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The Association provides a wide-ranging selection of competitions for its affiliates.  All take place in the winter indoor season (October to March).

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Shoulder-to-Shoulder League
Team Postal League
Individual Postal League
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CYOH
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Kenneth Birss                                                                                                             20th Aug 2007
Kenny Birss of George Heriot's FP RC passed away earlier this month under sad circumstances.  He was a pillar of the Heriot's club for many years, and one of its best shooters in his heyday.  We offer our condolences to his family and his club colleagues.

Scottish Meeting (Lauder 2007) - photos                                                                    25th July 2007
Click here to see a few photos of the mud bath that was the Scottish Meeting.

Scottish Meeting (Lauder 2007)                                                                                  23rd July 2007
The NSRA's Scottish Meeting was held at Lauder during the first week of July.  Apart from members of Watsonians and George Watson's there was a very poor turnout of Lothian shooters (only three others).  Between them these two clubs won 20 trophies - three to the former and 17 to the School club. Oliver Barron did particularly well, winning 5 comps in Class C despite the fact that he was only there for the weekend and did not shoot the Aggregate. Finlay Craig finally won the D class Agg after just missing out on promotion for the last 3 years!

In the County Sextette, Lothian were 3rd (I think) and Scotland won all three of the international matches - unprecedented!  Watsonians retained  the 50m Club team trophy (Pullar Targe) with their B team this time, and also won the Ron Russell Trophy for teams concurrent with the Aggregate.  Watson's won the Junior team and the Sharpshooter.

The enduring memory of this meeting will be the mud.  The complete range site was a lake the week before the meeting due to blocked drainage and an overflowing burn and never recovered as it kept on raining after it had subsided.  The car-park was abandoned as a sea of mud on the Tuesday and some firing points were covered in straw to make them serviceable.  I have some photos (still in the camera which is elsewhere at the moment) which I'll post here when I can.  (Now available, see above)

The combined SSCA and SSRA meeting which was going to be run on the Saturday and Sunday after the Scottish (see link in sidebar) had to be cancelled because of the conditions.

Scottish Records                                                                                                         4th June 2007
At the SSRA Grand Prix at Gagie (Dundee) on Sunday 3rd June, two Scottish Records were achieved by Lothian shooters.   Firstly, 17-year-old Nicola Sammels of George Watson's College totally blew away the Scottish Women's record for 60 shots prone with an unbelievable 597 x 600.  The previous record of 594 had been set some years ago and equalled several times by such shooters as Commonwealth Games medallists Sheena Sharp and Susan Jackson.  This new record will take some beating.  It obviously sets a new Women's Junior record also, overtaking the previous one by seven clear points, and is one better than the Junior Men's record.

At the same event, Matthew Thomson of Watsonians equalled the Scottish Men's record of  598, on his way to a comfortable victory in the Grand Prix.

Annual General Meeting                                                                                              1st June 2007
At the AGM of the Association held last night, all the current office-bearers were re-elected.  Except that nobody stepped up to take the late Dave King's place as Individual League Secretary.  If nobody comes forward to run this competition next season then it will not take place.  If anyone local is prepared to take this on, or even just wishes to know what's involved, please contact the County Secretary.

Inter-County Leagues                                                                                                  13th May 2007
The final results have at last been received from the NSRA. Take the County Teams link on the left to see the results.

Annual General Meeting                                                                                              13th May 2007
The AGM of the Association will be held at Balerno & Currie's range on Thursday 31st May, commencing 7.30.  The presentation of prizes will follow the meeting.

Scottish Meeting                                                                                                            4th May 2007
The NSRA's Scottish Meeting will be held at Lauder this year for the first time since 2002. Our friends from the Borders will be running their annual Field Day at the end of this meeting on the same range, and it will incorporate the 3rd leg of the SSRA's Grand Prix series.  Click here (or take the link on the left) for more details, including information on how to receive an entry form for both these competitions. Note that entries for the NSRA's meeting close on 30th May.

David King                                                                                                                   27th April 2007
It is with great sadness that the death of David King has to be reported.  Click here to read an appreciation from his club colleagues.

David passed away on Thursday after a short illness.  He was a mainstay of Dalkeith Buccleuch RC, and was known to many in this area as the quietly efficient organiser of the LSSA's Individual Postal League for many years.

Our condolences go to his family.  The funeral will be held at Mortonhall Crematorium in Edinburgh on Wednesday 2nd May at 3pm.  No flowers by request, but donations to cancer research will be welcomed.

SSRA Inter Region matches                                                                                         24th April 2007
At the SSRA's All-Ranges and Inter-Regional matches held last Sunday at Denwood in Aberdeen, Lothian won both the indoor and outdoor Inter-Region matches for the second year running.  Take the County Teams link on the left for further details.

Watsonians won both the Club team matches.

Another win for Watsonians                                                                                         20th April 2007
As mentioned below, Watsonians reached the final of the NSRA's Burroughes & Watts Knockout competition for club teams of four.  The result is just in, and the winners of the News of the World repeated their success, overcoming Wick Old Stagers by 789 to 782. 

