NOTICEBOARD
South African update
I reported earlier that one of our young shooters, Rob Hull, was selected for a GB Junior Squad competition in South Africa. I have received the following report from his father. Jonathan: "The team won both its matches against the SA juniors. Rob shot well coming 17th in the State Presidents Final Stage which was the best U-19 place, and he also top scored out of the GB team in the SA Championship which is the aggregate for the whole meeting. Not bad for a 17 year old who only started full-bore last summer!"
Well done!! Similar reports on our successes are welcome for the site.
50m Leagues
There was an error on the letter that was sent out with the 50m leagues. Most of you have spotted that the 'Return by' dates were incorrect, (problem of using last year's letter as a template)! These dates are always the Saturday following the Monday last dates of shooting. A new copy of the letter (for your records), is available HERE.
The BSA Cup is open to teams from Counties in the United Kingdom and Provinces and States in the British Commonwealth. This year 38 teams took part, divided into three sections, from such widespread places as Australia and New Zealand. It seems ages ago now, but back in February the County rifle team of 12 fired 2 cards each at 25 yards at Surbiton RC range. The results, recently received, showed that we not only won Section A, but achieved a provisional British Record score in doing so, dropping only 29 points ex 2400. Congratulations to all of the team members, each of whom will receive a silver medal. Many of the same shooters also took part in the County Cup, which is also a team of 12, shooting a Dewar course at Addiscombe RC in September. The team came runners-up to our usual nemesis; Hampshire, and each will receive a bronze medal. Click for result sheets: BSA Cup County Cup
Recent events have shown that there is some misunderstanding of the Guidance on Scoring, as set out in the NSRA Handbook. The full NSRA Rules can be viewed on their website under Home>Reference>Rules>Rules-and-Regulations but this article does not include the aforementioned Guidance notes. I have therefore scanned in a copy which can be viewed as a .pdf file by clicking HERE. Would scorers please note that there are changes in these 2005 amendments to procedures that were commonplace beforehand. Take particular note of the paragraphs headed "Using Plug Gauges" and "Gauges", in particular the sentence that instructs that the position of the gauge flange must be viewed "at an angle, not directly above, as the latter can lead to distortion and inaccurate scoring". Furthermore, for short range rifle competitions shot on proportional British Match targets, it is essential to use the correct OVERSIZE plug gauges for the appropriate distance. If scorers are still using the 5.6mm (.22) plug gauges, please endeavour to obtain an oversize gauge so that we have uniformity of scoring throughout different divisions in the leagues. I appreciate that this guidance might be at odds to what occurs in other competitions, but remember that we operate our leagues under the auspices of NSRA Rules, so their Handbook must be the law!.
I am often receiving enquiries
from individuals who wish to learn more about joining our sport and are looking
for a Club to visit for more information. May I ask that all Club
Secretaries view the Clublist and check
that all of the information displayed about your Club is correct. When I
re-vamped the website I lost my latest version and had to revert to a backup
which, in some cases, might not show recent changes. If you have a new
club website, please send me the address and I will add a link. Similarly,
check that the email link is addressing the correct person by sending yourself a
test message, (note the procedure shown in red).
If you do not receive your own message, please let me know so that I can amend
the mail redirection. If the email address states 'via SCSBRA' please send me an
email showing contact details of an individual in your Club who is willing to
receive any such enquiries so that I can keep my records up to date and forward
as appropriate.
It is in the interest of your own Clubs and our sport to assist enquirers who
wish to find out more, or join us, and not be put-off by being unable to contact
anyone locally. It is also frustrating and time-consuming for me if I
cannot easily direct these enquiries to the appropriate Club.
Although I have addressed this plea to Club Secretaries please pass this on to
them, or the appropriate person in your club, just in case they do not
read it for themselves.
Post Office Reminder
'Pricing in Proportion (size, thickness and weight)
affects the cost of sending cards to scorers. If you do not attach the correct postage when sending your league cards,
don't expect the scorer to make the trip to the sorting office and pay the
penalty charge to retrieve them. An 'NCR' is the likely result, which
would be a waste of your, (or your team's), time effort and ammunition in
shooting the cards in the first place!
Visit www.royalmail.com/pip to obtain
your free guide.
Royal Mail also suggest that you put senders address on envelopes otherwise they
are destroyed if for any reason they are not delivered .