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 […]
There we were, on Sunday morning last, wondering if the gloomy mist would lift, when a sudden light started glowing in the middle of our Archery range. I wondered if the wine I had the night before(a lovely Rhone from Cairanne) had induced me to drink too much, but after checking with the person next […]
Gallery Rifle and Pistol Monthly report 29th August 2021 Competition Results This morning we had ten ECSC members turn up for our monthly gallery rifle and pistol competition. The mornings competition was the challenging enough Multi-Target (MT). Pistol targets were placed one above the other and rifle targets side by side. Our […]
What a busy weekend that was! 50 competitors from 13 clubs up and down the country. ECSC had 10 members competing and they did very well as you will see below. The weather was very variable with a lot of heavy rain on Saturday with showers on Sunday. Overall the scores were high with many […]
National Competition – East Coast Shooting Club – August 2021 The National Association of Sporting Rifle & Pistol Clubs have sanctioned a National Competition in East Coast Shooting Club, Co. Wicklow on the 14th and 15th August 2021 ________________________________________ Disciplines: • Prone Rifle • Benchrest Rifle • Smallbore Pistol / Open Smallbore Pistol • Smallbore […]
SHOOT REPORT – PISTOL AND GALLERY RIFLE COMPETITION 25 JULY 2021. This Sunday dawned bright, very warm and dry. Conditions on the range were perfect if a little warm for our monthly shoot using the well-tried NASRPC Multi-Target format, where 120.024 is the HPS. However competitor numbers were low, due mainly to a combination of […]
All club members are advised that ECSC is hosting a National Competition on our range, all day Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th August. It is our privilege to host such a meeting although it does imply that all of the firing points on the Rifle and Pistol ranges will be fully booked on both days. […]
The ECSC team of Hugh D, Nicholas F, David G and Sean McE retained the Keil trophy at the NASRPC competitions this past weekend. The competition consists of two 20 shot targets, shot prone with scope and sling, and 20 silhouettes shot in the usual manner. It was the usual closely contested bout with the […]