north east regional extra | September 11 - 17, 2024
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September 11 - 17 , 2024
A lifetime of shooting
◆ STRAIGHT SHOOTER: Alison Harwood has been shooting for most of her life. PHOTO: Chloe Jaenicke
By CHLOE JAENICKE
THE Wangaratta Clay Target Club has been operating since 1919 and is the perfect place to learn the sport and meet new people. Long time member of the club, 62-year-old Alison Harwood, has been at the clay club for 22 years and has been shooting since she was 17. She received her life membership at Wangaratta last year after 10 years on the committee and said she started shooting with her dad and brother as a child. “We always did field shooting with rabbits and ducks,” she said. “One day a friend of my dad’s, who was on the pistol team, took my dad down to the pistol club in the city. “He suggested that my dad take my brother and I out to the Melbourne Gun Club in Lilydale because we always used to shoot guns, and it sort of went from there.” As Ms Harwood progressed in target shooting, she mainly took part in skeet shooting. Skeet shooting is a form of shooting where participants use shotguns to attempt to break clay targets which two fixed stations mechanically fling into the air at high speeds and a variety of angles. Over the years Ms Harwood has had many achievements in skeet shooting including winning the Ladies High Gun at the NSW State Carnival and making the Australian ladies team in 2014 and 2015 as well as being part of many other local, state and national teams. While the Wangaratta Clay Club no longer offers skeet shooting, Ms Harwood said she has been part of the committee for the past five years and shoots more field and game in Cobram and Benalla.
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