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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Now that things are slowly returning to normal, it is good to report on the September GR and Pistol shoot which took place on the 26th September. Eight attendees competed for the honours and the results are shown below. As you can see, we have too many categories and not enough competitors to go around […]
The ECSC team of Hugh D, Nicholas F, David G and Sean McE retained the Keil trophy at the NASRPC competitions this past weekend. The competition consists of two 20 shot targets, shot prone with scope and sling, and 20 silhouettes shot in the usual manner. It was the usual closely contested bout with the […]
What a pleasure it is to return to normal. The first Sunday of the month, two Rifle competitions, one prone, one standing, both at 50 Metres. There was additional piquancy as the first local NASRPC shoot of this year will take place later this month at BRC on the 24th and 25th of July so […]
At last(and maybe only one more opportunity for a long while, next Sunday, Dec 27th), we were open to all members yesterday and today. A good turnout today, but not the rush we were expecting as Covid closeted members threw off their temporary shackles and reveled in their freedom to get a few shots down […]
Last weekend, in the NASRPC National Competition held at the Midlands National Shooting Center of Ireland, our club achieved a notable success in 4 Rifle competitions. Two of our members won 2 first places, a second and a fourth place, in a wide range of different formats. Making it more interesting is the fact that […]
Considering the times that are in it and the number of members who could not travel from Dublin, the attendance at today’s shoot was good.In general, the range has been quieter than usual since the Dublin Level 3 lockdown, which is very understandable. Today we had just over half of the usual numbers for a […]
National Championships 2020. The NSAI National Championships were held at the ECSC range on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th September. 39 entries were made across the disciplines from 15 competitors representing 5 clubs. Conditions were excellent with warm sunshine, although a stiff breeze, changing direction frequently caused some problems hitting the Turkeys and Rams.The consensus […]