Boorowa Gun Club member Tracey Barton has been inducted into the NSW Clay Target Association Hall of Fame adding to what has already been a huge year for the local.
Earlier this year Tracey and fellow Boorowa Gun Club member Amy Smith represented Australia at the World Championships in England picking up a silver medal and Tracey bringing home an individual bronze, these accolades were on top of the many and various wins Tracey had picked up at home.
Over the weekend Tracey was inducted into the NSW Clay Target Association Hall of Fame at the ACTA National Shooting Ground in Wagga at the State Titles, where the local also won the Ladies High Gun.
Tracey was presented at the induction ceremony in Wagga on Friday night.
Starting in 2006 with a National Title, Tracey hasn't looked back picking up State Titles in a range of events as well as other National awards, culminating in representing Australia earlier this year.
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Tracey was recognised at the event on Friday night for her amazing career, for her sharp shooting and her dedication and passion for the sport.
Already this year she has won the Tasmanian Ladies Champion of Champions, Ladies High Point, Rural Ladies High Gun, the Overall Double Barrell in South Australia, the Ladies Single Barrell, the Ladies Double Barrell, the Ladies Pointscore, the Ladies High Gun all in South Australia, the National Ladies Single Barrell, National Ladies Pointscore, National Ladies Double, National Ladies Champion of Champions, National Ladies High Gun, National Ladies Team and as of Friday the NSW Ladies High Gun.
Tracey's family attended the event to celebrate the huge achievement she has made in the sport.
Tracey started shooting at age 12, the legal age in NSW, and by the time she was 15 she had won her first National Title after having gone up against her Mum.
"My first win was in 2006 and Mum had not long finished chemo and after being at Nationals we both ended up on the same score and obviously equaling first for ladies High Guns and we had a shoot off," Tracey said.
"It was probably the toughest shoot off that I've had, because I knew that she could obviously do better than me, but I knew that possibly not be all that impressed if I just gave it to her.
"I knew that I didn't want to give it to her and she wouldn't have given it to me.
"Out there it was a tough shoot off, it was a very bittersweet thing, but it was probably my proudest and first one and I think at the time I was the youngest female to have won, I think I was 15 at the time."
Tracey's Mum, Wendy Barton, also spoke during the Induction telling the crowd how, when she was a child, she always looked at the Hall of Fame inductees with awe and reverence. She herself is an Australian Clay Target Association Hall of Fame Inductee.
"We have all achieved something with this sport that we probably wouldn't think would be possible," Wendy said.
"We are so proud."
Tracey's brother Glenn Barton, who was also in attendance, was inducted to the NSWCTA Hall of Fame last year.
