The IGRF World Championships The 25th Phoenix meeting, held over the long weekend of the 26th – 29th May at the National Shooting Centre, Bisley, also hosted the fifth iteration of the IGRF World Championships. This biennial event welcomes shooters from all IGRF nations to compete for the title of IGRF World Champions or […]
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Oct
2
Fri
all-day
The 2026 Cornish Open
@ Duchy Shooting Association
The 2026 Cornish Open
@ Duchy Shooting Association
Oct 2 – Oct 4 all-day
The 2026 Cornish Open We will roll again for 2026: Following the success of our inaugural 2024 meeting and our follow up 2025 meeting the Duchy Shooting Association is, again, proud to present the Cornish[...]
Oct
3
Sat
all-day
Autumn 2026 Target Shotgun Festival
@ Butt Zero, Bisley
Autumn 2026 Target Shotgun Festival
@ Butt Zero, Bisley
Oct 3 – Oct 4 all-day
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[...]
Oct
10
Sat
all-day
Budleigh Farm Rimfire Festival
@ Budleigh Farm Target Shooting Club
Budleigh Farm Rimfire Festival
@ Budleigh Farm Target Shooting Club
Oct 10 – Oct 11 all-day
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[...]
Oct
17
Sat
all-day
The 2026 Trafalgar Meeting
@ The NRA, Bisley Camp
The 2026 Trafalgar Meeting
@ The NRA, Bisley Camp
Oct 17 – Oct 18 all-day
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[...]
Oct
25
Sun
all-day
Cancelled – The FDPC Handgun Cha...
@ Frome & District Pistol Club
Cancelled – The FDPC Handgun Cha...
@ Frome & District Pistol Club
Oct 25 all-day
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,[...]
Nov
6
Fri
all-day
The BDMP German Open Gallery Rif...
@ Leitmar Ranges, Germany
The BDMP German Open Gallery Rif...
@ Leitmar Ranges, Germany
Nov 6 – Nov 8 all-day
The BDMP Gallery Rifle Championships (and 2026 IGRF/German Open) Held at the Leitmar Range Complex in Germany. Also including Shorts and 1500 matches.
Nov
14
Sat
all-day
British Young Shooters (BYSA) No...
@ The NRA
British Young Shooters (BYSA) No...
@ The NRA
Nov 14 – Nov 15 all-day
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[...]
Nov
28
Sat
all-day
The Dave Stanley Open
@ Bishop Auckland Gun Club
The Dave Stanley Open
@ Bishop Auckland Gun Club
Nov 28 – Nov 29 all-day
The Dave Stanley Open A new title for 2026 – the same venue…. Offering the following Gallery Rifle Smallbore (GRSB – xx01). Any sights. Gallery Rifle Centrefire (GRCF – xx02). Any sights Gallery Rifle Centrefire Open[...]
Feb
27
Sat
all-day
The 2027 Chelmsford Spring Open
@ Cheshunt Rifle & Pistol Club
The 2027 Chelmsford Spring Open
@ Cheshunt Rifle & Pistol Club
Feb 27 – Feb 28 all-day
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
Mar
6
Sat
all-day
Spring 2027 Target Shotgun Festival
@ Butt Zero, Bisley
Spring 2027 Target Shotgun Festival
@ Butt Zero, Bisley
Mar 6 – Mar 7 all-day
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[...]
Mar
20
Sat
all-day
The 2027 Spring Action Weekend
@ The NRA
The 2027 Spring Action Weekend
@ The NRA
Mar 20 – Mar 21 all-day
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[...]
Apr
16
Fri
all-day
JSPC Spring 2027 Open Championships
@ Galashiels
JSPC Spring 2027 Open Championships
@ Galashiels
Apr 16 – Apr 18 all-day
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[...]
May
27
Thu
all-day
The Phoenix Meeting
@ The NRA
The Phoenix Meeting
@ The NRA
May 27 – May 30 all-day
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 [...]
Jun
11
Fri
all-day
The Cottesloe Practical Shotgun ...
