South Australia Rifle Association

Est. 1861

Upcoming Events

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October 2026

Sunday 04 October

Rimfire Challenge — Light River Rifle Club

Open Prize Meeting (OPM)
Event Time
9:30am
Detail
Light River Rimfire Challenge
Location
Lower Light Rifle Range (view map)

Rimfire Challenge — Light River Rifle Club

 

Join Light River Rifle Club for the Rimfire Challenge, open to Production Class (PC) and Production Class Open (PCO) rimfire rifles

 

Date: Sunday, 4 October 2026
Time: 9:30am sharp
Venue: Lower Light Rifle Range
Entry Fee: $20

 

Course of fire: 5 minutes of unlimited sighters on the sighting target, followed by a short break, then 5 minutes to fire 25 scoring shots on Rimfire Targets at approximately 110 metres (5 strings of 25 shots).

 

Ammunition: .22 Rimfire (short, subsonic, hunting and target) only for PC & PCO classes. .22 Magnum and .17 HMR are permitted in their own respective classes. Competitors must supply their own ammunition.

 

General match rules: All competitors shoot from the prone position. Bipods (Harris, Atlas or similar) and rear sandbags are permitted (F-Class bipods and machine rests excluded); bipods may not be placed on the shooting mat. Specialist shooting mats and ground sheets are allowed. Any sight may be used, including magnifying/telescopic optics up to a maximum of 25x magnification.

 

Contacts: Captain Grant Lewis: lew556762@gmail.com or 0400 293 276 // Organiser Michael Punturiero: mystorch@bigpond.com or 0427 957 229

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Monday 12 October

NRAA National Rifle Championships

National Competition
Location

Monday 12th October - Friday 16th October

 

Please see attached Program of Events for all details.

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Saturday 17 October

Maitland Rifle Club OPM 2026

Open Prize Meeting (OPM)
Event Time
8.30am
Location
Maitland Rifle Range (view map)

Maitland Rifle Club Open Prize Meeting (OPM)

 

Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th October

 

More details to be announced

 

Saturday 31 October

National Sporter & F Standard Championships 2026

National Competition
Detail
National Sporter & F Standard Championships
Location
Wellsford Rifle Range

 

The National Sporter & F Standard Championships 2026 will be held at Wellsford Rifle Range, Bendigo, Victoria, hosted by the Victorian Rifle Association over the weekend of 31 October–1 November 2026.

 

Dates and program

  • Saturday 31 October 2026 – Short Range Championship
  • Sunday 1 November 2026 – Long Range Championship

 

Venue and host

  • Wellsford Rifle Range, Bendigo, VIC
  • Hosted by the Victorian Rifle Association under NRAA Standard Shooting Rules (SSR’s)

 

Event details

  • Saturday: Short Range Championship – 2 sighters and 10 shots at 500, 500, 600, 600 yards
  • Sunday: Long Range Championship – 2 sighters and 10 shots at 900, 900, 1000, 1000 yards

 

Awards and checks

  • Awards include range medals, daily aggregate medals and NRC badges
  • Equipment and ammunition checks will be conducted, with NRAA SSR’s applying throughout the championships

 

Disciplines

  • F Standard A (FSA), F Standard B (FSB), Sporter (SP) and F Standard Open (SO) as per VRA/NRAA classifications

 

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November 2026

Wednesday 11 November

Australian Capital Territory Kings 2026

Kings
Location

Wednesday 11th November - Sunday 15th November

More information to be announced.