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 […]
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 […]
Happy Xmas and a prosperous and healthy New Year to all our members and friends!
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Enthusiasm. Today and last Sunday were very busy days on the range. In addition to the members returning after lockdown, it was a delight to welcome so many new members who have joined our club in the last two months. I am told that many outdoor sports clubs have had a rush of new […]
We are very pleased with the increased enthusiasm for outdoor sports which seems to have been driven by the COVID lockdowns. This has resulted in an unprecedented number of application to join our club. Most of these have been for the shooting sports but we also have a number of people keen to take up […]
What a pleasure it was today, to arrive early on the range and get set up for the expected return for many members after months in the wilderness of not being allowed to visit. In the interim, they could only imagine the pleasure of going into one of the most beautiful parts of our country, […]