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Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (NSW) Inc. 9 2014 AgQuip – The Biggest Yet The 'agricultural Disneyland for farmers' is what local newspapers were calling the AgQuip Field Day after this year's successful agricultural show held in Gunnedah on 19-21 August. Around 100,000 visitors came through the gates to visit the hundreds of tents, stalls and outlets. Five of these visitors were members of our SSAA NSW team of Mitch, Ben, Michael, Rachael and Di, who travelled up the New England Highway to represent SSAA NSW and take part in Australia's biggest showcase of agri- products. After last years' success with the Mobile Air Rifl e Range, it was back again this year and drew hundreds of shooting enthusiasts. Over the course of the event, the team spoke to people about what SSAA NSW does and promoted the shooting sports. There were also many questions answered about the SSAA Public Liability Insurance (which all members are covered by), information on hunting, the SPC Program, R Licences and the members-only hunting property Tilterweira. This year, SSAA NSW delivered safe shooting courses which were popular with the majority of the courses booked out. Overall there were 30 new memberships registered and more than 1,500 SSAA NSW show bags handed out. SSAA NSW Executive Director, Diana Melham said this year's AgQuip was the biggest yet for SSAA NSW. "We received an amazing reception this year. There were a diverse number of visitors, from our current members to new people just interested in the shooting sports, everyone came in and asked questions, found out more about SSAA NSW and just enjoyed the experience. Overall it was a huge success, it's about getting out there in the community and showcasing our safe, fun and unique sport." Another huge part of the success was the amazing team of volunteers from our Gunnedah, Armidale & Narrabri Branches. We would like to thank them for their support on the range and in answering the many queries about SSAA NSW and the shooting sports throughout AgQuip. AgQuip 2014 was a big success The SSAA NSW Mobile Air Rifl e Range in action Safe shooting courses conducted inside our SSAA NSW tent