2019-1 (April)
RESULTS
European Shooting Confederation Championships - 10m
Some extremely creditable scores in the face of very strong opposition in Osijek, Croatia.
- Women’s Air Rifle: Seonaid McIntosh 12th (625.7); Kim Tzabach 71st (614.9); Hannah Pugsley 72nd (614.8)
- Men’s Air Rifle: Mike Bargeron 55th (619.1)
- Men’s Air Pistol: Kristian Callaghan 48th (569-20x); David Evans 53rd (567-21x); Jan Mickiewicz 78th (549-7x)
- Junior Men’s Air Pistol: John Miller 33rd (562-15x)
ISSF World Rankings
The latest ISSF World Rankings have been released, Seonaid McIntosh retains her World #6 ranking in Women’s 3-Position Rifle. Outside of Rifle, GBR also counts three more World Top-10 athletes in the forms of Amber Hill and Nathan Hales ranking #6 in Women’s Skeet and Men’s Trap respectively and Ben Llewellin at #8 in Men’s Skeet.
NRA Spring Action Weekend
Provisional results are now available from the NRA. Well done to all taking part and congratulations to prize winners. Photos from Saturday and Sunday are on the NRA Facebook page.
ADMINISTRATION
We’re sorry to hear that Ken Nash - long time Vice Chairman at the NSRA - has passed away after a period of illness. NSRA Article
The NSRA have relaunched the British Senior Pistol Squad. The NSRA has been proactive in the past two years in relaunching the GB Junior Squad, and farmed it out into separate Rifle and Pistol sections, better aligned with feeding into British Shooting’s GB Academy Programme. The launch of the Senior Squad signals the extension of that for over-21 athletes, who have been largely ignored by the NSRA for the past decade (in respect of performance pathways or squads) and served only by British Shooting’s pyramid or Home Nation/Commonwealth pathways. Getting onto those pathways has sometimes been a bit hit-or-miss given the lack of an NSRA ladder leading to them.
The NRA have announced the updated 2019 Bisley Range Regulations (effective April 1st).
EQUIPMENT
- Walther’s LG400 Monotec air rifle is now available, mating the LG400 action with the KK500-derived Monotec stock. Unlike the KK500 however, Walther have decided to use a barrel-clamping mount rather than bedding the receiver to the stock.
UPCOMING COMPETITIONS & EVENTS
- Northern Shooting Show, Harrogate - 11-12 May
Fullbore
- Listings at shootingcompetitions.org
- Phoenix 2019 - 24-26 May, Bisley
- Birmingham Bisley - 1-2 June, Kingsbury Ranges
- 150th Imperial Meeting - Bisley
Smallbore
- Somerset Open Shoot - 28th April, Long Ashton Range
- Appleton Rifle Club - Dewar & ISSF shoots in April, June and September
- 27th British Junior International
- British 50Metre Championships - 31st May - 2nd June, Lord Roberts Centre
- NSRA Open Benchrest Competition, 8th June, Lord Roberts Centre
- WSRA Open - ISSF Prone & 3-Position - 8-9th June, Tondu
- 100th Scottish Meeting - 29th June - 5th July, Lauder
- NSRA National Meeting - 10th-17th August, Bisley
- The WSRA have a calendar of Open Shoots available
- Scottish GP Series - April-August
Target Sprint
- Events around the country all year. Check targetsprint.com for details.
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