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·        Enclosures.  The following documents and notices are enclosed with this Newsletter:

o       Membership Fees for New Members 1 April to 31 December 2010

o       ‘Markers Wanted’ Notice

o       NRAA Members Update #30

o       Nomination Form for Council Elections

o       Electronic Targets

 

·        Election to the Board.  Jim Breeze was re-elected to the Board for a further term of three years.

 

·        Council Elections.  Nominations for the next round of Council elections are now open.  The nomination form is attached.  Nominations close on 31 May 2010.

 

·        Board Meeting.  The next QRA Board Meeting will be held on 7 May.

 

·        Champion of Champions.  The QRA Champion of Champions competition was held on 27 March over 300, 600, 900 and 1000 yards.  New divisions were inaugurated this year, for F Class Standard, F Class Open and Veterans.  Congratulations to the Champions:

 

o       Senior                   Colin Cole                  200.18

o       Under 25 Matthew Pozzebon   198.20

o       F Class Std          Bruce Talty                 220.12

o       F Class Open      John Tracey               216.8

o       Veterans              Helen Griffiths            197.22

 

·        City v Country Teams Matches.  The City versus Country Teams Matches were held at Belmont for the third time, on 28 March.  The event was held over 900 and 1000 yards.  Results were:

 

o       Open Teams        Country           2464.140       City                2432.159

o       Under 25 City                628.35            Country           593.30

o       F Class Open      City                 928.16            Country           896.23

o       F Class Std          Country           897.19            City                 867.9             

                                    Country           881.17           

o       Veterans Country           786.30            City                783.36

 

·        Markers.  Markers are required for the QRA Queens this year.  We also need to build up a pool of markers for the NRAA matches in 2010 and the World Championships in 2011.  A notice is attached calling for expressions of interest.  Please canvass your club members and their friends.

 

·        Queen’s Prize Meeting.  Clubs are requested to again consider donating to support the QPM.

 

·        NRAA Members Update.  The NRAA Members Update #30 is attached.

 

·        Apples Long Range Club.  Kev Howlett has started up the ‘Apples Long Range Club’ on Sundays to ensure that the efforts put in by the late Ray Appleton to provide extra opportunities for members to access long range shooting, is not forgotten.  The club will operate on a monthly basis with dates shown on the QRA Calendar.

 

·        Multi Purpose Range.  The 100m Multi Purpose Range has now been opened.  The Range is available as follows:

 

o       Monday                            1.00 to 4.00 pm

o       Tuesday/Wednesday      8.30 am to 4.00 pm

o       Thursday              8.30 am to 4.00 pm
                                          (subject to the Phoenix Club operation)

o       Friday                               8.30 am to 4.00 pm

o       Saturdays             8.30 am to 11.30 pm (to allow the MDRA markers access

                                                      in sufficient time to set up for the afternoon)

o       Sunday                             8.30 am to 4.00 pm

 

            To guarantee a booking, bookings should be made at least one week in advance.

 

·        Electronic Targets.  A Committee headed by John Caske has been formed to plan for the conversion to electronic targets.  Clubs wishing to express interest in being involved in the project are requested to email the qra@qldrifle.com.  A letter explaining the proposal is attached.

 

·        History Project.  Cataloguing of historical items continues.  The History Committee would appreciate clubs or individual members making others items available to be recorded.

 

·        Queensland Match Rifle Team.  Congratulations to the Match Rifle Team which placed third in the recent National Championships.  Also, congratulations to the Australian Team for their first ever win over the Great Britain Team in the Woomera Match.  The next National Match Rifle Teams Matches are to be held in Tasmania in March 2011.  Nominations for the Captain, Manager, Coach and Shooters are to be submitted to the Executive Officer by 25 June 2010.

 

·        Email Addresses.  We would like to expand contact with members via email.  If you would like to receive this Newsletter by email, please send your email address to the Executive Officer QRA at the email address above.

