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 […]
This competition, which is held annually, in honour of one of our members who passed away a few years ago, was held on the Skeet range named after Derrick. He had been a very active club member and was instrumental in getting the skeet range built. It was a wonderful, warm Summer’s day and everyone […]
Interclub Pistol Competition Sunday 21st July 2019 We are holding the return leg of the annual CIPC/ECSC pistol shoot next Sunday. Any members who have not entered this before are welcome to come along and give it a go. Starting at 11:00am
When the club was first formed, there was a wide variety of calibres in use, ranging from .22LR through .303 to more exotic guns primarily used for deer culling. The 1972 legislation reduced that variety to .22 calibres only, eventually allowing the 22/250 and it’s European equivalent the 5.6 x 57. Since that time, a […]
On the 17th June 1984 the first ever Three Positional International Target Rifle Postal Match against the USA was held on the Fassaroe range in Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow. The course of fire was three strings of 40 shots in three positions, prone, kneeling and standing, totalling 120 shots. The morning started bright with shooters arriving […]
The Archery section is running an open day, next Sunday the 23rd June, starting at 11:00am. Coaching and competitions will be available so come and have ago if you have not tried it before. You never know, you could be a Robin Hood or Maid Marion!
ECSC TARGET RIFLE OPEN 2019 “F-50” – FASSAROE 50th ANNIVERSARY The club’s annual Open, on this occasion marking the 50th Anniversary of the Fassaroe Club, was held on Sunday 16th June. The day started wet, but with the wind apparently correspondingly damped down. Later in the morning the rain stopped […]