Warwickshire Smallbore Rifle and Pistol Association

County News

County Team opportunities: Inter-County postal leagues 2009-10 season.

The time has come to nominated teams for these leagues. The County fields teams in:

Pistol: 20yd (0.22 & air), 10m (air)

Rifle: 25yd Prone & Three Positoion (0.22), 20yd Sport (standing, 0,22 & air), 10m (air)

The leagues begin in late Oct and you must reside in the County. If you want to be considered, please contact us on the link above.

We look forward to hearing from you.

County prone rifle 'Open' Championships. Wedgnock 7 Jun 09

Results. Scores are 'dropped points'.

Prone rifle County Cup, estimated scores

Scores shown as 'dropped points'. Subtract each target score from 100 to obtain 'gun score.

County Air Pistol/Rifle Comps 19 Apr/2 May - Henley in Arden

Well done to the jr pistol team!

AGM 23 Feb, Old Sills. 20:00

Poster

NATTS latest 24 Dec 08

A newsletter was recently circulated. A copy can be obtained here.

Shooting with school

Under the On 10 Dec, Trevor Haynes and Mark Elliott, ran an air pistol 'taster' session in air pistol shooting for 12 pupils from Kinghurst City Technology College at North Solihull Sports Centre. This was done because they had expressed an interest in Modern Penthathlon. The shoot was preceded by an intoduction to the law and safety and followoed by a 10 shot competion. There were some promising perfromances and a couple expressed an interest in shooting as sport

County pistol team: 2nd place in County Pistol Comp

Shot at Sutton the team of five each shooting 30 shots @ 20yd were one point behind winners Devon (subject to challenges). Scores:

Nick Sandall Sut 291

Mark Elliott Kyn 289

Trevor Haynes Kyn 283

Lewis Wright Sut 268

Melvyn Dykes Kyn 238

Total 1369

County team at National Pistol Champs, Bisley, 19-21 Sep.

For the first time in year, we had four shooters from the county to shoot 20 shots @ 20yd, and a good four shooters at that! Unfortunately only one other county could muster a team. The team was Mick Barnes, Mark Elliott, Iqbal Ubhi, Trevor Haynes.

County pistol competition, Sutton, 16 Sep.

30 shots at 20yd. Estimated scores

Nick Sandall 291, Mark Elliott 288, Trevor Haynes 283, Lewis Wright 267, Melvyn Dykes 267. Res June Halford.

Results due in Oct.

County pistol teams for 2008-9

We are entering 1 x 20yd team and 3 10m teams. These include 4 female and 4 junior shooters.

Call for County team shooters 2008-9

We're looking for competent pistol, air rifle, and sport rifle shooters for the NSRA Inter County Leagues. If interested click here for more info. Names required by 18 Aug. Leagues run from Oct to Mar

Good publicity for Sutton Coldfield county rifle team members.

See Sutton Observer Article

Sutton Coldfield Club in local sport day, (Sportin' Sutton) 28 Jun.

Sutton Coldfield RPC's stand in the town centre, attracted several enquiries from the public. These will be followed up by an invitation to have-go-sessions at the range. The event was organised by Sutton Coldfield Community Sport Network, of which SCRPC is a founding member body. A second, more ambitious event is being planned for September 27th. Community/local Sports Networks are the Sport England method of reaching sports organisations and it is well worth your club contacting your local network. Find out more about the club on their new website.

Inter county 10m pistol and rifle comps results. Henley-in-Arden 21 Apr.

See report below. Official scores

Warks Open & Confined (Prone) Rifle Meeting, Wedgnock, 21 Apr

Results from organisers John Locke and Kevin Hancock. Note; scores are dropped points, ie the value required to make 100. It's the way prone rifle shooter score in Britain

Inter County 10m pistol and rifle competitions, Henley-in-Arden, 21 Apr.

It was hard work getting teams for this and I made a mistake. We had no reserves for pistol and it seemed to be a bad w/end for rifle shooters. Alan Crichton shot a PB. Three of the regular rifle team were not available. Paul Lowe, James Wilcox, and John Halford stepped forward, but John was unable to make it, so pistol shooter Lew Wright shot rifle after his pistol match.

