Mareeba Pistol Club IPSC

04/07/2024

Following an extremely productive meeting with Queensland Weapons Licensing Branch earlier this week, we can confirm that there are NO CHANGES to Shooting Club (SC1) or Recreational Shooting (RE1) licence conditions in Queensland, either for current licences OR for licences being renewed in the foreseeable future.

Joining us in the meeting were SSAA QLD, AgForce, and the Firearm Dealers Association of Queensland; all on the same page with the same concerns.

WLB tell us reports that renewing licence holders with shooting club membership being required to supply a property letter to retain the RE1 endorsement were the result of the miscommunication, and property/landowner letters are NOT REQUIRED for shooting club members renewing their licence and wishing to retain the RE1 endorsement.

They have also pledged to involve Shooters Union, SSAA QLD, FDAQ, AgForce, and other shooting representative organisations in discussions regarding any future planned policy changes relating to fi****ms licensing in Queensland.

We understand WLB are planning to undertake a review of the licence codes in Queensland (there are a lot of them), and we look forward to being involved in that process when it happens.

We greatly appreciate WLB taking the time to meet with all of us and genuinely listening to our concerns - not to mention the time and effort put in by our fellow shooting organisations in ensure Queensland shooters receive strong and informed representation on critical matters like this.

05/05/2024

It was so heart warming to see and be apart of the QLD Single Action State titles held here at Mareeba Pistol club so many juniors , family members, Mothers and their daughters and fathers and their daughters and sons all partaking in such a wholesome sport surrounded by the kindest and most considerate of people. Such dedication by the members in building such well planned stages and very Aesthetically pleasing and well designed Versard’s. An amazing tribute to western class where they all should be so proud , not to mention the amazing day had by all.

10/08/2023

TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG - TOGETHER WE GET RESULTS

SHOOTERS Union had a very positive meeting with Police Minister Mark Ryan MP earlier this week which covered a range of matters including our concerns around secret law change proposals, licensing processing times, and general updates.

Mr Ryan said he had checked with the Premier’s Office, the Premier’s Department, and Queensland Police Service and said as far as he had been able to ascertain there was currently no taskforce or committee working on changing the state’s gun laws, there were no changes currently planned, and any changes would need to go through the Cabinet processes.

He has also reassured us that Shooters Union would be involved in the consultation for any planned changes to the gun laws which might occur in future – indeed, his exact words were “I've always given you the commitment that if there is a legislative proposal, I'll bring it to you for consultation” – which we appreciate.

Our concern was, and remains, that the proposals were being developed under the radar, and we did not (and do not) believe Mr Ryan was involved.

Another subjects covered at the meeting included the improvements in Weapons Licensing processing times – which are now down to 3.7 weeks, which is excellent.

In fact, we’d like to take a moment to thank Mr Ryan and the Weapons Licensing Branch staff for delivering on their promise to get licence processing times down to something sensible; we appreciate their hard work and are really glad to see a positive outcome from the consultations between industry and government on this matter.

We do note the average processing time on PTAs is currently 25 days, but are told this is an average which includes all the “first” PTAs which are subject to a mandatory 28-day cooling off period. Even so, the average is still too long, so we will continue to work towards getting PTAs back down to a day or two, as they used to be.

One thing that is apparent is large numbers of shooters contacting their MP has given the politicians and their staffers a shock, and reminded them shooters have had a gutful of being a political football.

Which means it’s critical we - as in all shooters - keep in touch with your local MP about issues affecting shooters – keep reminding them “I have a gun licence and I vote – and I won’t vote for you if you make things worse for me as a shooter”.

18/07/2023

Our 3 new R***r MkIV stainless pistols are now in the hands of our dedicated shoot captain Alan Webb. Get to the range tomorrow and have a shot!

24/11/2022

Recognize anyone??? :)

30/06/2022

This will be a held as a Level 1 Match. Multiple shooting events will be spread accross Cairns and Mareeba. Mareeba will host the IPSC event on Sunday the 28th of May 2023. Everybody is invited to attend.

12/05/2022

In order to give members as much time as possible to organise membership renewal and payment options, membership renewal is now available and open.

Membership renewal can be done easily and safely on-line.
Completing the renewal form on-line is easier than printing, completing, scanning, and the emailing back your renewal - as was done is prior years.
The on-line form safely captures your information, and when submitted - eliminates countless hours of manual reconciliation and data entry by the management committee.

Payment can be made on-line using a bank debit or credit card. All cards are accepted with no surcharges.

Please click the link to complete this form.

01/05/2022

What an amazing IPSC level 2 in Mareeba!! Well done everybody! Scores as follows:

Mareeba Pistol Club, Level 2 Round 3 NQ IPSC Super Series Saturday 30th April and Sunday 1st May, 2022

11/04/2022

Final Paul Phegan IPSC Training courses for 2022 will be held in Mareeba on the 5th and 6th of May (advanced course), and in Cairns on the 7th and 8th of May (standard course). Advanced course only open to participants who have previously undertaken the standard course, as this is a follow-up course. Limited spots - enroll today. Take your game to the next level!

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10/04/2022

Tickets for Level 2 IPSC match at Mareeba Pistol Club go on sale today😁👍

Mareeba Pistol Club Level 2

18/03/2022

Latest edition of the IPSC magazine is now available: https://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/3/45583/1122847/pub/html5.html?fbclid=IwAR0eqCGfCTTaLeUthVvcQdc-jX-3aTTf-Ng9p3sXwvaaDrydGNAPFWWCn28