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50th Anniversary Club Center Fire Shoot
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 […]
Another Historical Event. International 3P Target Rifle Competition, Ireland Vs USA. 1984
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 […]
Reminder Archery Open day Sunday 23rd June 2019
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– Sunday 16th June.
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 […]
The Irish Open Championships, Bracken, Northern Ireland 5th till 8th July 2019.
The most important and prestigious competition of the year is being held in the Bracken Shooting Club, Strabane, Co. Tyrone from the 5th July to the 8th of July. All 14 of the NASRPC affiliated clubs will be present plus teams from the UK and Germany.Over 75 entries have been received so far but only […]
FASSAROE “F-50” 50th ANNIVERSARY OPEN SUNDAY 16th June 2019 Target Rifle Competition
FASSAROE “F-50” 50th ANNIVERSARY OPEN SUNDAY 16th June 2019 At E.C.S.C. range, Roundwood. SMALLBORE TARGET RIFLE ENGLISH MATCH / PR60 60 shots at 50 metres Three-card system – no 10-shot final Details : First – 10.30am. Last time to start shooting 13.00pm. 25 mins shooting ; 5 mins […]
June Monthly Rifle Competitions Sunday 2nd June 2019
A bright and breezy day but not a busy one. We had 4 entries for each competition, but not the same for each! It was a Bank Holiday, which always reduces attendance, but the competitive blood was up and the motivation was fierce. The wind was very strong but fairly steady, so once the zeroing […]
Monthly Pistol shoot report May 26th 2019
COMPETITION RESULTS MONTHLY PISTOL/GALLERY RIFLE SHOOT 26 MAY 2019. A windy mild morning greeted the members to-day with sunshine developing throughout the morning time. We had a good entry of 16 shooters which made it a busy range with lots of good shooting. The format was the tried and tested NASRPC T&P […]
Bronagh Beats the Best!
In a recent post, we recognised the recent success of club member Bronagh M. in winning her first medals at National level in an NASRPC competition. She has been steadily improving her scores since she took up Pistol Shooting two years ago. Starting with the club monthly pistol competitions and moving into the National arena. […]