If you are interested in being part of the NSRA 2024 National Pistol Squad, then check out this letter (see link below) from George Darling, Head Pistol Coach regarding the NSRA 2024 National Pistol Squad Selection!
If you're thinking of joining, do contact George and send your shooting CV via email to:
Here's the results from day two of the NSRA ELEY Finals!
Congratulations to the winners and all competitors taking part, big thanks to our volunteers and staff and special thanks to our sponsors, ELEY! We were very glad Martyn Buttery was able to attend despite getting stuck at Munich an extra day due to a flight cancellation!
We've got a few pictures on our Socials, Facebook @NSRAOfficial and Instagram @nsrabisley but our professional Photographer, Eleanor will have photos of all the competitions and presentations on https://www.nsratheshorey.com/ within the next week so look out for those!!
10m Air Pistol
Benchrest
LWSR Precision
A great day's shooting for the NSRA ELEY Finals Day 1 with 10m Air Rifle Classes A - D, 20yd Air Pistol classes A - C, 3P, LWSR Timed Classes A - C and Cartridge Pistol (All Classes).
Here are the images of the results from the Results Board. They will be properly posted to Results next week.
Neil Almond has very kindly created a National Ranking for three of the Summer 2023 competitions, 100, 102 & 103. This took a good many hours due to the manual nature of the process, so we’d like to thank Neil very much for his time and effort in making this possible.
We're really looking forward to welcoming all the NSRA Eley competitors to the Lord Roberts Centre this weekend (14th & 15th October 2023).
Here is timetable 1 and 2.
On 17th September 2023 Richard Watchorn tendered his resignation as NSRA Joint Hon. Treasurer with immediate effect.
He had notified the Board earlier this year of his intention to retire and not seek re-election when his current appointment came to an end. This would have been on the date of the next Annual General Meeting. However, in the light of recent health issues he has decided to stand down earlier, a decision made easier by the appointment at the previous AGM of Martin Scrivens as the other Joint Hon. Treasurer.
Richard joined the Board of Management in September 2002 and took up the position of Treasurer in July 2004. His 21 years of service in these roles has been of tremendous value to the Association and has been greatly appreciated by his Board colleagues past and present.
At the GB Dewar Match on Saturday 8th July the GB Team shot a new Team record score of 7,854 and beat Team USA (7,773) by 81 points, winning the Dewar Match 2023!
Given the amazing performance of the Team, selection for the GB Dewar Team 2023 was clearly very tough this year, and to beat a GB Team record that had stood for almost 15 years (7,852 set in 2009) is a fantastic achievement.
Ian Burton has tendered his resignation as a member of the Board of Management with effect from 23rd August 2023. He originally served on the Board from 2011 to 2017, and subsequently rejoined in 2021.
Living in Kelso, Mr Burton was the leading local organiser of the NSRA’s most recent Scottish Rifle Meetings at Thirlestane Castle, Lauder, until the cancellation of the event from 2020 was necessitated by the Covid pandemic.
The Board is most grateful for his valuable contribution and advice over the last 12 years.
Are you a qualified coach looking to further your career?
Check out this link to the British Shooting Coach Development Initiative & how you can get involved.https://www.britishshooting.org.uk/article/2868
The closing date is 30th August, so don’t delay!
Join me in a brief wander back in our history to the Small-Bore National Meeting of 9th – 14th July 1923 and the introduction of the Earl Roberts Memorial Challenge Cup, courtesy of The Rifleman, 1923.
It was the hottest July on record, at around 90F / 32C, and the blazing heat was making it challenging for all competitors, none more than those shooting for the Dewar International, where the mirage on the 100-yard range caused considerable challenges! The British Team still managed to produce a record score, with The Rifleman noting, ‘if we compete long enough we shall eventually give the cup a sea trip to these shores’. This eventually did happen three years later in September of 1926, when the British team won by 60 points.
The National Rifle Meeting is very much a festival of small-bore rifle shooting, not just a competition. This significant event brings the UK shooting community together, with competitions for prone, benchrest, and three-positional shooters of all abilities. It remains the most popular event of its kind in the country and is hugely beneficial for target shooting across the UK. The meeting provides hundreds of shooters with opportunities to discuss the challenges they or their club are experiencing and to share their successes. This shared information spreads across the country and helps committees and coaches improve their club or local organisation to the benefit of our sport.
As many of the GB Dewar Team trialists slogged up, down and across our crowded motorways towards the Appleton Rifle Club Range in Cheshire, they may have been thinking,
“Is all this time, expense and hassle worth it?”
By the early evening of Saturday 10th July, they had their answer, as all had experienced the highs and lows of competing for a prized place as one of the GB Dewar Team members, and 20 had experienced the challenge and intensity of competing in the match itself.