Championships

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The stickers for the Individual Championships have been posted out.  There are 30 enties in the Main Championship (more than for some years) 11 in the Ladies, 7 in the Veterans, 8 in the Junior, 10 each in both the Inexpert A and B and 13 in the Benchrest (a record number). The Association really needs to find a trophy for the BR.

All the entrants may be seen on the Championships page under the Competitions link above.

The last day for shooting these cards is 24th February 2025.

The Knock-out Final of the Main Championship for the 16 top qualifiers will be held at Balerno & Currie on Saturday 5th April 2025. All the others are decided on the postal stage.

CYOH (Teams)

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The results for round 1 of the Team CYOH competition are now available in the Competitions / CYOH page above.

It’s unfortunate that only one of the four teams managed to field a full team of three.

As there are only two rounds this season, the Final will  be contested by Balerno & Currie and Prestonpans A. The last date for shooting the two cards per team member is 24th February 2025.

 

Douglas Duff – update

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*** There will be a memorial held for Dougie on Tuesday 19th November at 1pm at the Musselburgh & Fisherrrow Welfare Club, 253 N High St, Musselburgh EH21 6BQ.  All welcome ***

It’s just been revealed that Dougie Duff of Prestonpans RC died a few days ago on 18th October. Dougie was the club’s Secretary and Treasurer for many years.  He also took on the roles of Trophy Convenor and Competitions Secretary for the old LSSA, organising both the CYOH and Individual Championship competitions on its behalf for longer than this writer cares to think about.

He was well known in shooting circles in this area and our condolences go to his family and his clubmates.

There is currently no news of any funeral arrangements but if and when they are annnounced this post will be updated.

UPDATE: Dougie’s cremation has already taken place. He did not wish for a formal funeral.

Balerno & Currie Open Meeting

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Balerno & Currie’s annual ‘Frank Gifford Memorial Open Meeting’ will take place on 16th & 17th November. There are both prone and air rifle and air pistol components, all shot on the club’s Meyton electronic targets.

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.

Postal entries close on Thursday 14th November and all airgun competitors are required to enter in advance by that date 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 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.

Entries – deadlines extended

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The closing date for entries to the Shoulder-to-Shoulder, the Team Postal, the Club Pairs, the Individual Benchrest, the CYOH Team & Individual Leagues was originally today, Monday 2nd September.

However, due to the slow arrival of many expected entries the deadline has been extended by one week to Monday 9th September. That’s the final cutoff date.

The entry date for the World Cup competition has also been extended, to 23rd September.

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