Sundays shoot is Service Rifle and the Course of Fire is on the COF page with the date for 2nd April. Please have a read and be prepared.

I can warn you in advance there is a standing / kneeling stage so that’s something to look forward to!

See you Sunday

Sundays shoot is Gallery Rifle at 100 yards. Most of you will have done this before so you know the drill. Time to get the rarely used things out and give them an airing.

See you tomorrow. Weather may even be dry!

Cracking shoot with a challenging course of fire and some good scores that are now posted on the results page. Well shot all – see you at the next one (Gallery Rifle).

Sundays shoot is scoped rifle and I have posed the COF on the Course of Fire page so you can study it in advance. Please be ready for each stage. You will need about 45 rounds to complete.

The shoot will be at 300, 500 and 600 yards so it should be interesting enough to keep you all amused.

See you then

Scores on the results page. A chilly but satisfying start to the year See you on the next one on 19 February – The Penguin Trophy.

The shoot on Sunday 5th February (yes we are back in business) will be Service Rifle 1

The details of the COF are on the Course of Fire page. I have posted the COF for each of these shoots for the year on the page so make sure you look at the correct one.

The program for the year is on the web site and if you are coming along please ensure you have paid your membership subscription to ensure continuity of Insurance Cover.

So to recap, the program is in place, The COF is in place, the work party is completed and the butts tidied up so we are ready for the season

Whats not to like – see you soon.

Note we have the Home Office approval number valid to 2029

Update The work party was a great success and we had a strong turnout so many thanks to those who decided to turn up to ‘give something back’. The club depends on volunteers so any help is greatly appreciated. We manged to clear the excess sand from the butts, clear the drains and cut back lots of foliage before it gets in the way.

A good clear up for junk that has accumulated in the butts area. Its was hard work and there are a few photos of the results on the pictures page.

We hope to have the Service Rifle shoot on the next shoot date so we are off to a good start for the year. See you then and thanks again for coming along.

Sundays work party is a team event so all are welcome! The focus is to work on the butts area ready for the season.

The tasks on the list are:-

Move the spare sand up the bank to the box’s

Tidy up all areas and sort out the target hut

Remove all the accumulated junk to the car park pending a skip removal

Clear the drains in the butts and under the targets

Trim the foliage from 80 yards to the butts to prevent blocking of the line of sight

There may be more that we can figure out on the day and don’t be afraid to recommend something (and perhaps do it).

Bring whatever tools you see as relevant, particularly things for trimming the branches back, some drills etc for repairing any targets that need maintenance, A bucket for moving the sand (Sand into buckets and passed by chain up the bank)

Stout gloves but we will work you hard enough to keep warm – See you Sunday for a 9:30 start

Happy New Year to all. We are still waiting for the Home Office renewal to come through so no shooting just yet. Given the current weather we are cancelling the Hero shoot on 8th January and the next one on 22/1/23 will be a work party where we will be doing some work on the Butts area and getting it ready for the season.

So you can sort out your diaries for the coming year we have prepared the program for 2023. Clearly the shoots will be delayed if the HO approval is not forthcoming but we will update you as the dates arrive.

The relevant pages of this web site have been updated as needed and the current membership items are still to be sent to Chris but we will start handing over membership things to Steve once the renewals are out of the way.

The forms for download are available on the Programme 2023 page in Word and PDF as needed.

Keep an eye on the web site for updates and don’t over do it with the new year celebrations

I can advise that the Home Office Renewal is progressing and we have had the meeting with the FEO regarding this. They have to do their report to the Licencing department and then this goes on the the Home Office. We don’t know how long this will take and its unwise to speculate but we hope to be back in business early next year.

In the mean time I will sort out next years schedule and we can undertake some maintenance in January weather permitting.

Its disappointing but unavoidable so the best thing is to be patient and use the time to undertake some repairs etc.

In other news the renewals have been sent so please remember to complete the forms and get these back to Chris. Chris is retiring from the post of Membership Secretary after this renewal cycle and we thank him for his 10 years of service to the club. Steve Glasspool has kindly offered to take over and we will need to break him in gently.

The various forms will be updated on the web site over Christmas when I get a minute.

So Merry Christmas to you all and we will see you at the range soon.

It is with regret that I have to advise our Home Office approval expires on 27 November. We applied for renewal in August and after the usual delay they advised us there is a new procedure and we have to re apply again. This we have obviously done but we have not received the renewal at the time of writing.

Without this we are unable to legally shoot so we have to suspend the shooting program until we receive the updated approval. There were only two shoots left in this years calendar but its very annoying to have to do this all the same.

We have applied and will re commence activities as soon as we can and will advise users via the site when we have some news.

Please see the latest post on the Legislation Update page that covers a number of issues and lead ammunition. Worth a read.

Update

Busy day and a good turn out. We raised £150 for the Legion and there was some excellent shooting. The TR comp was won by Horsham with 380.36 followed by Wandsworth with 379.34 (very close). Third was Dorking with 370.23 so not too shabby either. The top score was Ryan with 100.12 (Dorking member of course) and the top Scoped shooter was Neil B with 100.16.

Full Scores on the Results page

The weather was ok but there was lots of fog and that made the target very difficult to see at times so that wasn’t easy. If you were lucky the wind blew the fog away, taking the round with it!

We managed to get through a large supply of sausage rolls, mince pies and chocolate and I have to thank all those who lent a hand to make the event happen. I have to include a mention to Sue who volunteered (I asked nicely and provided a bottle of Baileys) who came along and not only heated up all the food but declared the toilets a heath hazard and cleaned them all along with the kitchen so keep them clean in future!

A final bit of news is that we have after an absence of over 10 years managed to get returned to us the Boar Hill Trophy and Josie’s pot so those of you have been a member for a while will recall these and I’m delighted to advise these have been returned for future use.

See you at the next one

The Boar Hill (as its correctly called) is our annual shoot on behalf of the Royal British Legion where the proceeds go to charity. Its 2 x10 at 300 and 600 into teams of 4 if we have enough. Scoped Rifles can form teams as well to add to the fun.

We charge all members £5 per head to attend the shoot and this goes to the RBL. We will provide the some sausage rolls and perhaps a mince pie and if I can prevail on the my better half these may even be warmed up. We have about 4 to 6 shooters from other clubs committed so far so it will be a busy day.

I expect all of you have attended this before so the more support we get then the more we raise for charity so come along and support the club etc.

See you then