Two Target rifle shooters from East Coast traveled to Comber Rifle club in Northern Ireland to take part in the Don Baker Memorial Shoot and the Ulster Small Bore Open . Some of the older members may remember that Don Baker was a regular visitor to target shoots on the old Fassaroe Range in Enniskerry […]
A glorious day on the range in Roundwood. All sections were very active. Starting with the first detail of clay pigeon shooters as they prepared to head out to test their instincts, speed and skills against targets moving at over 100kph. Next up were the early arrivals on the sporting rifle range, ready to establish […]
PISTOL COMPETITION REPORT 29th May 2016. Beautiful weather greeted the shooters for this the fifth competition of the year. This probably explained our highest entry to date at nineteen total. Also we had a very high entry of centrefire shooters to keep the upward trajectory going in that category, great to see you […]
PISTOL COMPETITION REPORT 24th APRIL 2016. Maurice stood-in for the undersigned once more to act as RSO. Many thanks Maurice once again as work took me away from the club yet again! The weather was good, the interest keen and a good number of members turned up to shoot in both rimfire and […]
Just a short blog today to say what a nice, warm sunny day it was on the range today, after the biting cold Easterly winds of last week. Is it really Spring? Just to prove that Spring is here, we were visited today by a group of students from the TCD Rifle Club who joined […]
EAST COAST OPEN Target Rifle Shoot Sunday 24th April 60 shots prone First Detail 10 am Diamond Hill Range Roundwood
Due to planning permission restrictions there was NO shoot in March over Easter Weekend so the March shoot was conducted to-day, with Maurice standing in for the undersigned to act as RSO. Many thanks Maurice and also to Mark O’ for couriering the targets and score sheets to the range for me!! The […]
The overall shoot results are shown below. Details of the various classification results have been sent to the competitors.
Another very busy day on the range with 2 competitions running and many visitors from other clubs. The monthly pistol shoot write up and results will be posted here later. The other competition was the National Silhouette Association’ regular monthly shoot which attracted visitors from as far away as TIpperary and as you know, it […]
A mixed bag of topics for you today after what started out as a cool crisp day turned into a warm afternoon. Our first feature is a study in good shooting position as demonstrated by Sandy, one of or most experienced target rifle shooters with many competition wins to his name including National Championships. Here […]