Onkaparinga Hills shooter Jack Rossiter wins School Sports Award
SHOOTER Jack Rossiter has been rewarded for a breakout year by winning the secondary school category of the Messenger Community News School Sports Awards.
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ONKAPARINGA Hills shooter Jack Rossiter has been rewarded for a year during which he fired on all cylinders.
Rossiter, 17, last week won the secondary school category of the Messenger Community News School Sports Awards at a gala dinner at Adelaide Oval.
It capped a breakthrough 12 months for the Reynella Small Bore Air Rifle Club member, who competed at Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games in July and won the senior Oceania Shooting Federation Continental Championships in December.
“I was pretty happy because I know other people did pretty good things,” Rossiter says.
“It was a really good year.
“This represents all the hard work I’ve put in and gives me confidence for the future.
“I’ve got to thank Shooting Australia, my sponsors, family and coaches Petr Kurka and Carrie Quigley.”
Rossiter was one of the youngest competitors at the Commonwealth Games, where he finished 10th in the 10m air rifle.
Despite being disappointed in the result, Rossiter believes the experience will hold him in good stead in coming years.
“It was an awesome atmosphere to be around.
“It was pretty weird because I usually watch the Commonwealth Games on TV at home.”
Among Rossiter’s other highlights were winning two junior competitions at the Plzen Cup in the Czech Republic, placing third in juniors of Austria’s Meyton Cup and an impressive showing at a senior world cup in Munich in midyear.
The achievements have come six years after Rossiter got into the sport when he spotted a come-and-try event at a Reynella fair.
“My friends thought it was pretty cool.”
Rossiter, who edged superfish Kyle Chalmers and emerging soccer player Alex Chidiac to win the award, will compete in the junior nationals in Sydney in December before returning to Europe for events in January.
His long-term goal is to represent Australia at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
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