A new date has been decided for the 2025-26 Watsonian Open (seee below). It will now be held on 5th/6th September 2026.
Individual Championships 2025-26
The scores for the first round of the Open Championship and the winners of the Ladies, Veterans, Junior, the Inexpert A & B class and Benchrest Championships have been issued.
The Open Championship Final will be held at Balerno & Currie on Sunday 8th March. The finalists’ clubs have been informed of those qualifiying.
Top scorer in the Open qualifying round: A S Bruce, Balerno & Currie (300 x300)
Ladies Champion: Miss E Sheuerl, Edinburgh University (296)
Veterans Champion: A S Bruce, Balerno & Currie (300)
Junior Champion: Miss C Kim, George Watson’s (293)
Inexpert A Champion: S Gregory, Watsonians (279)
Inexpert B Champion: H Lee, George Watson’s (277)
Benchrest Champion: A R Anderson, Hawick (300, 7x’s)
Congratulations to them all. Take the Competitions/Championships link above to see the runners-up as well, plus a link to the complete scores file.
BSA Cup 2026
Teams have been selected to shoot in the NSRA’s annual ‘BSA Cup’ and ‘Mrs Charles Laws Trophy’ competitions. These are for Open teams of 12 and Ladies teams of 5 respectively representing NSRA County Associations throughout the UK. Take the County Teams/Indoor teams/NSRA Annual matches links above to see the teams originally selected.
The teams will shoot their cards at Balerno & Currie on Sunday 8th March.
Watsonian RC Open Meeting – UPDATE
Unfortunately this meeting now cannot be held on the advertised date, and it has had to be postponed. A new date will be announced in due course.
The Watsonian Rifle Club will be holding its annual Open Meeting over the weekend of 24th & 25th January 2026. The entry form can be downloaded from here.
The meeting comprises one 60-shot competition in five classes, with concurrent competitions for ladies, veterans, three junior age-groups, club & junior teams of 3 and club & junior pairs. There’s plenty for everyone! Refreshments and snacks will be available both days.
Championships & Individual league
Clubs should note that the closing date for the 2025-26 Championships and Individual League is Monday 24th November. If entries have not already been sent in, then skates should be looked out and put on asap. The entry form file is available in the ‘Forms & Minutes’ link in the sidebar (requires password) if required.
As from this season the arrangements for the Championships have been formalised into a new Rules document. These are the only competitions we run that did not have a formal set of regulations, and previously they were run on tradition and what people remembered what used to happen, Please see here for the new Rules document (also available on the Championships page).
One significant change introduced this season is that the postal stage for all competitions now consists of three cards instead of two. Also, if a tie for first place on raw gunscore for any of the competitions that are decided on the postal stage occurs, then it will be decided by a shoot-off. That condition applies to all the subsidiary Championships and the top qualifier for the Open Championship (i.e. all those with a trophy at stake on this stage). The use of graduated gauges has been discontinued (which means that the use of electronic targets is now allowed).
CYOH is under way
The draws foar the Individual and Team CYOH competitions have been made and the stickers are on their way to the clubs.
The first round of the Individual competition is due on 3rd November (not long now!) and that of the Team competition is due on 15th December.
Balerno & Currie Open Meeting
Balerno & Currie’s annual Open Meeting will take place on 15th & 16th November. There are both prone and air rifle and air pistol components, all shot on the club’s Meyton electronic targets.
Postal entries close on Thursday 13th November but there is a 20% discount for entries received before 1st November.
All airgun competitors are required to enter by the 13th due to the restricted number of firing points. Prone entries can be taken on the day if space permits but advance entry is recommended.
The prone part of the meeting consists of two 30-shot competitions in four classes, shot in six 10-minute details (which need not be shot consecutively). There are also Junior, Pairs and Team (of 3) competitions.
The air rifle and pistol parts of the meeting both consist of two 60-shot competitions shot as far as possible to ISSF rules (excluding clothing rules). Junior competitions will be run concurrently (60 shots).
Catering will be provided (bacon rolls a speciality) so there’s no need to bring your own lunch.
The entry form can be downloaded using this link. Please be careful to follow the instructions for paying fees in advance and for sending the form in.
Where’s all the News?
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