A lovely day to be on our idyliic range as Spring turns to Summer. Warm, balmy winds, a short sprinkle of a shower and good company all around. We shot our usual monthly Rifle competition, 20 shots at 50 metres and 20 shots at a 100 metres. There were 3 classes in operation, prone rested, […]
Following on from the below notification from the DOJ to Irish shooters, on your behalf, the committee of ECSC will be sending a representation to Mullingar. It is important that all our voices are heard at events such as these but, given the day and times, it would be difficult for most of us to […]
The planning rules, under which we operate, allow for shooting on some Saturdays in the Summer. These are generally kept for Club and Open competitions. Please see the schedule below of the dates and events we have organised.
The first leg of the the annual inter-club shoot between Derrybawn RPC, East Cost Shooting Club & Roundwood RPC took place today on 18th May at the ECSC in Roundwood. The first leg was as follows: .22 LR (10am start) – unlimited sighters & 20 scoring shots. Prone position, front & rear rests permitted. Maximum […]
SATURDAY SHOOTING The first bi-monthly summer Saturday shooting day is 3rd May. The day is for ordinary individual members’ club shooting; there are no competitions nor organised training events on this occasion. The ranges and times available are as follows: RIFLE: The range will be open 10:00 – 14:00. If there is anyone […]
The People Who Keep The Club Running. Clubs like ours depend on members volunteering to do work to keep the club operating. Some of these members offer themselves up for offices on the committee. Other members step up to the mark and attend work sessions on the range to keep it functioning. These work […]
Each year in December, for the last 20 years, we hold a Christmas Competition to raise funds for Local Charities. We like to support local organisations and “Good Causes”, hence past donations have included Roundwood and Wicklow based schools, sports clubs, and Charitable Organisations. This year our donation has gone to the Dublin and Wicklow […]
A cold and wet February day did not deter all members from taking part in the Monthly 50/100 metre prone shoot. 5 took part but one participant withdrew with equipment problems. There was little wind but ample rain and the ground was waterlogged. We all look forward to the return of light, balmy breezes. The […]
As before at this time of the year, the ECSC held it’s annual Charity Christmas shoot to help out local charities. We discuss which charities each year but we always come back to the community in which we operate our club and hence think it is most appropriate to “stay local”. The final decision as […]
Pistol Competition report 24th Nov Multi Target The monthly SOTY competition was held on 24th November shooting the Multi target course of fire. The weather was very cold but 12 hardy members showed up to shoot a total of 17 disciplines which was a good turnout considering the conditions. The most popular discipline on the […]