NRA Journal - Spring 2007 - National Rifle Association

NRA 100 RESURRECTEDby Carol PaintingThose who read the Journal carefully will be aware that NRA postal competitions were abandoned by theNRA last year for lack of support. A few of us enjoyed shooting the NRA 100 each year so we carried on withit in 2006 on a do it yourself basis. The NRA kindly agreed that we could present the trophy and have someof the cloth NRA 100 badges because there are plenty in stock.For those who are not familiar with this competition, it is a three positional TR shoot at 200 yards on scaleddown 300m targets. The course of fire is up to four sighters and ten to count at each position.The results of the 2006 competition are as follows:Key: SHGRPC 32nd/61st Surrey Home Guard Rifle and Pistol Club46WFBRCWandsworth Fullbore Rifle Clubp s k Total1 KB Hill WFBRC 92 68 75 2352 B Preece Pumas RC 95 33 77 2053 ME Barr Pumas RC 93 41 68 2024 J Photiades Radlett RC 90 56 55 2015 DF Robinson Pumas RC 91 61 48 2006 CA Painting Pumas RC 99 28 68 1957 J Wilson SHGRPC 88 39 59 1868 D Jessup SHGRPC 83 36 42 1619 M Mercer SHGRPC 93 32 34 15910 B Taylor SHGRPC 89 18 47 15411 S Wilson SHGRPC 84 23 37 144The SHGRPC shot their cards in July. Pumas RC and Radlett RC shot on 1 October by agreement with theother clubs. Although WFBRC tried to shoot in September, there was a problem with the booking; they hadthe wrong targets and could not shoot standing. Kevin Hill turned out for a second time on 1 October, andmanaged to beat us all by a convincing margin.We plan to continue with this competition in the future. Our current thoughts are to leave it as a postal matchat 200 yards, but to extend the period for shooting until the end of October. This might help those who are busywith other events to fit in a fun shoot later in the season. We also plan to make the third practice a kneelingor sitting shoot (see Rule 242). We believe this was one of the conditions in years gone by. Hopefully it willencourage others to join us.While this is a do it yourself competition a committee of three is handling the entries and results. We needresults in a spreadsheet submitted by e-mail. A small entry fee (probably £1 per head) will allow us to purchasemedals for the first three in the competition. If you are interested in taking part during 2007 please send ane-mail to cpainting@iee.org. You can shoot this at any range provided you use the correct targets, which areavailable from the NSC.THE BISLEY CLUBS EASTER MEETING(Including F Class)to be held at Bisley RangesSaturday 7 to Monday 9 April 2007organised byThe London & Middlesex Rifle AssociationProgramme and entry forms are available at www.lmra.co.uk - follow the links to‘Events and Matches’ and ‘Entry Forms’. Also on the NRA website at www.nra.org.ukClosing date for entries is Saturday 31 March 2007Issued RG ammunition will be used - F Class supply their own.