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Scottish National Meeting |
8th July
2011 |
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Despite there being no
County Captain to organise it officially, a team was magically
entered into the County Sextette competition at the 'Scottish'
meeting at Castletown this week. Take the County teams link on
the left to see how they got on (towards the bottom of the page).
Sinclair Bruce of
Balerno & Currie won the Scottish Championship for the Earl Haig
trophy.
One of the most
successful shooters of the whole meeting was Adam Dove of George
Watson's College, who won 13 competitions in D class (a couple of which
were for his club team successes). An amazing achievement.
Scotland won both the
Open and Women's international matches. |
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Dalkeith Buccleuch Rifle Club |
7th July
2011 |
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It's our sad task to
have to report that due to dwindling numbers the Dalkeith club has
had to close down and disband. The club originally used a range near
the entrance to Dalkeith Palace and in recent years after that was
no longer made available to them, has had the use of Pathhead's
range. It is understood that those shooters remaining will be
joining another club in the area. |
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| County
Captaincy |
26th May
2011 |
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At the AGM
of the Association tonight the vacancy for the post of County
Captain was not filled.
Unless a
volunteer comes forward for co-option to the position before the end
of July there will be no Lothian county teams next season.
Anyone interested in
taking on the post should contact the
Secretary (secretary@lssa.org.uk).
The outgoing Captain has made an assurance that the transition will
be as easy and smooth as possible. Click
here for a synopsis
of what's required in the job. |
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| NSRA
Scottish meeting |
17th May
2011 |
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The
Caithness Scottish Open Meeting website has been set up to promote
this year's NSRA 2011 Scottish Meeting at Castletown for all
small-bore rifle shooters around the country:
http://www.caithness-scottishrm.org.uk
The 'What's On' page still needs to be updated, but this will be
progressed over the coming weeks.
Entries
close on 1st June. See below for a link to download an entry
form. |
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| County
achievements |
14th May
2011 |
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County
Award badges have been given to Jim Hind (Pathhead) and Andrew Hay
(Redcraig) for their contributions to the Main County team, and to
Gordon Buchan (Heriot Watt) for the Junior team.
The
County Medal has been won by Beverley Burnside (Watsonians).
These
will be presented to at the Prizegiving following the AGM on 26th
May. |
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| Annual
General Meeting |
3rd May
2011 |
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The
Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held at Balerno &
Currie's range at 7.30pm on Thursday 26th May.
All members of
affiliated clubs are entitled to attend. Please send any apologies
for absence to the Secretary at
secretary@lssa.org.uk. Items for inclusion in the agenda should
be sent to him as soon as possible.
The prize presentations
will take place after the meeting, and it is hoped that as many
prize-winners as possible will be able to accept their awards in
person. |
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| NSRA
Championship meetings |
20th April
2011 |
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The entry
forms for the NSRA's
Scottish and
Bisley championships are now available. Click on the links for
each meeting to download the relevant copy. The Scottish
meeting takes place at Castletown, near Thurso, from 2nd to 8th July.
Entries close on 1st June. The Bisley meeting is from 13th to 21st
August.
County Captain Bill
Hamilton remarked: "Let's see if we can get
a Lothian team in the County Sextette at Castletown. For the
first time for many many years we failed to enter a team at last year's
'Scottish'
due to insufficient numbers, so here's hoping enough Lothian
shooters can make the trip this time. You will be assured of a
warm welcome in Caithness, so why not take the family for a
staycation and
visit the many local tourist attractions on your days off from the range."
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| SSRA
Inter-Region matches |
19th April
2011 |
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The
Association sent a team to Denwood in Aberdeen for the annual
Inter-Region matches. Take the County teams link on the left
to see the details (at the bottom of the page). |
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Individual Postal League |
6th April
2011 |
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The final
results of the Association's Individual Postal League are now
available. Take the link on the left to see full details. |
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Shoulder-to-Shoulder League |
5th April
2011 |
The S/S league has
finished and the results are as follows:
Division 1 1st Selkirk
(Younger
Shield) Top Average
medal - Bill
Vaughan (Selkirk)
2nd George Heriot's FP
Division 2 1st Pathhead B
(Evening
News Cup)
Top Average medal - David
McConnell (Redcraig)
2nd Redcraig
The
Hayhoe Cup for the best
overall average goes to Bill Vaughan, for the second year running.
