Spring Meeting, 2025
The Spring Meeting, and the start of the Match Rifle season proper. One or two club events until now, plus of course the 2025 Woomera Match squad have been out training, but the first big event of the year. The … Continued
Welsh Open, 2023
Monday 28th August, the final day of the Welsh RA Open Meeting, and the Lord Swansea; the Match Rifle competition representing the culmination of both the Meeting and, for most, fun for the Bank Holiday weekend. From the off competitors … Continued
Spring Meeting, 2023
“Water, water everywhere – so much I can’t see the targets.” The first day of the English and Scottish Spring Meeting at Bisley – also, in a remarkable sign that the Buck House planners don’t consult on all dates with … Continued
LMRA Individual Open 2023
Sunday saw the first individual MR competition at Bisley of the season, organised by the London & Middlesex Rifle Association. The day dawned bright and early with a gentle wind leading to one shooter commenting that today would be a … Continued
The Ashes 2.0 Final Day
The final day of The Ashes 2.0 (technically 2nd day but 3rd day of shooting after the Welsh Open) dawned cooler than the preceding days and with a steady right wind. The 1000x shoot saw Rob Lygoe, emerging from wherever … Continued
Welsh Open
The Welsh Rifle Association’s Open Meeting was held on the August bank holiday monday. Due to the concurrency of The Ashes 2.0 this year, there were 36 entrants this year. Unlike yesterday, today started as is normal at 1000 yards. … Continued
The Ashes 2.0
The sunday of the bank holiday weekend marked the first day of The Ashes 2.0. What is The Ashes 2.0 and how does it compare to The Ashes? Well, like The Ashes in July, this competition is a multi-day Match … Continued
The Humphry
Thursday 14th July 2022 saw The Humphry Match Rifle competition between Oxford University Rifle Club and Cambridge University Rifle Association rise from the Ashes, the only remnant of the match rifle Imperial to survive the Bisley fires. Shooting started in … Continued
The Ashes Day 3
After two days of challenging winds, 1000yds rewarded shooters with calmer conditions. Some took full advantage of this, while others flatly refused to accept the fact and proceeded to make adjustments for wind that wasn’t there. Regardless, many returned their … Continued
The Ashes – Day 2 “A Swing and a Miss”
1000 yards started on time today, despite the smoke leading to one shooter asking when the fog would burn off, only to be told it had only just been burnt in. More stable winds at allowed several shooters to improve … Continued