Upcoming Competitions

Australia Match 2013 – Barbados, West Indies

The DCRA has received the attached official invitation from the West Indies Fullbore Shooting Council for participation in the Australia Match to be held in Barbados in May 2013. If there are sufficient entries, there will also be an Under-25 Australia Match. The team shooting strengths are 10 and 5 respectively. These matches will form part of the West Indies Fullbore Rifle Championships scheduled to start on 13 May, with the Australia Matches being held on 19 May, or a day earlier depending on the entry.

This will be the first time that this prestigious international shooting event has been held in the West Indies. The Match comes under the overall jurisdiction of ICFRA, but can only be held with the sanction and participation of an official Australian Team. ICFRA is strongly encouraging member countries to take part, as stated by the Secretary-General: “I sincerely hope that members will take the opportunity to participate and support our friends in the West Indies for whom opportunities to host major International fixtures are limited.”

The Match will be fired under ICFRA Rules. It should be noted that hand loading of ammunition is not permitted by law in the West Indies countries, and that the match will necessarily be shot using a batch of high quality ammunition imported for the purpose.  ICFRA will endeavour to ensure that the technical parameters of the load are published to all participants in advance.

Since there is not a great deal of time to organise a Canadian Team, or Teams, DCRA members are asked to send expressions of interest and of willingness to join the Team(s) to the DCRA as quickly as possible. Please make your interest known by 15 March 2012, so that discussion may be held during the weekend of the DCRA AGM as to whether it may be possible to send a Canadian Team, or Teams, and what level of recognition and support they should receive from the DCRA.

Nominations, which may include self-nominations, for the Captain(s) of the Team, or Teams, should also be in the hands of the DCRA by that date. The Captain(s) will be responsible for all matters to do with the formation and arrangements of the Canadian Team(s).

Please contact the DCRA at office@dcra.ca as quickly as possible!

Jim Thompson
Chairman, DCRA International Teams Committee