In both divisions, the
Matchplay award also goes to the division winners.
Take the link on the
left to see full details |
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| County
Captain |
3rd April
2011 |
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The County Captain, Bill
Hamilton, has announced that he will be retiring from the post at
this year's AGM in May.
Anyone interested in
putting themselves forward for County Captain or County Vice Captain
(Bill has been doing both roles) for election at the AGM should contact the
Secretary (secretary@lssa.org.uk)
or Bill, who can provide information about what's involved. He
can be reached at
captain@lssa.org.uk.
Bill assures us that
the transition will be as easy as possible. |
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| Change
to NSRA Rules re cross-shots in indoor competitions |
3rd April
2011 |
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The NSRA has just
announced a change to Rule 5.2.1 concerning cross-shots in indoor
competitions. Please see their announcement
here. Everyone who witnesses shot cards should become
aware of this. |
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Individual Championship |
28th
Mar
2011 |
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The Final of the
Individual Championship was held at Balerno & Currie last Saturday
evening. The winner was Alasdair Horne of the host club, who
beat Niall Georgeson of Pathhead in the final of the knock-out
competition.
Update: Only three of the original eight qualifiers and five
reserves could attend, making a mockery of the whole competition.
It's supposed to be a knock-out competition, but the Organiser on
the night reorganised it a little to avoid giving someone a bye into
the final. The three competitors would each shoot two cards
and the top two would go head-to-head in a final. Norrie
Steele from Lanark dropped out in the first round with 185, and
Alasdair Horne (199) and Niall Georgeson (194) shot the final.
Alasdair scored 195 to Niall's 188 to take the Whitton Cup for the
second year running. |
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| Team
Postal league |
20th
Mar
2011 |
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The final round of the
Team Postal League has just been completed and the winners are now
known:
Division 1 was won by Selkirk.
Losing to 3rd-place Watsonians in round 9 didn't help them, and it came
down to the last match against long-time leaders Pentland. The
team from Caithness had a nightmare and Selkirk had a very good score to
win on aggregate after tieing on points. Balerno & Currie had the
top score of the season in round 10 (398), but by then it was all over
for them.
Division 2 was won by Balerno
& Currie B. They had the best average by some way so deserved
their win. Leven A were the best of the rest.
The runaway winners of
Division 3 were Lanark A, with George Watson's College A some way
behind.
Division 4 just could not have
been closer. Selkirk B just edged out George Heriot's FB by one single
aggregate point after tieing on match points. Heriot's will be
rueing their narrow losses in both rounds 1 and round 9
Division 5 was even more
dramatic. No fewer than three teams tied on points for the lead,
but Leven B's aggregate was better than Pathhead's which was better than
Kinross & Milnathort's. Pathhead were a card short in round 2 - if
that had been a complete team they would have won.
Another tie in Division 6 saw
first-time-entrants Wishaw take the honours on aggregate from Selkirk C.
The best average award goes to
Eric Brown of Selkirk, with an average of 99.4. Eric also lifts
(if he's strong enough) the trophy for the best percentage improvement in average
from last year's competition, from 97.2 to 99.4.
Take the link on the left to
see full details of this season's competition.
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| Cities
& Boroughs Match |
14th
Mar
2011 |
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The NSRA have decided to
cancel this year's match due to lack of entries. Only three
teams have entered and they will not run it for that small a
competition.
This is disappointing
news for this long-standing event, and we fervently hope it will be
run next season. |
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Championships |
11th
Mar
2011 |
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The results of the first
stage of the Individual Championship have been released, including
the winners of the subsidiary competitions. The eight qualifiers for the Knock-Out Final meet
at Balerno & Currie's range on Saturday 26th March.
