News Archive - 2007
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20th December 2007 |
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Graham Rudd extended his lead in the Air Rifle Grand
Prix series, recording a Personal Best of 590 in the qualification round and
raising the Scottish Final record to 693.9 in the process. In a repeat of
the November event, the Air Pistol was won by Graham's partner Jennifer Pearson.
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20th December 2007 |
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Bon Accord have raised the Scottish and British
Record score for the indoor prone Team of Six to 1193, in round 1 of the NSRA's
News of the World competition.
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28th November 2007 |
The announcement of Glasgow winning the bid for the
2014 Commonwealth Games will provide opportunities for all sports. The
first thought is always for the athletes who will be representing their country
in front of a home crowd and these athletes will have a massive amount of
preparation during the next 7 years.
The athletes represent only a part of the opportunities for the future.
During the next few years the development of sport will take on a much higher
profile and that should include finance being available for facilities and
coaching. The SSRA will be deeply involved through the STSF to ensure that
shooting gets a fair share of the resources available. We cannot afford to miss
this opportunity to develop our sport.
There will be opportunities for individuals to be involved apart from the
competitors. Events like the Commonwealth Games require many volunteers to
support the events and there will be opportunities for people to help in all
aspects of the organisation. Although it seems to be a long way off some of the
posts in shooting like ISSF Judge or Range Officer require qualifications and
experience which take several years to accomplish. Anyone interested in planning
ahead should note their interest with an SSRA Council Member, so that
appropriate training can be planned in good time.
Ian Thomson
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26th November 2007 |
At the recent Commonwealth Games Federation assembly
in Sri Lanka, a number of changes to the Shooting programme at the Commonwealth
Games were agreed. As a result, all of the non-Olympic events and all of
the Pairs matches, other than Fullbore Rifle, will be removed from the programme
with effect from 2014. In terms of the SSRA, this means all of our Pairs
matches, along with the Individual Women's Prone competition - an event in which
Scotland is the most successful at the Commonwealth Games - will be removed from
the programme just in time for Scotland to be hosting the Games in Glasgow.
SSRA will work with our colleagues within Scottish Target Shooting, and
elsewhere in the Commonwealth family, to appeal this decision.The
smallbore rifle events for the 2010 Games remain unchanged.
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26th November 2007 |
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Congratulations to the Caithness county team, who
have become the first Scottish county to ever win the NSRA's BSA Cup - the
indoor county team championship. A record score of 2362 ex 2400 gave them
an eight point lead over Lothian.
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26th November 2007 |
The Watsonian Rifle Club is holding its annual Open
Meeting again this year at its range in Edinburgh. The first day was yesterday,
Sunday 25th November, and it continues next weekend - Saturday & Sunday 1st &
2nd December. There are five Classes with Ladies, Veterans and 3 levels of
Junior competitions - everyone is welcome. Email
here for further information and to
request an entry form.
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12th November 2007 |
Graham Rudd won the first Air Rifle Grand Prix of
the winter, with a Personal Best of 589 at Callander yesterday. Emma
Cole-Hamilton also recorded a PB, her 586 beating the Scottish Women's Record
over sixty shots, but was unable to stay for the final, leaving Graham with a
comfortable lead before firing the additional ten shots. Graham's partner
Jen Pearson had a similarly comfortable victory in the Air Pistol, taking a
fifteen point lead into the final. Results are available
here.
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23rd October 2007 |
At the AGM in July Anne Hamilton resigned from the
post of Executive Officer, but has continued as a Council Member. During
the Meeting there were no nominations for the post and it remains vacant.
The job is currently being shared by members of the Council but this cannot
continue longer term.The main function of the Executive Officer is the
administration of the Association - arranging Council and AGM Meetings, issuing
membership and entry forms, monitoring the membership database and sorting out
new members. There are also opportunities to represent the SSRA at various
levels such as the STSF where it is important that our opinion is voiced.
It is not possible to list all the tasks in a short announcement so if you
are interested in the role or know of any suitable candidate please contact Ian
Thomson at chairman@ssra.co.uk for
more information.
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11th October 2007 |
Scotland have recorded a double win in the annual
postal match with the North Island of New Zealand. The senior team of
fifteen were led home by Bill Copland, top scorer with 399, with Nikki Sammels
one point behind, top scorer in the Junior team. The results are available
here, and the complete history of the
match here.
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11th October 2007 |
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The decision on the host city for the 2014
Commonwealth Games will be taken on the 9th of November at a meeting in Sri
Lanka. The announcement is expected to be made live on television, please
keep an eye o the website and we will advise on the timing as soon as the
information is available.
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2nd October 2007 |
Following a meeting of the SSRA Selection Committee
on 22nd September, we are pleased to announce revised A, Under-25, B and
Under-21 Squads for season 2007/8. Details can be found on the
Squads & Athletes page.
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30th September 2007 |
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Kay Copland struck Gold for Scotland in Jersey
today, winning the Women's Prone five points ahead of Beverley Burnside, with
Bev's Northern Ireland team-mate Louise Aiken taking third place. Scott
Dixon took Silver for Scotland in the Men's Prone, behind Robert Barclay of
Northern Ireland, and ahead of John Croydon of Wales.
