Championships (indoor): This produces the indoor individual champion for the year. There is one postal qualifying stage (two cards), and a final which is run on a knock-out basis for the best 16 qualifiers, two cards per round. There are concurrent Ladies, Junior and Veterans competitions based on the qualifying stage, and there are also two classes of Inexpert championships for those with lower averages.
Championships (outdoor):This competition is run concurrently with the Unsquadded Aggregate at the National Smallbore Rifle Association's annual Scottish National meeting, held (theoretically at least) at different places in Scotland each year. This is because there are no outdoor ranges for smallbore rifle in Lothian, so the outdoor championship (which goes back many, many years) has to be shot elsewhere. There is a handicap competition as well as a scratch one.
Here are the County Champions for 2023-24: Archived results are here.
| Championship | 1st (trophy & medal) |
2nd (medal) |
| Indoor Champion (Whitton Cup) |
T Ralph (Edin University) | A R Anderson (Hawick) |
| Top qualifier from the Postal Stage (Tennant Cup) |
T Ralph (Edin University) | n/a |
| Ladies Champion (Watt Rose Bowl) |
Mrs S Jackson (Watsonians) | Miss B Burnside (Watsonians) |
| Veterans Champion (Veterans Trophy) |
A R Anderson (Hawick) | R Thomson (Watsonians) |
| Junior Champion (NSRA Jubilee Trophy) |
Miss A Aitken (George Watson’s) | I Sellar (Watsonians) |
| Inexpert ‘A’ Champion (Medal) |
T LBaladent (George Watson’s) | H Crosby (Edin University) |
| Inexpert ‘B’ Champion (Medal) |
E Walker (George Watson’s) | I Sellar (Watsonians) |
| Outdoor Champion (McLennan Medal) |
A S Bruce (Balerno & Currie) | Mrs R Dove (Watsonians) |
| Outdoor Champion (Handicap) (Ettrick & Lauderdale Trophy) * |
Mrs R Dove (Watsonians) | R Somerset (Edin University) |
| Benchrest Champion (currently no trophy) |
A R Anderson (Hawick) | R Thomson (Watsonians) |
* Note: The handicaps allocated to the different classes to determine the winner of the Ettrick & Lauderdale Trophy run concurrently with the Unsquadded Aggregate at the ‘Scottish’ are as follows: Classes X&A: + 0. Class B +19. Class C +37. Class D +56. If the Championships are shot concurrently with Alloa’s Double Dewar Open Meeting, the handicaps are those applied at the meeting in its Team competition, i.e. Class A: + 0. Class B +4. Class C +8. Class D +12.