Ladies Champion:
G Travers (Lanark)
Veterans Champion: F Gifford (Balerno & Currie)
Junior Champion; R Devoy
(Lanark)
Inexpert A:
No entries
Inexpert B:
C Guest (Prestonpans)
There was a very poor
entry. Only three clubs
within Lothian entered this competition, which is quite
incomprehensible to this writer. They presented only 9
competitors out of the total entry of 24 (one of whom is from
Caithness). There were more entrants from the Lanark club than from all
the Lothian clubs put together. Why don't people enter their
local championship? |
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Choose-Your-Own-Handicap Final |
11th
Mar
2011 |
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The Final of the CYOH took
place at Prestonpans RC on 8th March. The winners were George
Heriot's FP 'B', who beat Selkirk 'C' to win the Tom Hastie Memorial
Shield. Take the link on the left to see the details. |
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Watsonian Open Meeting - update |
9th Mar
2011 |
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I have been informed that
the Saturday morning details are all full. so for those intending on
coming then and entering on the day it's recommended to email
here
beforehand so details can be booked for another time to avoid
disappointment. |
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| "World
Cup" FInal |
6th Mar
2011 |
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The Final stages of the
Association's "World Cup" competition took place yesterday at
Balerno & Currie's range. Congratulations to Sinclair Bruce of the
host club for winning the trophy for the first time. He beat
clubmate and multiple winner winner of this competition Alasdair
Horne after a shoot-off in the final, having tied on 198. The Plate
was won by David Simpson (Wick Old Stagers), and the Bowl by his Dad
Hugh (becoming the first person to have won that twice, which, as a
former overall winner, is perhaps not a record he would wish for).
The Association wishes
to thank Balerno & Currie Rifle Club for the use of their range and
also Alasdair Horne for arranging the catering. Thanks are also due
to thank Anne Hamilton for doing the scoring and John Buchanan for
running the range. Our furthest traveller not in line for an award,
Heather Doyle from Wigan, presented the prizes.
Take the link on the
left to see full details. |
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Individual Postal League |
4th Mar
2011 |
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The results for February's round of the Individual Postal League are
now available. Take the link on the left to view.. |
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| CYOH
Team Knock-out |
18th Feb
2011 |
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The semi-final of the CYOH
has been shot. Take the link on the left to ser the result,
and the teams which have made it through to the Final. This
will be shot on a neutral range on a date to be announced. |
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Individual Postal League |
8th Feb
2011 |
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The results for January's round of the Individual Postal League are
now available. Take the link on the left to view..
The updated rules are
also now available. |
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Watsonian Open Meeting |
15th Jan
2011 |
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The club has released this
notice: The
Watsonian Rifle Club are hosting their annual Open Meeting... Its in
March!! Saturday 12th and Sunday13th to be more precise.
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.
Then there is the Bun
Room, not to be missed, not for those on a diet..."
Contact
beverleyburnside@hotmail.com
to request an entry form. |
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Shoulder-to-Shoulder League |
26th Dec
2010 |
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Revised and temporary
guidelines for shooting matches postally due to snow-related
postponements have been issued. Click here
to see them. These apply to this season only. |
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| Team
Postal League and World Cup |
29th Nov
2010 |
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Due to the exceptional
weather we're having with possibly more in the pipeline, any club
that wishes an extension to shoot Round 4 of either of these
competitions (due to be shot by today) should get in touch with the
organiser as soon as possible. |
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Commonwealth Cities Match |
11th Nov
2010 |
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The result of the
Commonwealth Cities match has just arrived and shows that
Edinburgh's lengthy run of victories has finally come to an end.
With a team shorn of some of its best shooters due to
unavailabilities we were defeated by 15 point by Melbourne.
Auckland, the only other entrant, did not return their cards. Take the County teams link on the
left to see the scores and full details. |
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| BSA Cup
& Women's County Match |
30th
Oct
2010 |
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The results for the BSA Cup and the
Women's County matches have just come in.
Lothian were 5th in both
competitions. Unusually, the BSA Cup was won by an entry from
the Commonwealth, Auckland. With Victoria coming second,
Surrey third and Wellington fourth it was a strong showing from our
friends from New Zealand and Canada. Lothian were thus second
in the UK stakes among the 11 entries in the top Section of this
competition with a much-improved score from last year and that's
something we can be proud of.
In the Women's County match, Lothian
were quite well down on the winning score but definitely have the
potential to improve.
Take the County teams link on the
left to see the scores and full details. |
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| Balerno & Currie
Open Meeting |
18th Oct
2010 |
Balerno & Currie Rifle
Club are pleased to announce that their popular Open Meeting will be held
at their range on Saturday/Sunday 13th/14th 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 Teams |
13th Oct
2010 |
