Calendar of Events
Event organizers are encouraged to submit as much information as possible and make available entry forms or contact email addresses for general inquiries. You can subscribe using your own calendar application or link it to Google Calendar for easy access via mobile devices.
The 2026 dates are now as shown. The calendar will be kept up to date as the season progresses when entry forms and additional information gets added – or updated.
The 2026 Cornish Open
- IGRF Aggregate:- 50mPrecision/ TP1/ Multi/ 1500; Individual FREE entry
GRCF and GRSB trophies available - Pasty Challenge:- Three person Team log chop 25m, 1 centre fire & 1 Rimfire must be used.
Shot daily during the lunch hour; £6 per Team/ pay on day.
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The 2026 Autumn Target Shotgun Festival @ Bisley
The format for this increasingly popular weekend competition is:
Saturday morning – T&P1 and Multi-Target (all classes), NRA Embassy Cup.
Sunday, all day – Practical Shotgun.
To download the entry form – follow the links
[Entry Forms | PDF ]
Budleigh Farm Rimfire Festival
Falling plate target shooting competitions held at the Budleigh Farm Shooting ground in the glorious rolling hills of the Dartmoor National park in Devon.
Designed to be both fun and challenging it is suitable for novice and experienced GRSB/LSR .22 shooters alike and will test both speed and precision shooting at a variety of steel shapes at different ranges.
Whatever your ability the instant gratification on hearing the “plink” and watching the target fall just can’t be beat!
The 2026 Trafalgar Meeting
Shooters with a historical inclination will turn towards the Trafalgar Meeting as memories of the Imperial fade. “Spirit of the Original” is the ethos of the meeting so don’t be fooled into thinking expensive original firearms are all that can be used here.
Don’t forget to apply for the well supported Trafalgar Dinner held on the Saturday night. And in addition to all the shooting the shooting there is an Arms and Militaria Fair held in Bisley Pavilion.
Entry forms will be available via the NRA web site.
Cancelled – The FDPC Handgun Challenge – Cancelled
The FDPC Handgun Challenge
A late season Handgun match for LBPs and LBRs to be held at FDPC’s Shepton Mallet range complex. Five proposed matches – T&P1, T&P3, America Match, 1020 and WA48 (although subject to confirmation). Appropriate matches above will be classified.
Entries available for LBP and LBR
Entry Forms below.
Enter on-line
The BDMP Gallery Rifle Championships
(and 2026 IGRF/German Open)
Held at the Leitmar Range Complex in Germany.
Also including Shorts and 1500 matches.
British Young Shooters (BYSA)
November Bonfire Bonanza event
One of two weekend events aimed to offer BYSA members the opportunity to shoot on the NRA’s ranges in Bisley and to introduce a number of shooting disciplines.
A weekend full of shooting, coaching, learning new skills, food and fun! Participants will usually have the opportunity to shoot one of the NRAs Fullbore shooting disciplines, including: Target Rifle, Civilian Service Rifle, Historic Rifle, Gallery Rifle & Pistol and Match Rifle.
See our Facebook page for more information
Enter online or download an application form
The Dave Stanley Open
- Gallery Rifle Smallbore (GRSB – xx01). Any sights.
- Gallery Rifle Centrefire (GRCF – xx02). Any sights
- Gallery Rifle Centrefire Open (GRCF Open – xx03). Any sights. For ranking purposes only – no medals
- Gallery Rifle Centrefire Clasisc )GRCF Classic – xx04)
- Long Barrelled Pistol (LBP – xx21). Any sights
- Long Barrelled Revolver (LBR – xx22). Any sights
- Gallery Rifle Trophy – Aggregate of centrefire and smallbore in all of T&P1, Multi Target and 1020
- Long-Barrel Trophy – Aggregate of LBP and LBR in all of T&P1, Multi target and 1020
The team look forward to seeing you all
Entry Forms
The 2027 Chelmsford Spring Open
Chelmsford (1944) Rifle Club will be holding a two day Open GR&P competition in late February 2027.
More details to follow
Entry forms – On-line
The 2027 Spring Target Shotgun Festival @ Bisley
The format for this increasingly popular weekend competition is:
Saturday morning – T&P1 and Multi-Target (all classes), NRA Embassy Cup.
Sunday, all day – Practical Shotgun.
To access the entry form – follow the links
The 2027 Spring Action Weekend
The first of three newly revamped Gallery Rifle Action weekends held at Bisley throughout 2025 to encourage Gallery Rifle action shooting to include Centrefire and Smallbore, Long Barrelled Pistol and Revolver. Events
- The Advancing Target
- The 1500 Match
- The Timed & Precision events
- A Speed Steel Challenge
- Target Shotgun matches
There are also a few Fullbore rifle competitions held at 200 yards if you crave the longer distances! The mini-Mcqueen match will also run on Melville over the middle of the day on Saturday.
