29th March 25m Precision This month’s SOTY competition was 25m precision and was held on 29th March. The weather was cold and wet which kept a few people away. Nonetheless there were 14 competitors who took part in 17 competitions. Once again sbp was the most popular and was won by EK with RP just […]
On the drive down to the range today, between the turn off from the Ashford to Roundwood road I noticed that the fields on either side of the drive were full of new born Lambs. They were gambolling but staying close to their mothers. It was a pleasure to be deep in the agricultural heart […]
If you regularly shoot in the club pistol Competitions, which are held on the last Sunday of very month, then you may be interested in tracking your scores going back to 2024. These scores are taken from the results sheets and shown on the spread sheet links shown below. They will be updated every month […]
A good turnout on a cold and windy day which was dry for a welcome change. Format was the usual 20 shots at 50 metres and 20 shots at 100 metres. Positions used were either Bench or Field Sporter Rifle prone with Bipods and rear bags. Competition was fierce with the top four shooters in […]
This month’s pistol competition was held on Feb 22nd. The format used was Multi Target. The weather was good, which makes a change after all the rain we have had recently, so nice conditions on the day. 14 competitors took part in 20 competitions. It was a good turnout including some first timers, which is […]
We presented half of the proceeds of our Xmas Charity Shoot to Roundwood cancer Research two weeks ago. We are delighted to present the other half to Kevin Doyle who is a paralympic shooter who shoots at the Wilkinstown club. Kevin will use the funds in his journey to Qualify for the 2028 Paralympic Games […]
The Silhouette Classification shoot due to take place this Sunday, the 8th of February has been cancelled because of the inclement weather. It may be difficult for some people to get there and the range itself is waterlogged. If, by some miracle, the forecasts are wrong, then the range is open so Silhouette shooters can […]
The morning started damp and dark, just like it had for the past three weeks. It was also very cold. Nevertheless, the turnout of 9 hardy men was good , considering the circumstances . Five people shot prone and four shot off the bench. It took extra courage to shoot laying on the cold concrete […]
Each year we run a Xmas shoot with all of the proceeds going to Charities or other good causes. The first of this year’s donations went to Roundwood Cancer Support and we were delighted to present today, a cheque for €500 to Simon Carroll from this group.
This month’s pistol competition was T&P1 held on Jan 25th. There were 12 hardy souls taking part in 21 competitions, not a bad turnout considering the cold conditions but at least the rain held off. Again, we had a couple of new shooters this month, one of which came 2nd in the GRSB, so well […]