Bronze medal for Dan Lucas at the Masters Games

WONTHAGGI RSL Sub Branch vice president Dan Lucas returned home triumphant from the Australian Masters Games in Canberra with a bronze medal in skeet shooting.

Proudly backed by the RSL Wonthaggi Sub-Branch and competing as a member of Team RSL, it was Dan’s first attempt at skeet shooting. Dan also finished first in his group in his debut in recurve archery and came sixth in his first-ever national clay target shooting competition in a tight field after 75 shots.

The National RSL Team achieved outstanding results with an impressive haul of medals.

RSL Australia was proud to sponsor RSL members’ registration as part of the RSL Active initiative, which helps veterans connect through sport and promotes wellbeing, social connections, and camaraderie.

Federal Member for Monash, Mary Aldred MP, paid tribute to Dan Lucas.

“I’ve met Dan a number of times through his volunteer work at the Wonthaggi RSL advocating for veteran welfare and he’s doing a great job.”

Thanking his sponsors, Rotary Wonthaggi, Mary Aldred MP, Inlet Fish and Chips and Ice Cream Inverloch and Wonthaggi CWA Owls, Dan said his main goal for competing in the Masters Games was to get picked up by Invictus Australia.

Dan achieved that goal and was given a team veteran shirt, and is now aiming to compete in Birmingham at the Invictus Games in 2027.

Australian Masters Games general manager Adam Drinkwell said the Masters Games is more than competition, it’s about camaraderie, celebration and lifelong participation.

“We had participants from 18 to 99 years old take to the fields and courts, we’ve seen a former Olympian, aged 90, swimming to inspire others, and we’ve had participants overcome deadly illnesses and use sport to turn their lives around.”

Confederation of Australian Sport CEO, Rob Bradley, said the Australian Masters Games brings people together through sport in a truly unique way.