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26th October 2009
Extra Sporter Diary Date for 2010.....
Aldersley has been booked for the late spring bank holiday at the end of May 2010 - Sat.29th & Sun.30th - a full programme will include both Standing and 3P matches. The final programme is still being worked on but will include specials for teams, springers and also age groups.
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11th October 2009
British Junior Team to South Africa
For many years the backbone of junior shooting in South Africa was the provision of smallbore shooting within school-based clubs, but in recent years they have suffered restrictions and smallbore rifle has ceased to be available to young shooters within schools.
As a direct result a new set of programmes within the school clubs has evolved, based on Sporter Air Rifle, shot both standing and 3P, whilst here in the United Kingdom a similar programme also subsequently started.
The strong links between shooting national bodies in the UK and South Africa has resulted in as many as 50 young South Africans taking part in the Junior International at Bisley every August for several years past. Now Great Britain has been able to send a team out to participate in an interesting series of competitions, covering .22 and ISSF Air Rifle as well as the more recently-developed SAR.
After the due selection process a team of ten, plus four staff, flew to South Africa and returned after five days of intensive competition with a total of 51 medals.
The prime purpose of the trip was to compete in the Air Rifle Championships run by the South African National Schools Shooting Union. However there were also matches in Mpumalanga and North Gauteng, plus a smallbore competition against a senior team from the South African National Defence Force.
Within the SAR classes we were able to build on our single "home" medal at the JI in august with 2 medals being won by GBR SAR shooters; a gold for Hannah Davies-Jones in 3P and a silver for Simon Lung in the standing event. With young talent moving up the age groups the future looks good (gold?)...
The tour was most successful from a shooting viewpoint, but also the team earned high praise for their role as ambassadors for GBR shooting, establishing links and friendships on which we can build in future years.
Please be very proud of a team – shooters and coaches – who represented shooting and the NSRA in a most commendable and praiseworthy way. With junior shooters and coaches like these the future of our sport is in good hands.
Roger Monksummers – Team Manager
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17th September 2009
Web based stats site updated
The website is an independent website that initially was established to support the newly emerging Sporter Air Rifle shooters.
The statistical link to the SAR website proved to be a very effective source of data and thus of use in coaching, planning, and facilitating the selection of upcoming juniors within the SAR discipline into the GBJS ( GB Junior Squad).
The progression of SAR shooters into GBJS also meant that the values of the website could be seen and before long a separate dedicated set of outputs was established for all the disciplines shot by GBJS members.
The overlap between the SAR shooters being on the SAR “all shooters” listings and also within the GBJS listing continued to bring to the fore the advantages of GBJS having access to stats of potential squad members.
As a result of an ongoing review, remembering all data is on one database that had two separate access routes, the decision was made to combine access into one set of menus and then to expand the database to include all junior shooters in all disciplines. Not only will such a combining allow GBJS to identify juniors of potential easier / earlier but also other squads and clubs are highly welcomed to use the database for their own needs as we have the ability to set coaches access to preset groups, e.g. club(s) squad(s) etc.
One function the site will retain is to hold all SAR stats as that was its roots, so you will find adults on the SAR pages.
To where the site will evolve who knows, but with your input, and thanks to the efforts of our programme guru Andrew Nimmo, I have no doubts of its value to GB shooting.
Enquiries as to access, usage, and suggestions are all very welcome!
Roger
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16th August 2009
2009 Junior International and National 3P Air Championships
10th > 13th August saw the 17th Junior International at Bisley.
Those from within the GBR team shooting SAR continued to raise standards with the highlight being an individual silver won by Danni Blinco.
Following straight on from the JI on Friday 14th August was the 3P Champs where SAR shooters were joined by Precision shooters for their respective classes and both events saw strong overseas entries. Congratulations go to Jack Chambers on becoming this years GB Confined Champion with a new championship record. Jack is also to be congratulated on his 4th overall place, an improvement of 2 places on last years GBR sole finalists position plus Jack was joined by Ben Monksummers and Hannah Davies Jones to give us 3 GBR shooters qualifying for the final plus many young GBR shooters shot PB's and give us real hope for future years.
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16th Feb 2009
Thank you Liphook.........
The scores from Liphook Postal are now available via www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~scrol/rifleclub/,
with a record entry in the SAR class - THANK YOU Liphook............
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12th Nov 2008
Target Heights
To answer a recent query, target heights for 3P Air Rifle, both Precision and SAR, can be found in SAR rules - follow link from opening page for full copy.
The UK heights are the same as the USA rules, from which our rules were extracted, with the minimuim of modifications necessary for UK needs, i.e.
5.5.4 Target HeightsTarget holders on the range must facilitate the placement of the targets at the correct height.Correct target heights, when measured from the level of the firing point to the centre of the targetare:
Prone position 0.5 meters (19.7 in.) (± 10 cm. or 4 in.)Standing position 1.4 meter (55 in.) (± 5 cm. or 2 in.)Kneeling position 0.8 meters (31.5 in.) (± 10 cm. or 4 in.)+ + + + + + + + + + ++ + +
2nd June 2008
Free - Computer Based Training
The website http://www.eurosimulator.com has a number of shooting simulation programmes - I avoid the word games - that are excellent for teaching and practicing aiming etc. (I would appreciate any feedback from those who try it).
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24th Oct 2007
Sporter Rule Changes
Please be advised that some changes were made to GB Sporter & 3P Air Rifle Rules, by the NSRA PAC Committee, on Saturday 20th Oct 2007. A link to an updated copy of the rules, with all these changes, plus some typo corrections, can be found via link at our homepage.
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24th Aug 2007
Shooting SAR in Postal Leagues
When shooting SAR in Postal Leagues all NSRA and individual leagues rules apply.
The following additional "Best Practice" is also recommended ~League Organiser - Accept entries in the normal manner.Allocate shooters to divisions etc, as per your normal routine,using SAR averages if shooter has both a precision and an SAR averageIn all documentation add, after the shooters name , " (SAR) " - e.g. J.Bloggs (SAR).Require the witness for shot cards to endorse SAR on the cardsand sign to confirm SAR rules complied with.Shooters -On initial entry declare you are shooting "Sporter Air Rifle".Submit your SAR ave. for ranking purposes if you have both a precision and an SAR ave.When shooting ask your witness to not only witness complance with normal postal rules,but also SAR rules, and then to endorse & sign all cards as SAR rules complied.Send an email copy of results to the SAR Manager - see above.Problems, Questions or Queries -+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
18th July 2007
Sporter Poster
Please help promote SAR to clubs and youth organisations with one of our downloadable posters.
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9th July 2007
Appointment of Sporter Air Rifle Manager
The NSRA have announced that Roger Monksummers has been appointed Sporter Air Rifle Manager.
With the growth of interest and enthusiasm for the Sporter Air Rifle (SAR) programme Roger has taken on this position with, at present, two key areas of responsibility;
to work to the National Jnr Air Rifle Squad Manager, in conjunction with the Squad Administrator, to promote and support the SAR programme at National & International level,and to act as a catalyst in the promotion of the Sporter programme to Clubs and Youth Organisations with the target of increasing both numbers and standards of young people within Sporter classes.Roger will also become a member of the PAC committee to represent the interests of Sporter shooters / development.
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Roger Monksummers
GBR Sporter Air Rifle Manager
01747 822202
