Wangaratta Clay Target Club
Wangaratta Clay Target Club shoots DTL and five-stand sporting clays on Detour Road, North Wangaratta VIC. VCTA and SCA club, founded 1919.
About Wangaratta Clay Target Club
Wangaratta Clay Target Club shoots down-the-line (DTL) and five-stand sporting clays at 27 Detour Road, North Wangaratta, about 5 km north of Wangaratta near the corner of the Old Hume Highway, behind the Vine Hotel. It is affiliated with the Victorian Clay Target Association (North East Zone) under ACTA, and with Sporting Clays Australia. Skeet is shot occasionally.
Shoot days
DTL competitions are held on Saturdays, traditionally the third Saturday of the month, with nominations and practice from 11am and a noon start. Sporting clays competitions are on the second Sunday, with nominations from 10am and an 11am start. Dates vary, so check before travelling.
DTL practice runs Wednesdays and Saturdays from 1:30pm to 5:30pm (no Saturday practice on competition Saturdays), and sporting clays practice on Wednesdays from 1:30pm. In winter, sessions finish about 30 minutes before sunset. EFTPOS is taken for nominations; practice and the canteen are cash only.
The club was founded on 9 May 1919 at the Bulls Head Hotel and has shot at the Detour Road ground since the early 1930s. It installed lights for night shooting in 1953, hosted the first Victorian State Skeet Shooting Carnival in 1977, opened its clubhouse in 1980 and bought the land in 1986. The site has three shooting grounds.
More shooting clubs in Victoria, DTL and five-stand clubs, VCTA and Sporting Clays Australia clubs. Nearby on Find Shooting Clubs: Wodonga Albury Field and Game (about 47 km), Yackandandah Pistol Club (about 48 km), Mt Bogong Clay Target Club (about 81 km).
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