On the drive down to the range today, between the turn off from the Ashford to Roundwood road I noticed that the fields on either side of the drive were full of new born Lambs. They were gambolling but staying close to their mothers. It was a pleasure to be deep in the agricultural heart […]
If you regularly shoot in the club pistol Competitions, which are held on the last Sunday of very month, then you may be interested in tracking your scores going back to 2024. These scores are taken from the results sheets and shown on the spread sheet links shown below. They will be updated every month […]
A good turnout on a cold and windy day which was dry for a welcome change. Format was the usual 20 shots at 50 metres and 20 shots at 100 metres. Positions used were either Bench or Field Sporter Rifle prone with Bipods and rear bags. Competition was fierce with the top four shooters in […]
We presented half of the proceeds of our Xmas Charity Shoot to Roundwood cancer Research two weeks ago. We are delighted to present the other half to Kevin Doyle who is a paralympic shooter who shoots at the Wilkinstown club. Kevin will use the funds in his journey to Qualify for the 2028 Paralympic Games […]
This month’s pistol competition was T&P1 held on Jan 25th. There were 12 hardy souls taking part in 21 competitions, not a bad turnout considering the cold conditions but at least the rain held off. Again, we had a couple of new shooters this month, one of which came 2nd in the GRSB, so well […]
The last monthly competition of 2025 in the SOTY was held on 28th December. There were 15 shooters taking part who shot in 22 competitions. This was another well attended competition with a couple of new faces taking part, which was good to see. The weather was mild and good for shooting, so no […]
SOTY Report 30th Nov Multi Target This months SOTY competition was held on Nov 30th and was Multi target. The weather was mild with little wind, so good conditions on the day. We had 15 competitors taking part in 23 competitions, so it was a good turnout. Again, the most popular discipline was SBP with […]
East Coast Shooting Club Has A National Champion! Sunday 23rd of November saw the TSI National indoor target rifle championships held in the new 25 meter target range in Trinity College. This shooting range offers facilities for 25-meter rifle, 10-meter air rifle, and air pistol shooting. They have a full set of electronic […]
We are holding our annual Club Xmas Shoot on Sunday 7th December commencing at 10:00 a.m. This will follow the usual format of 10 shots at a novelty Rifle target followed by 10 shots at Clay pigeons. Club Firearms will be used by all. This is a “bring a prize to win a prize” format. […]
Two Irish Gallery Rifle Teams competed in the International Gallery Rifle Federation annual competition in Bund Der Militar und Polizei (BDMP) Leitmar, Germany, over the last weekend. Two teams were assembled to fill the places on the Smallbore and Centrefire Gallery Rifle teams as follows:-