We are aware that some rumours have recently been circulating about whether our National Rifle Meetings would be taking place in 2012.  There have been negotiations with the respective landowners of the Scottish and Bisley Rifle Meeting sites, and over a period of months in the case of Bisley.

However all outstanding issues have now been resolved and the Board of Management at its meeting on 18 February confirmed that both meetings will take place on the dates already announced, i.e.:

The Scottish Rifle Meeting on 23 to 29 June at Dumfries

The Bisley Rifle Meeting on 11 to 19 August

There is a problem over the International 50 metre Rifle Championships, which is normally held in early June.  For unexpected reasons the Malcolm Cooper Range is now unavailable on the announced dates and the meeting has had to be re-scheduled.  It will now be held on 21 to 23 September.

The NSRA's Disabled Shooting Project has now been assimilated into the Whole Sport Plan, funded by Sport England and managed by British Shooting.  Liz Woodall has been appointed as its full-time Co-ordinator.

The Project's new website (www.disabledshooting.org.uk) was launched, bang on target, on 31st January 2012 and can be reached by clicking the logo.  There you will find a wealth of information about shooting for those who are disabled or less-able, and as it is part of the Whole Sport Plan, the information covers clay target and full-bore shooting as well as the disciplines within the NSRA's areas of activity.

The work of the DSP can also be followed on Facebook and Twitter. 

For list of earlier successes in 2012, and in previous years, click HERE.