Competition
Jim Stock (right) presenting Jim Quick with an award
for his 30 years of service as club secretary.
Weybridge Rifle and Pistol Club (WRPC) has a long and enviable record of achievment in competition, the greatest achievement being Jim Stock winning a team Olympic Silver Medal in the 1948 Olympics. We are currently actively competing in several leagues, notably the Hendon League and Middlesex and Surrey SBRA competitions.
WRPC has quite a few internal club competitions at our Weybridge ranges that run throughout the year, including underlever gallery rifle, sporting rifle and rapid fire black powder pistol with turning targets - which is always great fun.
The General Annesley Challenge Cup (left) which was first competed for in 1902 and is one of the oldest club cup competitions in the world is shot for annually at Bisley NSC.
There are many unofficial competitions run on an occasional basis, including full bore 'black rifle' and a rolling .308 unrestricted competition which are great fun.
Club and league competitions are a great way to sharpen up your shooting and we encourage any member who wishes to shoot in a league to do so. If you are interested in giving shooting a try, either for fun or to test yourself in competition then drop into the club during shooting hours.
New Friday Evening Competitions for 2011.
This years Friday Comps are going to be run as a Championship, with a trophy being presented to the overall winner, kindly donated by WRPC. Sorry but this is only for .22 LSR, it seems to have been the most popular disipline for the Friday Comps.
We are going to be running the same course of fire every month, so twelve rounds, with your best eight score to count towards the championship. This gives everyone the ability to keep a eye on how their scores are improving (hopefully) over the year, and also if you are unable to compete every month, still give you a fair chance in the Championship.
Scoring for the Championship: 10 points for 1st place, down to 1 point for 10th place.
Proposed Dates: 14th Jan, 11th Feb, 11th March, 15th April, 13th May, 17th June, 15th July, 12th Aug, 16th Sept, 14th Oct, 18th Nov, 16th Dec
Course of Fire
Firearm. Any .22 Action Rifle or .22 LBP
Sights. Any sights Targets. PL12
Ready position. 45 degrees adopted between each exposure.
Scoring. Touching line to score higher.
Practice 1. 20 yards, 10 rounds in one exposure of 12 seconds.
Practice 2. 20 yards, 10 rounds in two exposures of 5 seconds.
Practice 3. 10 yards, 10 rounds in three exposures of 4 seconds.
Practice 4. 10 yards, 10 rounds in five exposures of 3 seconds.
Practice 5. 10 yards, 10 rounds in one exposure of 6 seconds
Total 50 rounds, and five targets.