In a recent post, we recognised the recent success of club member Bronagh M. in winning her first medals at National level in an NASRPC competition. She has been steadily improving her scores since she took up Pistol Shooting two years ago. Starting with the club monthly pistol competitions and moving into the National arena. […]
It may have been the May bank holiday but that did not stop a dedicated group of serious accuracy fans from competing in the Monthly Rifle Shoot. Conditions were excellent, bright, with a slight steady breeze from the South West. 2 competitions were shot: 50 Metre Field sporter. This is shot in the prone position […]
We are finalising an education programme for this year. The Agenda would be similar to that outlined below. We can run this in one session on a Saturday in May or June, or break it into 3 or 4 modules which would be run on specified Sunday mornings, before the usual shooting starts. It is […]
COMPETITION RESULTS MONTHLY GALLERY RIFLE AND PISTOL SHOOT 28 APRIL 2019 Wet and damp weather greeted us on the range this morning for what was to be a challenging match in the monthly gallery rifle and pistol shoot. Multi Target was the day’s format with twenty four shots in strings of six rounds […]
The Shotgun section added a little sweetener to the usual Sunday shoot last Sunday, the 14th of April, by having a 50 bird shoot for a selection of Easter Eggs. Most of these shooters are slim and elegant and can afford to eat a few eggs so competition was fierce. Who would get the Cadbury’s […]
We hosted a major National Level competition for the NASRPC last weekend. Both the rifle and pistol ranges were busy on both days. Over 50 individual people from 11 clubs took part in the competitions.. 189 individual score sheets were submitted, showing that the average number of competitions entered by each individual was just under […]
Our current range in Roundwood is the third range we have been on since the club was founded in 1969. The first was in a quarry in Fassaroe, near Bray in 1969. Shortly after this we moved to our range in Enniskerry, also in a disused quarry, in 197X. We had two locations of firing […]
The most important aspect of a club like our’s is the people, the members who started the club and have kept it growing for 50 years. Many of our current members will not know the faces shown in the photos shown below. Many of our current club members can be seen below in these photos […]
All members should note that the NASRPC is holding a National Competition on our range next weekend. The Pistol and Rifle ranges will be busy so it may be difficult to get a shooting position for informal practise. Never mind, if you feel the need to shoot then enter one of the competitions, Some places […]
A very good turnout on a good morning for accurate shooting. Temperature was reasonable, wind was mild and humour was good. 13 entries across the disciplines with some competitors shooting in two disciplines. The range got a bit busy at times as three different types of competition were taking place in addition to the usual […]