Summer 2006 - National Rifle Association

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The annual County of Lancaster Rifle Association’sCadet Meeting was held on Sunday 7 May at Altcarfollowing a day of zeroing the cadets’ new rifles withthe assistance of CLRA members. The competition waswell attended with 98 cadets attending from 13 NorthWest units - a massive increase from last year’s entry of64 cadets from nine units. The shoot consisted of 2 and10 at 300 and 500 yards, and the competitions were madeup of individual and team competitions from theaggregate of both ranges.REGIONAL MATTERSCLRA Cadet Meeting Sunday 7 May 2006by Christine Chorlton, CLRA Hon Secretary.The day was enjoyed by all and we hope that even morecadets will take up and enjoy target rifle shooting in thefuture and hope to see the competition grow. In anattempt to encourage the cadets into continuing targetrifle shooting, the CLRA has started an Adopt a Cadetscheme where we hope to sponsor interested cadets tojoin our affiliated clubs prior to our Open Meeting inAugust. Within the clubs they will be coached andtutored by CLRA members in the skills of target rifleshooting. They will then gain a free entry to our OpenMeeting where they can experience competitive shootingalongside talented shooters. We are hopeful that thisscheme will be well received and will encourage cadetsto continue shooting after they leave the cadets.The principle winners were:The Formby Cup (individual) was won by MMcDonough from Liverpool College CCF with a veryrespectable 92.4, from J Roulston, Sedbergh School CCF(91.6) and G Ogden, Sedbergh School CCF (89.3).The Cadet Pairs Salver was won by K Buffoni and JRoulston, Sedbergh School, second were H Born andOn the range.G Ogden also from Sedbergh School and third, D Shawand TD Starhlsmid from Cumbria ACF.The Quartet was won by Sedbergh School, second placewas taken by Cumbria ACF and third by LiverpoolCollege.The CLRA (Red Rose) Challenge Cup (teams of 8) waswon by Sedbergh School, second place was taken byCumbria ACF and third by Lancashire ACF.The Reserve Pairs was won by D Moss and MMcDonough from Liverpool College, in second placewas Worden and MacFarlane from Lancashire ACF andthird place H Barrett and L Crowson from SedberghSchool.The Centenary Aggregate Trophy (teams of 10) was wonby Sedbergh School, second place taken by Cumbria ACFand third by Lancashire ACF.The 42(NW) Brigade Trophy, which is open to individualfemales, was won by G Ogden, second place was takenby H Born and third by K Buffoni all from SedberghSchool.M McDonough collects the Formby Cup.Sedbergh School collect the Quartet Trophy.16
HEREFORD SHOOTING CLUB WINS TOP MIDLANDS SPORTS AWARDHerefordshire Acoustic Shooting Club won Sports Club of the Year at the recent prestigious npower DisabilitySports Awards at Aston Villa FC.Herefordshire Acoustic Shooting Club is based at the Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford andboasts some of the country’s top shooting stars with three senior winners and one junior winner at this year’sBritish Championships. The club is open to anyone in the county who is blind or visually impaired, with upto 20 people turning up to practise on Friday and Sunday evenings.Technology plays a key role; on top of the rifle is a photo-electric cell. There is a light that shines on the target,the cell picks up the reflected light and translates it into sound. Athletes wear headphones and shoot whenthe pitch gets to its highest point.Hereford Acoustic Shooting Club is one of the first of its kind in Britain and secretary and coach, HarryHancox, is keen for more clubs to be set up both here and abroad, saying: “There are currently nine countriesparticipating in acoustic shooting. It’s our mission to raise that number to 16, when it will be eligible tobecome a paralympic sport.”The awards were amongst ten presented at the npower Disability Sports’ Awards annual dinner at Aston Villain front of some of the Midlands’ most celebrated sportsmen and women. They recognise and reward theefforts and successes of competitors of all ages and abilities, schools, teams, coaches, supporters and volunteers.Celebrity guests included paralympian dressage riderand winner of six gold medals, Lee Pearson MBE OBE;Claire Cashmore, paralympian swimmer; NigelMurray, the world number one Boccia paralympian;wheelchair basketball star and BBC presenter AdeAdepitan MBE, and Aston Villa chairman Doug EllisOBE.Kevin Rodgers, community involvement executive fornpower says: “It was a wonderful evening. Thequality of nominations was excellent, highlighting themany achievements of disabled athletes in theMidlands, and it was very difficult to select thewinners. Energy is npower’s business, which makesour continued support of this valuable programmeso appropriate; it was inspirational to be involved.Congratulations go to everyone at HerefordshireAcoustic Shooting Club.”Delighted Herefordshire Acoustic Target Shooting Club memberscollect their award. Harry Hancox, Mike Phillips, awards presenterNick Owen, Carole Brown (front), who is British champion andrecord holder, Rose Gardner, npower's community investmentmanager and Bernard Haines.17
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