The SSAA Goulburn & District Branch is a relatively new affiliation which was proposed by Roy Smith and was commenced in 1997. Ray Croker provided details of information by the State Office about setting up a Branch. The elected steering committee consisted of Ray Croker (Chairman), Susan Ducksbury (Secretary), David Searl (Treasurer) and 2 Committee Members - Brett Bensley and Brian Jones.  

Not having a range of their own constituted a problem, but was resolved through an agreement to hire an existing range and its facilities from the "Goulburn Rifle Range Reserve Trust" (Goulburn Rifle Range Club) for a reasonable fee. In the meantime, Ken Kenchington, a keen supporter for the range and a sporting shooter himself, generously provided occasional organised shoots at his property.

Ron Gimbert, the Public Officer and Armourer, has been frantically negotiating and working for years for the club's own SSAA shooting range. The long awaited licence for it was finally granted and received in early 2001. Now the club had reasons to advance rapidly. Members of the local Department of Police wanted to use the range, which was granted, thus providing much needed revenue for further range improvements like sheds and additional mounds. Requests from Goulburn's Corrective Services were also negotiated, however no agreement was reached regarding fees, so this did not eventuate.

The 2004 AGM  produced a few changes . A notable one was that the club now had  Doris Hodann- Mumberson, being a professional Bookkeeper, as their new Treasurer. The results were that some new technology was introduced to handle the financial side of the club by adopting the conveniences of  MYOB and Internet Netbanking.

A setback occurred during 2004-2005 as a result of apparent political play. Amongst safety reasons certain restrictions about caliber, distance and bore sizes were placed on the use of the range, which of course was very disappointing and caused the loss of income from the Corrective Services and Police.

Ray Croker, as first President, retained his office for 7.5 years. His successor was Brian Jones for two years, followed by Ken Kenchington.  Other keen and notable members like John Dodds, Neville Francis, Bill Irvine,  plus some enthusiastic working bees, greatly contributed to the success and achievements of the Club.  Every person involved should be commended on their past efforts and their enthusiasm for contributing in constantly improving this great shooting facility.

At the beginning the Branch consisted of a mere handful of keen members.  In a reasonably short time the Branch boosted its membership to 200

At this stage there are several clubs that are making good use of the  Range, they are the "Goulburn SSAA Branch", the Goulburn "Rifle Club",  the "Pistol Club", the "Shotgun Club" and a few other identities.

The Goulburn SSAA Club's WORKING BEES with their recent developments.
Left to right:  Ron Gimbert, Les Bourke (now deceased), Richard Gimbert, Greg Thompsett, John Dodds, Bill Irvine, Ben McWhirter and Ken Kenchington.