A crisp, clear morning dawned on or range today, reminding us that we are privileged to spend such days in such a beautiful environment. The keenest competitors were up early, helping us set up for the competition. The wind was blowing into our faces so a little extra elevation was required to zero. Competition consisted […]
Gallery Rifle and Pistol Monthly report 28th November 2021 Competition Results Sunday morning was overcast, dry and cold for our monthly gallery rifle and pistol shoot. Thirteen ECSC members turned up to compete in our new club competition format. The ECSC ‘Compendium’ shoot aired its first outing to great reviews from all who […]
The German Action Open Weekend in Leitmar, Marsberg in the Sauerland, Germany held over the weekend 13-14 November 2021 is an annual international gallery rifle shooting event encapsulating both small bore and centrefire rifle disciplines. Typically it involves teams from around the world including UK, Ireland, Germany and South Africa in hotly contested competition. Leitmar […]
Most members of our club do not see the work that goes on to keep the club running so that they can arrive on a Sunday, enjoy the facilities and go home to a nice lunch or to watch the Rugby. That is how it should be. Most members do not want to know how […]
A safety Procedures and Firearms Handling course was run on the range today, starting at 9:00 a.m. so we had a later start than usual. It was a fine Autumn day, nippy to start with but warming up as the sun shone down. A mild but changeable breeze which caught some contestants out at 100 […]
Gallery Rifle and Pistol Monthly Report 31st October 2021 Competition Results Our pistol range was a bee hive of activity this morning when twelve ECSC members turned up for our ‘Shooter of the Year’ gallery rifle and pistol competition. This morning’s competition was the challenging T&P1 with the HPS being 300.030. Shooters had […]
ECSC MEMBERS STRIKE GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE The NASRPC National Championship Finals were hosted in Fermoy, east county Cork, by the Fermoy Rifle Club last weekend. The NASRPC with the help from shooting clubs from the four corners of Ireland organise gallery rifle and pistol shoots throughout the year with the ten best shooters […]
3 weeks ago, our club was fortunate enough to get a visit from some of the crew of the, U.S.S. Cuchulain ,who arrived on earth at this time by accident. Most of our members who were not fortunate enough to be on the range that day had difficulty believing what had happened. Well, […]
A nice, gentle ECSC Rifle competition today, following in the ethos of previous ECSC comps. Take part if you want, observe if you want, or ignore and get on with your own shooting if it pleases you. 9 people took part, ranging from first ever competition entries to very experienced. It was nice to see […]
Now that things are slowly returning to normal, it is good to report on the September GR and Pistol shoot which took place on the 26th September. Eight attendees competed for the honours and the results are shown below. As you can see, we have too many categories and not enough competitors to go around […]