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  • Web Link Shooting stars: Brus boys etch names into history books again
    SHOOTING STARS: Dean and Pete Brus show off their haul from the national championships earlier this month. Photo: MATT FINDLAY

    24/04/2017: Central Western Daily: Dean and Pete Brus are no strangers to making pistol shooting history, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise the father-son duo etched their names into the record books again at the 2017 International Shooting Sport Federation/Pistol Australia (ISSF/PA) National Championships at Cessnock.

  • Web Link Pistol shooters claim team of the year, Oates scores top gong at Orange Sports Awards
    SHOOTING STARS: Dave Oates, Dean Brus and Pete Brus won the team of the year after a huge 2015. Photo: NICK McGRATH
    TOP GONG: Dave Oates shows off the sportsperson of the year shield after winning it for a second time. Photo: NICK McGRATH

    04/08/2016: Central Western Daily:PISTOL shooting extraordinaire Dean Brus was rapt after he, 18-year-old son Pete Brus and close mate Dave Oates claimed the 2015 team of the year at Wednesday night’s Orange Sports Awards ceremony at the Orange Civic Theatre.

    Oates also claimed his second sportsperson of the year award after he, individually, claimed the world SP5 (distinguished revolver) high master world championship – with a strong 590 - and produced several massive performances at the state and national levels.

  • Web Link Lara the NSW gun aims up with perfect tens at state pistol championship
    HI HO SILVER: Lara Cowling (Orange and District Pistol Club), Una Rossetto (Ulladulla Pistol Club) and Sue Guy (St Ives Pistol Club) took home plenty of silverware from the ISSF state championship at Cessnock. Photo: contributed

    15/10/2015: Central Western Daily: ORANGE and District Pistol Club shooter Lara Cowling had her first International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) state championship title in her sights, all she needed was to fire two more perfect shots in her 10 metre women’s air pistol final at the Cessnock Pistol Club to earn it.

     

     

  • Web Link Best of the best: world titles and world records for Brus boys and Oates
    SHOOTING STARS: Pete Brus, Dean Brus and Dave Oates dominated the WA 1500 PPC World Championships in Sweden, each claiming a world title. Photo: MATT FINDLAY

    25/08/2015: Central Western Daily: SHOOTING STARS: Pete Brus, Dean Brus and Dave Oates dominated the WA 1500 PPC World Championships in Sweden, each claiming a world title. Photo: MATT FINDLAY

  • Web Link Oates and Smith headline familiar faces in Orange sports awards shortlist

    07/07/2015: Central Western Daily: THE list of finalists for the 2014 Orange Credit Union Sports Awards has been released, with 11 of last year’s short-list making the cut again - including all three of 2014’s award winners.

     

     

  • Web Link Young guns: Dean, Peter and Dave Oates bullet performers for world championships
    AIMING HIGH: Orange’s Dean Brus, Peter Brus and Davey Oates will make up the Australian team for the 2015 World WA 1500 Championships. Photo: MICHELLE COOK

    16/04/2015: Central Western Daily: THE average age of the Australian team to contest the WA1500 World Championships has dropped significantly with the inclusion of Orange’s Peter Brus.

     

  • Web Link Pistol club's top guns honoured as Orange's top sporting team
    ON TARGET: The Orange and District Pistol Club's Peter Brus (left), Max Wicks, Dave Oates and Dean Brus.

    6/8/2014: Central Western Daily: ORANGE’S sporting teams had a stellar 2013 with regional and state titles.

    But the Orange and District Pistol Club took home the 2013 Team of the Year prize at Tuesday's Orange Credit Union Sports Awards after boasting the Australian team and a world champion combination.

  • Web Link Dave Oates surprised by Orange honour

    6/8/2014: Central Western Daily: Dave Oates never expected to win the 2013 Orange Sportsperson of the Year.

    In fact the pistol shooter had already tipped another finalist to claim the prize at Tuesday's Orange Credit Union Sports Awards.

  • Web Link World champion's reward: Dave Oates doubles up at 2013 Orange Sports Awards

    6/8/2014: Central Western Daily: ORANGE pistol shooting phenom Dave Oates doubled up at Tuesday night’s Orange Credit Union Sports Awards - Oates took out the top gong, and was a member of Orange and District Pistol Club’s (ODPC) Team of the Year award winners.

  • Web Link Orange top guns on target at state championships

    2/08/2014: Central Western Daily: ORANGE Pistol Club's Dean Brus and Dave Oates dominated the NSW Amateur Pistol Association WA1500 and 25 yard Service Pistol State Championships last weekend, showing exactly why they have represented Australia countless times.

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