Today was a wonderful day to be out in the open in County Wicklow. The sun shone all day and there was little or no breeze. Just like the warmth brings out all the flowers, it also brought out many of our club members who have been sequestered at home, hiding from the cold and […]
Monthly Pistol Competition report 30th March 2025 25m Precision The 25m competition was shot in excellent conditions, for a change, with the sun shining and very little breeze. The turn out was very good, with 15 competitors taking part in 19 disciplines. This was excellent, considering it was Mother’s Day. Hopefully with the weather changing, […]
Our current Chairman, Paul Fry has resigned from this role for personal reasons. Paul has been chairman for 5 years and has steered the club well in that time. With his guidance we have built a new Pistol Range, replenished the Shotgun range and made many significant changes to our Operational and Safety Rules. His […]
The People Who Keep The Club Running. Clubs like ours depend on members volunteering to do work to keep the club operating. Some of these members offer themselves up for offices on the committee. Other members step up to the mark and attend work sessions on the range to keep it functioning. These work […]
A nice warm spring day called for a fresh approach to this year’s monthly Rifle competitions. Most people who are new to our sport are often a bit reluctant to enter a competition. They are quite comfortable spending an hour or two plinking away at a competition target(which is our default target) but they are […]
Each year in December, for the last 20 years, we hold a Christmas Competition to raise funds for Local Charities. We like to support local organisations and “Good Causes”, hence past donations have included Roundwood and Wicklow based schools, sports clubs, and Charitable Organisations. This year our donation has gone to the Dublin and Wicklow […]
Our Archery section recently introduced a new Grading system which signifies the progress made in developing accuracy with a bow on our range. There are 9 grades in total, which are shown in the table below, from lowest to highest. We aim to hold a grading shoot every month, and the scores from these grading […]
A cold and wet February day did not deter all members from taking part in the Monthly 50/100 metre prone shoot. 5 took part but one participant withdrew with equipment problems. There was little wind but ample rain and the ground was waterlogged. We all look forward to the return of light, balmy breezes. The […]
SOTY report 26th Jan 2025 T & P 1 I would like to thank the shooters who turned up today for the T & P 1 competition in what were horrendous conditions. The rain was torrential and the wind howling. Not very pleasant conditions for shooting. We were debating whether to go ahead with the […]
December 29-12-24. Monthly Pistol Competition Results. This was the last monthly competition in the 2024 calendar year, as part of the Shooter of the Year 2024/2025 competition. The discipline was 25m Precision. The conditions were very good with a little wind. The turn out was reasonable considering that we are still in the Festive […]