I had forgotten the the NSRA was not running a jr comp, and arranged for three to turn up. However the range and time were not wasted as two juniors came along for some coaching. Results due in a few weeks. Estimated scores

Thanks to all team members and Henley in Arden ARPC.

National Association of Target Shooting Sports (NATTS)

Regional workshop, Wolverhampton, 10 Apr.

The County was well-represented by seven shooters. We worked in groups to address aspects of the online survey, conducted in Dec/Jan. (See NSRA web site) When completed, findings from workshops will be reported.

County pistol coaching

Henley in Arden, 16 Mar

AGM 25 Feb Old Sills RFC, 20:00

Make sure your club is represented. Includes annual prizegiving Council meeting: 28 Jan, Old Sills, 20:00

West Midlands Tetrathlon: Shoot run by Warks shooters

University of Warwick, 5 Jan.

Warwickshire shooters set up and ran the first event, the shooting, stating at 0845. There were a total of 60 competitors aged from 10yrs upwards. The shooters were John Andrews & Kathy Gaunt (Rokeby), Brett Drummings (8th Warks), Ken & Peter Young (WMPC), and Melvyn Dykes, Mark Elliott, and Trevor Haynes (Kynoch).

Next event: West Midlands Bi/Triathlon at Bluecoat School, Birmingham, April

Warwickshire shooters represent region

Inter Regional 10m matches, Wolverhampton, 9 Dec.

Warwickshire shooters Kathy Gaunt, Kevin Gaunt, Rachael Hares, Liam Webster, Lewis Wright, and Trevor Haynes shot for the West Midlands, who won three out of four matches. They joined shooters from Shropshire and Staffordshire. For report, photos, and results go to the WMRTSS news page, here.

Warwickshire - runners-up in NSRA 20yd Inter County Pistol Competition

Shot at Sutton Coldfield on 16 Sep, we were beaten by Devon with a score of 1409. Team members receive NSRA embroidered badges.

Trevor Haynes 291

Nick Sandall 281

Mark Elliott 280

Mick Barnes 270

Melvyn Dykes 253

Total 1375

County shooters at National Triathlon Champs

Wolverhampton 17 Nov

Several county shooters were involved in running the shoot, which had over 300 competitors in 11 details. They were: John Andrews (Rokeby), Brett Drummond (8 Warks), Melvyn Dykes, Mark Elliott, Trevor Haynes (Kynoch), and Ken Harris (Sutton Coldfield). The West Midlands squad of 20 included seven Warks residents, from Youth E to Senior categories.

Next event: Regional Tetrathlon, Warwick University, 4 Jan 04.

Nov - Sport Rifle

Inter County Sport Rifle Competition - Shot at 8th Warks RPC

The team came 8th with 1845. First was Oxfordshire with 1932

A Team 1845 P.Smith 375, T.Bailey 371, B.Drummings 369, A. Murphy 368, J.Halford 362

B Team 1771, L.Wright 380, M.Dykes 367, M.Tucker 348, R.Jones 339, T.Suffield 337.

Teams selected for Inter County Winter League

A:: P.Smith, J.Mason, T.Bailey, E.Stevens, J.Halford

B: A.Murphy, L.Wright, B.Drummings, M.Dykes, P.Grundy.

Junior: T.Suffield, H.Hornsby, M.Tucker, L.Griffiths, P.Thomson.

Captain: Clive Hollings

Oct - Pistol

Warwickshire - runners-up in NSRA 20yd Inter County Pistol Competition

Shot at Sutton Coldfield on 16 Sep, we were beaten by Devon with a score of 1409. Team members will receive NSRA embroidered badges.

Oct - Pistol

County teams for pistol and 10m rifle 2007-8 season

Oct -Dec

10m air pistol coaching

Sessions for county team members and development shooters @ Henley-in-Arden. Provisional dates: 11 Nov, 16 Dec. Click for details or to register.

