The AGM planned for last night could not actually take place because insufficient numbers turned up to make the meeting quorate. Only six members of affiliated clubs attended – twelve are required in order to hold the meeting. Notices will … Continue reading →
The Prize list for the 2025-26 season is available (currently minus the CYOH Individual winner – see below) is available. Take the Competitions / Prizelists link above and click on 2026 to see a PDF of it.
Continue reading →The winners of the CYOH Team competition have been announced, and the impressive Burton Cup goes to the Watsonians team of R Thomson, S Gregory and C Jackman, who overcame the Prestonpans A team by only one point. Congrats to the … Continue reading →
The AGM of the Assciation will be held in Balerno & Currie’s clubroom on Thursday 21st May at 7:30pm. All members of all affiliated clubs are invited to attend.
Continue reading →The delayed report for the Best Improved individual average (see News of 26/3/26) is now in, and the winner is Neil Broome of Prestonpans, who improved his average from 86.1 last season to 92.7 this season, an increase (using the … Continue reading →
The final Individual Postal league results are now available. Take the appropriate link under ‘Competitions’ above to see the details. There was a tie-shoot between P Richard (Pentland) and A Dove (Watsonians) for first place in division 1. They finished … Continue reading →
For the second year running, the S/S league came down to the wire, with the last match of the season bewteen Hawick and Watsonians deciding the winners. Only a big win for Hawick would see them win the title, but … Continue reading →
The Team Postal League programme has finished. Take the Competitions / Team Postal League link above to see full details, but in summary: Div 1: Edinburgh University A came 1st for the first time since 1985-86. They were the only … Continue reading →
This season’s league has finished and the winners are: Division 1: Watsonians A (J R & L J Brown) from Edin Uni A (N Sinclair & E Sheuerl) Division 2: Watsonians B (R Somerset & I Sellar) from Prestonpans A … Continue reading →
The Individual Benchrest League has finished and resulted in a win in division 1 for Alan Anderson of Hawick, who thus retains the title (again – he has never lost it!). Clubmate Ian Burton was runner-up. Division 2 was won … Continue reading →
Here’s a message that David McConnell of Redcraig has asked to be published here for the information of local shooters: A note of thanks to the shooting community, It is with regret that I am retiring from the sport of … Continue reading →
The Final of the 2025-26 Individual Championship took place yesterday afterrnoon at Balerno & Currie’s range, once again making use of the club’s electronic targets. A full complement of 16 finalists attended, with only one reserve having to be called … Continue reading →
A new date has been decided for the 2025-26 Watsonian Open (seee below). It will now be held on 5th/6th September 2026. The entry form can be downloaded from here.
Continue reading →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 & … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
The News page for the period September 2024 to August 2025 has been archived. Please take the News Archives link in the sidebar for a link to it and all previous annual News archives.
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