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29th September 2007 |
Jennifer McIntosh has got the Scottish team at
the CSF(ED) Championships off to a good start, taking Silver in the Women's
Air Rifle behind of GBR Pathway shooter Helouise Manasco of Gibraltar.
A qualifying round of 378 equalled her Personal Best and took the Scot into
the final in second place, to which she added 99.8 to clinch the medal.
Later in the day Jennifer teamed up with Kay Copland to take Silver in the
Women's Prone Pairs behind Northern Ireland's pair of Louise Aiken and Beverley
Burnside. Kay was top individual scorer
in the match, with a solid 590. Not to be outdone, the Men's Pair of James
Paterson and James Henderson have also taken second in their pairs match, behind
the very experienced Northern Ireland pair of Alan Lewis and Don Baker, both
veterans of Commonwealth Games. The Scottish Development pair of Ollie
Barron and Rory McAlpine outscored the main Scottish pair by one point, Ollie
top score on the range with 591.
The Championships continue tomorrow with the Prone individual matches.
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25th September 2007 |
Entry forms for the SSRA individual membership,
club affiliation, short range prone team league, individual winter postal
competitions, 10m Air Rifle and Pistol Grand Prix, 10m Air Rifle
Championships and the All Ranges/Inter-Region matches are now available -
please contact
competitions@ssra.co.uk if you have wish to receive a copy and have not
already done so. The Calendar has been
updated to show the dates of all the SSRA Grand Prix, Championship and other
matches to be held in 2007/8, although a few are yet to be confirmed.
This year sees a change in the Grand Prix series, with Grand Prix points
being available to non-members, including those not eligible to represent
Scotland. Points for the Air Rifle and Pistol events will continue to
be awarded to the top six placed shooters, subject to them contesting the
ISSF final. For the smallbore events in the summer, points will be
awarded to the top eight rather than the top six shooters, again subject to
them contesting the final. Points awarded will be 12, 9, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2
and 1 for 1st to 8th respectively.
Members past, present and (hopefully) future are reminded that individual
membership of this Association is a condition of selection to all Scottish
representative teams.
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updated 12th September 2007 |
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Eight Scottish rifle shooters have been selected as part of a
thirteen strong Scottish team to compete in the Commonwealth Shooting Federation
(European Division) Championships at the end of September on Jersey:
| Men's Prone |
James Henderson, James Paterson, Dave
Caughey, Scott Dixon |
| Men's Prone (Development) |
Oliver Barron, Rory McAlpine |
| Women's Prone |
Kay Copland, Jennifer McIntosh |
| Women's Air |
Jennifer McIntosh |
Unfortunately the Three Positions events have been cancelled.
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2nd September 2007 |
The final round of the Prone Grand Prix series
was completed today at Gagie, on the outskirts of Dundee, with both the Open
and Class C&D Grand Prix Series going to the Thomson family. Despite
missing out on the event, U21 World Champion Matthew Thomson remained on top
of the main table, with none of those in a position to make a final leapfrog
past him able to secure the win that would have earned them sufficient
points. In the C&D series Robin Thomson - Matthew's uncle - secured
the title convincingly, second place today giving him an eight point lead
ahead of Eddie Jones.The Gagie Grand Prix itself was a very close
run affair, with Donald McIntosh and Alasdair Horne leading the way into the
final with 594, ahead of Ollie Barron on 593 and Martin MacGill on 592.
The lead changed hands a number of times over the final ten shots, Donald
narrowly edging ahead of Alasdair at the finish, 103.3 to 103.0, with David
Cummings moving past Ollie and Martin to secure the bronze.
Douglas Allan was top score in the C&D Grand Prix, beating Robin Thomson
on countback, while Mary Melvin took third place ahead of Gregor Bremner,
again on countback.
Earlier in the day, Sheena Sharp had recorded the top score of the
competition, with 595 to win Class A in the Gagie Open ahead of Alasdair
Horne and Cyril De Jonckheere. Class B went to Ian Thomson - Matthew's
Dad and Robin's brother - with an excellent 200 finish to his 590, Mike
Ozmond and Bill Vaughan taking second and third respectively. Robin
Thomson took Class C ahead of Mary Melvin, with Bruce McIntosh in third
place, while Douglas Allan made it two from two to win Class D ahead of
Gordon Buchan and Fraser Cheetham.
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1st September 2007 |
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The SSRA Three Positions Grand Prix series came
to and end on a warm and sunny day at Denwood today. Donald McIntosh
was unchallenged in the 3x40 match, and combined with last weekend's win
takes the series, while Susan Jackson won the 3x20 ahead of Sheena Sharp,
Sheena winning the series.
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31st August 2007 |
SSRA will be running an NSRA Club Instructors
course for Prone over two days 22-23rd September 2007 at Portlethen Rifle
Club in Aberdeen. Exact times and costs to be confirmed, anyone
interested please contact
development@ssra.co.uk.
