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Fighting the Lead Ban: A Message from the Regional Director
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Fighting the Lead Ban: A Message from the Regional Director

In view of the recent HSE proposals published last week, outlining the restriction of lead ammunition, I wanted to share an update with you on our plans. The proposals have significant implications for the shooting community, with wide-reaching effects on target shooting-in particular practical shotgun.  While the intention to address environmental concerns is understood and...

2025 L2/L3 GB Match Calendar
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2025 L2/L3 GB Match Calendar

We wanted to get the 2025 Match Calendar out to you all as soon as we could so that you can plan your diaries. There is the likelihood of further matches being added and we will update you once these become firm. We’ve included match sign up links where they are available. The matches are...

Update From The Treasurer
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Update From The Treasurer

At the AGM last January, members urged Council to stop hoarding funds and start investing in our sport. We’ve taken that to heart! So far this year we have distributed £22,500 in Match Grants (to support the running of Matches) and £42,653 in Club Development Grants (to improve range facilities). That is a whopping £65,153...

NROI Update – December 2024
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NROI Update – December 2024

Random Shots – latest news The 2024 season has come to an end with a bang with the last national match hosted by Empire Shooting Sport Club in Barnsley. A great time was had by all with a challenging course of fire delivered by the club who were hosting their first ever national match. Empire...

Mini Rifle World Championships 2025
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Mini Rifle World Championships 2025

I would like to introduce the National Squad for the Mini Rifle World Shoot in May 2025. My congratulations to all those who qualified and have been selected. I look forward to working with you all. Ben Ducker Open Open Team (Team Captain)Jim Starley Open Open TeamKelvin Leaton Open Open TeamTom Ellaway Open Open TeamPaul...

Message from the Chair
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Message from the Chair

At the council meeting last weekend your council agreed to postpone the AGM. We feel it is important we share that decision quickly with our membership, including the reasons it was made. The AGM was moved to January some years ago to allow presentations of the previous (calendar) year trophies. With the rise in electronic...

Action Air News 2024
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Action Air News 2024

The Latter Part of the year has seen a flurry of Action Air Competitions throughout the country. In May, Striker put on a great level 1 AA match in Southampton. The community centre they shoot in is not huge, but the team led my Marianne and Clive use the space well and presented a hugely...

New News Website Now in Beta!
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New News Website Now in Beta!

We are proud to introduce the new News website which will be replacing the news page on the legacy website. You will notice that this site is a .org domain and not the original .co.uk domain of the main site. We will slowly be moving to .org sites for internet compliance and to remove the...

Interest for Shotgun World Shoot 2026
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Interest for Shotgun World Shoot 2026

This is an open invitation to all the members of the organisation who are interested in attending the next shotgun world shoot scheduled for October 2026 in Corinth Greece. It has been calculated that the slot allocation for the Central European shotgun championship in 2025 will be an estimated 12 shooters based on previous data...

Action Air World Shoot 2025 Update
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Action Air World Shoot 2025 Update

There has been little information from the IPSC regarding the up coming AAWS in 2025. We do know it’s in the Philippines, in Iloilo city roughly the end of July/beginning August. As far as we know the main match will be shot over 5 days, 6 stages a day (morning or afternoon) with kit check...