This confirms the Edinburgh club to be one of the top teams in the UK (if not the top team) - they now hold four of the NSRA's national team competitions - Division 1 of the National Prone League, Division 1 of the National Standing & Kneeling league, The British Club Team of Six and now the British Club Team of Four.

County Leagues                                                                                                            16th April 2007
The County Junior team won Division 1 in style, beating off nearest rivals Devon by 5 points and an average gunscore of 5 points per round better.  They take back the title lost last season to Hampshire.

Not so good for the 3P team though.  They lost by the narrow margin of 7 gunscore points, having tied with Hampshire on league points in what was always a two-horse race.  Each team lost only one match (to each other), but one uncharacteristically poor-scoring round saw us fall behind on gunscore.

The Women's' team finished a creditable third after some topsy-turvy scoring throughout the league programme, and losing matches to the wrong teams.

The final results for the Main and Reserves teams are still awaited, but success is not anticipated.

British Champions (again)                                                                                               3rd Apr 2007
Watsonians travelled to Bisley last weekend for the last two rounds of their defence of  the British Team of Six Club KO Championship for the News of the World trophy, and came home successful.  They beat Vauxhall Motors in their semi final and overcame Torfaen in the final by 1173 to 1161.  Congratulations to them.  Only three of last year's winning team could travel this time, so it's obvious that the club has strength in depth.  Watsonians have also just won Division 1 of the National League.

The club is also in the final of the Burroughes & Watts (club KO for teams of 4) and are against Wick in an all-Scottish final.  Not shot yet, so watch this space!

World Cup                                                                                                                       3rd Apr 2007
World Junior Champion Matthew Thomson of Watsonians is currently with the full Great Britain team at  the World Cup being held at Fort Benning in the USA, hoping to pick up a quota place for GB for the Olympics next year.

Results                                                                                                                             3rd Apr 2007
Most LSSA competitions have now come to a close, and the major winners are as follows:

Shoulder-to-Shoulder League      Div 1:  Watsonians          Div 2:  Lauder & Selkirk
Team Postal League                  Div 1:  Watsonians
Indoor Champion                       Frank Gifford (Balerno & Currie)
Ladies & Junior Champion          Nicola Sammels (George Watson's College)
CYOH                                      Selkirk A

Take the links on the left to find out more.

Scottish Champion                                                                                                           3rd Apr 2007
Martin MacGill of Watsonians won the prestigious Daily Record trophy for the NSRA's Scottish Indoor Championship recently.  He won after a shoot-off with clubmate Ian Thomson.

Shoulder-to-Shoulder league                                                                                          20th Feb 2007
Watsonians' seven-year winning streak has finally ended - take this link.

Individual Postal league                                                                                                  19th Feb 2007
The January results are now available - take the link on the left.

Junior County Team                                                                                                         2nd Feb 2007
In round 5 of the Junior County League, Lothian scored 395x400 - only one point off the record jointly held by Lothian and achieved in 2002.  Remarkably, current Junior World Champion Matthew Thomson was/is a member of both teams!  Take the link on the left

County Results                                                                                                                  12th Dec 2006
Results for the county leagues are starting to come through.  There are first-round wins for the Main team, Women and Juniors but a rare loss for the 3P team.  Take the link on the left

Watsonian Open Meeting                                                                                                  16th Nov 2006
The Watsonian Rifle Club is holding its annual Open Meeting again this year at its range in Edinburgh.  The dates are Sunday 26th November and Saturday & Sunday 2nd & 3rd December. Five Classes - everyone is welcome.  Email wrc.open@tiscali.co.uk for further information and to request an entry form.

BSA Cup, Women's Indoor and County 3P results now in                                                  2nd Nov 2006
The results for the BSA Cup, the Women's Indoor County competitions and the County 3P comp (all sot at the end of last season) are now available.  Click here or take the County teams link on the left to access the full results and scores.

Competitions starting up                                                                                                     29th Oct 2006
The winter season competition are starting to get under way, and results of the first few matches in the Shoulder-to-Shoulder league are now available to view, along with Round 1 of the World Cup.  Take the relevant links on the left.  The results for Round 1 of the Team Postal League are also now available..

Bisley 2006                                                                                                                           16th Sep 2006
There was a poor turnout of Lothian shooters at the National Championships at Bisley last month, with mainly Watsonians and George Watson's College attending.  Nicola Sammels of the school did very well, winning five trophies, followed by Rory McAlpine with two and Robin Honhold with one.  The school also won the Junior Team championship.  Nicola was a member of the Scotland Ladies team and she and Rory were two-thirds of the Scotland Junior team.  Watsonian members Bill Hamilton and Martin MacGill (sadly no longer a Lothian resident) were in the main Scotland team.  After being runners-up in the County Sextette  last year, there were insufficient Lothian shooters in attendance to compete in the County team competitions.

The rainstorm on the Sunday evening will live long in the memory!  To see some photos of the Bisley ranges under water, go to the Picture Gallery on www.ssra.co.uk and start on Page 4 or so of the 2006 gallery.

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