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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.

 

 

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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