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Adam Vella

Adam Vella Age: 42
ACTA Club: Frankston - Australia
Preferred Discipline: Olympic Trap
Age Started Clay Target Shooting: 13
Years Clay Target Shooting: 29
Shooting Achievements: 2004 Athens Olympics Bronze Medal
2012 London Olympics (15th place)
2 x World Cup Final Gold Medalist (Olympic Trap),
2 x World Cup Final Bronze Medalist (Olympic Trap)
4 x World Cup Gold Medalist (Olympic Trap)
1 x World Cup Final Gold Medalist (Olympic Trap)
4 x World Cup Silver Medalist (Olympic Trap)
2 x World Cup Silver Medalist (Double Trap)
1 x World Cup Bronze Medalist (Olympic Trap)
1 x World CUp Bronze Medalist (ouble Trap)
3 x Commonwealth Gold Medalist Team (Olympic Trap)
1 x Commonwealth Silver Medalist (Olympic Trap)
Other Interests:  
Other Personal Info: Married with 2 children. Work at Oz Shooting.

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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