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31st August 2007 |
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SSRA and SSCA regret that the combined Grand Prix and Field
Day competition planned for the week-end following the NSRA Scottish meeting at
the start of July, which was postponed because of ground conditions, will not be
rescheduled as the possible venues at Lauder remain in a condition which is not
usable due to the height of the water table on land adjacent to the River
Leader.
SSRA and SSCA would like to thanks all those who sent in an
entry and appreciate your patience while another date and venue were sought.
All entrants will be contacted to arrange cancellation of cheques/return of
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26th August 2007 |
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Two Scottish International Records were raised today at the
Grampian Open & SSRA Grand Prix held at Denwood. Firstly, Sheena Sharp
raised the Women's 50m Prone record by two points to 596, just one point off the
British Record. The previous record of 594 was shared by three of
Scotland's Commonwealth Games Gold Medallists - Susan Jackson, Shirley McIntosh
and Sheena Sharp - along with the rapidly improving Kay Copland. It was
initially set by Susan (then Susan Bell) in May 1998, and subsequently equalled
by Susan (twice), Shirley, Sheena (twice) and, most recently, Kay.
Matthew Thomson set the second record of the day, combining an excellent
qualification round of 597 with a final of 104.8 to set a new Scottish Final
Record of 701.8, 0.9 ahead of the previous record shot five years earlier by Jim
Cole-Hamilton. These scores took Gold and Silver in the Grand Prix, with
Jim Cole-Hamilton taking the Bronze. |
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18th August 2007 |
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The Scottish Junior team of Andrew Laurie, Rory McAlpine and
Nikki Sammels made it two out of two this year, with victory in their Home
Countries match at Bisley. The Main and Ladies teams were less successful,
both coming third behind England and Wales. In the Individual
competitions, there were a number of successes for the small Scottish contingent
who attended the meeting, including:
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Aggregate Comp 1, Class A - Mel Mutch; Class C - Finlay
Craig; Class D - Andrew Laurie
Comp 2, Class X - Jon Latimer.
Comp 3, Class D - Andrew Laurie
Comp 4, Class D - Andrew Laurie
Comp 5, Class D - Andrew Laurie
50m Aggregate, Leading Junior - Nicola Sammels
Grand Aggregate, Class A - Mel Mutch 2nd; Class B - Nikki Sammels
2nd; Class D - Andrew Laurie 1st; Leading Woman - Sheena Sharp
Aggregate of Scottish and Bisley Aggregates - Class A, Nikki Sammels |
Weekend
Aggregate Class A - Mel Mutch 2nd, Dave Lumsden 4th
Class B - Nikki Sammels 2nd
Class D - Andrew Laurie 1st |
Miscellaneous News of the World
- Mel Mutch 2nd
Chas R E Bell - Donald McIntosh 2nd, Mel Mutch 3rd
Centenary - Class C Gordon Cox
Pershing Match Supporters - Mel Mutch
Junior Development Fund - Ian Thomson
Junior Championship - Ian McDougall 3rd
Women's Championship - Sheena Sharp 2nd
Club Pairs: Donald McIntosh & Cliff Ogle |
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Championships 3x40 Championship
- Graham Rudd 7th, Brian Inglis 9th
Prone Championship - Donald McIntosh 6th, Tom Hodgson 20th; Nikki
Sammels - Leading Junior; Donald McIntosh Second Stage Winner |
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updated 18th August 2007 |
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The following teams from Scotland
will take part in the Home Countries Prone Matches at Bisley later this
afternoon:
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Sheena Sharp |
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Nikki Sammels |
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Mary Melvin |
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Sarah Bates |
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Jennifer McIntosh |
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Lucy Martin |
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Janet Bailey |
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Captain: Shirley McIntosh |
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Secretary: Chris Tighe-Ford |
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Sheena Sharp |
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Cyril De Jonckheere |
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Mel Mutch |
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Bill Brown |
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James Henderson |
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Nikki Sammels |
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David Bremner |
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Bill Hamilton |
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Tom Hodgson |
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Brian Inglis |
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Bill Vaughan |
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Ally Aitken |
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Captain: Bill Vaughan |
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Secretary: Donald McIntosh |
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Andrew Laurie |
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Rory McAlpine |
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Nicola Sammels |
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Gregor Bremner |
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Captain: Gordon Cox |
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Congratulations to James Henderson, Nikki Sammels and Brian
Ingles for qualifying for the main team
for the first time, to Jennifer McIntosh and Sarah Bates for qualifying for the
Ladies Team for the first time, and to Andrew Laurie for qualifying to for
junior team for the first time. SSRA Member Jon Latimer also earns his
first cap for England. Earlier this week, the Scottish Team in
the Home Countries 3x40 International Match came a rather disappointing second
to England, with Wales in third place.
