Anthony Fagan showing his winners medal in the ‘Open’ field sporting rifle at 100mts in Bracken Shooting Club. EAST COAST MEMBER NOW HOLDS FIVE NATIONAL SHOOTING RECORDS. Members will be very familiar with Anthony Fagan from his enthusiastic conducting of the monthly pistol and gallery rifle competitions but Anthony’s heart has long been in […]
Monthly Prone Field sporting Rifle and 50 Metre Precision Competition. The monthly 50metre prone rifle and 50metre Precision rifle competitions were conducted today at the club. Weather conditions were benign and mild but a light to moderate wind swirled about the range from time to time. Regretfully only two competitors turned up to fire […]
The annual Keil trophy competition was staged by the NASRPC on the BRC range in Bohernabreena near Tallaght, Co. Dublin.Our club has worked well with BRC for nearly 40 years.We have often competed against them at National Level and on a club versus club basis and we have enjoyed all of this history. When we […]
This competition was held today on our range. All entrants competed in 4 disciplines,viz., Archery, Pistol Shooting, Rifle Shooting and Clay Pidgeon shooting. There were 10 shots in each section adding up to a total of 400 points as highest possible score. It was a lovely day with a mild breeze, warm and balmy. I […]
As we expect a good crowd this weekend, it was thought prudent to cancel the usual monthly pistol shoot and weekly shotgun shoots and subsume them into the Jubilee event. Turn up as usual and shoot in the all disciplines shoot. Shine, as usual, in your speciality and confound the nay sayers by also shining […]
This is the 50th year that the club has been in existence. We have a lot to remember and celebrate.We also have a lot to look forward to as the club grows, adds new members and develops new shooting disciplines. We have been very successful at the National level as our members have competed individually […]
Today two teams drawn from CIPC in Wexford and East Coast SC met in Diamond Hill for the second leg of their two-part annual pistol shooting challenge. The weather was challenging with gusty winds and occasional light showery conditions prevailing all through the morning. We used a modified NASRPC Timed and Precision 1 format of […]
The annual fee for most members has stayed the same for the last 10 years. This is a very unusual situation. How many of your other bills or subscriptions have done the same? We did reduce the discount for retired members from 50 %to 25% as we have an increasing number of pensioners and they […]
The first Sunday of the month saw us running the usual two competitions, 50 Metre Field Sporting Rifle prone and 50 Metre Precision Rifle Standing. Many of the usual competitors were on holiday or competing in the NASRPC Nationa Open competition in the Bracken Club in Northern Ireland so the entry level was lower than […]