@ NSC, Bisley
The Cottesloe Practical Shotgun ...
@ NSC, Bisley
Jun 11 – Jun 13 all-day
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[...]
Jul
10
Sat
all-day
The 2027 NRA Imperial Historic A...
@ The NSC, Bisley
The 2027 NRA Imperial Historic A...
@ The NSC, Bisley
Jul 10 – Jul 11 all-day
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[...]
Jul
15
Thu
all-day
The 2027 NRA Imperial Gallery Ri...
@ Melville Ranges, The NSC, Bisley
The 2027 NRA Imperial Gallery Ri...
@ Melville Ranges, The NSC, Bisley
Jul 15 – Jul 18 all-day
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[...]
Jul
30
Fri
all-day
The 2027 Scottish Gallery Rifle ...
@ JSPC Ranges
The 2027 Scottish Gallery Rifle ...
@ JSPC Ranges
Jul 30 – Aug 1 all-day
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[...]
all-day
The 2027 Welsh Gallery Rifle Ope...
@ Haverfordwest Shooting Ground
The 2027 Welsh Gallery Rifle Ope...
@ Haverfordwest Shooting Ground
Jul 30 – Aug 1 all-day
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[...]
Sep
17
Fri
all-day
The 2027 GR National OPEN Champi...
@ The NSC, Bisley
The 2027 GR National OPEN Champi...
@ The NSC, Bisley
Sep 17 – Sep 19 all-day
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[...]
Oct
2
Sat
all-day
Autumn 2027 Target Shotgun Festival
@ Butt Zero, Bisley
Autumn 2027 Target Shotgun Festival
@ Butt Zero, Bisley
Oct 2 – Oct 3 all-day
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[...]
Oct
16
Sat
all-day
The 2027 Trafalgar Meeting
@ The NRA, Bisley Camp
The 2027 Trafalgar Meeting
@ The NRA, Bisley Camp
Oct 16 – Oct 17 all-day
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[...]
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The Derby Handgun Challenge The Club was pleased to announce that for 2022 there will be a new event in the Gallery Rifle calendar, the DERBY HANDGUN CHALLENGE, was held on Saturday and Sunday August 20/21. This Open event was held for LBPs and LBRs and offered eight events plus a Practical Shoot run by […]
The 2022 Derby Open The very popular 2022 Derby Open took place over the weekend of 25-26 June at Derby RPC. Results are posted. A Home Countries England-Scotland-Wales National match also took place. Provisional sores for the match are included in the final results. England were proud recipients of the Brownells trophy for the rifle […]
25th Phoenix – Results Phoenix 2022 results are published; Rankings, classifications, record scores etc updated. Any problems – please report back Results Classifications Ranking Tables Phoenix Records National Records
GB win IGRF World Cup The 25th Phoenix meeting, held over the long weekend of the 26th – 29th May at the National Shooting Centre, Bisley, also hosted the IGRF Word Cup. This biennial event welcomes shooters from all IGRF nations to compete for the title of World Champion or Champions. There were both team […]
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 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 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 […]
25th Phoenix Meeting: Thursday 26th – Sunday May 29th Packed full of competitions for GR&P, Target Shotgun, Civilian Service Rifle, as well as F Class, Sporting Rifle, and Muzzle Loading Firearms The World Championships: In addition to being the 25th Phoenix Meeting, the National Shooting Centre will also be hosting the IGRF and ITSF World Championships! Awards will […]
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-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 […]
LBP/LBR Survey The NRA recently conducted a survey seeking shooters views on proposed changes to the competition classes for LBP/LBR’s. From the feedback received, it was evident that any changes will require a lot more thought, as replies raised a number of questions that hadn’t been considered in the original proposal. Therefore, there will no […]
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 […]
Notification of Rule Change for 2022 Please note there will be a rule change implemented for the 2022 season which will impact the following events for rifle shooters. The 1500 match The 1020 match The T&P2 match The rule change is a slight enhancement of the “Changing Positions” rule which outlines that firearms must be […]
The 2022 Calendar of Events
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