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26th August 2007 |
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The Scottish team of Gordon Buchan, Robin Honhold and Rory
McAlpine were third in the Men's Prone Team at the NSRA Junior International at
Bisley, one point behind second placed South Africa, with Great Britain one
further point ahead. Gordon also qualified for the individual final, and
was unfortunate to finish in fourth place. Nikki Sammels and Jennifer
McIntosh were sixth in the Women's Prone and Women's Air Rifle matches
respectively. |
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7th August 2007 |
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The following team will represent Scotland in the Home Countries
Three Positions Match at Bisley this coming Saturday:
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Graham Rudd, Brian Inglis, Sheena Sharp |
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Graham Rudd |
We are unable to field a team in the Women's Three Positions
Match.
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4th August 2007 |
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Nine Scottish rifle shooters have been selected to compete in the NSRA's
Inter-Region Match
at Bisley next Friday:
| Men's Prone |
Gordon Buchan, Dave Caughey, Scott
Dixon, James Henderson, Robin Honhold, Rory McAlpine, Graham Rudd |
| Women's Prone |
Jennifer McIntosh, Nikki Sammels |
| Men's 3x40 |
Graham Rudd |
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4th August 2007 |
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Six Scottish junior rifle shooters have been selected as part of
a nine-strong Scottish team to compete at the NSRA's Junior International Match
at Bisley next week:
| Men's Prone |
Gordon Buchan, Finlay Craig, Robin
Honhold, Rory McAlpine |
| Women's Prone |
Jennifer McIntosh, Nikki Sammels |
| Women's Air |
Jennifer McIntosh |
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Alan Lewis lifted the Scottish Open Men's Prone title today at
Denwood, with Sinclair Bruce and Dave Phelps taking second and third
respectively. Sinclair, as top Scot, won the confined Scottish title ahead
of Matthew Thomson and Angus Jackson. The Women's Three Positions title
was won by Sian Corish, with Sharon Lee and Emma Cole-Hamilton second and third,
Emma winning the confined title from Susan Jackson. Full results are now
available on the Domestic Results page. |
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21st July 2007 |
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Martin Sinclair retained the Men's Three Positions title at the
Scottish 50m Championships in Aberdeen, with Chris Hector and James Huckle
second and third. Emma Cole-Hamilton won the Women's Prone with a personal
best score of 592, with Susan Jackson and Sheena Sharp second and third.
Full results will be added once the event completes with the Men's Prone and
Women's Three Positions tomorrow. |
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13th July 2007 |
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Jon Hammond earned a Quota Place in the Men's Prone for Great
Britain at the Beijing Olympics, with fourth place in the Men's Prone at the
European Championships in Granada. A score of 597 + 103.0 was a personal
best for the former Junior World Champion, and is the only Quota held by GBR in
a rifle event. More information available on the
British Shooting website. |
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6th July 2007 |
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All three Scottish teams won in their matches in the Home
Countries Internationals at the NSRA Scottish Meeting in Lauder. With
weather conditions deteriorating, the match was changed to 40 shots at 50m
rather than a Dewar course. The Scottish Main team of Sinclair Bruce, Jim
Cole-Hamilton, Kay Copland, Bill Copland, Susan Jackson, Cyril De Jonckheere,
Hugh Simpson, James Paterson, Bill Vaughan and Matt Thomson were comfortable
winners over England and Northern Ireland - Wales having withdrawn in the face
of the weather, while the Ladies team of Susan, Kay, Sheena Sharp, Emma
Cole-Hamilton and Nikki Sammels became the first Scottish women's team to
successfully defend the match since 1982. Finally, the Junior team of Kay,
Nikki and Rory McAlpine sneaked a victory over Northern Ireland in the first
Junior International in Scotland since 2000. In the individual
matches, Jim Cole-Hamilton won the Freuchie and also the Haig, the latter ahead
of James Paterson and Sheena Sharp, while Bill Copland won the Class X Aggregate
and Hugh Simpson the Class X Unsquadded Aggregate. A fuller report, and
photos, will be added within the next few days. |
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4th July 2007 |
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The SSCA/SSRA open meeting, which was scheduled
for this coming weekend, has been cancelled. A combination of the current
state of the range at Lauder and the weather forecast makes it impossible to
guarantee that the competition can go ahead. The event may be rescheduled
for the autumn, more information will be published as soon as possible. |
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30th June 2007 |
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The SSRA are delighted to announce the introduction of a
Hall of Fame, which recognises the
achievements of some of Scotland's most successful smallbore rifle shooters.
Follow the link to find out all about it! |
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22nd June 2007 |
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Three Scots - Emma Cole-Hamilton, James Paterson and Matthew
Thomson have been selected for the British Universities team that will attend
the World University Games in Bangkok in August of this year. Emma will
take part in all three rifle events, while James and Matt will shoot in the
Prone. More details are available here. |
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17th June 2007 |
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Scottish shooters won medals in three of the four events
contested at this weekend's British International 50m Championships at Bisley.
Emma Cole-Hamilton was second in the Women's 3x20, moving up from third place in
the final. James Paterson was one of four Scots to contest the Men's Prone
final, an excellent qualification round of 593 giving him the lead into the
final, but he was unable to hold onto this, ending up in second, with Martin
MacGill, Neil Stirton and Martin Sinclair 5th, 7th and 8th respectively.