 

 

FEBRUARY 2010 NEWSLETTER

 

·        Enclosures.  The following notices are enclosed with this Newsletter:

o       Minutes of the Board Meeting held 27 January 2010 (Club Secretaries only)

o       Country v City Teams Match/Champion of Champions Notice

o       NRAA Certificate of Currency 2009/2010

o       Sport and Recreation Services Funding Workshop Schedule and Facts Sheets

 

·        Queensland Team.  Congratulations to the members listed below who have been selected in the Queensland Team to contest the National Teams Matches to be held in Darwin in June 2010.  The Team is:

 

o       Captain                Don Thompson

o       Manager               Catherine Berry

o       Coach                   Bill Baker

o       Coach                   Rob Cadden

o       Shooters              Tim Berry

                                    Ashley Bidgood

                                    David Brown

                                    Colin Cole

                                    George Edser

                                    Alastair Fitzmaurice

                                    Geoff Grosskreutz

                                    John Hislop

                                    Kim O’Loghlen

                                    Lee Robinson

                                    Rob Rush

 

·        Queensland Under 25 Team.  Congratulations to the members listed below who have been selected in the Queensland Under 25 Team to contest the National Teams Matches to be held in Darwin in June 2010.  The Team is:

 

o       Captain/Coach    Ernie Mace

o       Manager               Andrew Mayfield

o       Shooters              Glen Arrowsmith

                                    Isaac Francis

                                    Matthew Pozzebon

                                    Adrian Robinson

                                    Dominic Whalan

                                    Erica Young

 

·        QRA Annual General Meeting.  The QRA AGM will be held at Belmont on 26 March 2010.

 

·        Country V City Teams Match/Champion of Champions.  Information is attached.  The Country versus City Teams Match will be held at Belmont on 28 March 2010.  Nominations have been called for open, ladies, Under 25 and F Class Standard and F Class Open teams, to be submitted to the Executive Officer by 5 March 2010.  The Champion of Champions Championship on will be held on 27 March.  DRAs are requested to advise who their representatives will be.

 

·        Ranges for the Queens.  Ranges for the 2010 QRA Queens Prize will be 300, 500, 600 and 600 on Day 1, 500, 800, 900 and 900 on Day 2 and 900 and 1000 on Day 3.  Ranges for the Duncan will be 300, 500, 600 and 600 on Day 1 and 900 and 1000 on Day 2.

 

·        National Membership Survey.  From George Wittorff, NRAA Director – Membership: Thank you to those members who have already responded to the call to assist in establishing a National Database of members.  The initial response was tremendous, but ALL members are asked to complete the survey in order for the NRAA have meaningful data. 

 

      The information collected will allow the NRAA and States to be able to establish for the first time an           accurate picture of our membership across Australia.  It will include trends in membership recruitment,     as well as the areas of growth and development of the various disciplines, as well as allowing us to access member's who have special skills or qualifications that the NRAA and States may wish to avail          themselves of.

 

      All members are asked to complete the online survey, which can be found on the NRAA website.  A copy of the same survey can be found in ATR No 84.

 

      I ask that club administrators take the lead of some clubs, who have copied the survey, and asked their members to fill them out.  Completed hard copies of the survey should be sent to:

 

            George Wittorff

            NRAA Director - Membership

            7 Ingram Court

            BUNBURY  WA   6230.

 

·        Prize Meeting Results.  It would be appreciated if Clubs and DRAs could send the results of Prize Meetings to the Office as quickly as possible after the event.  This assists in regrading where necessary.  It will also assist in developing a data base so that F Class Standard shooters can be graded.

 

·        Sport and Recreation Services Funding Information.  The Minister for Sport has recently announced new funding programs for the Department of Communities (Sport and Recreation Services).  Fact sheets for the new programs are available on the Sport and Recreation website at http://www.srq.qld.gov.au/Funding/NewSportandRecreationFundingPrograms.aspx.  There is also a program of workshops.  The schedule and fact sheets are also attached to this Newsletter.

 

·        History and Museum Project.  The history project progresses well with many of the items that are held by QRA or have been made available by individuals and clubs being catalogued.  We are still looking for information and historical items from clubs.  Please contact John Johnstone to discuss how you can be involved.

 

·        NRAA UIN.  Members who have not applied for the allocation of an NRAA Unique Identifier Number (UIN) are requested to do so.

 

·        ATR Deadlines.  The ATR deadlines for 2010 are:

 

o       #85           March-April                            15 January

o       #86           May-June                               12 March

o       #87           July- August                           14 May

o       #88           September-October 16 July

o       #89           November-December          17 September

o       #90           January- February                 12 November

 

·        Email Addresses.  We would like to expand contact with members via email.  If individual Club members wish to receive this Newsletter by email, please send your email address to the Executive Officer QRA.  If you have previously notified an email address but have not been receiving news lately, please confirm that the Office has the correct address.

 

·        Visit the Website.  The website www.qldrifle.com is continually being upgraded with more information being posted each week.  Please visit the site often.