National Referee Council

The National Referee Council (NRC) is the body within Pistol Australia (PA) responsible for ‘officiating’. 

As such, the NRC has developed and implemented range official courses covering all the events conducted under PA control.

The PA Range Official qualifications currently available through the PA Affiliates are;

PA Range Officer;

• ISSF (includes Mayleigh Cup)
•  Service Pistol (includes WA1500)
•  Black Powder Pistol
• Metallic Silhouette
• International 1920 Match

PA Judge B - As for Range Officer qualifications

PA Judge A

• All PA events
• Metallic Silhouette
• 1920 Match

The NRC is also responsible for the formulation of the rules for the PA events (PA Service, Black Powder, and Metallic Silhouette matches).

The NRC’s structure is:

• NRC Director; elected by the PA Executive for a three-year term.  The current Director is Spencer Tweedie.
• Eight (8) NRC Councilors, one from each Affiliate, elected by the PA Executive for a two-year term.  The current Councilors are:
  • Carol Coombs (WA)
  • Bill Low (NT)
  • Jenny Gregory (ACT)
  • Les Spurrier (NSW)
  • Peter Davis (VIC)
  • Carl Tooth (SA)
  • Joan Yet Foy (QLD)

Paralleling the NRC is the Affiliate-based State Referee Councils(SRCs). 

While the NRC is responsible for appointing the Jury and supervising the PA National Championship competitions and the qualification of PA Judges, the SRCs are responsible for appointing the Jury and supervising the Affiliate State Championship and Open competitions and the qualification of PA Range Officers.

The also NRC provides a range of resources for the pistol sport, including:

• Rule books for all the PA events, ISSF, and ‘Action Pistol’; available through the PA Affiliate offices, and the PA Office.
• Web-based information; regularly updated to cover a newsletter, rule amendments and interpretations, a Q&A service on the rules, etc.
• Guides for Range Officers; available for download from the resources web pages.
• Scoring aids; for ISSF finals.

Click here to access the National Referee Council (NRC) web page.