Oliver Barron was the highest placed junior, a steady weekend's shooting earning
him 15th place. Graham Rudd took third place in the Men's 3x40, with
Martin Sinclair 4th and Brian Inglis 6th. The Women's Prone was less
successful, Sheena Sharp the best placed with 5th. |
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17th June 2007 |
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Five Scottish rifle shooters have been included in the British
team for the European Championships next month. Matt Thomson and Jon
Hammond have been selected for the Men's Prone, with Jon the sole British
representative in the Men's Three Positions. Sheena Sharp starts in the
Women's Prone, with Kay Copland and Nikki Sammels making their full GB debut in
the Junior Women's Prone. Full details are available
here. |
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17th June 2007 |
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Andrew Coates has resigned from the Scottish A squad for
personal reasons, with immediate effect. |
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9th June 2007 |
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Kay Copland won the silver medal in the Women's Prone at the
Shooting Hopes international match in Pilsen today, her score of 594 smashing
the Scottish Junior International record by four points and equalling the senior
version. Nikki Sammels also picked up a silver medal, in the Women's Prone
Team alongside Sian Corish and Hannah Pugsley. |
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4th June 2007 |
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Yesterday saw a day of excellent shooting at the second event in
the SSRA Grand Prix series. James Henderson set a new Personal Best of 595
to win Class A, beating Alasdair Horne and Sinclair Bruce on countback.
The first stunning performance of the day came in Class B, where Nikki Sammels
added seven points to the Scottish Junior and three points to the Scottish
Senior Women's Prone recorded with a fantastic 597, leaving Scott Dixon trailing
in second with 590 and Patrick Jess third with 588. Roger Esson took Class
C from Jon Malone on countback also, with Robin Thomson a point behind, while
Eddie Jones won Class D from Ron Nilsen and Simon Batchelor. The
second performance of the day came from Matthew Thomson, only just back from a
frustrating World Cup match in Munich, who equalled the Scottish Senior Men's
record of 598 to take a six point lead into the final ahead of Scott Dixon, with
Sheena Sharp and Nikki Sammels one further point behind on 591. Some
excellent scores in the final saw Matthew a comfortable winner, with Scott
managing to hold onto second just 0.1 ahead of Sheena. The C&D Grand Prix
final saw Jon Malone lose out on countback once more - this time to Eddie Jones
- with Robin Thomson third once more. The second Three Positions
match of the year was held at Denwood the day before, with Graham Rudd winning
the 3x40, ahead of Geof McHugh and Sinclair Bruce, and Susan Jackson making a
return to 3P competition and having to fend off a serious challenge from Sheena
Sharp in the 3x20. |
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4th June 2007 |
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Four Scots - Kay Copland, Nikki Sammels, Robin Honhold and Rory
McAlpine are included in the fifteen strong British team that travels to Pilsen
in the Czech Republic later this week for the Shooting Hopes junior
international. |
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4th June 2007 |
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Jon Hammond continues to impress in the Men's Three Positions
event, with two excellent scores in the elimination and qualification rounds at
the World Cup in Munich. A score of 1160 in the first match included a
near perfect 399, with one shot scoring 9.9 and he repeated this feat the next
day on his way to a new Personal Best of 1168 - just one point off the British
Record set by Alister Allan in 1990. |
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20th May 2007 |
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Four Scots have been selected in the nine strong British team
for the final ISSF Rifle & Pistol World Cup of 2007. Neil Stirton and
Matthew Thomson, who have already taken part in some of the earlier World Cup
matches, will be joined by Jon Hammond and Emma Cole-Hamilton. All three
of the men will compete in the Prone, with Jon also shooting in the Men's Three
Positions event, while Emma will take part in the Women's Three Positions.
Hammond, the 1998 World Junior Champion, makes a return to the
British team after a three year absence, and continues to be based in West
Virginia, where he is now the full-time rifle coach at West Virginia University.
Having come flown to the UK last week as part of his final preparations for the
World Cup, he made a winning return to competition on this side of the Atlantic,
with victory in the Men's Three Positions at yesterday's Hampshire Open with an
excellent score of 1167 - just two points below the Scottish and British record
score. |
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16th May 2007 |
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Martin Sinclair won both the Prone and Men's Three Positions
Grand Prix at Denwood on 5th and 6th May. Alasdair Horne was second in the
Grand Prix, with Jim Cole-Hamilton third. Earlier in the day Susan Jackson
had made a winning return to competition after a thirteen month break, 592
giving her a five point lead ahead of Jim Cole-Hamilton in Class A, with Hugh
Simpson third. Cliff Ogle was winner in Class B, with Robin Thomson and
Lawrence Cooper winning Classes C & D respectively. The C&D Grand Prix
went to Jon Malone from Robin Thomson and Richard Leather, while Emma
Cole-Hamilton won the Women's Three Positions. |
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4th May 2007 |
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J & A Turnbull of Bank Street,
Galashiels, have generously offered the local organisers of the SSCA/SSRA
open meeting, to be held immediately following the Scottish Meeting at Lauder,
prizes of 500 Tenex for the winners of the SSRA Borders
Grand Prix on Saturday 7th July and the SSCA Liddle-Grainger
Championship on Sunday 8th July. |
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3rd May 2007 |
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Martin MacGill equalled the Scottish and British International
records for the English Match today at the Grand Prix of Liberation in Pilsen,
Czech Republic. This match, one of the biggest in Europe outside the
European Championships and ISSF World Cups, has attracted well over 500
competitors from national and regional teams across three continents, including
a considerable number of highly experienced international competitors.
