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Comber Smallbore Open 2018
Comber Rifle Club held their 35th annual open smallbore competition on the 3rd and 4th of August at the Stanhill Range, attracting over 50 competitors shooting prone rifle, benchrest rifle and lightweight sporting rifle.
Over the 2 days of competition a lot of fun was had by all, with some good scores being posted.
The overall Stanhill Championship was won by Rory Hamilton.
Results are available below.
Full Results Comber Open Meeting 2018 (pdf)
Results Comber Open Meeting Final 2018 (pdf)
We also put together a short video showing off the new range facilities!
Rachel selected for GB Target Sprint squad
Rachel McManus is celebrating after being selected for the British Shooting GB Target Sprint Squad.
Target Sprint is the combination of air rifle target shooting and middle distance running.
It requires participants to develop accurate rifle shooting skills and physical fitness, with races consisting of shooting at knock-down targets interspersed with three laps of a 400m course.
Read more about this incredible achievement here
You can find out more about Target Sprint in the video below.
Online Firearms Payment Processing Update
The following information comes to us from NI Direct (the government web agency) and impacts the PSNI online firearms application service.
We have been advised by BT Safepay that from tomorrow morning 29/6/2018 they will not be taking any online payments on devices that have browser settings less than TLS 1.2.
Most customers should be able to update the settings to TLS 1.2 on their devices. If you have incidents raised from tomorrow regarding payments it is very likely that this is the reason.
Please note this is not an application error and we can do nothing to prevent this as it is a BT Safepay decision for security reasons
NISSA AGM 2018
The Northern Ireland Smallbore Shooting Association (NISSA – Comprising Northern Ireland (West) Counties SSA & Ulster Counties (East) SSA) will be holding their AGM next week.
From the linked AGM notice :
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held on Thursday 21st June 2018 at 7.30pm sharp in Downshire Rifle Club.
All Members of Affiliated Clubs within the Association areas are entitled (and are more than welcome) to attend and participate in the business of the Meeting. A maximum of two representatives from each Club will be permitted to vote.
Advance notice of the Club representatives is required.
We would encourage as many of your Members as possible to attend.
Yours faithfully,
Christopher Slator
(Hon. Sec)
THE AGENDA:
- (1) Minutes of the 2017 Inaugural General Meeting
- (2) Matters arising from these Minutes
- (3) Chairman’s Report
- (4) Secretary’s Report
- (5) Treasurer’s Report
- (6) Adoption of revised Constitution
- (7) Election of Officers and Committee
