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Competitions & Results
The Association provides
a wide-ranging selection of competitions for its affiliates. All
take place in the winter indoor season (October to March).
Competitions overview
County teams
Shoulder-to-Shoulder League
Team Postal League
Individual Postal League
Championships
CYOH
Air Rifle & Pistol
3P
World Cup
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The Lothian Smallbore
Shooting Association
is an umbrella body for clubs shooting smallbore rifle, air rifle
and air pistol in Edinburgh (Scotland) and the surrounding Lothian Region. Its
aims and purposes are to provide competition for the local smallbore
rifle clubs affiliated to it.
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| New Calendar |
30th Jan 2010 |
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Regular
readers with eagle eyes might have spotted a new item on the menu
bar at the top. This is a Calendar of events, giving the dates
of various happenings in the area and beyond. The webmaster
will be happy to accommodate additions if you or your club wish to
publicise an event. |
| County Knock-Out -
update |
15th Jan
2010 |
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Please see
the item immediately below. Lothian's cards have miraculously
just turned up with the scorer, and as a result, due to our two
unshot cards, we have lost the match. |
| County Knock-Out |
9th Jan
2010 |
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Lothian's
cards for round 2 of the NSRA Inter-County Knock-Out competition
were lost in the post. This came to light when the results came out
and we were given a 'no return' against Buckinghamshire. The
Captain immediately protested to the NSRA as he had a certificate of
posting from the post Office, and we have been granted an re-shoot.
The team is shooting these cards as soon as possible. |
| Unauthorised
targets |
9th Jan
2010 |
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Here is an
extract from the NSRA website: "Many clubs
have been approached by Targets Direct offering NSRA look-alike
targets for sale.
You should be aware that:
a) We have been advised by our solicitor that in
many instances NSRA copyright appears to have been infringed and we
are taking action against Targets Direct.
b) The use of these targets is not permitted in
NSRA-organized competitions."
This
effectively means that, as LSSA competition regulations say that
unless otherwise stated, NSRA rules apply, then the use of these
targets in our competitions is not allowed, and consequently any
that are used will not be scored. See NSRA Rule 1.10.8.
NSRA targets can be recognised by either the Roberts signature or
the NSRA logo printed on them..
There is nothing to stop clubs using these unofficial targets for
internal club purposes. |
| Watsonian Rifle
Club Open Meeting |
5th Jan
2010 |
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Watsonian
Rifle Club will be hosting their annual Open Meeting soon. Not
only is this a new time of year to hold the competition but the
format has changed to a two-day event on the 6th and 7th February
2010. The Open consists of 60 shots at 25 yards shot in 10 minute
timed details. There are 5 classes A-E with additional prizes for
Under 21, Under 18 and Under 15's, there are also Veterans, Ladies
and Team competitions. The "Bun Room" will be well stocked to keep
your strength up... Entry forms are available on request from
here. |
| BSA Cup & Women's
County Match |
3rd Nov
2009 |
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The results are now in for
the 2009 matches. The BSA Cup team could only manage 7th place
(out of 11 in Section A) - our worst position for some years Our
score might see us relegated to Section B of this competition for the
first time ever.
The Women did better, coming 4th. Only two points covered 4th -
7th places, and we came out on top of that particular pile thanks to
the single 100 in our ten cards which won the 4th/5th place tie. |
| County Medal |
23rd Oct
2009 |
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For as far back as anyone
can remember, the NSRA County Medal has been awarded annually to the
competitor in the Shoulder-to-Shoulder league with the highest
qualifying average who has not won it before (it cannot be won twice
by the same person). In view of the lack of support for this
league in recent years by many of the county's top shooters, a
proposal was put to the Executive Committee to change the criterion
for making this prestigious award so that it would be given in
recognition of a higher standard of shooting than has recently been
shown in the S-S league.
Accordingly, at last
night's Executive Committee meeting, it was decided that, commencing
this season, the County Medal will be awarded to the shooter with the
highest average over all ten rounds in any of the Main County Team,
the Women's County Team, the Junior County Team or the prone component
of the 3P team in the indoor County Leagues.
It is intended that
this will return the honour and prestige this award used to have for
achieving something special. It is a solid silver medal and
deserves to be won for a recognisably superior performance, as it used
to be.
Possession of this
award entitles the winner to free entry for life to the NSRA's County
and League Medal Winners' competitions at its national meetings.
Club secretaries are
being advised of this change by post (PO strikes permitting). |
| Commonwealth Cities
Match |
23rd Oct
2009 |
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Edinburgh has won the
prestigious Commonwealth Cities match once again. Despite
putting in a lower than usual performance, the city team beat perennial challengers Auckland into second place by the convincing
margin or 26 points to retain the trophy. Congratulations to
the whole team, especially to Sinclair Bruce of Balerno & Currie on
scoring the maximum of 200 points.
