A Beginner’s Guide to Buying a Rifle.

One of my jobs for the ECSC is to run the club’s digital communications network. This means that I usually receive the first contacts from people who are thinking about joining a shooting club and have found us by a Google search or similar. As this progresses, I invite them to the club to see […]

Gallery Rifle and Pistol Monthly report 19th December 2021

Gallery Rifle and Pistol Monthly report 19th December 2021   Competition Results   Sunday morning was overcast, dry, cold and foggy, but that did not deter  the twelve ECSC members who turned up to compete. The ECSC ‘Compendium 2’ was a surprise to many who shot last month’s ‘Compendium 1’. Just when they thought they […]

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!

Last pistol Competition of the year and Stephen’s Day closure

The range will not be open on Sunday 26th December as it is a Bank Holiday and St. Stephen’s day. As the last Sunday of any month is usually the day on which we run the monthly Club Pistol shoot, we have brought it forward by a week due to popular demand. The format will […]

Rifle Competition Results 5th December 2021 plus NASRPC Award Ceremony.

A crisp, clear morning dawned on or range today, reminding us that we are privileged to spend such days in such a beautiful environment. The keenest competitors were up early, helping us set up for the competition. The wind was blowing into our faces so a little extra elevation was required to zero. Competition consisted […]

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 […]

How the club works.

Most members of our club do not see the work that goes on to keep the club running so that they can arrive on a Sunday, enjoy the facilities and go home to a nice lunch or to watch the Rugby. That is how it should be. Most members do not want to know how […]

Gallery Rifle and Pistol Monthly Report 31st October 2021

Gallery Rifle and Pistol Monthly Report 31st October 2021   Competition Results   Our pistol range was a bee hive of activity this morning when twelve ECSC members turned up for our ‘Shooter of the Year’ gallery rifle and pistol competition. This morning’s competition was the challenging T&P1 with the HPS being 300.030. Shooters had […]

ECSC MEMBERS STRIKE GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE National Championship Results.

ECSC MEMBERS STRIKE GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE   The NASRPC National Championship Finals were hosted in Fermoy, east county Cork, by the Fermoy Rifle Club last weekend. The NASRPC with the help from shooting clubs from the four corners of Ireland organise gallery rifle and pistol shoots throughout the year with the ten best shooters […]

A time loop in County Wicklow?

    3 weeks ago, our club was fortunate enough to get a visit from  some of the crew of the, U.S.S. Cuchulain ,who arrived on earth at this time by accident. Most of our members who were not fortunate  enough to be on the range that day had difficulty believing what had happened. Well, […]