Entry forms and on-line entries are available on the NRA web site.
Joint Services Pistol Club
2027 Spring Open Shorts Championships
Fully classified Matches for
- Timed & Precision 1
- Multi – Target
- Phoenix A
CentreFire and Small Bore Gallery Rifle and Long Barrelled Revolver and Pistol matches available
Please note the following.
- Open Class competitions are back, but only for ranking purposes – i.e. no medals.
- There is no RO day. All competitors, incl. staff, need to book and shoot sometime over the days Friday to Sunday inclusive.
- Competitors will be expected to score each other.
- Squadding details will be issued to entrants prior to the competition.
- Parking space is limited. To try and reduce any difficulties, please car share where possible.
- Catering facilities will be available.
Details and Entry forms available from the Joint Services Pistol Club website.
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Entry forms
PDF | MSDOC
The 2027 Phoenix Meeting
Something for everybody at the Phoenix. The 2027 Phoenix meeting is its 30th anniversary
The meeting will be held across its traditional long weekend slot, 27th – 30th May.
Entry forms are available via the NRA web site.
The Cottesloe Practical Shotgun Challenge
The Cottesloe Heath Challenge (Bisley) will also be a round of the 2027 NRA Shotgun League. This match can be shot on either Saturday or Sunday with some places on the Friday.
The event is a full day match with multiple stages, hosted in the iconic Cottesloe Heath at the National Shooting Centre – Bisley. Some stages require the use of slug ammunition to be used, so depending on your FAC this may limit how many stages you can take part in. Various target will be used including resetting steel and a multi-bird flurry stage.
🎯 All stages are constructed in the days prior to the competition so exact courses of fire cannot be given. We recommended that you bring approximately 100 rounds of birdshot (max size UK No. 4), and 40 solid slug. Only Fibre wad ammunition is permitted
Entry forms are available via the NRA web site.
NRA Imperial Historic Arms Meeting.
Original or spirit of the original welcome at this meeting.
A plethora of events for Rifle, Pistol and Gallery Rifle. Don’t think this meeting is just for the historians and 19th Century aficionados. Plenty of events which can be entered with your modern day Marlins, Winchesters, Lee Enfields and Mausers.
The Gallery Rifle and Pistol meeting at the Imperial.
The meeting contains a mixture of squadded trophy matches and unlimited entry events. The meeting will run from Thursday to Sunday.
Unlimited entry events will run throughout the meeting with Trophy matches running concurrently.
Rules, schedules, events and timings are also be listed in the Bisley Bible/GR&P Handbook
Entry forms available for all Imperial events are also available via the NRA web site
Scottish Gallery Rifle Championships
The 2027 Scottish Gallery Rifle and Pistol Championship will be held on the 7-9th August at JSPC Ranges near Galashiels where a series of short events will be held. The Championship for Rifle will be held concurrently with a Championship for Long Barrelled Revolver and Pistol.
This competition is open to all and is a NRA-registered event. Scores will be submitted to the NRA for inclusion in the Gallery Rifle Ranking Tables and Gallery Rifle Classification. RO day will take place on the Friday 7th August
Entry Forms – online
Entry Forms – PDF
The Welsh Open 1500 and Shorts Championships
To be held at Haverfordwest Target Shooting Club – Pembrokeshire’s finest shooting ground.
Provisional
30th July – 1st August 2027
This year we’ll hopefully host a home countries match (HCM) running shoulder to shoulder on the Sunday.
Online Entry
Paper Entry Form and event Information
The 2027 Gallery Rifle National OPEN Championships
Slightly later in the month than the traditional slot – a weekend to compete and be crowned a National Champion. This event is predominantly for Gallery Rifles, (Centrefire and Smallbore) and Long Barrelled Revolvers and Pistols. Competitions available for:
- 25m and 50m precision
- Multi-Target
- Advancing Target
- The 1500
- Bianchi
- Timed and Precision matches
- Speed Steel Challenge.
Also some short-range competitions for older military firearms and the McQueen shoot for any rifle.
Entry forms will be available via the NRA web site.
The 2027 Autumn Target Shotgun Festival @ Bisley
The format for this increasingly popular weekend competition is:
Saturday morning – T&P1 and Multi-Target (all classes), NRA Embassy Cup.
Sunday, all day – Practical Shotgun.
To download the entry form – follow the links
[Entry Forms | PDF ]
The 2027 Trafalgar Meeting
Shooters with a historical inclination will turn towards the Trafalgar Meeting as memories of the Imperial fade. “Spirit of the Original” is the ethos of the meeting so don’t be fooled into thinking expensive original firearms are all that can be used here.
Don’t forget to apply for the well supported Trafalgar Dinner held on the Saturday night. And in addition to all the shooting the shooting there is an Arms and Militaria Fair held in Bisley Pavilion.
Entry forms will be available via the NRA web site.