Shooting in his first ever international match outside the British Isles, Martin
recorded a score of 598 points, which took him into the final in first place,
one point ahead of Armin Rothmund of Germany, with the highly experienced Marco
De Nicolo of Italy - a finalist at the 2006 World Championships - one further
point behind, and the 1988 Olympic Champion Miroslav Varga making a surprise
appearance in amongst an otherwise relatively young field. Martin held his
place until the ninth shot, after which he was tied with Rothmund, and the
German produced a final shot of 10.3 to Martin's 10.0 to snatch the top spot at
the very last. In an excellent day for the Scots, the Men's
trio of Martin, Sinclair Bruce and Gordon Motion took Gold in the team event,
breaking the existing Scottish record for an international team of three by two
points, just one frustrating point away from the British record score. |
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3rd May 2007 |
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The results of the second All Ranges and combined Inter-Region
Matches are now available here. |
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3rd May 2007 |
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The results of the final stages of the winter individual
postal competitions are now available. Hugh Simpson won the Class A medal
after a second re-gauge against Gordon Motion, both shooters having recorded
298. Classes B, C and D were a little simpler, with clear winners in James
Henderson, Simon Batchelor and Stu Drummond respectively, while Ian McDougal and
Jim Michael took their relevant (junior and veteran) age-group categories.
Simon Batchelor made it a double, winning the CanDicap while Donald McIntosh
somehow managed to win the Short Range 3P Championship. Full results are
available
here. |
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3rd May 2007 |
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The classifications for the SSRA Prone Open meetings that
double as elimination rounds for the Prone Grand Prix events are now available
here. Anyone
wishing their classification to be reviewed should contact the Executive
Officer, preferably in writing or by email
before participating in a Grand Prix. All requests for review will be
considered by members of the classification committee or the organising
committee of the relevant Grand Prix. |
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17th April 2007 |
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Scottish teams will take part in two international matches in
Europe over the next few weeks. Sinclair Bruce, Gordon Motion, Andrew
Coates and Sheena Sharp will take part in an International Competition on the
newly upgraded range in Hannover between the 24th and 30th of April, and will be
joined by Martin MacGill at the Grand Prix of Liberation in Pilsen between the
1st and 6th of May. Graham Rudd will also be taking part in these
competitions, as part of the British team. |
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17th April 2007 |
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Forth & Clyde have set a new Scottish Record in the NSRA's Inter-County Air Rifle league. The team of Robin Law, Donald
McIntosh, Cliff Ogle, Tricia Littlechild and Jennifer McIntosh recorded a score
of 1430 in Round 8, overtaking the record previously set and equalled by the
same county. |
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16th April 2007 |
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This coming Sunday sees the second combined
All-Ranges and Inter-Region matches at the Denwood Target Shooting Centre in
Aberdeen.
The All-ranges Open Meeting comprises
shooting at 25 yards, 50 metres and 100 yards within an Aggregate. Competitions
for individuals are held in 5 classes under NSRA rules, and NSRA Classification
will be used, with the addition of an E class for beginners. Competitors who do
not have an NSRA classification must submit an average of their most recent 10
short range competition targets and will be classified as shown. Those with NSRA
‘X’ classification will shoot in ‘A’ class.
Concurrent competitions for Women, Juniors
(U18 and U21) and Veterans (O55) will also be held concurrent with the Aggregate
with all age groups applying on the day of the competition. In addition,
competitions for club teams of 3 are included in Short Range, Double Dewar and
Aggregate. Subject to receiving a sufficient entry, an inexpert team competition
for teams whose members are in C, D and E classes will also be held.
Handicap pairs in Short Range, Dewar and Aggregate for modest cash prizes will
be based on MacRae scores, calculated using either the competitor’s submitted
average or the upper limit average for his classification, i.e 100 for A class,
98 for B class, etc. Sweepstakes will be run for single cards at each
distance and in each class. 60% of this entry fee will be returned in prizes.
The Inter-Region Short Range Match Trophy
will be shot concurrently with the 25 yard competition and the Inter-Region
Dewar Match for the Bob Normand Trophy will be shot concurrently with the Double
Dewar competition. Teams are cordially invited from Lothian, Forth & Clyde,
Fife, Highland, Grampian, Southern Counties, Perthshire and Angus. Where a
region consists of more than one NSRA affiliated area, such an area may, with
the mutual consent of the other areas in their region, enter teams in the
Inter-Region Matches. Each Inter-Region match is for teams of 5, or of 6 with
the best 5 to count. The team members for the Short-range Inter-Region Match and
the Dewar Inter-Region match need not be the same.
