Competitive Shooting in April

Three competitive and fully registered shoots in April this year.

There is still time to enter the Army Target shorting club (ATSC) Open meeting over the weekend of he 12-13 April. As well as a good set of traditional Gallery Rifle events for all gun types if anybody fancies a light introduction to ISSF Air Pistol or Black Powder Pistol shooting  this is the meeting to attend. Its held at Bisley with shooting on Melville ranges and over at the Lord Roberts Centre. Full use of the ATSC clubhouse for all competitors and the bar will be open for drinks and light refreshments. Prizegiving will be proceeded by high tea on the Sunday afternoon – not many meetings you get this. Its well worth a visit. Application forms here – still time to enter.

The following weekend, 19th-2-th April,  and further North up at the Colmsliehill Ranges at Galashiels, the JSPC hold their Spring Open Shorts Championships. Its a weekend event and has all the shorts on offer for all gun types.

Rounding off the month  – The Basildon Open. Running from Friday lunchtime to Sunday this true Essex experience offers 1500 matches and the shorts – plus for the first time this year a 1020 match.

Camping available at Basildon if anyone wants to make a weekend of it and lunch is included in your entry fee.  For overnight campers the BBQ usually gets fired up and the world put to rights around the fire it inevitably ends up becoming.

Phoenix Meeting – 2014

The Phoenix Meeting 2014 Entry Form is now live on the NRA website. The Phoenix offers a huge variety of events for just about every Gallery Rifle shooter, from 25m Air to 1000 yds Historic and F Class, and everything in between! So take a look and get involved in this flagship meeting. With the traditional Phoenix Trade Fair running alongside, there’s plenty to see and do when not on the range.

Entry fees have been held at 2013 prices, so no increase this year, and the early stages of the plan of works to improve the ranges are starting to come to fruition.

For new competitors to Bisley there is a 30% discount on entry fees, so a real incentive to bring along a friend or introduce a new club shooter to this prestigious event. For the ultra keen, entering more than 20 events will earn a 25% discount, while over 12 events offers 20% off and over 6 events is 10% off.

There are changes to club teams and new definitions for Service Rifle – details elsewhere in this and the NRA website.

The GR&P Handbooks are now available from the NRA offices as well as downloadable online, and can be collected from Reception this weekend during the SAW or at the Phoenix Meeting itself.

For more information or to download the Entry Form or to enter online

The JSPC Spring Open Meeting

April 19-20 2014

It is that time of year once again and following on from the great 2013 successes, it is important to get your JSPC Open entries in as early as possible for 2014.

Entries on the day will only be permitted if there are available spaces and unfortunately there will be a late entry surcharge.

There will be an RO shoot on the Friday (18th April) for helpers and anyone else unable to make the weekend. Note however: this is a range preparation day.

The Spring JSPC Open – Download Entry Forms Here

Gallery Rifle and Pistol Spring Action Weekend

National Shooting Centre, Bisley  22/23 March 2014

Download Entry Forms

The first Action Weekend of 2014 takes place over the weekend of 22/23 March. Entry fees for all matches have been reduced by around 10% – to the levels of 2008 – and for first time competitors at Bisley there is a discount of 30% on entry fees, adding a real incentive to participate. If you have friends or new club members keen to start competing at the home of shooting, this offers excellent value.

A most excellent Promotional Flyer advertising the meeting has been produced. Please print this off and distribute as widely as you can. Pin it to your club notice boards or link it to your club websites. Our meetings ultimately rely on shooters attending. The Spring meeting is an excellent opportunity to encourage new shooters to Gallery Rifle Shooting.

Changes

• The Speed Steels have new courses of fire, and we will trial 3 runs at each of 5 layouts (with the slowest run to be dropped), and a much reduced entry of £6.00 plus re-entry on the range at only £4.00.
• The 200 yds  events on Short Siberia have a change in position from Kneeling to Sitting – this is mainly on safety grounds due to firers forward at 100 yds – although judging from the groans at the AAW I doubt there will be many begging to retain the Kneeling phase. Please note also that the 200 yds gun types have changed considerably.  Keep an eye out for further details in the next announcement.

Shooting Times

The majority of events will be available both Saturday and Sunday, however in order to manage range costs and still offer a full choice of shoots, some events will run one day only:

• Saturday        Bianchi, Speed Steels
• Sunday          Target Shotgun, 200 yds GR and McQueen

Details of these timings are on the entry form.

The online entry will be available from around Tue 28 Jan (we are waiting for some specialist IT support), so please check the NRA website. In the meantime, a PDF copy of the entry form is now  available on the website for those who wish to enter by post.

Don’t forget to bring your Firearm Certificate and your Shooter Certification Card (SCC) as you will be required to produce one or both before you can shoot.

Eye Protection

Eye protection is mandatory for all shooting at this meeting. Shatterproof glasses must be worn which provide adequate protection at the sides as well as the front. If they do not, you must use additional side protection in the form of slip on shields or similar.  Slip on side shields will be available at reception with profits going to a charity for visually impaired shooters.

Hope to see you there.