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Tim Catling

Tim Catling Age: 80
ACTA Club: Katanning Clay Target Club
Preferred Discipline: Any Shooting
Age Started Clay Target Shooting: 21
Years Clay Target Shooting: 60th year in shooting
Shooting Achievements:

1968 National Title in Point score (this record stood for 40 years)
1984 National Title in Champion of Champions
Many 2nd and 3rd placings.
14 Mackintosh Teams
64 WA State Teams
Founding member of the Coaching Council in 1978 and still coaching.
6 years on National Executive
Approx. 30 years on WACTA
Life member of Katanning and WACTA
2002 won gold in World Veterans Title
I feel my best achievements have been to help the sport develoop and I have always been supportive of the rules and their importance. I have shoot marshalled 10 major championships, and enjoyed working with some wonderful people. My 10c contributed has returned at least 1000%. I have a total of 300 sashes and badges, including 12 for sporting and skeet.

Other Interests: Played golf for 55 years, lowest handicap of 2. Played golf for Australia and WA. Tried nearly every other sport known.
Other Personal Info: Wife - Doreen, 3 daughters and 2 step children. Farmed all my working life, a life I loved. Have travelled to many parts of the globe, including 2 hunts in Africa.

 

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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