All team members for the club team
competitions and for the Inter-Region matches must be nominated before any team
member shoots.
Details will commence at 9.30 am and will
start on the hour and half hour on all ranges, with 2 targets being fired during
each half hour at 25 yards. Ten minutes will be allowed for each 25 yards target
and 20 minutes for each 50 metres and 100 yards target. All entrants are urged
to book their details in advance. Entries on the day will be accepted if
squadding is available. |
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10th April 2007 |
West Atholl Rifle Club assisted by Blair
Atholl Gun Club and Blair Atholl Small-bore Rifle Club will again be hosting the
Scottish Shooting Championships, also known as the "Multi-weapons", at the
Jubilee Range, Blair Atholl on 13th May, 2007. The course of fire will comprise:
- Full-bore rifle: 2 sighters and 10 rounds to count at
500x
- Small-bore rifle: - Sighters and 10 rounds to count
at 50yards
- Clay target: practice and 10 clays "DTL"
- Air pistol: Sighters and 10 shots to count at 10m
Competitors will be ranked in each event and the rankings added together to
determine the overall winner and team winners. Depending on entries, prize money
will be distributed to the leading competitors. The event will not be squadded
so competitors may choose when to shoot each event between 9.30am and 3.30pm.
Depending on entries some events may operate for shorter periods.
The day will be an official "guest day" for both West Atholl Rifle Club and
Blair Atholl Small-bore Rifle Clubs which will allow competitors without their
own rifles to use club rifles under one to one supervision. To comply with rules
for guest days all competitors must belong to a recognised organisation such as
a Rifle or Clay Target shooting club or be known to the organisers. All
competitors will be required to exhibit membership of such a club or give the
name of a sponsor from the organising clubs or exhibit their personal FAC. The
event will have Section 11(6) exemption allowing competitors without their own
shotguns to use shotguns under one to one supervision. Competitors
exhibiting their personal SGC will not require supervision for the shotgun
stage. Air pistols will also be available. All competitors without their own FAC
or SGC will be required to sign a declaration that they are not prohibited from
handling firearms.
Ammunition will be available at cost for use on the range only. "F" class and
sporting rifles may be used in the full bore stage but will be handicapped by
one scoring ring relative to pure "TR" rifles. Only non-expanding rifle
ammunition may be used. Competitors, except those volunteering as coaches or
RCOs, will be required to spend one detail marking in the full-bore butts.
Directions to the range may be found at
www.westatholl.org.uk
or obtained from the organiser. Any other questions may be addressed to
Mike Baillie-Hamilton. |
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8th April 2007 |
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Four Scottish Smallbore Rifle shooters have been signed up to
the new UK Pathway programme operated by British Shooting, with funding from UK
Sport. Matthew Thomson, Neil Stirton, Emma Cole-Hamilton and Graham Rudd
are included in the programme, which is focussed entirely on success at the 2008
and 2012 Olympic Games. For more details, visit the
British Shooting website. |
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2nd April 2007 |
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Watsonians successfully defended the British Team of Six for
the News of the World trophy at Bisley yesterday. The team of Ronnie
Sellar, Ian Thomson, Nick Baker, Bev Burnside, James Brown and Scott Dixon
defeated Vauxhall Motors in the semi-final before beating Torfaen in the final.. The Edinburgh club have a chance
to make it a double, having qualified for an all-Scottish final of the British
Team of Four, where they will meet Wick Old Stagers. In the
final of the individual British Short Range Championship, Sheena Sharp lost out
in a four-way tie shoot, ending up in third place. |
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2nd April 2007 |
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Four Scottish shooters - Nikki Sammels, Oliver Barron, Finlay
Craig and Rory McAlpine - have been selected for the British Schools team that
travels to Dortmund later this month to take part in the ISAS international
match. |
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20th March 2007 |
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Martin MacGill won the NSRA Scottish Short Range Championship
last Sunday at Perth. His first round score of 395 tied with Ian Thomson
and David Cummings, but Martin held his nerve in the tie-shoot to record a 99
against 98s from the other two. Bon Accord won the Scottish Cup, beating
Wick Old Stagers in the final. |
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20th March 2007 |
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Matthew Thomson and Neil Stirton have been named in the small
GBR teams attending the first three World Cup matches of the year. Matthew
travels to the USA at the end of this month for the first event in Fort Benning,
while Neil will attend the next two, in Sydney and Bangkok. |
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20th March 2007 |
The final of the C&D Speedway was won by Ally
Littlejohn, beating Fraser Cheetham in a shootoff. Full results are
available here.
