New South Wales Amateur Pistol Association

Our History

The NSW Amateur Pistol Association, now numbering over 8000 members in 170 clubs, was formed in 1958 with three Clubs. It was called the NSW Shooting Association. The foundation President was Ben MacArthur of the Sydney Pistol Club. This small Association was able to send a team to the Fist Australian Championships, which were held in Hobart in 1958. They entered the only three competitions conducted in those days - Free Pistol, Rapid Fire and Centre Fire. Looking at old correspondence, we find that sponsorship was just as hard to obtain then as it is now.

The Sport was slow to develop until 1961 because of heavy licensing restrictions placed on the amateur shooter, but by the end of 1963 there were 12 clubs (with 254 members) and a rapid growth was expected as the Pistol Licence Act of 1927-36 had just been amended. Under the earlier Act it had been virtually impossible to obtain a pistol licence for target shooting. In 1957-58, licences were issued for Olympic Training, but, after 11 licences were issued, it was back to the old problem of "target shooting is not a good and sufficient reason for acquiring a licence".

In 1966, Sunday shooting was approved for target shooters. The main concern of Clubs was to bring their ranges up to the exacting standards of safety required by the Police to gain Range Approval.

1967 saw 65 Clubs and 1750 members in NSW. For the first time NSW was the Host State for the National Championships. Also, for the first time, a full-time paid Administrative Secretary was appointed.

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