Open Target Rifle Shoot Saturday 4th June 2022

  East Coast Shooting Club Diamond Hill Roundwood Co Wicklow (Directions on web site ) Open Target Rifle Shoot Saturday 4th June 2022 60 shots on 6 bull Targets (3 x20 min details) Classes A – B — C/D Prizes Medals 1st 2nd 3rd OAL. CLASS PRIZES DEPENDANT ON ENTRIES Entry fee €15. Full time […]

Shooting and Field Sports Car Boot Sale. Sunday 22nd May.

We all love our sports and we all love acquiring the equipment to help us improve our performance. It is part of the pleasure. We try things out, use them if they work for us or put them away in a cupboard and try something else. Well, those cupboards get full and need to be […]

Notice of the annual General Meeting of the ECSC. Saturday 23rd April.

The AGM of East Coast Shooting Club will take place on Saturday, 23rd April at 15:00. The venue is: Newcastle Parish Centre Church Lane Newcastle Greystones Co Wicklow A63 X782 All members are asked to attend to be informed of the club’s activities during the last two years, to understand how we will develop  our […]

Range Closed on Easter Sunday 17th April

Just a reminder that the range will not be open next Sunday, Easter Sunday, the 17th April. This will allow you to indulge in your Chocolate Easter Eggs and concentrate on your mental skills in time for the next competition. The range will be open as usual, every Sunday until the next Public Holiday falls […]

Safety and Shooting Skills Courses Saturday 9th April 2022

Most members will be aware that one of the unexpected outcomes of the Covid Pandemic was a significant uplift in getting outdoors amongst the public at large. Many sports clubs , including ECSC  received a major  increase in people wanting to join. Last year saw the single largest increase in membership that we have ever […]

A Christmas Card to all members and Friends of ECSC.

    Happy Xmas and a prosperous and healthy New Year to all our members and friends!

A Trip Abroad- With the Irish Shooting Team.

The German Action Open Weekend in Leitmar, Marsberg in the Sauerland, Germany held over the weekend 13-14 November 2021 is an annual international gallery rifle shooting event encapsulating both small bore and centrefire rifle disciplines. Typically it involves teams from around the world including UK, Ireland, Germany and South Africa in hotly contested competition. Leitmar […]

National Competition 14/15th August 2021

What a busy weekend that was! 50 competitors from 13 clubs up and down the country. ECSC had 10 members competing and they did very well as you will see below. The weather was very variable with a lot of heavy rain on Saturday with showers on Sunday. Overall the scores were high with many […]

National Competition – East Coast Shooting Club – August 2021

National Competition – East Coast Shooting Club – August 2021 The National Association of Sporting Rifle & Pistol Clubs have sanctioned a National Competition in East Coast Shooting Club, Co. Wicklow on the 14th and 15th August 2021 ________________________________________ Disciplines: • Prone Rifle • Benchrest Rifle • Smallbore Pistol / Open Smallbore Pistol • Smallbore […]

Safety Procedures and Shooting Skills Course Saturday 19th June.

This course was run at the ECSC Diamond Hill Range last Saturday. It was intended to provide a detailed introduction to the Safety Rules and Procedures in use on our range and also as an introduction to the  skills and practices which help develop competence in target shooting. 22 members who have joined the club […]