Each Sunday, a band of hardy men get together on our range to shoot a 50 bird competition. Hardy men because they shoot, whatever the weather, mainly without cover. Each Sunday, the layout changes to provide new challenges. We have the ability to run the three main types of clay shooting disciplines, viz., Down the […]
A new year, a new turnout. Very windy day with strong and varying gusts. The wind veered from full value to half value regularly. The rain mainly held off but the cold was consistent. Six members and two new entrants chanced their aim today with one card at 50 Metres and one card at 100 […]
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 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 […]
Happy Xmas and a prosperous and healthy New Year to all our members and friends!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]