Watsonian RC Open Meeting – UPDATE 3
Due to an unavoidable clash, the Watsonian Open Meeting has had to be moved from the 5th/6th of September to the new date of 19th/20th September. The entry form can be downloaded from here.
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Outdoor Individual Championships 2026-27
There were only seven LBTSA-qualified shooters at the Forth & Clyde’s Double Dewar Open Meeting on 1st/2nd August, but that was enough to provide our Outdoor Champions for this year. Congratulations to Sinclair Bruce (Balerno & Currie) on winning the … Continue reading →
Outdoor Individual Championships 2026-27
LBTSA has a trophy for an Outdoor Champion (The McLennan Medal) and a handicap equivalent (The Ettrick & Lauderdale Papereweight Trophy). These have been competed for for many years at the NSRA’s Scottish National Meeting, based on its Unsquadded Aggregate. … Continue reading →
Forms
The Affiliation and Entry forms for next season will be distributed in the next few days. If you want a sneak preview and to download them ahead of time, they are now available in the secure area of the site … Continue reading →
AGM
The Annual Genera Meeting of the Association finally took place on 18th June. There was a quorum. The Treasurer’s report included a recommendation to increase all three club affiliation fees by £5, with a discount of £5 for clubs outwith … Continue reading →
CYOH Individual
We finally have a winner of the CYOH Individual competition. It’s S Horton of Prestonpans, who beat clubmate N Broome in the much delayed Final. Congratulations to him. The Prize List has been updated and is available to view as … Continue reading →
AGM
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 →
Prize list
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.
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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 →
Annual General Meeting
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.
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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 →
Individual Postal League – Update
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 →
Shoulder-to-Shoulder league – update
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 →
Team Postal League
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 →
Club Pairs League
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 →
Benchrest League
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 →
David McConnell
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 →
Individual Championship
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 →
Watsonian RC Open Meeting – UPDATE 2
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.
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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 →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
Where’s all the News?
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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