Take the County Teams link on the left to see the full scores. |
| Postal Strike -
Team Postal League and World Cup competitions |
20th Oct
2009 |
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In view of the apparently
inevitable and imminent strike by the Post Office it has been decided
to suspend the rule requiring cards to be delivered to the organiser
by the Saturday following the last date for shooting. This applies to
Round 1 ONLY, and will be kept under review as the situation develops,
and may or may not be applied to subsequent rounds. Competing
clubs will be advised in due course. Dates for shooting are not
affected.
Please post (or hand-deliver if that's an option for you) your cards
as normal. |
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| Balerno & Currie
Open Meeting |
12th
Oct 2009 |
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Balerno & Currie Rifle
Club are pleased to announce that their popular Open Meeting will be held
at their range on Saturday/Sunday 7th/8th November. The course of fire is
two 30-shot competitions plus an aggregate in four classes, with a
concurrent Junior competition along with Pairs and teams of three.
The first detail is at 10am each day. Catering will be provided.
There is a trophy for each Class winner plus unique BCRC medals to be won.
To request an entry form,
email this contact. |
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County Leagues |
5th Oct 2009 |
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The cards have been
issued to clubs for the 2009-10 County postal team leagues. The
first round is due for 26th October (9th Nov for the Reserves team, whose
league runs one round behind the others). The Main team remains in
Division 2 (5th last year). The Reserves team, which came a poor 5th
in Division 4 last year have been placed in Division
5 this year on the declared averages. The Women's team, having
contended for 1st place up to the last round in Division 3 last season,
remain in that division where they must have another good chance of
winning. We have entered two Junior teams this year, for the first
time for some years, and they are in Divisions 1 and 3 respectively. The 3P team
is of course in Division
1 again. The NSRA have summarily cut the 3P team size from four to
three, so we shall have to see how that pans out but we're looking to
improve on last year's 3rd place. Lothian has also entered an air rifle
team, also for the first time in some years, and have been placed straight
into Division 1. Middlesex, Surrey and Forth & Clyde have been 1st,
2nd and 3rd for the last two years and I'm certain our team has the potential to
break into that little club. Take the County
Teams link on the left to see the full teams, the timetables of matches and
opponents round by round. Estimated scores and confirmed results will be posted there as soon as
they are available so come back regularly to check the progress of all our
teams. In the first
round of the County Knock-out Lothian has been drawn against Sussex, who
should provide us with a stiff test. The cards for that are due to
be shot by 12th October. |
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Team Postal League
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5th Oct 2009 |
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The stickers for this
league have been issued to all participating clubs. The first round is due
on 19th October. There is a net gain of 5 teams this season, so
there are no Bogey rounds in any of the five divisions. Heriot's
have dropped out, which is disappointing, but newcomers Orkney have
entered a couple of teams to join their near neighbours in the north from
Pentland and we also welcome back George Watson's College. |
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Shoulder-to-Shoulder League
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5th Oct 2009 |
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The fixtures meeting
for the S/S League took place recently and the competition is up and
running. Take the link on the left to see details. The first match
took place on 1st October.
The absence of Prestonpans
this season means that there are only three teams on Division 2, which
consists of Dalkeith, Watsonians and Redcraig. Division 1 comprises
Selkirk, George Heriot's FP, Pathhead and Balerno & Currie. |
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County and City matches |
5th Oct 2009 |
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Over the last couple of
weeks, representative teams from both Edinburgh and Lothian have been
shooting in the Commonwealth Cities matches (Edinburgh) and the BSA Cup
and Women's County matches (Lothian). While scores have been poorer
than in recent years, we are still hopeful of recording decent placings.
Take the County Teams link on the left to see the estimated scores.
The results should be out in November. |
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"World Cup" entries
closed |
5th Oct 2009 |
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Entries for the
Association's "World Cup" competition have now closed and the competition
is under way. A late major trickle of entries (hardly a flood) have
brought the total number of competitors up to 58. This is a far cry
from only two years ago when it was oversubscribed, and 66 last year, so
something seems to be happening to reduce the entry somehow. Answers
on a postcard please. |
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Need more "World Cup" entries!
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18th Sep 2009 |
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Entries for the
Association's "World Cup" competition are coming in very slowly, and with
only 3 days till the published entry closing date of Monday 21st, it's
currently uncertain whether the competition can actually go ahead unless a
lot more entries flood in soon. If anyone is still considering
entering, please send in the form now please. The deadline will be
extended for a few days. |
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