The Northern Miner reported the first meeting of the North Queensland Rifle Association in the same year.

[3] The developing regional associations sought to put together an Australian team to compete in the Imperial Meeting at Wimbledon in the UK.

[2] The NRAA first hosted the ICFRA World Long-Range Championships (the "Palma Match") in 1988 near Sydney.

The Australian team won, beating runners-up Great Britain by 21 points.

Great Britain won the 2011 Palma Match, leading runners up South Africa by 35 points.