Cup.

Inside this month's edition

ACTA Chairman’s Report
From the Desk of the EO
Expression of Interest: ACTA Rules Supervisor, Coaching Sub-Committee
ACTA Directors Nomination Package
Code of Conduct for ACTA Board Members
Riverina Zone Carnival
2026 Victorian ISSF State Trap and Skeet
Peter Papps Order of Australia Medal
ACTA New Members
Record Field for Bendigo Compak
Clay Target Sports Tasmania
Roma Gun Club Junior Pathway to QCTA
What’s Happening in the VCTA
WACTA Roamin’ Around
Psychological Skills for Shooting
ISSF Junior World Championships
ISSF World Cup Team Announcements
Waratah Notes
Competition Results: VCTA, SACTA, QCTA, TCTA, WACTA, NSWCTA, QCTA
Western Zone Monthly Muster
From Our Archives – 20 Years Ago
Blustery Day at Bega
Fine Weather Produces Quality Shooting at Maryborough
Shoot Calendar
Break Badges


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