During the NRA Schools Meeting at Bisley held over 10-13 July, Scotland was represented by a number of schools and a number of individual and teams achieved some fantastic results. Below is a summary of some of those successes
Report from the 2017 Junior International at Bisley
Tuesday - The Women's 25m Sport Pistol was shot today in two relays with three of our shooters (Rosie, Emily and Katie) in the first relay and four (Ciara, Emilia, Kerstin and Kyla) in the second relay. This was a first major competition for some of our girls and they coped incredibly well. Silver individual medal went to Kerstin and the team silver medals to Katie, Kerstin and Kyla.
Alloa English Match Results & Report
Saturday saw 15 shooters taking part in the competition. Weather conditions were not the best with bright sunshine the rain and the infamous Alloa wind - perhaps Alloa & District Rifle Club will run a session on reading the wind! Sunday brought out the big guns. Overall a great weekend shooting with great camaraderie and some light banter.
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Fullbore National Championships - Bisley
Lindsay Peden reports on fullbore shooting at Bisley in July: The standard of shooting at the Bisley Meeting this year was very high and I am pleased to say that the Scots were amongst the high scorers. There were three Scots in the top 25 of the Grand Aggregate, Sandy Walker, Alex Hunter and Ian Shaw, and Bruce Logan was 55th after having been in the top 25 most of the week
Results from the Fife & Kinross SBRA Champion of Champions Competition 2017
Safeguarding Courses
First Aid Courses
Scottish Target Shooting are looking at running First Aid courses for its members and Clubs. In order that we can work out the best location and what the demand would be for any courses we would be grateful if members could let us know if this is something they would like offered.
Can you please email admin@scottishtargetshooting.co.uk if you or your club members would be interested in attending a First Aid course.
Golden Week for McIntosh Sisters as Seonaid wins European title
Few families can claim to have one European champion among them, but the McIntosh family can now proudly say they have two after picking up their second crown of the week.
Just three days after Olympian Jennifer McIntosh won 50m rifle prone gold at the European Shooting Championships in Baku, younger sister Seonaid followed in her sibling’s footsteps to seal the 50m rife 3 positions title.
The 21-year-old, a member of the British Shooting Talent Pathway and Scottish Target Shooting, topped the standings with a total of 458.5 points.
It put her just 1.2 points ahead of Franziska Peer of Austria in second, with Germany’s Jolyn Beer in third on 444.5.
But the success didn’t stop there for the McIntosh sisters, with both playing their part in Great Britain winning gold in the team event.
Alongside English shooter Katie Gleeson, the trio amassed a total of 1722 points to be crowned European champions – just ahead of Ukraine and France.
Report by TeamGB
Seonaid wins Gold in Baku
Jen, Seonaid and Katie win gold in the team event
Shooting Events Being Held Around Inverness
Jen McIntosh - European Champion
Report from the Scottish 50m Rifle Championships 2017
On the weekend of 15/16 July, the Denwood range in Aberdeen was host to the 2017 50m Rifle Championship. There were representatives from England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Norway and of course Scotland. The event consisted of Women's 3P and Men’s Prone on Saturday and Men's 3P and Women’s Prone on Sunday.
West of Scotland Claim the Clive Amstein Memorial 2017
The Clive Amstein Memorial Trophy is a junior version of the Inter Counties (held on the same weekend as the Inter Counties and competed for by Counties teams from the UK). The 2017 Clive Amstein Memorial Trophy was won by a team from the West Of Scotland by 3 points. A fantastic result and well done to all involved.
Caithness Smallbore Rifle Association Open County Meeting 2017
This meeting was held on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th June 2017, with strong, rapidly changing winds blowing for most of the time and – unusually for Wick – very high temperatures and humidity on the Sunday. The meeting was held in combination with the STS Grand Prix 3. Around 30 competitors in four classes competed in the various competitions on offer, with entrants coming from far and wide.
Scottish Long Range Championships 2017
Gold Coast 2018 Queen’s Baton Relay Celebrations in Scotland Announced
Team Scotland has revealed an exciting five-day programme of events and celebrations which will be held around the country, to mark the visit of the Gold Coast 2018 Queen’s Baton Relay (QBR) on its global tour, ahead of next year’s Commonwealth Games in Australia. In Scotland from 22-26 August 2017, the presence of the Baton will bring Gold Coast 2018 one step closer for athletes and supporters, as Team Scotland aims for its best ever medal haul at an overseas Games. Read on...
Scottish Southern Counties Field Shoot
Scottish Gallery Rifle Squad at the Phoenix Meeting Bisley 2017
Report from the NSRA Scottish Rifle Meeting 2017 (1st – 7th July)
Competitors from throughout the United Kingdom travelled to the Range in the grounds of Thirlstane Castle, Lauder, to contest a wide range of individual and team competitions over 50m and 100 yards from 1st to 7th July 2017. As usual, the weather conditions contributed to making the competition both interesting and frustrating but the Scots acquitted themselves well throughout the range of competitions...view this article to see how they got on
