When the club was first formed, there was a wide variety of calibres in use, ranging from .22LR through .303 to more exotic guns primarily used for deer culling. The 1972 legislation reduced that variety to .22 calibres only, eventually allowing the 22/250 and it’s European equivalent the 5.6 x 57. Since that time, a […]
On the 17th June 1984 the first ever Three Positional International Target Rifle Postal Match against the USA was held on the Fassaroe range in Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow. The course of fire was three strings of 40 shots in three positions, prone, kneeling and standing, totalling 120 shots. The morning started bright with shooters arriving […]
The Archery section is running an open day, next Sunday the 23rd June, starting at 11:00am. Coaching and competitions will be available so come and have ago if you have not tried it before. You never know, you could be a Robin Hood or Maid Marion!
ECSC TARGET RIFLE OPEN 2019 “F-50” – FASSAROE 50th ANNIVERSARY The club’s annual Open, on this occasion marking the 50th Anniversary of the Fassaroe Club, was held on Sunday 16th June. The day started wet, but with the wind apparently correspondingly damped down. Later in the morning the rain stopped […]
The most important and prestigious competition of the year is being held in the Bracken Shooting Club, Strabane, Co. Tyrone from the 5th July to the 8th of July. All 14 of the NASRPC affiliated clubs will be present plus teams from the UK and Germany.Over 75 entries have been received so far but only […]
FASSAROE “F-50” 50th ANNIVERSARY OPEN SUNDAY 16th June 2019 At E.C.S.C. range, Roundwood. SMALLBORE TARGET RIFLE ENGLISH MATCH / PR60 60 shots at 50 metres Three-card system – no 10-shot final Details : First – 10.30am. Last time to start shooting 13.00pm. 25 mins shooting ; 5 mins […]
In a recent post, we recognised the recent success of club member Bronagh M. in winning her first medals at National level in an NASRPC competition. She has been steadily improving her scores since she took up Pistol Shooting two years ago. Starting with the club monthly pistol competitions and moving into the National arena. […]
It may have been the May bank holiday but that did not stop a dedicated group of serious accuracy fans from competing in the Monthly Rifle Shoot. Conditions were excellent, bright, with a slight steady breeze from the South West. 2 competitions were shot: 50 Metre Field sporter. This is shot in the prone position […]
We are finalising an education programme for this year. The Agenda would be similar to that outlined below. We can run this in one session on a Saturday in May or June, or break it into 3 or 4 modules which would be run on specified Sunday mornings, before the usual shooting starts. It is […]
COMPETITION RESULTS MONTHLY GALLERY RIFLE AND PISTOL SHOOT 28 APRIL 2019 Wet and damp weather greeted us on the range this morning for what was to be a challenging match in the monthly gallery rifle and pistol shoot. Multi Target was the day’s format with twenty four shots in strings of six rounds […]