30 Sep 07

Inter County Sport Rifle Competition. 8th Warwicks Club. Estimated scores:

Paul Smith              93,95,96,91,   375
Tom Bailey             90,94,92,93,   369
Brett Drummings   96,85,95,92,   368
Adrian Murphy       92,92,89,91,   364
John Halford          94,89,85,89,   357           Team Total 1833
 
Lewis Wright         93,96,93,93,   375
Melvyn Dykes       92,93,92,89,    366
Matt Tucker          84,88,88,87,    347
Robert Jones      82,84,85,89,     340
Tom Suffield       78,86,90,80,     334             Team Total 1762

Results due late Oct/Nov

BSA Cup (Prone rifle) also shot at Od Sillillians. no estimated scores provided

23 Sep

Regional Triathlon, Bluecoat School, Birmingham.

Mark Elliott, John Andrews, Melvyn Dykes, Brian Girling & Trevor Haynes, ran the event and the have-a-go session.

16 Sep

Inter County Pistol competition: Sutton Coldfield RPC. Team: Mick Barnes, Mark Elliott, Trevor Haynes, Nick Sandall, Lewis Wright. Results due Oct/Nov

Oct -Dec

10m air pistol coaching

Sessions for county team members and development shooters @ Henley-in-Arden. Provisional dates: 7 Oct, 11 Nov, 16 Dec. Click for details or to register.

1 May

County Sport Rifle success

The County A team won div 2 of The NSRA inter county LSR League. Congratulations to them. The B team and junior team cam 2nd and 3rd in their divisions. See above for details

28 Apr 07 Balsall Common

Schools biathlon 'Taster' shoot

Working with the West Midlands Modern Pentathlon Association, Warwickshire shooters put on an air pistol have-a-go session for junior school children after the biathlon (swim, run). In Modern Pentathlon, shooting is the other discipline in triathlon.

A range was set up the school hall and 30+ children had one-to-two instruction from John and Rachel Andrews (Rokeby), Brett Drummings (8th Warks), Mark Elliott (Kynoch), Ken Harris (Sutton Coldfield), and Trevor Haynes (Kynoch). It was received enthusiastically, with the possibility on several follow-up contacts. They are even talking about next year!

For details go to http://swimming.bcpsonline.org.uk/BalsallBiathlon2007.html

22 April 07 Henley in Arden

Inter County 10m pistol and rifle competitions.

Three teams shot this annual match of 60 shots. We had teams for pistol, junior pistol and rifle. Seniors were teams-of 5, junior, team of three. Particularly satisfying were the four junior pistol shooters and for the first time in many years a rifle team made up of shooters from sutton Coldfield club and a reserve from Henley.

Looking to the future, the county needs a 10m air rifle captain, and to build up a junior team. at the same time we need to improve performances in pistol and rifle.

Estimated scores

County air pistol and air rifle teams for the NSRA inter county competitions. L to R Alan Crichton, Trevor Haynes, Jemma Westgate, Alice Walters, Liam Worrall, Lewis Wright, Brian Feltham, James Wilby, David Thompson, June Halford, Roy Watkins, Peter Young, John Halford, John Stevens, Mark Elliott.

2 Apr 07

Regional Biathlon, Birmingham

Previously run in Womborne, Staffs, the event transferred to the Bluecoat School in Birmingham. Ain addition to the qualifier for the nationals, a triathlon, featuring shooting was run by Kynoch and Sutton Coldfield members (Melvyn Dykes, Mark Elliott, Trevor Haynes, Ron Bristoll) and a Shropshire shooter (Alex Carson).

After the competition shoot, we ran a taster session for biathletes, with many children and parents taking an interest and asking about shooting.

The next event is a 'taster session at a school biathlon in Balsall Common.

24 Feb 07

10m pistol coaching at Henley

27 Jan 07

10m pistol coaching at Henley

The first session of the winter, was attended by four junior and two senior shooters. All agreed more were needed. Watch this space. If you are interested, contact us , above.

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