Pre Nomination for ZZ Sydney Australia Competition

Due to ground fees and set up costs to hold and run a ZZ competition, we have decided to make all future ZZ competitions by Pre Nomination deposit ONLY.

This means that anyone wanting to attend a ZZ competition must pay a Pre Nomination deposit of $25,00 Closing 7 days before the event date, this can be made by cash, cheque, direct debit or Visa/ MasterCard (non-refundable if you don’t show up for the event).

A minimum of 15 competitors will be needed to run the competition, any less than 15 people, a refund will be made. You will be notified 6 days before event date, via SMS or website whether the event is to be held.

If any person wishes to join the competition but has not paid the pre-nomination deposit, an extra fee of $5 per person will be charged on the event. So all you die hard ZZ Shooters rev up all your friends and fellow Competitors if ZZ Shooting is to go-ahead in this Country.

About ZZ Shooting

A new discipline was born in 1960, the shooting of electro-targets (Helice-ZZ). In Belgium the Chevalier David de Lossy invented a cross between a live pigeon target and a clay pigeon target (a plastic plate fixed on a plastic support shaped like a propeller).
The decision to accept this new discipline at international level was taken by FITASC in 1963.
The first International Grand-Prix was set in Monte Carlo and thereafter Grand Prix were organized annually, and from 1966 European championships, (37 up to 2005). The first world championships took place in 1991, and 4 followed from 1993.
The World championships now take place annually and 10 World cups have been staged since 1996.

Buffalo Bill

CLAY SHOOTING HISTORY

Our favourite sport is modern and traditional.Modern because it uses high precision technology to manufacturemore reliable machines, traditional because the spirit of ball-trap is"old as the hills".

From the late 1880's until the outbreak of the First World War, pheasant and grouse shooting in England enjoyed a popularity level that had never been seen, or rivalled since.

Unwittingly, the same time period also marked a time of change; the first clay target, a flat disc, appeared between 1883 and 1887. The clay pigeon was then introduced and a direct result came the birth and development of SPORTING CLAYS.

The Victorian and Edwardian hunting parties were legendary - as were the number of birds bagged. The ability to shoot well was a prerequisite (along with social standing) to obtaining an invitation to many of the great estates. Consequently, with clays pigeons it was possible for the first time to tune up with practice and instruction.


It was in 1812 in a London suburb that the first live pigeon-shooting club was born. It was called the "Old Hats Tavern". The old hats were used as boxes in order to launch the pigeons. This was when the expansion of this sport first started.In 1850 one begins to see meetings of hunters who shot at glass balls thrown by hand. In 1877, an American, Adam Bogardu invented the first catapult in order to launch these glass balls at shooting shows, and the term "Ball Trap" was adopted.

The best known spectacle of the time were undoubtedly those of the very famous William Frederick Cody, better known under the name of "Buffalo Bill". His spectacle "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show" was a huge success worldwide.

The Shooting Schools in London were at once able to capitalise on the demand and set about the installation of traps and towers that would enable them to simulate flight of game birds. Inevitably, this, in turn with its variety of targets, led to the introduction of a new discipline in its own right. It was given the name of SPORTING, and the first British Open Sporting Championship was held in London in 1927