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20th March 2007 |
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The following teams represented Scotland in our annual postal
match against North Island, New Zealand:
Main Team:
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Nick Baker
Oliver Barron
Dave Caughey
Bill Copland
Kay Copland |
David Cummings
Cyril De Jonckheere
James Henderson
Mike Ozmond
James Paterson |
Nikki Sammels
Ronnie Sellar
Sheena Sharp
Hugh Simpson
John Sinclair |
| Reserve: Rory McAlpine |
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Junior Team:
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Oliver Barron
Kay Copland
Finlay Craig
Rory McAlpine
Nikki Sammels |
| Reserve: Ian McDougall |
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The results will be announced once the Kiwis have shot their cards in
September. Congratulations to Oliver Barron, Dave Caughey, David Cummings,
Mike Ozmond, James Paterson and Nikki Sammels for making their first appearance
in the main team, and to Finlay Craig and Rory McAlpine for making their first
appearance in the Junior team. Top scorers for Scotland were Bill Copland
in the main team and Nikki Sammels in the Junior team. |
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8th March 2007 |
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Bill Copland won the SSRA Short Range Matchplay Championship,
more commonly known as the Speedway, for the second time last Sunday. An
excellent score of 995 ex 1000, shot in five 20 shot matches, earned the
reigning Haig champion a massive 28 points, seven points clear of second placed
Scott Dixon, while daughter Kay was third equal with Hugh Simpson one further
point behind. |
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26th February 2007 |
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Emma Cole-Hamilton was second in the Senior Women's Air Rifle
at the NSRA British Championships at Bisley over the weekend. A
qualification round of 390 - one point off her Scottish record - was shot with a
rifle borrowed from A Squad coach Donald McIntosh after her own exhibited
serious problems during the earlier Aggregate competitions, and took her into
the final three points adrift of England's Louise Minett, with Verity Thomas of
Wales only one point behind, and although Minett extended her lead the second
place was never under threat. Earlier in the day Graham Rudd
was the best placed Scot in a low scoring Men's Championship, with fourth place.
The Scottish team of Emma, Graham and Jennifer McIntosh - making her
international debut at 15 - was second behind England in the Home Country
International, just sneaking ahead of last year's winners Wales. The
Ladies team of Emma, Jennifer and Sheena Sharp - also making her debut in an air
rifle international - were third in the Women's Match, with Wales breaking
England's stranglehold on the competition for the first time in the history of
the event. Jennifer McIntosh was the only Scottish shooter to feature
highly in the prize-list, winning every available competition in Class C. |
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12th February 2007 |
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Robin Law continued his unbeaten run in the Air Rifle Grand
Prix series in Dumfries yesterday, overhauling a one point deficit to Donald
McIntosh in the final. The Air Pistol was won by David Erskine in short
raid across the border from Carlisle, while Mark Joyce extended his lead in the
series. |
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29th January 2007 |
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Graham Rudd and Emma Cole-Hamilton won the Men's and Women's
titles at the 10m Air Rifle Championships held at the Scottish Police College,
Tulliallan over the weekend. Graham entered the Men's final tied for first
place with seven time winner Robin Law, with England's Nathan Sutherland one
point behind. A good final of 101.4 from Graham was enough to pull well
clear of Robin, with Nathan remaining in third place. In the Women's
final, Emma Cole-Hamilton started with a five point cushion over Shirley
McIntosh and Emma Parr, and recorded the best final of the day - 101.7 - to
extend her lead, Emma Parr taking second and Shirley third.
In addition to the Championship, Graham also won Class A of
the open meeting aggregate. Mark Joyce continued his improved form to take
Class B, Sinclair Bruce also showing progress to win Class C and Bill Pow taking
Class D and the Veterans. Emma Cole-Hamilton also raised the Scottish
Women's record, 391 from the first 40 shots of her second aggregate competition
overhauling the record of 390 previously held by Shirley McIntosh and Heather
Rudd. Full results are available
here. |
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29th January 2007 |
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Forth & Clyde have equalled their own Scottish Record in the
NSRA's Inter-County Air Rifle league. The team of Robin Law, Donald
McIntosh, Cliff Ogle, Tricia Littlechild and Jennifer McIntosh recorded a score
of 1423 in Round 2, matching the score shot in the same round two years
previously. |
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updated 23rd January 2007 |
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The third Commonwealth Youth Games will be held in
Puna, India, in October 2008. Target Shooting will be included in these
Games for the first time, and a full complement of smallbore and air rifle
events for both men and women will be included. A maximum of one entry per
country is permitted in each event, and to be eligible athletes must have been
born no earlier than 1990. The Scottish Target Shooting Federation has
notified the Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland of it's interest in these
Games, and it is hoped that selection criteria will be agreed and published in
the New Year. CGCS are
currently advertising for the positions of General Team Manager,
Head of Medical Services/Head
Doctor and Head Physiotherapist for these Games - click
here and
follow the link for more details. |
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29th November 2006 |
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Individual Membership and Club Affiliation forms are now
available from the Executive Officer,
along with entry forms for the winter postal competitions, Air Rifle & Pistol
Grand Prix meetings and the All Ranges match next April. |
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29th November 2006 |
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2005/6 members should already have a received copies of the
Athlete Pathways document, which contains information on selection policies
and training squads operated by the SSRA. This document is only available
to individual members and affiliated clubs - a summary for non-members is
available here. |
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