Frankston Field and Game was the brainchild of Brian Bond, Geoff Wallis, Graham Ash, Graham Eames and Barry Webley.The branch was born from the co-operation existing between the Frankston Australia Clay Target Club and Port Phillip VFGA. A vacuum had been left after the closure of Port Phillip’s Lysterfield range. Port Phillip branch had not been able to re-establish itself after vacating Lysterfield and there were many disaffected metropolitan shooters looking for a club close to Melbourne.

Brian Bond was the President of Frankston Australia Clay Target Club at the time, as well as a Port Phillip VFGA member. Brian offered a part of the Frankston ground to Port Phillip enabling Port Phillip to continue with its shooting program until it was eventually able to relocate to its present site at Cape Shank.

The existing facilities at Frankston were first class and it seemed a shame to waste these facilities after Port Phillip had moved on. Creating a new FGA branch at Frankston offered an ideal opportunity for Field and Game to retain a presence in the metropolitan area.

The ground is fairly compact but can offer some varied and challenging target presentations. After a period of relative quiet on the sporting clays front, largely driven by uncertainty regarding the longevity of our lease (now resolved), we have embarked upon a program of substantial redesign, earthworks and equipment upgrade as well as reviewing prize pools and competition administration.

We aim to rebuild our competitions to be up there with the best and biggest in the state. The unofficial mission statement has been “Wonderful Targets in good company at Melbourne’s most convenient location”.

Shooting is available every Thursday from noon until 6pm and competitions are conducted on the second and fourth Saturday of each month.

As well as being a keen group of target shooters our members are also hunters in most cases. To cater for this we hold regular pre duck opening shoots to allow people to practice for the field and test field guns. We also organize annual “Duck Fever” social nights to boost everyone’s enthusiasm immediately prior to the season. To cater for hunters with other tastes the branch also organizes a number of quail and fox hunts during the year dependent on member demand.

Frankston is above all else a social club. Yes we hunt and shoot clays together but we also hold regular social nights (hunters hangout), Christmas get-togethers and make a huge effort to keep members informed via our web-site and bi-monthly newsletter mailed to all members.
We’re proud of our branch. We’ve listened to our members; old and new, men, women and kids. We think we’re providing a good mix of activities to members in a great atmosphere and hope to keep on improving.