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GB Gallery Rifle Captain for 2023 After two relatively full seasons in the position GB Gallery Rifle captain (spanning a 3 year period – we all know why) Gary Bowden will be standing down at the end of 2022. Gary’s last tour will be to the German Gallery Rifle Open to compete against German and […]

GBGR Team Captain 2023 – Nominations Sought Nominations are sought for the role of “Captain of the Great Britain Gallery Rifle Team”, for next season. Appointments run annually, from Jan to Dec, although traditionally the appointments can last for two (or more) years, subject to re-endorsement by the NRA Council, on the recommendation of the […]

GB Teams for the 2022 IGRF World Championship The Great Britain teams for the IGRF World championships to be held at the Phoenix 25 meeting, (May 26th-29th 2022) have been announced. The Small Bore Team Chris West Jonny Cormie Keith Cox Jake Mossom Keith Kilvington Reserve: Mel Beard The Centre Fire Team Chris West Jonny […]

Phoenix 25

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Phoenix 25 With the lead up to the 25th Phoenix Meeting more than underway – less than two weeks at time of publication – the early part of the 2022 season has got off to a flawless start. Compared to 2022 and 2021 it could be argued that this was perhaps inevitable but even whilst […]

The 2022 JSPC Spring Open The 2022 JSPC Spring meeting was successfully held over the weekend of the 9-10 April at it’s traditional location – the Colmsliehill Range near Lauder. The JSPC Website details the full match report, results and photos. As part of the weekend an official Home Countries Scotland v England rifle match […]

The Imperial GR&P meeting The Gallery Rifle & Pistol Imperial Meeting will take place at Bisley from Thursday 14th July to Sunday 17th July 2022 with some slight modifications to its format. The meeting will run four days  (Thursday to Sunday) rather than the traditional 5 days (Wednesday to Sunday) of previous years. Medal matches […]

GR&P Rules – Key Changes for 2022 The 2022 Edition of the GR&P Handbook includes a variety of changes. Most are clarifications, correction of typos and so on. However, all competitors and range crew need to be aware of the key changes below. The section/paragraph number shown for each is taken from the new Handbook; […]

NRA E-League

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NRA E-Leagues The NRA recently announced a new way to compete in NRA competitions: the NRA E-League; the perfect bolt-on to your practice sessions! The E-League is a modernized postal league that offers shooters from across the UK the opportunity to engage in competitive shooting, in a way that is complementary to practice/club sessions, and […]

General Range Etiquette Enhancements for 2022 There will be some documented enhancements (or perhaps reminders) to range etiquette in the 2022 handbook which will relate to what competitors should be aware of within the constraints of any competition event timings whilst they are shooting ‘on the line’. For any competition or event there is usually […]

GR&P National Championships 2021 The Gallery Rifle and Pistol National Championships will run over the weekend of 5-6 September 2021. Enter here: Volunteer as a Range Officer here: National Champion and Aggregate awards Following a careful review, a new set of National Champion and Aggregate awards is being introduced at this year’s Gallery Rifle National […]

Derby Open 2021 – Results The 2021 Derby Open results are now posted. Any mistakes or challenges by Wednesday 7th July. Derby 2021 Open Results

NRA GR&P Rep

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NRA GR&P Representative – Ash Dagger By way of introduction to all you Gallery Rifle shooters out there….. I’m now the proud holder of the title “NRA Gallery Rifle & Pistol Rep” on the NRA Council. My aim is simple; to continue to promote and develop our sport, and represent you all in the Gallery […]

GB Gallery Rifle Captain for 2020 Only one nomination was received. Paperwork and submission has been passed over to NRA Council for acknowledgement.  Gary Bowden will be the Gallery Rifle Captain for 2020 The GB Gallery Rifle team compete on the world circuit and take part in at least three International shoots a year. Team captains […]

Classes 2020

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Classes 2020 Its been proposed the classification structure be looked at for a few events next season. The popular events of T&P1, Multi-Target and Advancing Target are currently offered in 3 classes for rifles. Its proposed they may benefit from 5. Bianchi is not very popular at the moment so its proposed knocking that back […]

Phoenix 2019 Bianchi Bianchi at the Phoenix meeting will consist of the ‘standard’ four elements – Barricades, Mover, Plates and Practical however the Practical match will be modified to cater for the Butt Zero range and space availability we have available to us. The past two or three seasons had seen the USM run instead […]